Industries

Trends

• Electric cars with different range and battery systems
• Connected vehicles
• Energy infrastructure for electric cars
• New organizational structures and business model with ever shorter innovation cycles

Herausforderungen

• E-mobility strategy with clear USP
• Restructuring of cannibalized business
• Development of new organizations and cultures
• Technological development (real-time monitoring, ecological drive concepts, ...)
• Adaptation of quality management systems, artificial intelligence etc.

Trends

• New business models and services - flexibility, modularity, speed (Industry 4.0, Smart Factory)
• Globalization
• Predictive / Preventive maintenance
• IT and OT systems with integrated PLM system
• Prototyping, 3D printing, AR and VR in Shopfloor
• Robotics - M2M and HMI communication

Herausforderungen

• Time, cost and innovation pressure
• Low cost machines specially in low segment and mid segment
• Competition with Asian manufacturers
• Data management / Security protocols for cloud and IoT solutions
• Individual / Customized production at the cost of mass production

Trends

• Specialization in ships and facilities (e.g. cruise ships, mega yachts, offshore facilities)
• Development as EPC provider with maintenance contracts
• Integrated design and production processes
• Increased integration of key suppliers

Herausforderungen

• Increasing competitive pressure (shipyards from the Far East & Europe, state shipyards)
• Demanding financing models
• Complex project and organizational structure
• Data Security problem along with the technological development (Real time monitoring, As-a Service Model) 

Trends

• Connected consumer goods
• Operational Excellence / OEE
• Globalization
• As-a service models / consumption based business models
• Fleet Management
• Big Data Analytics
• Global functional networks

Herausforderungen

• Customized customer demands
• Price pressure from globalization
• Changed consumer behavior
• Resource management of suitable staff for the new topics
• Increased product complexity due to regional specifics