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Modern value-added processes are increasingly dependent on dynamic cooperation. Thomas Müller, CEO & Co-Founder of EVAN GmbH, describes how blockchain technology ensures trust there.

Orientation in times of uncertainty: Six certainties about the Blockchain technology by Dr. Markus Jostock, Founder & Managing Director of ARXUM.

Assumptions about the reception of blockchain technology and the consequences for adaptation. Interview with Dr. Martin Kiel, Codecentric AG/the black frame.

Blockchain technology has the potential to change established patterns in one fell swoop. This applies not only to banks, but also to industry. Their first goal: the supply chain.

A storm is coming: It is the harbinger of a new world whose rules and laws radically differ from our usual ideas - its name: Cryptonia.

Protected active cells of innovation - Welcome to the strategy lab!

Whoever develops a new product should know his target market

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.

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.

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

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

Digital transformation will not happen by itself, even with SAP S/4HANA. The real-time S/4HANA ERP suite is not an upgrade, rather the migration of a completely new product line. This will have a major impact on the IT landscape and business processes in companies.

With SAP S/4HANA, HENSOLDT Optronics has a real-time overview of data critical to its success. The practical example of HENSOLDT Optronics illustrates how single-stage migration to HANA and S/4HANA Finance became a win-win situation for all involved.

What SAP S/4HANA migration means for the company. In this interview, Thomas Popp of Q2factory explains the challenges the new SAP system landscape poses for CIOs, and what usage scenarios are attractive for the Industrial Internet of Things.

Infographic on the most important user features of S/4HANA. Real-time ERP suite, SAP Fiori, in-memory platform and more – we provide an overview of the new features of the SAP software.

The introduction of SAP S/4HANA: its implications and opportunities for corporate strategy. In the interview, Prof. Dr. Andreas Pasckert and Prof. Dr. Peter Gordon Rötzel from the Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences describe the extent to which companies can benefit from SAP migration, and what mistakes they should avoid.

Infographic on six key S/4HANA applications for industrial companies. Various applications are available for all segments of the value chain, for the transition from the old IT world to a new SAP S/4HANA universe.

Pointers for a successful change to SAP S/4HANA. In addition to the technical service, the guiding principle of the S/4HANA integration should be a continuous development of the know-how structure surrounding the new (process) options.

How e-mobility is altering the balance of power in the automotive industry. All-electric cars are still the exception on our streets. However, the switch from the drive concept of the combustion engine to the electric powertrain is gaining momentum in the industry. We present three dimensions where particularly far-reaching changes can be expected.

Electromobility is creating new rules for carmakers and their suppliers. With e-mobility, the automotive industry is facing the biggest paradigm shift in its more than one-hundred-year history. This change could be life-threatening, in particular for highly specialized suppliers.

Bosch Rexroth AG won the "2014 Industry 4.0 Award" with its new pilot assembly line. The company implemented an end-to-end network approach – and in the process increased not just the efficiency and quality of production but also provided for greater flexibility in the way it deploys its employees and an ergonomic workplace design.