The Karlsruhe Food Symposium (KALS) has been one of the most important industry meetings for quality management, audits and food safety for many years. On September 30 and October 1, 2026, specialists and managers from the food industry, quality management, production and auditing will once again come together at the GenoHotel Karlsruhe to discuss current challenges and practical solutions.

As a participant in KALS 2026, cluetec will also be on site. For us, the focus is on personal exchange with experts from quality assurance, audit management and food safety. The event offers the ideal setting to talk about the latest developments in digital audits, standardized processes and data-based quality assurance.

Digital audit and quality processes are becoming increasingly important, especially in highly regulated sectors such as the food industry. Companies are faced with the challenge of efficiently documenting audits, reliably implementing standards and at the same time creating transparency along complex supply and production chains. cluetec supports organizations with a digital audit platform that enables paperless processes, standardized procedures and central control of audits.

The exchange at specialist events such as KALS is particularly valuable for us because it brings together practical knowledge, regulatory requirements and specific use cases. It is precisely this combination of expertise, digitization and operational feasibility that shapes our daily work.

We look forward to talking to trade visitors at KALS 2026 and discussing the future of modern audit and quality processes together.

The VDMA Quality Management Conference is an important meeting place for specialists and managers from the mechanical and plant engineering sector who want to future-proof their quality management. The focus is on current trends, practical insights and exchange within the industry. The presentation by Mathias Hoffmann from the IWS, who will show how quality management is evolving from a pure documentation approach to intelligent, data-driven assistance, also fits into this context.

Under the title “From QM documentation to intelligent assistance”, Hoffmann will shed light on how modern technologies are fundamentally changing operational quality management. The focus is on automated data collection directly in the process – for example via mobile solutions – and its intelligent evaluation. Instead of simply documenting data, it is analyzed in real time and provides a concrete basis for decision-making. This allows deviations to be detected at an early stage and processes to be continuously improved, which is a decisive advantage, especially in dynamic production environments.

An essential part of the presentation is the use of AI-based evaluations. These make it possible to identify patterns and correlations in large amounts of data and derive specific recommendations for action. Quality management is thus transformed from a reactive control instrument into a proactive management tool. Practical examples from the security industry clearly show how this approach is already working today – and what added value it offers in particularly sensitive and regulated areas.

At the same time, the presentation addresses key challenges that are also repeatedly discussed at the VDMA conference: ensuring high data quality, user acceptance of new digital solutions and compliance with regulatory requirements. The presentation thus fits seamlessly into the overarching themes of the event and provides concrete approaches on how companies can actively shape change in quality management.

Mathias Hoffmann’s presentation is therefore exemplary of what participants can expect at the VDMA conference: well-founded insights, practical solutions and forward-looking impulses for modern quality management.