{"id":11623,"date":"2024-11-14T16:18:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T21:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/?p=11623"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:16:27","slug":"digitalization-in-the-cpg-industry-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/digital-transformation\/digitalization-in-the-cpg-industry-episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitalization in the CPG industry- Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=TLFIE3153574830\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><!-- Megaphone -->\n\n\n<p>In this continuation of the Digital Transformation Podcast, host Chris Pennington, global industry marketing leader for industrial machinery is joined by Rahul Garg, Vice President for industrial machinery and the SNP program at Siemens and Mario Vollbracht, vice president of consumer products and retail. 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