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HYDRA Users Group (HUG)

Objectives & Benefits

From users for users

The HYDRA Users Group (HUG) was founded in 2004 by users of our MES HYDRA as an autonomous organization. Today, HUG has more than 350 members who meet in regular intervals separated in different focus teams like manufacturing, HR, quality, IT and strategy to exchange best practice approaches and to work out suggestions to enhance the MES HYDRA. HUG is a wide network of contacts for MES users acting according to the principle "from users for users". Annually, a major meeting of all HUG members takes place where important issues are presented and discussed.

HUG tasks and objectives

  • To further develop HYDRA applications
  • Definition of user and market requirements
  • Exchange of experiences and best practice expert knowledge between HYDRA users
  • User feedback for MPDV
  • Solution of specific tasks
  • Exchange of news between HYDRA users and MPDV
  • Support in worldwide distribution of HYDRA

 

    Your benefits as a HUG member

    • Making a contribution to further develop HYDRA by joining the focus teams
    • Develop solutions for specific tasks within the focus teams
    • Relevant information from the focus teams
    • Exchange of experiences with other HYDRA users (Best Practice, etc.)
    HUG activities

    HUG conference and focus teams

    At the annual HUG conference HYDRA users from all industries and company sizes meet. The goal is to exchange experiences, establish new contacts and to share best practices. The conference, which is held in Germany, consists of a so-called MES Forum and a HUG Forum. At the MES Forum representatives from MPDV present innovations from MES HYDRA and new MES projects worldwide. The HUG Forum at day two of the conference focuses on reports from HYDRA users, workshops and intensive networking among the participants.

    Activities of the HUG focus teams

    Members of the HYDRA Users Group can work in one or several focus teams. Currently we have focus teams tackling the issues of manufacturing, HR, quality, IT and strategy. During the annual meeting of all focus teams, activities for the coming year are being planned. New HYDRA specifications and ideas are discussed.

      • Activities of the focus teams are:
        • Definition and processing of questions
        • Regular meeting of the focus team members
        • Exchange of experiences (Best Practice)
        • Definition of requirements to further develop HYDRA
        • Communication with and reporting to the HUG board
        • Provision of information for the HUG members

      HUG board

      All HUG activities are coordinated by the HUG board. Additionally, there are dedicated MPDV experts supporting HUG activities in organizational and technical matters.

      • Listed below are the HUG contacts:

        Mathias Schmälzle (HUG Chairman and head of the Focus Team IT)
        Ruch Novaplast GmbH & Co. KG
        Email

        Dennis Schwäke (Head of the Focus Team manufacturing)
        Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
        Email

        Harm Hübert (Deputy Head of the Focus Team Manufacturing)
        Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
        Email

        Torsten Kratzsch (Deputy Head of the Focus Team Manufacturing)
        Degro GmbH & Co. KG
        Email

        Thorsten Gugg (Head of the Focus Team HR)
        DEHN + SÖHNE GmbH + Co.KG.
        E-Mail

        Carsten Vieth (Deputy Head of the Focus Team HR)
        Gebr. Pfeiffer SE
        E-Mail 

        Björn Wollny (Head of the Focus Team Quality)
        Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH
        Email 

        Andreas Paschke (Head of the Focus Team Strategy)
        msg treorbis GmbH
        Email

         

        MPDV-Ansprechpartner

        Laura Kirstätter
        Research Coordinator
        MPDV Mikrolab GmbH
        Email

        HUG Secretary
        MPDV Mikrolab GmbH
        Email

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      Become a member of the HYDRA Users Group

      Becoming a member in the HYDRA Users Group (HUG) will not only enable you to contribute to the development of HYDRA. At the same time you can access a powerful network of HYDRA users to exchange best practices.

      Membership is currently free of charge. Please fill in the membership form and send it to hug@mpdv.com.

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