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5 REASONS TO SPEAK THE ABAP LANGUAGE

SAP Software is the brains behind running processes in large enterprises, such as ŠKODA AUTO. It plans out and oversees logistics, finances, or production. If you want to understand this software, you need to know the ABAP programming language, as it is this language that the entire SAP Software is written in. However, the list of reasons to learn to speak ABAP does not end here.

FROM PAPER TO 3D MODELS

Despite rapid technological development, there are still areas where employees stick to familiar work processes. This has been the case regarding results from measuring centres up until now. But as the measurement requirements grew, the analyses records have turned into a chaotic jumble of data. That is why ŠKODA AUTO has undergone the transition from paper protocols to 3D models – thanks to the e-Protokol application, which went on to become the IT project of the year 2021. Let's learn more about this innovation and meet the creators, Lukáš Pilvousek and Leoš Červený.

Adventure Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone

Automobilism has been a part of his life basically since the day he was born. His mother used to be a car part dealer and his father runs a car repair shop to this day in the Karviná District in Czech Silesia. When Zdeněk Bukal was a little child, it was not unusual to find him playing in the shop, for example with a steering wheel made by the Romanian car manufacturer Oltcit. This great passion gradually grew to permeate both his personal and professional life.

BETWEEN BUGGY RACING AND BASKETBALL

Formerly a motorcycle racer, he now satisfies his urge for adrenaline by driving a buggy. When Petr Stanislav is not busy on-boarding new colleagues at the press shop, he is most likely driving out to Poland, or at least to Pardubice, seeking out adventure sports. He says he has been drawn to petrol all his life, and that’s why he has remained loyal to his passion despite a motorcycle accident, in which he suffered a permanent injury. How has he adapted to the new way of life and how did he acquire a job at the car manufacturer?

NOTES OF A ROBOTICS EXPERT PART 6

What do an athlete and a robot have in common? When have the robots learnt to go up and down the stairs? Another part of the Notes of a Robotics Expert by Jan Čejka is here, including all the relevant information concerning robotics of the eighties.

PROCESS MINING

Data analysis assists the automotive company in several ways. It improves processes in logistics and manufacturing, but also in purchasing. What does a purchase which is based on data actually look like? That is what we asked Václav Šlapka and Jiří Cabal. One of them shares their insight from a business point of view, the other with respect to IT. Together, they have found a way to save both the buyers' time and the company's money.

RETURNING TO WORK AFTER 3 YEARS OF MATERNITY LEAVE?

In the morning, she drops off her son at the kindergarten before speeding from Liberec to Mladá Boleslav, where she meets with her team. On the following day, she is busy working from home. The remainder of the week is then dedicated to spending time with her son. This is the current weekly schedule of Anita Wagnerová, a knowledge manager. One day, while she was on maternity leave, she paid her colleagues a visit in the office. It was then that she realized she had missed her workplace and made the decision to return to the company. How does she achieve harmony between her parental duties and her job in the IT department of ŠKODA AUTO?

WE ARE BUILDING THE MOST PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

It took him a while to decide whether to become a mechanical engineer or an architect. And although he opted for architecture in the end, Matěj Vydra collaborates with mechanical engineers every single day, since he is in charge of investments and constructional development of the ŠKODA AUTO technical development campus. Apart from strategic topics related to the company’s digital transformation, he is also involved in the efforts to increase the region’s attractiveness in collaboration with the ŠKODA AUTO Foundation Fund (Nadační fond ŠKODA AUTO). As a result, the construction of a new cycling infrastructure began in April, for example.