THE NEW WORLD FOR INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
The digital Big Bang has happened and as a result, volumes of digital devices and data are exploding. The digital universe is expanding.
Coinciding with the wholesale digital interlinking of society, transformation of the industrial sphere is one of the world’s current megatrends, affecting companies representing two thirds of global GDP. Creating value with digital isn’t just a simple game of mixing and matching digital technologies. Companies also need to completely reinvent their operating models, production and value chains, becoming what we call Industry X.0 businesses.
Disruption of industrial equipment production is inevitable. It has started and is accelerating.
To compete, industrial equipment manufacturers must reinvent. FAST.
WHAT’S DRIVING CHANGE IN INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT?
NEW BUSINESS MODELS
There is a profound shift from traditional products and business models to connected products, services & solutions, software & embedded intelligence and platforms to leverage ecosystem(s). These combined create new opportunities to reinvent, differentiate and drive growth. The move to adopt new business models is challenging, with the need to leverage new skills and new approaches.
OUTSIDE-IN INNOVATION
To drive innovation in recent years, many industrial companies have increasingly been developing innovation incubators and investing in major acquisitions. But while incubators and business units are working ever more closely, there is scope to leverage incubators to strengthen impact. Incubators must be truly integrated with company culture, workforce and operations to maximize innovation impact.
DATA-DRIVEN CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Industrial companies have access to masses of data—both in their own information systems and from the wider network of connected assets. Using applied intelligence and analytics, leaders are harnessing the power of data to reinvent ways of working centered around the customer. Our research confirms that while the opportunity is there, significant value potential is not yet being realized. It needs a new focus and new culture centered around the customer.
DIGITIZE ENTERPRISE PROCESSES
Digitization could enable a typical industrial equipment manufacturer with an industry average $28B in revenue and $3.3B in EBITDA to add up to ~$1.38B EBITDA by 2020. Digitizing the enterprise is clearly a priority - in our research, 91 percent of CEOs in industrial companies agree this is a necessity. However, we estimate that only 20 percent of the value potential is currently being realized.
NEW OPERATING MODELS
Traditional vertical and siloed business models, often limited in cost synergies and shared resources are moving to a fluid, balanced matrix model. These new business models allow flexibility of smaller product lines, leverage horizontal capabilities and increase efficiencies while developing new business fast.
THREE WAYS TO SUCCEED IN THE NEW
REINVENT THE PRODUCT
Create intelligent, adaptive ‘living’ products, services and platforms
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Make all components self-monitoring, data-generating and context-aware
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Enable intelligent demand sensing
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Adopt analytics to inform innovation and monetize insights
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Automate and add advanced tech e.g. robotics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality
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Embrace multi-dimensional ecosystems and open innovation
RESHAPE BUSINESS MODELS
Build agile business models to fuel growth
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Adopt as-a-service, consumption-based value models
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Shift from product sell to solution/outcome sell
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Create complementary value-add services and new revenue streams while the “Smart Product” is being operated.
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Break down silos, reduce fragmentation, drive efficiency
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Create flexibility to accelerate time to market
REDEFINE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Understand the ‘why behind the buy’ to drive and sustain customer loyalty
Industrial Equipment companies need to
Industrial Equipment companies need to
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Put customers at the heart of demand-driven innovation – involve them in shaping the product agenda.
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Adopt data analytics to anticipate customer demand and monetize insights.
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Reimagine and redesign customer experiences through personalization and advances such as immersive, augmented and virtual reality.
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Drive loyalty through the value chain to get closer to your customers and keep them close.
WHAT WE DO
We help Industrial Equipment companies digitally transform their business through smart, connected and living technologies, to become Industry X.0 businesses. Industry X.0 businesses not only leverage digital to drive continuous core operational efficiencies, but also leverage combinations of advanced digital technologies to create new, hyper-personalized customer experiences. They successfully combine digital technologies to drive both top-line and bottom-line growth.
Digital Service Factory
Reinvent the product and accelerate the development of new revenue streams through connected product services.
Digital Engineering & Manufacturing
Transform the way products are engineered and manufactured with digital enablers in smart automation, application of the Digital Twin, and connected manufacturing.
Industrial Consumerism
Redefine the customer experience through end-to-end customer engagement, front-office digitization and organizational transformation.
Agile Operating Models
Fuel growth in the New. Streamline the enterprise with the digitization of the back office, spend reduction and cost competitiveness, and innovation in platforms and enterprise technology.
Industrial Analytics
Manufacturing applied intelligence with focus on machine uptime, predictive maintenance, warranty, and product performance.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
MEET THE LEADS
Eric Schaeffer
Senior Managing Director,
Global Lead for Industrial
Jean Cabanes
Managing Director, Global Lead for Industrial Equipment & European Lead for Industrial
Brian Irwin
Managing Director, Industrial Equipment Lead – North America
Raghu Gullapalli
Managing Director,
Industrial Lead - AAPAC
Teodoro Lio
Managing Director
Innovation & Growth Lead
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