Digital Industry Concepts for the Composable Enterprise

Various digital drivers are creating a large number of new products and processes across all industries. Both industries that produce ″information-related″ products or services (e.g. the media) and industries that produce physical products are exposed to these disruptive changes. The following shows how this creates holistic, disruptive business models for companies. Industry is considered as the first sector, for which there is already an approach for a digitised type of company with the Industry 4.0 concept. This concept is linked to the properties of the composable enterprise and similarities and additions are highlighted. The main processes of logistics, product development and factory control are followed. IT and management consulting are treated as an example of a service sector. The innovation drivers described in Chapter 9 are systematically followed. An example from the public sector, universities, is analysed to examine how digitisation affects their research, teaching and administration processes. All descriptions are illustrated by examples. The three different sectors and approaches provide the reader with suggestions for their own approach. Statements that are very specific or refer to specific systems are marked in italics. Readers who are more interested in an overview can skip these parts without losing the content guide.