Jan Burian
Jan Burian is associate vice president and head of IDC Manufacturing Insights EMEA. Jan's core research coverage includes Industry 4.0, digital transformation, sustainability, and artificial intelligence.
Before joining IDC, Burian worked for 11 years as a consultant at Big 4 firms. He led a supply chain and operations team at EY Czech Republic. He provided consulting services focused on digital strategy set-up, asset management (mostly in the chemical and steel industries), enterprise IT benchmarking, enterprise strategy, and performance improvement. Before that, he worked at various tier 1 automotive production companies, as a project manager responsible for a new production implementation and as a plant quality manager.
He actively contributes to a number of international technical publications and magazines.
More content by Jan Burian
Sustainability and Decarbonization: What Language Are We Speaking?
February 29 by Jan Burian
Sustainability buzzwords, explained! Understand what it means when professionals use words like clean energy, net-zero, emissions free and more.
Sustainability: Leverage Digital Technology to Reach Your Goal
October 11 by Jan Burian
In the past decade, sustainability has risen to the forefront of public interest, business, and government agendas as a key strategic imperative for further growth. How can companies effectively strat...
Four Ways the Industrial Metaverse Can Drive Sustainability
December 06 by Gunjan Bassi
With manufacturers committed to making sustainability central to their businesses, the industrial metaverse can reshape how "being green" becomes part of the organization's DNA.
Manufacturing Predictions from the Metaverse and Beyond
September 01 by Jan Burian
Interview with Jan Burian from IDC Insights on what lay ahead for manufacturers.
Step Aside Digital Twin, Here Comes the Industrial Metaverse
March 16 by Jan Burian
Just what is the industrial metaverse and how is it different from a digital twin?
