2025: ‘Beyond the AI Buzz: Creating Sustainable Value’
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VoBaKI – Procedure for the evaluation and selection of AI competences in SMEs
How can SMEs be empowered to independently identify the necessary processes and competencies in the life cycle of an AI use case and develop appropriate sourcing strategies?
- ‚VoBAKI‘-Vorgehensmodell – Download now free of charge [German PDF]
- ‚VoBAKI‘-Vorgehensmodell: Erklärvideo [To German YouTube Video]
- ‚VoBAKI‘-KI-Aufgaben-Kompetenzen-Tool – Download now free of charge [German XLSX]
To Read: Whitepaper and More
- Whitepaper Whitepaper “Industrial Sustainability. Das integrierte Management für eine nachhaltige Organisation”
- Whitepaper “Realizing Open IIoT Architectures to Scale Industrie 4.0”
- Whitepaper “Breaking Barriers – Implementing IoT-enabled Smart Services for Competitive Advantages”
- Whitepaper “Insight to the Industrie 4.0 Maturity Platform”
- FIR-Edition “Aachen Digital Architecture Management (ADAM). Your Guide to the Digitally Connected Enterprise” [English]
- FIR-Edition “Aachen Digital Architecture Management (ADAM). Your Guide to the Digitally Connected Enterprise” [German]
- Position Paper “Aachener Digital-Architecture-Management (ADAM) – Wegweiser zum digital vernetzten Unternehmen” [German]
- >> Further Whitepapers of Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center: i40mc.de
>> Further Whitepapers and Position Papers of FIR an der RWTH Aachen: fir-whitepaper.de
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- Data Products – Enabling the Entreprise to Deliver Value [PDF]
Ivonne Appleyard, Merck KGaA - Leveraging Data and AI for Strategic Decisions at LANXESS [PDF]
Dr. Martin Baier, LANXESS Deutschland GmbH - AI Reality Check – The Unified Namespace as Enabler for AI Use Cases [PDF]
Dr.-Ing. Jacques Engländer, Onward GmbH
Dominik Malek, Hirschvogel Holding GmbH - Circularity @ ZF Commercial Vehicle Solution – Opportunities with AI [PDF]
Marleen Diedrichs, ZF Friedrichshafen AG - Data, Transparency, and the Circular Economy: Our Evolving Sustainability Strategy [PDF]
Gritli Heitbrink, Interface Deutschland GmbH - Scaling Digital from Within: The Kuraray DX Fellowship Approach to AI & Skill Development [PDF]
Christian Hocken, Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center
John Siepelinga, KURARAY CO., LTD. - Dual-Loop Advantage for Sustainable Competitiveness
How to Harvest the Potential of Upgrade Circular Economy and AI [PDF]
Gerrit Hoeborn, FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen - Transforming Manufacturing with AI-Driven Shop-Floor Search [PDF]
Frank Kuckelkorn, interface projects GmbH - From Process to Partner – Agent-based Intelligence in Industrial Value Creation [PDF]
Ingo Lalla, hiqs GmbH
Dr. David Welling, WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie GmbH - Keynote Speech ‘Beyond the AI Buzz: Creating Sustainable Value’ [PDF]
Tobias Schröer, FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen - AI Transformation @ RWE – Following a Structured Approach to Win AI [PDF]
Dr. Max Schumm, RWE AG - Digital Transformation at Scale: What Matters the Most? [PDF]
Dr. Biljana Visnjicki, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA - Agents of Change: How AI Is Redefining Manufacturing Work Today [PDF]
Dr. Tobias Wissing, Tulip Interfaces - How Data Becomes EBIT – The DATA2VALUE Approach [PDF]
Sebastian Zenz, DMG MORI AG
Review at the last events
| 19 November 2025 | Beyond the AI Buzz: Creating Sustainable Value |
| 20 November 2024 | Building the AI-driven Enterprise |
| 15 November 2023 | Getting connected for the Circular Economy |
| 16 November 2022 | Sustainable Digitalization for the Era of Uncertainty |
| 17 November 2021 | Getting Ready for the Data-driven Economy |