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The evaluation of the maturity level of the participating companies has provided an initial insight into the degree of implementation and the upcoming challenges of Industrie 4.0 in Mexico. The assessment shows that Mexican companies have built the necessary foundation to start their digital transformation. Challenges now lie in establishing an integrated IT landscape that makes it possible to generate a digital shadow of the entire company. In order to leverage the potential of this technological development, it is necessary to work in parallel on an even more flexible organizational structure and an innovation-promoting Culture.
In order to strategically plan the digital transformation of a manufacturing company, a detailed analysis of the company's maturity level must be carried out. The basic dimensions of such an analysis were presented in the present paper. The Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index offers a framework that identifies approximately 50 individual capabilities required for the systematic implementation of Industrie 4.0 and groups them into the four dimensions discussed in this paper. Only an analysis of a company's key processes at this level of detail can form the basis for a sound investment decision and a roadmap that outlines the steps towards its digital transformation for the upcoming years.
Data-driven services play an important role in
innovative business models of successful manufacturing
companies: They hold great potential for the creation of unique
selling points and improve the differentiation of manufacturing
companies in highly competitive markets. However, the large
number of newly invented digital services that fail shortly after
launching implies that companies struggle with the invention and
implementation of data-driven service solutions, which ends in a
waste of resources. The following paper introduces guideline
principles for successful innovation processes for data-driven
services. The principles were identified during in-depth case
studies with manufacturing companies. They contribute to a
necessary paradigm change for manufacturing companies in
terms of data-driven services for machines. The six identified
principles emphasize new aspects regarding the new dimension of
data-driven solutions and improve the life cycle management of
products and services. They demonstrate how the rules of agile
development can lead to successful and more efficient service
innovations in the industrial sector.
Monetizing Industry 4.0: Design Principles for Subscription Business in the Manufacturing Industry
(2019)
Subscription business models have a major role for monetizing products and services for manufacturing companies in the age of Industry 4.0. As the manufacturing industry has difficulties generating revenues through digitalization, the implementation of innovative business models are essential to remain successful. Physical assets are often capital-intensive and require a more complex manufacturing process than subscription business models. Moreover, subscription models can focus on the individual customer benefit and a consistent service transformation, constituting a unique selling proposition and a competitive advantage. Hence, the following paper provides a management model that enables manufacturing companies to successfully realize the transformation towards a subscription business model. The management model presents four major fields of action, each matched with one design principle that must be considered when dealing with subscription models in the manufacturing industry. These principles were determined by an in-depth case study analysis among various manufacturing companies. Opportunities, challenges and recommendations for action were then systematically derived and integrated into the management model.
Das Projekt Sales-Service hat zum Ziel, Servicetechniker in den aktiven Vertrieb von Services und Produkten zu integrieren und damit das Vertriebspotenzial aus ihrer regelmäßigen und intensiven Kundeninteraktion zu nutzen. Hierzu wird eine Analytics-basierte Vertriebsunterstützung für Servicetechniker (Algorithmen für Open-Source-Software) gestaltet, die ihnen die notwendigen Vertriebsinformationen bereitstellt. Zudem werden Aufbau- und Ablauforganisation (Blueprints & Referenzprozesse) sowie die entsprechenden Managementinstrumente (Balanced Scorecard & Anreizsystem) für einen vertriebsorientierten Service entwickelt. Das IGF-Vorhaben 19829 N des FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen wird über die AiF im Rahmen des Programms zur Förderung der industriellen Gemeinschaftsforschung und -entwicklung (IGF) vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) aufgrund eines Beschlusses des Deutschen Bundestages gefördert.
Digitally connected industrial production promises faster and more efficient processes - in development and production, services, marketing & sales and for adapting entire business models. Agility and the ability to make changes in real time are strategic chracteristics of successful companies in Industrie 4.0. To acquire these features, it is necessary to create a continuously expanding data base. However, a company's organisational structure and culture also play an important part in determining whether this data's potential is leveraged effectively.
This acatech STUDY describes a new tool for helping manufacturing enterprises to forge their own individual path towards becoming a learning, agile company. The acatech Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index is a six-stage maturity model that analyses the capabilities in the area of resources, information systems, culture and organisational structure that are required by companies operating in a digitalised industrial environment. The attainment of each development stage promises concrete additional benefits for manufacturing companies. The model's practical application was validated in a medium-sized company.
Die digital vernetzte industrielle Produktion verspricht schnellere und effizientere Prozesse - in Entwicklung und Produktion wie auch in Service, Marketing und Vertrieb oder bei Anpassung ganzer Geschäftsmodelle. Agil zu handeln und in Echtzeit Veränderungen vorzunehmen, wird in der Industrie 4.0 zur strategischen Erfolgseigenschaft eines Unternehmens. Voraussetzung dafür ist der Aufbau einer immer breiteren Datenbasis. Ob deren Potenzial effektiv genutzt wird, hängt jedoch auch wesentlich von der Organisationsstruktur und Kultur eines Unternehmens ab.
Die vorliegende acatech STUDIE stellt ein neues Instrument vor, mit dem produzierende Unternehmen den Weg zum lernenden, agilen Unternehmen individuell gestalten können. Der acatech Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index ist als sechsstufiges Reifegradmodell aufgebaut und analysiert die in der digitalisierten Industrie benötigten unternehmerischen Fähigkeiten in den Gestaltungsfeldern Ressourcen, Informationssysteme, Kultur und Organisationsstruktur. Jede erreichte Entwicklungsstufe verspricht produzierenden Unternehmen einen konkreten Zuwachs an Nutzen. Das Modell wurde in der praktischen Anwendung in einem mittelständischen Betrieb validiert.
Soll die Umsetzung datenbasierter Dienstleistungen gelingen, gilt es zahlreiche Aspekte zu berücksichtigen und etliche Funktionen eines Unternehmens einzubeziehen. Der in einem Industriekonsortium entwickelte "Smart-Service-Check" hilft, den aktuellen Status eines Unternehmens zu bestimmen und eine darauf abgestimmte Roadmap für die zu entwickelnden Dienstleistungen zu erarbeiten.
Gestaltung des Digitalen Schattens für Instandhaltungsdienstleistungen im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau
(2019)
Unternehmen des Maschinen- und Anlagenbaus sind mit der Herausforderung konfrontiert, die digitale Transformation ihres Unternehmens zu gestalten. Eines der zentralen Konzepte der Industrie 4.0 ist der Digitale Schatten. Er fungiert als übergeordnete Datenbank, die alle relevanten Ereignisse im Unternehmen strukturiert aufnimmt. Mit dieser Arbeit wird der Digitale Schatten für den Bereich der Instandhaltungsdienstleistungen definiert und eine Vorgehensweise für dessen Einführung bereitgestellt.
The change from the traditional to the digital service provider is not easy. The digital maturity level of many industrial companies is still too low to successfully place these digital service innovations on the market. One problem of service development is the increasing involvement of information and communication technology in service development and implementation. The additional technology makes the innovation processes for services on the part of manufacturers increasingly complex by involving different internal and external stakeholders (e.g. IT partners, data protection officers or product development departments). In addition to this, data-driven services also require that manufacturers (e.g. data scientists) develop new competencies in order to use the customer data obtained to increase machine productivity and to offer new business models. Furthermore, industrial companies that want to successfully offer data-driven services must develop new market introduction strategies to create a high degree of acceptance and trust among their customers. This is necessary to get access to relevant data. These and other challenges caused the success rate of companies in regarding the development of new, industrial services to shrink.
To change this, this white paper presents six principles that help industrial enterprises to develop new successful data-driven services.