Guest Lecture by Rob Copeland of ZF

Sven-V. Rehm • October 9, 2018

Today Rob Copeland, ZF Director ERP Strategy and Program Management at ZF Friedrichshafen AG gave a guest lecture as part of the lecture on IS and Change Management , at EM Strasbourg Business School .

 

Being a guest in my lectures since many years, Rob reported from his journey to build the ZF TRW SAP Competency Center through several years. His successful strategic initiative received external recognition on various occasions, among them the SAP Customer Center of Excellence award in 2013. He provided the students with substantial insights into how to plan, lead and implement ERP strategies and implementation projects on a global scale.


(Picture: symbolic picture from archive)

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