Where Manufacturing CX meets the digital future

28 April 2026, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pmDesign Offices Stuttgart Tower

What to expect

  • Visionary keynotes

  • Concrete real-world use cases

  • Methodologically strong masterclasses

  • Speaker presentations available after the event

  • Exclusive networking with CX practitioners from the manufacturing sector

Our event format covers the full spectrum required to make digital transformation at manufacturing customer touchpoints truly successful.

Your platform for real transformation

Leaders in Manufacturing CX brings together what belongs together: strategic vision, proven methodology and future-ready technology. Delivered through hands-on formats co-created by manufacturing organisations as well as technology and network partners. Gain exactly the insights and impulses you need for your digital CX transformation.

✔️ Curated talks and workshops
✔️ Industry focus: Manufacturing
✔️ Genuine, personal exchange on equal footing

What to expect

Time

Session

1:00–2:00 pm

Arrival & orientation

📍Get-together

📍Dive into individual speed sessions featuring trending use cases for digital customer experience in manufacturing – e-commerce, content management, PIM and more.

2:00–2:30 pm

Opening & research insight: Customer Experience in Manufacturing

Ambition, reality and structural frictions
How is customer experience evolving in industrial markets – and why do many organisations run into structural limitations along the way?

To open the event, Gerrit Taaks outlines the key challenges of CX in manufacturing.

Following this, Ramona Kaden presents core findings from the bvik Trend Barometer on the role of marketing, communication and customer centricity in industrial companies.

Finally, Gerrit Taaks contextualises these insights within the organisational logic of manufacturing companies – setting the stage for the practical sessions that follow.

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Gerrit Taaks
Founder & Partner, Unic

Ramona Kaden
Managing Director, Bundesverband Industrie Kommunikation (bvik)

2:30–3:00 pm

Case study: Customer Experience at Endress+Hauser

From ambition to operational execution
How can customer experience be strategically embedded and operationally managed within the sales organisation of a globally operating industrial company?

Markus Ketterer shares real-world insights from Endress+Hauser, illustrating how organisational responsibilities, processes and digital platforms interact – including typical goal conflicts and key learnings from implementation.

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Markus Ketterer
Head of Department Sales Marketing Communication, Endress+Hauser (Deutschland) GmbH+Co. KG

3:00–3:30 pm

Case study: Customer Experience in Manufacturing

Organisational logic, processes and digital execution
How do industrial companies design customer experience across silos and anchor it effectively within their organisation?

This session uses a concrete company example to demonstrate how strategic target visions, operational processes and digital platforms work together. The focus is on real decision-making logics, typical conflicts between marketing, sales and service, and key learnings from implementing CX initiatives in an industrial context.

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Speaker TBD

3:30–4:00 pm

Networking

Use this time for personal exchange and deepen discussions at themed information stations.

4:00–5:00 pm

Parallel masterclasses (your choice)

Three topic-specific workshops with speed consulting – choose your focus:

💡 Masterclass 1: Business Model Innovation

Unlock IIoT-based revenue stream opportunities

How can you leverage IIoT data for new revenue models? From servitisation to performance as a service – develop concrete approaches for your business model.

Ihre Masterclass Leads
📍 Dirk Nölke, Principal Consultant , Unic
📍 TBD

💡 Masterclass 2: Journey Orchestration

Integrated digital customer portals for marketing, sales and aftersales

How do you orchestrate all touchpoints into a seamless experience? Learn from successful platform implementations.

Ihre Masterclass Leads
📍 Barbara Schluep, Projektleitung Retail und E-Business, Meier Tobler AG
📍Jörg Atai-Nölke, Principal Consultant, Unic

💡 Masterclass 3: Master Data Excellence (in English)

From technical product data to touchpoint experience

PIM, enrichment and master data as a strategic management process – how do you create the data foundation for outstanding digital experiences?

Ihre Masterclass Leads
📍 Paula Castro, SWISS KRONO GROUP, Senior Digital Transformation Consultant
📍 Aaron Apelt, Professional Consultant, Unic

5:00–5:30 pm

Summary

✔️ Summary of insights from the masterclasses
✔️ Key takeaways

From 5:30 pm

Get-together with finger food and drinks

Another opportunity to join individual digital AI speed sessions. Expect up-to-date use cases for digital customer experience in manufacturing – e-commerce, content management, PIM and more.

Secure these benefits

  • Hands-on: No theory in isolation – but real-world use cases from manufacturers who are already on their transformation journey.

  • Interactive: In the masterclasses, you actively work on your own challenges – together with experts and peers, using methods you can directly adapt.

  • Actionable: You don’t just leave with inspiration, but with concrete approaches you can apply to your own transformation.

  • Connected: Build valuable connections with like-minded professionals facing similar challenges.

Be part of the moment when Manufacturing CX is reimagined.

Register now. There are only a few places available!

Your organising team

Corinna Plege, Unic
Jörg Nölke-Atai, Unic

Corinna Plege
Corinna Plege
Jörg Nölke