(Beyond) Build or Buy
The Manufacturing Edition
How leading plants combine flexibility and focus to drive operational excellence.
In today’s manufacturing world, digital transformation is no longer about whether to act, it’s about how.
Should you build tools that perfectly reflect your unique processes?
Or should you buy platforms that embed years of operational best practices from across the industry?
This event, hosted by Hyperion, Maecos and apvine, brings together leaders who’ve faced that exact decision.
Through two customer stories, a keynote, and a live panel, we’ll explore how low-code flexibility and off-the-shelf excellence can reinforce one another to create smarter, faster, and more resilient operations
Program Highlights
Keynote - Pepijn Verhaeghe
From legacy to factory of the future.
Customer Case Maecos & Danone
Danone empowers frontline teams to go data-driven while keeping the human touch, fueling enthusiasm and progress.
Customer Case Mayker & Etex
In just two years, Etex grew from a single Mendix app to a scalable, data-driven production system uniting continuous improvement, transparency, and collaboration across all sites.
Panel Discussion
“Build or Buy: Where do you draw the line?”
Featuring experts from industry, IT and operations.
Tom Meyns
Danone
Dider Kerckhof
apvine
David Van Hecke
Etex
Raf Swinnen
Maecos
Pepijn Verhaeghe
ChocDecor
Why attend?
Gain insights on digital
Gain practical clarity on how to approach digital transformation.
Interoperability
Hear real results from two contrasting customer cases.
Learn frameworks
Learn frameworks for balancing innovation, speed, and scalability.
Connect with peers
Connect with peers facing the same strategic decisions.
Concrete takeaways
Leave with concrete takeaways to guide your next digital investment.
Change Management
Ensure your tech, processes, and culture are aligned for real results.
Join us for a pragmatic, experience-driven discussion on the future of digital operations.
