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From 1995 to 2023, I organized and managed the sendlercircle as a network of managing directors and C-level managers in a very specific industrial sector, namely the providers of software and services for technical processes in industry. This network has brought a lot of added...

"The web of digitalization - humanity in upheaval - on the way to a new worldview". That was the title of my book, which was written in 2017 and published in 2018. Now, in spring 2025, I would like to place the book in its current context. The occasion is twofold: firstly,...

A week before the SPS in Nuremberg, two bangs in one day: Trump elected with a clear majority, the German coalition of the "traffic lights" at the end. And what plays a big role in the debates is how the German economy and especially industry is doing. I would like to make an...

After 28 years fresh as at the beginning and directly on the topics that occupy the industry in terms of digitalization, the sendlercircle is for the first time also open to additional participants, not only the members. One-time participation fee 500 euros. PLM has been the...

There are many events organized by IT vendors and user groups. Small discussion groups, where everyone gets a chance to speak, are rather rare in this environment. Small discussion groups with top speakers, where experts talk to each other about the hot IT topics of the day -...

The sendlercircle looks back on many years of highly interesting discussion rounds that have always revolved around the development of digital technology in the industry. Now we are looking for new discussion partners. To this end, we are also opening up to non-members, who...

While some of the clamor about the possible extinction of humanity by AI taking on a life of its own is reminiscent of the earlier talk about the danger of robotic use for jobs, industry is starting to think very concretely about the possible use of AI or is already in pilot...

Industrial software is supposed to support work steps or entire processes in industry, automate them and make them more efficient. How this was done by the software providers and their developers was of little interest to industry in recent decades. Which algorithms were used,...

Open standards, container software, apps and APIs, web services instead of software licenses - when it comes to industrial software, there is currently a spirit of optimism with numerous companies being founded, just as I experienced 30 or 40 years ago in the birth of CAD and...

  The State Development Corporation of Thuringia (LEG), together with the Thuringian Center for Mechanical Engineering and the Technical University of Ilmenau, invited participants to the 5th Thuringian Mechanical Engineering Day under the motto of resource efficiency....