HENKEL ADHESIVES
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In January this year Miesen joined Henkel Adhesive Technologies as Head of Digital Operations and was tasked with building a digital supply chain . The business , which is a leading solutions provider for adhesives , sealants and functional coatings globally , was already in a strong position digitally , he says . “ I found the business to be really advanced , and quite visionary in terms of that digital backbone I mentioned . We have a major programme being finalised to consolidate all SAP systems and let us house all our data in a single system . That ’ s a great starting point for digital , and not something I ’ ve seen in other companies I ’ ve worked with .
“ But , objectively , I saw very early on that there was the potential to do much more with the data ,” he continues . “ For example , there was a lot of data around introducing new platforms and systems , but not a lot of utilisation of that data and that ’ s really where I saw my role coming in - to take advantage of and build on the great work that has already been done , to
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