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Innovation &

Digital Transformation

UNITY is the management consultancy for innovation

and digital transformation. Our customers become digi-

talization winners. We drive their innovative strength and

operational excellence. UNITY combines an in-depth un-

derstanding of technology and the competencies that are

required for successful digital transformation: We inno-

vate, integrate and transform. Both midsize companies

and global players profit from our expertise and more

than 20 years of digitalization experience. With 270 em-

ployees worldwide, we are present at 15 locations and

lead projects around the globe.

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Inhalt Contents400 Employees in the UNITY Innovation Alliance, of which 270 are employed at UNITY

UNITY HIGHLIGHTS

2019

to €46 million in revenue at UNITYINCREASED GROWTH

Expansion with HYPERTEGRITY

INNOVATION ALLIANCE

Of�ce expansion in Berlin, Hamburg,Nuremberg and Stuttgart

15 LocationsPublication Series OPPORTUNITY New studies about trending topics relevant to the future: Systems Engineering, Digital Agenda, Digital Campus

Beneficial Application of Artificial Intelligence Future Award Healthcare Industry for AI in OR Planning

Several Trendsetting Lighthouse Projects such as Systems Engineering, PLM, Digital Business Models, Smart Factory, etc.

UNITY IS AWARD-WINNING

Expanded UNITY Management Structure

15 New business area managers and team leaders as a foundation for further growth

Digital Champions Award for Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Development and implementation of the ORGA App for game day organization. Created by ORGArena, a company co-founded by UNITY (see p. 55).

ORGArena

ManagementConsulting

Product Development

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Intelligent Electronics

Data ServiceDevelopment

INNOVATION ALLIANCE

CONSULTING & INNOVATION

Platform EnablingTechnologies

HYPERTEGRITY

Foreword by the Supervisory Board

Foreword by the Executive Board

UNITY Consulting Approach

Consulting Services

UNITY Innovation Alliance

Industries

Project Stories

Testimonials

UNITY as an Employer

Our Company Culture

UNITYacademy

UNITY Worldwide

Our Network

UNITY Beteiligungs AG and Company Builder

Corporate Social Responsibility

Awards

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The continuing digitalization of the economy and the dynamic developments in competitive arenas that are associated are posing new challenges to companies; there are consider-able threats to today’s businesses, yet fasci-nating opportunities to shape the future of the company. Two aspects are particularly import-ant for our customers: innovative, strategically based products, services and business models, as well as highly efficient business processes.

UNITY has achieved a leading position in the key areas of Industrie 4.0, platform economy, artificial intelligence, data-driven services, business model innovations, systems engi-neering for intelligent networked systems and IT management. The company‘s success is based on its customer projects, the high level of its employee expertise and the close ties it maintains with the scientific community. For example, UNITY cooperates with the Heinz Nixdorf Institute, the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design and acatech − the National Academy of Science and Engineer-ing. It is also involved with the leading edge, “Intelligent Technical Systems Ostwestfalen- Lippe (it s OWL)“, the Industrie 4.0 Platform and the International Data Spaces Association. This results in knowledge about new technologies and its possible applications − technologies that allow new markets to emerge and that will

have a decisive impact on tomorrow‘s perfor-mance. UNITY will always be a particularly at-tractive partner when it comes to the strategic development of a company, the development of products and services for tomorrow‘s mar-kets and the demand for intelligent solutions for challenging business processes. UNITY is in control of the path from the early business idea to market success. UNITY‘s customers in-clude 23 of the DAX 30 companies as well as many well-known midsize companies in the me-chanical engineering, electronics, process en-gineering, medical technology and healthcare industries.

Since its founding in 1995, UNITY has devel-oped extraordinarily well, independently and always at the pulse of the times. UNITY is a very well managed company that is well pre-pared for the challenges of digitalization and can achieve a balance to meet stakeholder ex-pectations fairly.

The Supervisory Board, January 2020

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier (Chairman)

The Supervisory Board (left to right): Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhold E. Achatz, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier (Chairman), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Schacher (Vice Chairman), Prof. Dr. Martin Henssler

Foreword by the Supervisory Board

Innovation and Efficiency are in High Demand.

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Every one of us notices this every day: The world around us is changing extremely fast. Whether it is the ubiquitous technological prog-ress or the global changes that cause us uncer-tainty – each company’s management is faced with the task of successfully mastering these challenges. We recommend that our customers do this am-bidextrously. On the one hand, they must opti-mize all existing business processes and, on the other hand, make consistent use of the opportu-nities that are offered by new technologies. In both cases, digitalization plays a key role. In addition, the mastery of increasing complexi-ty and agile action is more important than ever. This is why we offer our consulting services in four areas: Future Business, Advanced Develop-ment, Efficient Production and New Work (see pp. 12 and 13). We receive a lot of encouragement from our customers for our consulting approach as an innovator, integrator and transformer (see pp. 10 and 11). UNITY is not just about being a driving force for innovation and operational excellence, but also about involving and em-powering customers so that the implementation of ideas actually succeeds.Together with UNITY, they can take advan-tage of the opportunities offered by digital transformation to make their businesses more efficient and effectively use the opportunities of the future.

