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Im Forschungsprojekt ‚Chatbots im Service‘ forschten das FIR und das International Performance Research Institute (IPRI) gemeinsam mit namhaften Partnern im projektbegleitenden Ausschuss an dem Einsatz von Chatbots im B2B-Kundenservice. Der Fokus lag hierbei vor allem auf KMU im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau. Die Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojekts liefern Unternehmen eine Orientierung in Form eines appbasierten Einführungsleitfadens bei der Implementierung von Chatbots.
Während Kundinnen und Kunden steigende Bedürfnisse im Hinblick auf und Erwartungen an die Kommunikation mit Unternehmen haben, erkennen Unternehmen auch zunehmend selbst die Relevanz einer engen Kundenbeziehung. Dies galt für lange Zeit vor allem im B2C-Umfeld und wurde durch Internetriesen wie Amazon massiv mitgeprägt. Kundinnen und Kunden erwarten kurzfristige Rückmeldungen auf Anfragen und personalisierte Angebote. Mehr und mehr wird dies auch im B2B-Umfeld zum Standard. Die Realität in vielen mittelständischen Betrieben sieht aber oft noch anders aus: Gut ausgebildete Vertriebler:innen sind zwar in der Lage, einen guten Kundenkontakt zu pflegen, aber auch sie können ohne die entsprechenden Prozesse und Tools nur bis zu einem gewissen Punkt den immer wichtiger werdenden individuellen Kundenkontakt sicherstellen.
Dies trifft auch auf den Anlagenbauer LISEGA SE aus Zeven in Niedersachsen zu. Die richtige CRM(Customer-Relationship-Management)-Software kann hier Abhilfe schaffen. CRM bezeichnet eine Strategie zur systematischen Gestaltung der Beziehungen und Interaktionen einer Organisation mit bestehenden und potenziellen Kunden. Durch das standardisierte 3-Phasen-Konzept bietet das FIR an der RWTH Aachen ein strukturiertes Vorgehen bei der Auswahl und Einführung von IT-Systemen, wie z. B. eines CRM-Systems, an.
Traditional manufacturing companies increasingly launch data-driven services (DDS) to enhance their digital service portfolio. Nonetheless, data-driven services fail more often than traditional industrial services or products within the first year on the market. In terms of market launch, their digital characteristics differ from traditional industrial services and thus need specific structures and actions, which companies currently lack. Therefore, a process guideline for a six-month market launch phase of DDS is developed. The guideline relies on analogies from product, service and software launches based on the latest literature from service marketing and successful practices from various industries. Finally, the guideline is evaluated within five industrial case studies. Thus, the guideline provides scientific research insights regarding the market launch process of DDS and adds to the research of service marketing. It provides practical guidance for manufacturing companies by serving as a reference process for the market launch and offering a collection of successful practices within this area.
Electro mobility provides the basis for a fundamental, worldwide change when it comes to individual mobility. This change goes far beyond just using vehicles with an electric engine. The transformation also holds the opportunity of developing and providing new kinds of service solutions that can determine the success of electro mobility significantly. A good service offering can function as a mediator between the technology on the one hand and the market and its potential buyers on the other hand. So far, the number of sold and used electric vehicles in the world does not meet the expectations as potential buyers hesitate to purchase the cars. Currently existing scientific work researching the development of electro mobility is primarily focused on technological aspects of e-mobility, such as the range electric vehicles can reach – an in-depth analysis of all the other influence factors effecting the development and success of electro mobility does not exist yet. It is necessary, however, in order to not only implement suitable service solutions successfully but also influence the development of electro mobility in a positive way. Specific criteria that affect the success of e-mobility can only be met if they are clearly identified. Therefore, the aim of this research paper is to identify relevant key influence factors for the future development of electro mobility and researching which requirements need to be considered in order to increase the acceptance of electric mobility.
Remote services are services enabled by information and communication components and therefore do not require the physical presence of a service technician at the service object to provide a task. The impact of remote service on the capital goods industry has been increasingly significant over the recent yeas. Still many companies struggle with developing and implemenling successful business model, for remote service. This leads to a lot of unaccomplished benefits for the customer as well as for the companies themselves. A survey throughout companies in Ihe industrial machine and plant production sector was conducted in order to determine what successful companies do differently from those that cannot efficiently implement remote service business models.
