Dr. Marco Heck

Dr. Marco Heck, MMS Manager, Mann+Hummel GmbHspoke in his presentation "Increased product and process quality as a building block for crisis management" about challenges, ways and strategies out of the crisis from the perspective of a medium-sized automotive supplier.

Dr. Marco Heck studied industrial engineering in Kaiserslautern (Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.) with a focus on production management and general mechanical engineering. While working for several years as a management consultant specializing in lean management and risk management, he obtained his doctorate in 2003 from the Technical University of Munich.

During his career at MANN+HUMMEL, he worked as Lean Manager and Head of Quality, focusing on the implementation of lean concepts in development and production as well as the realization of zero-defect programs. He is currently responsible for the central quality management of the MANN+HUMMEL Group as well as Six Sigma within the Automotive division. The "Project Management Office", which defines the standards within the product development process at MANN+HUMMEL, is also assigned to this function.

In his contribution to the 17th Munich Management Colloquium, Dr. Marco Heck will discuss the particular challenges facing a medium-sized automotive supplier with regard to quality management in times of crisis. He will also describe the levers and fields of action in the areas of process and product quality.

Status: Beginning of 2010