EMS@C-LEVEL · 23 Sept 2026 · 7m
Martin Eisenhart, Senior Executive Vice President of Electronics at Zollner, explains how the company maintains global manufacturing agility through standardized systems, including a single ERP, MES, and traceability platform. He details how this standardization enables rapid transfer of production between sites, such as moving European customer demand to the US to mitigate tariffs, while maintaining quality in complex sectors like medical, industrial, and aerospace. Eisenhart also discusses Zollner's organizational shift from a global structure to regional hubs (Americas, Europe, Asia) and the pilot of AI agents in supply chain and administrative tasks at their Costa Rica facility.
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Zollner is piloting AI agents to assist with supply chain work and administrative tasks at its Silicon LVD5 facility in Europe to manage high costs.
“we started the pilot in the Americas and Mobidas in the Silicon LVD5 facility because we have high costs over there, and then we we we figure out how the agents, the AI agents, can help us in the in the supply chain work and the administrative task.”
Martin Eisenhart · Hear it at 4:53
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