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Watch: Lars Bäumann outlines VW’s project to digitalise global production and supply chain
Lars Bäumann, director of information management and digitalisation for production and logistics across VW brands, tells Christopher Ludwig about his problem-solving mission to synthesise the various production and supply chain processes at VW’s plants across the world into one digitalised system. Together with its global partner Amazon Web Services (AWS), the carmaker has invested in the development of a digital production platform that will change its operational paradigm for the future of manufacturing.
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