Digitization: How to know whether an industry is being disrupted
In the previous article in this short series we noted that in a study by the Global Center for...
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Tag: 3D printing
Digitization at Voith, Servitization in the auto industry, woes in the oil services industry and other assorted news
Voith announces the launch of a new Digital Solutions division Voith indicated a change in strategy a few months ago by announcingthe sale of its maintenance division, Voith Industrial Services, and its acquisition of a 25.1%...
Read MoreService related Innovation -3D printing (update)
In a Brief on 3D printing a couple of months ago we discussed the technology in general and its implications for the spare parts business, which for most OEMs accounts for the bulk of service profits. We concluded then as...
Read MoreMetso must rely on service, Hitachi Rail buys analytics and other commented news
Metso In a post on this blog a couple of weeks ago, Franz-Josef Deuring, a consultant from Germany, urged companies to consider strategies where product margins are zero and the profit is made in services. This proved to be...
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3D printing will disrupt the spare parts market.
Spare parts account for the bulk of profits of OEMs’ services business. Some companies are...
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