I support this question - I work at IKEA as a software engineering leader, but I'm always curious about many things so last year I visited one of our factories in Poland when I was there on holiday, just to see it.
Glad I did, as not only can I do the software leadership part - I've now seen end-to-end some of our processes as I've also done some time of the shop floor, and I've been to our prototype labs - so now I can also talk 'the business'.
I have a pretty good understanding of how we develop, build, more and sell products - so for me KALLAX isn't just a product name and data but a real thing.
Glad I did, as not only can I do the software leadership part - I've now seen end-to-end some of our processes as I've also done some time of the shop floor, and I've been to our prototype labs - so now I can also talk 'the business'.
I have a pretty good understanding of how we develop, build, more and sell products - so for me KALLAX isn't just a product name and data but a real thing.