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Investigation & selection of technology impulses - starting point for the development of digital products and services

Roadmap for the development of a digital product and service business

Map of digital products: Digital products and services are already in demand on the market today.

There is hardly any new growth opportunity in their core business. However, the digital products and services business shows two-digit growth rates.

Digital strategies for mechanical engineering

Let's do the Time Warp! We are traveling a few years into the future and find that order-picking robots are firmly integrated into the Warehouse 4.0 teams.

Industry superstars like Amazon show: in addition to increasing efficiency and cutting costs, Logistics 4.0 is also concerned with the adaptation of new technologies and new growth – we call this the mastery of bimodal supply chains.

Emission avoidance is not the only major challenge of logistics 4.0 since possible driving bans on Diesel vehicles. Smart transport solutions help to master the increasing volume of goods in a resource-saving manner.

Shelves are an invention of man. But are they still needed at all if warehouses are only operated by robots in the future? No, believes the Norwegian manufacturer Hatteland.

Working in the department store of the future you hardly ever meet humans anymore. They will be replaced by intelligent robotic systems that are able to organize themselves and make decentralized decisions.

People as orchestrators of the smart factory need to keep an eye on both the flow of physical goods as well as the information flow. The so-called Blue Collar Cyborgs are supported by Human Machine Interfaces.

Traditional supply chains are slowly disappearing. They are being replaced by logistics networks in which the parties involved are centrally networked via cloud.

What do logistics processes look like when the usual interfaces in the value creation process disappear, when the boundaries between factory and warehouse become blurred or completely eliminated? Welcome to Logistics 4.0!

Tool shed manufacturer BIOHORT is not working without a digital twin in the future

How a digital copy of a gearwheel emerges from its "Component DNA"

Digital Process Twins enable Holostic Production Management

Customers benefit from quality across all processes. Interview with Daniel Schnitzler, Head of Supply Chain Management,

Bilsing Automation GmbH

New opportunities for a more precise analysis and design of value networks

ROI again category winner „Engineering & Production” in the WGMB study “Hidden Champions of the consulting market 2018”

ROI awards „Industry 4.0 Awards China“ for the first time

How companies are aligning their existing footprint with what is required. The "mismatch" between the existing and required footprints is a constant source of risk for companies

with an international presence. Opportunities for prevention exist in a number of fields of

action.

Global Footprint in the Era of Isolation

Few companies are prepared for the new era of protectionism and isolation. A new economic and political ice age is fast approaching – a development that will have huge ramifications for how global networks are designed and managed.

Recommended actions for new global market scenarios. An interview with Dr. Johannes Fritz from the University of St. Gallen on the results of the Global Trade Alert and suggested approaches for German companies.

The top 10 global business risks. Our infographic shows the top 10 business risks, as identified by the “Allianz Risk Barometer”.

Practical tips for German companies on handling the Trump administration

Dr. André Wolf from the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) sets out just how

free and fair free trade really is and the measures businesses can take to hedge against unpredictable

regimes.

Protection for the domestic industry or unrealistic fantasies? Our diagram compares the objectives, examples, and background of free trade and protectionism.

Ideas for setting up global partnerships between business and politics. In this interview, Prof. Dr. Oliver Lorz from RWTH Aachen explains how the export world champion can continue to operate in a “democratic recession”.

An infographic concerning the key elements of global corporate networks. No market can be captured with a growth strategy alone – which is why our infographic summarizes the key components of network design and other mandatory elements.

Second German location opened