Luc Scheffer is a Director responsible for OT/IT and Digital for one of the biggest Biotech Manufacturing site of Merck Group. He joined the Healthcare industry in 2021. Before that he worked for 15 years in the Aerospace Industry in various Manufacturing Executive roles. His mandate was always to drive Manufacturing efficiency so he naturally moved towards Digital Manufacturing and drove a major Smart Manufacturing Programme for Rolls-Royce in Asia. His aim is now to leverage this experience to accelerate Merck's Digital Manufacturing ambition. Since he joined Merck he reorganized the Data and Digital Group and launched a redesign initiative of the MES solution to ensure the foundations are robust before building the solution that will push Merck towards Industry 4.0.

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Since he joined the Healthcare Industry, Luc has been amazed by the improvement potential that Digital could bring. The learnings from other industries are totally applicable and would yield sizable benefits if properly applied.

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