The term "social networked industry" is made up of two components. The first is networked industry and the second is the social network. A vision of factories without people often arises against the backdrop of a smart factory. In a social networked industry, however,...
The simple sale of a physical product has long since been out of focus. In most industries, the greatest revenue is generated by product-related services or so-called hybrid service bundles. But let's start at the beginning: A business model describes how a company or...
Even in times of lockdown you can visit our innovation ecosystem at the science location Dortmund. This week, the digital lab tour of Fraunhofer IML went online. Whenever you feel like it and have time, you can virtually walk through our research and application...
"The digitization of everything and artificial intelligence in everything will change everything for everyone," said Prof. Michael ten Hompel several years ago, and "the Silicon Economy will be the battleground of artificial intelligence." Reason enough to include the...
In recent years and months, the term "disruption" has repeatedly been circulating in the media. Disruptive technologies change everything. The blame lies with the digital transformation, which is turning business models and processes upside down and thus confronting...
Ongoing digitization on the way to the Silicon Economy requires individualization. This has an impact on production. Markets are volatile, making it increasingly important to produce small batches in a commercially viable way. The challenge is to produce multiple...