Dr. Susanne Lehmann
Director Production North American Region, Volkswagen de México
Digitalization in Volkswagen’s North American Production
Dr. Susanne Lehmann will touch on the implementation of the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud, called the Digital Production Platform (DPP), in the North American Region. The talk will center on the challenges that are encompassed in leading such an ambitious project in a production organization with different technological conditions and cultures working together, contrasting public infrastructures and a great variety of factory installations as well as exploring the opportunities that a regional approach provides.
Vita
After studying economic sciences at Universität Paderborn, Germany, and Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, Susanne finished her PhD in July 2002. In Nov. 1996, she started her professional career in Logistics Planning at Volkswagen de México, assuming her first management role in Logistics Planning at Shanghai Volkswagen in July 2002. After Leading Positions at Gläserne Manufaktur Dresden and during the ramp up of US plant Chattanooga, in Oct. 2010 she assumed responsibility for Pre-Series and Technical Change Management at VW Commercial Vehicles for the factories in Germany, Argentina and Poland. Her next step took her to VW Group Production in Oct. 2016, where Susanne was responsible for the definition and alignment of product concepts between all VW Brands.