Modern technology and a structured approach can help small and medium-sized enterprises get ready for the future
As small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany face ever increasing pressure to optimize their business processes, reduce costs and leverage new business …
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AI and its benefits for SMEs
Customized software: targeted and cost-effective
An interview with private lecturer Professor Dr. Holger Gast, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Consulting Center for Agile Development of Information Systems
For the past ten years, Dr. Holger Gast has been offering solutions at his Steinbeis Consulting Center for …
The soft issues can be the hardest nuts to crack in the innovation process
The MI Share project brings digital circularity to medical instruments
A team from bwcon research gGmbH is aiming to combine circularity and digitalization in MI Share, a project funded through the Invest BW program. The project is looking at how …
Moving towards a circular economy in manufacturing industry
Steinbeis experts and European partners implement innovations for welding systems
Manufacturing is a pillar of innovation and growth for Europe, but outdated machinery and unplanned downtime can cause significant losses. The EU project RECLAIM provided strategies to accelerate the deployment …
Digital applications in healthcare
Steinbeis Europa Zentrum is supporting the development of smart health tools
Even as digital transformation plows ahead on its inexorable course, it can still sometimes cause controversy, not least in the healthcare sector. There is no doubt that smart health …
The potential of generative AI for patent and innovation processes
Steinbeis experts provide free training on how to use AI for synthetic inventing.
The advent of generative AI is revolutionizing the intellectual property (IP) and innovation landscape. Synthetic inventing is playing an increasingly important role in the development of valuable …
Recipe for success: a blend of technically meticulous engineering and commercially driven optimization
An interview with Professor Dr. Oliver Skroch, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Transfer Center Innovation Lab Business Informatics
In the experience of Oliver Skroch, a professor at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Transfer Center …
“You shouldn’t adopt AI for the sake of it”
An interview with Professor Dr. Michael Munz, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Transfer Center for AI Systems and Software Solutions
Although “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” have become part of our everyday vocabulary, both terms are commonly used in several …
A fundamental understanding of AI algorithms is essential
An interview with Professor Dr.-Ing. Christian Döbel, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Integrated Systems and Digital Transformation (ISD) and Professor at the Gera-Eisenach University of Applied Sciences
In summer 1956, scientists at a conference at Dartmouth College …
A holistic strategy for succeeding as a business
Digital technology can help product engineering to strike the optimal balance between cost, quality, sustainability, compliance and time-to-market
The demands in relation to product cost, quality and time-to-market are getting ever greater, as are the complexity of business processes, economic …
Implementing digitalization projects in SMEs
A step-by-step approach to success
Despite the need for digital solutions, far too many digitalization projects are still foundering. What is the reason for this and how can it be prevented? Steinbeis consultant Tobias Fischer has analyzed the causes of …
Staying on track with the DTXN
Steinbeis experts support implementation of digital transformation projects.
Implementing the digital transformation may no longer be a new challenge for businesses, but a systematic, evidence-based methodology that has been tried and tested can help to tackle it. Having recognized this, …
Leading the way
Regulations needn’t hold you back – with a bit of entrepreneurial creativity they can even inspire value-added solutions.
In every market segment and at every national and international level, routine business activities are dictated by laws, standards and regulations. However, …
Modern transportation driven by artificial intelligence
The Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute builds a collaborative data space with Düsseldorf Airport
Imagine arriving at your business meeting just a few minutes after getting off the plane. The SkyTrain takes you to and from the train station, straight from gate …
It’s all about the data
The Heilbronner MDM Round Table is an open industry consortium that addresses the strategic importance of data for digitalization
Technology and data are the driving forces behind digitalization. New technologies make it possible to convert analog variables into digital data …
Adding value for businesses with the metaverse
A systematic approach to help companies get started
Technological innovations play a vital role in an increasingly digital world. The metaverse is one such innovation – a convergent virtual reality that brings people from all over the world together and …
Smart digital systems improve sustainability and efficiency
ComoNeoPREDICT and STASA QC Optimize reduce production costs and enhance quality
Like many other sectors, the plastics industry is currently experiencing significant cost pressures. Many production facilities are struggling to cope with rising raw material, energy and labor costs. And …
Regiobiomatch: Delicious, sustainably grown food
The Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute is developing a digital matching service that makes it easier for organic products produced in the region to also be consumed there.
Environmental awareness and sustainability occupy an increasingly important place on the policy agenda. As …