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The innovation in E+P’s product lines

are Jens Heinrich of the E+P Group’s top

priority. Under his supervision, E+P’s

future lab is running several projects fo-

cusing on visionary technologies in the

field of warehouse management systems,

for instance, with the option of finding

new paths for warehouse logistics using

augmented reality. But that certainly isn’t

all they are doing. With the internal EPX

computing center supporting them, spe-

cialized teams are also working on more

and more sophisticated cloud solutions. A

further major topic is the increasing mo-

bility of warehouse management systems.

Regardless of the platforms, the custom-

ers want to use their own end devices in

order to obtain information immediately,

wherever they are. “We see a lot of poten-

tial for our cloud products in conjunction

with mobile warehouse management sys-

tems for our customers to design their

processes extremely intelligently in the

future,” emphasizes Jens Heinrich, Chief

Technology Officer, who has held several

positions at E+P since 2003.

Network I: Customers

Internal meetings or creative brain storm-

ing are only two building blocks for future

innovation. E+P is also supported by a di-

verse, professional network that was built

strategically over many years. Managing

this network, orchestrating different in-

fluences from customers, technology

partners and universities and leading to

more new groundbreaking results – these

are Jens Heinrich’s tasks. “The most im-

portant source for pioneering innovations

is and remains a large, active customer

network. Because ideas that sound spec-

tacular in theory have to be proven in

practice,” explains the Chief Technology

Officer. And in reverse: Which technical

opportunities are presently available for

clearing the path for the future together

doesn’t become clear until you talk to the

customers.

Network II: Technology and

Design Partners

Another dimension of the network is the

intensive cooperation with strong tech-

nology partners such as IBM, Microsoft

and Oracle or innovative design partners

such as the voice expert, topsystem. “Our

exchange with IBM, for instance, is very

close and personal. We evaluate togeth-

er which IT components will benefit our

customers. This creates the perfect com-

pilation of the software and hardware

in our product lines,” Jens Heinrich de-

scribes the process. E+P also works close-

ly with IBM, the second-largest software

manufacturer and the world’s largest IT

patent holder, on the architecture level.

Develop visions,

implement ideas.

Strong networks for the logistics of the future –

managed by Jens Heinrich.