The study presented in this chapter identifies key suceess factors of companies that effectively implemented remote services for their products. In order to identify the successful companies a scale for measuring remote service success was developed. Only by the use of this scale further findings regarding the success factors were possible. Key findings include the fact that successful companies actively market their remotle service to their customers. Generally they try to approach their remote service business from the operating company's perspective.
This paper presents a simulation approach for service production processes on the basis of which an optimal operating point for service systems can be identified. The approach specifically takes into account the characteristics of human behavior. The simulation is based on a system theory approach to the service delivery process. A specific use case of the simulation approach is presented in detail to illustrate how characteristic curves are deduced and an optimal operating point is obtained.
For a considerable time, European companies in the capital goods industry experience stagnating growth in material goods markets. Moreover, increasing international competition forces European companies to improve their market position. In order to stay successful, an increasing number of companies adapt their businesses from manufacturing to service provider. Unfortunately, the number of companies who manage to turn their portfolio change into a competitive advantage is comparatively low. Therefore, this paper focuses on the development of a framework for the positioning as industrial services provider. Besides, it provides support for management in shaping the changes that occur with the transformation.
As industrial service portfolios grow, many companies overlook the implications of their business operations: rising complexity and resulting complexity costs. One reason are nonexistent tools that help service managers to decide in planning phases with an adequate effort about the implications that variety and complexity decisions have on the complexity costs of their portfolio. This paper depicts the challenges service companies have to face in this context and presents a concept of a heuristic approach to evaluate the complexity costs for industrial services. The concept is being developed in strong cooperation with industrial partners.
Soziale Medien kommen heute in vielen Unternehmensbereichen wie dem Kundenservice, dem Marketing, dem Innovationsmanagement oder dem Personalmanagement zum Einsatz. Beispiele hierfür sind weit verbreitete Kundenforen, interne Wissensplattformen, eine Präsenz auf Facebook oder Open- Innovation-Communitys. Nutzen stiften diese sogenannten Business-Communitys im Besonderen bei wissensintensiven Aufgaben. Des Weiteren versprechen sie durch Integration in die Wertschöpfung erhebliche Produktivitätspotenziale. Dabei ist davon auszugehen, dass die Nutzung von Business-Communitys die Prozesse und die Kultur ganzer Unternehmen zukünftig entscheidend verändern wird.
In der Praxis mangelt es jedoch aktuell an geeigneten Erkenntnissen über eine erfolgreiche Steuerung ebensolcher Business-Communitys. Dies führt dazu, dass das häufig klassische, hierarchisch strukturierte Management in Unternehmen die Potenziale von Business-Communitys in der Praxis nicht heben kann. Dazu hat das FIR an der RWTH Aachen zusammen mit der IntraWorlds GmbH eine Studie unter Community-Managern durchgeführt, welche die Erfolgswirkungen von Koordinationsmechanismen für Business-Communitys untersucht.
The growth of installed wind capacities generated a market with a huge variety of service offers for operation & maintenance of wind turbines. Different parties like manufacturers, component suppliers as well as independent service providers compete for the attractive after sales market. An innovative service offer which seems to meet the customers’ requirements is the guarantee of availability for wind turbines. However, these service providers are facing new challenges regarding their performance potentials and their financial risks occurring from possible penalties. Service providers have to reconsider their preparedness of performance, their new occurring financials risks, their cooperation and qualification level as well as their localization of service bases. To be able to quantify these new challenges and risks a simulation model has been designed in the context of a German research project named “WinServ”.
Increasing productivity in product-service systems is a vital success factor for industrialized economies and individual businesses. The service production is typically described as an integrated value chain setting, in which the provider and the customer are co-creators.
This paper embraces a characteristic curve model in order to illustrate the influence of the customer on the productivity of service production. The characteristic curves are derived from a system dynamics simulation model for a synchronized takt-based service production. In conclusion this research leads to designs recommendations for service production systems in order to reduce lead times and increase adherence to delivery dates.