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Toasters and refrigerators are transformed into “smart products” that will be controlled by Alexa and Siri in the future. A manufacturer of household appliances realizes: Three years from the first idea to the finished product are too long for that. He consistently upgrades his development team with ROI.

In the search for suitable cooperation models, companies often rely on individual methods and overlook the fact that they have to transform their organization sustainably - a guide to change.

Due to the increased complexity, the processes in product development have become more time-consuming and costly. At the same time, new technologies are speeding up processes considerably - insights into the race for efficiency.

Hardware and software development follow completely different development cycles. Synchronizing them is one of the greatest challenges of smart product development. A new control model provides a remedy.

Over the next 10 years, 90% of industrial products will have a software component. Most development departments are not prepared for this today.

By Hans-Georg Scheibe, Managing Partner, ROI

“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”

Inventories are expensive - but at the same time they ensure flexibility. If you want to save costs and ensure high delivery reliability at the same time, you therefore need a systematic approach to dealing with inventory costs.

For a long time, industry 4.0 was regarded as a strategic lighthouse project. In the age of volatile markets, the “Return on I40” is now coming more and more to the fore. We show you how industry 4.0 makes a direct contribution to cost reduction.

A specialty chemicals group must improve its plant availability in a global plant network. The ROI Maintenance Excellence Program provides a fast acting approach.

Organizational structures that have grown or developed through acquisitions usually offer enormous optimization potential. To lift it, the organization often needs to be rethought from scratch.

The more complex the manufacturing environment, the more difficult it is to identify potential cost reductions. New search methods help to identify them.

The problem is not the crisis, but the uncertainty that precedes it. The ability to quickly adapt to volatile markets thus becomes a decisive competitive advantage.

Cultural differences between global locations can make it difficult to implement global standards. A ROI project shows how gamification approaches can counteract this.

When lean projects are rolled out globally, one thing counts above all: speed. Against this background, agile methods enable fast scaling.

For complex products with a high variety of variants, stand assembly is still often the method of choice. The example of MAPLAN GmbH shows how things can be different.

On-site management is a central Lean Management instrument. Supported by digital technologies, it becomes a springboard for industry 4.0 deployment in the enterprise.

Lean production is based on complexity reduction. Where it reaches its limits, industry 4.0 elements can enable new levels of efficiency. This effect can be experienced immediately in a simulation.

A Lean Transformation questions essential principles of the learned leadership behavior. In order to optimize processes in the shop floor, psychological resistance in the Management Board must first be overcome.

The key figure-based evaluation of the manufacturing system is one of the first steps in lean projects. In a ROI project for an automotive manufacturer, it became the central game principle.

Lean Production has revolutionised industrial manufacturing. Decades later, the potential seems to be exhausted. Time for the next evolutionary step!

Avoiding waste is the central principle of Lean Management. But in the age of digital abundance, is this still contemporary?

A medium-sized company rents out construction machinery and conveyor systems. In order to digitize equipment rental and make additional services possible, it relies on smart contracts – a blockchain use case.

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.