Pitching IT/OT Integration to Management w/ BCG | EP08 - The Connected Factory podcast

Guest: Dr. Tilman Buchner, Partner and Director at BCG and global leader of BCG’s Innovation Center for Operations

In this episode of The Connected Factory Podcast, host Alexander Krüger speaks with Dr. Tilman Buchner , about the shift toward software-defined automation. They explore the challenges and opportunities in bridging IT and OT, scaling industrial use cases, and the growing importance of open-source and resilient architectures in manufacturing.

• Shifting from traditional automation to software-defined solutions
• Bridging IT/OT gaps and deploying services at scale
• Why unified namespace can simplify data management
• Balancing reliability with flexible, cloud-native updates
• Opportunities in the pharma industry and beyond
• BCG’s hands-on approach to engineering and proof-of-concept

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