SMART FACTORIES
“ An engineer by training , I then got a business degree and started in manufacturing , working in shop floor supervision 30 years ago ,” says Wellener . “ At that point in time , I was manufacturing parts in the automotive industry , but I moved into consulting a few years later .”
Wellener has been in consulting ever since , though he has remained consulting for manufacturing organisations , whether automotive or aerospace-based . Sitting on the National Association of Manufacturers , Wellener utilises his considerable knowledge – particularly in manufacturing consulting – to represent Deloitte .
“ I ' m just naturally a person who likes operations and working to see tangible products . In manufacturing , it ' s so easy to see results day in and day out ,” he says . “ When you see a product on the assembly line , you can see your impact on it just a few hours – or a few minutes – later .”
“ We ' re still working to bring things closer together ”
PAUL WELLENER VC OF THE US INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , DELOITTE Deloitte ' s smart factory consulting Deloitte has made its name in industrial products and construction across the manufacturing business .
“ We serve large global aerospace companies , heavy equipment companies , the global HVAC and electrical companies in the industrial space ,” explains Wellener .
Deloitte manufactures a wide range of products and services , as well as offering operations-oriented consulting . Wellener is an expert in technology consulting for different software packages .
“ We do a number of things around smart factories . For example , how to digitise your operations . We also do a number of things in mergers and acquisitions ; we do our financial audit work for many of those clients who are our test clients . We do tax and trade-type of work for them , on a global basis .” manufacturingdigital . com 67