HENKEL
Dirk Holbach , Corporate Senior Vice President and CSCO of Laundry and Home Care , Managing Director of Henkel , discusses the effect technology has had on the supply chain
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T he Fourth Industrial Revolution is here . Technology is an enabler and it is having an increasingly prominent effect on how manufacturing companies and their supply chains operate . Henkel is a leading solutions provider in three core areas : Adhesive Technologies , Beauty Care , and Laundry and Home Care . Over the past few years , the firm has experienced rapid transformation and has its finger on the pulse of the latest technological innovations .
Overseeing the company ’ s worldwide supply chain for Laundry and Home Care is Dirk Holbach , Corporate Senior Vice President Global Supply Chain . Holbach has worked for Henkel in a variety of roles for almost his entire working life . Having joined the company as Junior Manager of Corporate Purchasing in 1996 , he became responsible for purchasing at Laundry and Home Care in 2004 before transitioning into several different roles prior to moving into his current position in July 2015 . As part of Holbach ’ s current role , he is responsible for the end-to-end supply chain
APRIL 2020