“Sustainability is an overlay to that , sustainability is a byproduct of efficiency ”
SAM CASTRO SENIOR DIRECTOR , SOLUTION MANAGEMENT , LOB DIGITAL MANUFACTURING , SAP
For manufacturers to focus on business value versus technology , Castro believes that they need to intelligently manage profitability and investments . As a result of that additional profitability , they also need to protect that inflow of money and profitable behaviour for the company .
“ Is that a CapEx investment ? Is it an OPEX investment ? Is it better granularity on product quality and an emphasis on quality for certain products or certain areas within a process that are very tricky and cumbersome ?” asks Castro . “ Maybe it ' s a new product that you ' re introducing and as a result , that process isn ' t fully stable yet . What is the emphasis in how much we put into that project to stabilise it ? Those are the goals that are very coveted from the C-suite down , but they really are reliant from all edges of the supply chain and having that information roll all the way up .”
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