Keynote
Monday, April 27
08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
Live in Frankfurt
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For three years, our Operational Excellence Program has delivered sustainable impact through Total Value Edit Sprints. Initially, the focus was on optimizing single sites with a classical approach. Today, the program emphasizes a product-centric perspective: instead of improving isolated factories, we analyze one product end-to-end across multiple sites. By breaking processes into individual steps, identifying underperformance, and leveraging each site’s strengths, we achieve significantly higher performance. Supported by digital tools, Lean Manufacturing, and strong collaboration, this approach has already driven a 30% improvement in efficiency and sets a new benchmark for operational excellence. In this session you will learn:
Stephan Trautschold is Global Vice President Operations for Care Chemicals at Clariant. With more than 14 years in various leadership positions at the company, he previously headed Global Operations for Industrial and Consumer Specialties as well as Operations in EMEA, including management of the Gendorf site. He also gained international experience as General Manager of a joint venture in China and as Plant Manager in pigments and agrochemicals. He holds a degree in Chemistry from the Technical University of Munich and an MBA from the University of Augsburg.