After 24 years, we can look back on anoth-er record year. With 270 employees by now, across 15 locations, we have achieved 15 % growth and € 46 million in revenue. We are extremely pleased to have received numerous awards again this year (see p. 55). The eight project stories (see pp. 18 to 39) provide a good insight into the UNITY project landscape. Implementing digital solutions is also part of being successful in the digital world of the future. Therefore, we created the UNITY In-novation Alliance a few years ago, which now has more than 400 employees (see p. 14). In 2019, another company was added: HYPERTEGRITY. Here we create mission-critical software solutions for more security in cloud services and platforms when transferring data.We are convinced that we are well-positioned for the future and can offer our customers a profitable range of services. We would like to thank everyone for their loyalty and coopera-tion, and hope you enjoy reading this year’s annual report.

The Executive Board, January 2020

Stephan Bille

Christoph Plass

Tomas Pfänder

Dr.-Ing. Frank Thielemann

Our Customers Implement Digital Transformation Successfully.

Foreword by the Executive Board

The Executive Board (left to right): Tomas Pfänder, Christoph Plass, Dr.-Ing. Frank Thielemann, Stephan Bille

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The UNITY Consulting Approach

How we collaborate with our customers

www.unity-consulting.com/en/consulting-experience

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Master Digital Change

Consulting ExperienceWhat does it mean to conduct a consulting project with UNITY? What is it like to work with our consultants? Many of our customers ask these questions in advance. On our website, we share a video with you that gives you an idea of how we work. The close and trust-based coop-eration with our customers always comes first.

UNITY offers its customers comprehensive consulting services for digital change. The advantage is that key competencies all come from one source. Traditional consulting approaches, such as pure IT consulting, fall short of the complex challenges that digital transformation presents. UNITY, however, combines an in-depth understanding of technology and the competencies that are re-quired for successful digital transformation: We innovate, integrate and transform.

InnovatorWe provide impulses for innovation and operational excellence. Together with our customers, we develop innovative solutions for your digital transformation such as future-oriented services and products, smart factories and innovative business models. With our industry, technology and meth-odology experts, we put the best teams together to meet customer needs.

IntegratorWe combine top-down and bottom-up approaches and integrate all the competencies and hier-archical levels that are necessary for project success. By working in close cooperation with our customers, we are successful in operationalizing their strategic goals.

TransformerWe empower our customers to conduct successful transformation processes and we support the implementation. UNITY customers particularly appreciate our hands-on mentality. We empower their team and are focused on achieving their individual goals.

Traditional Consulting Approaches in the Market

Strategy Consultants

Organizational Consultants

Industry/Topic SpecialistsIT Consultants

We provide impulses for innovation and

operational excellence.

We integrate all competencies and hierarchies that are necessary

for successful projects.

We enable transformation and support implementation.

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UNITY Consulting Approach for Digital Transformation

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Consulting Services

Future BusinessTogether, we create innovation by designing business models, products and services from the end customer‘s perspective. In doing so, we take advantage of the op-portunities offered by digitalization.

Advanced DevelopmentWe provide ideas for the systems engineering of tomor-row and implement the corresponding concepts to man-age complexity with our customers. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is of key importance here.

Efficient ProductionWe design value creation and the logistics networks of our customers. With digital technologies, we achieve ef-ficiency gains in the horizontal and vertical integration of order processing.

New WorkWith agility and change management, we enable our customers to achieve sustainable digital transformation. We initiate and derive the necessary changes in leader-ship and culture.

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It is a challenge for companies to position their current business for both operational excellence and simultaneously, equip themselves for the digital future. In order to ensure that these are achieved successfully, UNITY supports compa-nies with its extensive experience and expertise in four core action areas: Future Business, Advanced Development, Efficient Production and New Work. Through our target-oriented consulting and by building competence through our UNITYacademy, we improve the operational excellence and innovative strength of our customers.

Added Value Through UNITY – Operational Excellence and Positioned to Innovate!

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� Cyber security solutions � Automated protection & manage-ment of interfaces

� Systems Engineering � Development partner � Technology consulting

� Data & service strategies � Prototype & MVP development � Data driven services

UNITY Innovation Alliancewww.unity-innovation-alliance.com/en

The changes that a company un-dergoes on its path to digital trans-formation are diverse and serious − especially in light of the constantly increasing dynamics in this competi-tive arena. In order to master these challenges, new competencies and

know-how in new subject areas are needed. The UNITY Innova-tion Alliance bundles this required expertise in a unique way. Consist-ing of UNITY, NEXT Data Service, HYPERTEGRITY, CP contech electronic and Smart Mechatronics the Inno-

vation Alliance supports companies with continuous expertise in the dig-italization of business models, and products and services − from con-ception to implementation.

UNITY Innovation Alliance

Automotive Industry: Quality Control in VehiclesFor an automotive manufacturer, the UNITY Innovation Alliance led a successful project in the area of quality control: scratches on the vehicles can be identified with the help of neuron nets through an automated camera-based damage recognition system. Comprehensive data engineering served as the foundation for this. The AI solution that was devel-oped was then integrated into the logistics process. The automotive manufacturer was thus able to greatly reduce its manual inspection costs and efforts. In the next step, the data service will be industrialized and a concept for automated claim management will be developed.

Healthcare: AI-based Platform for OR PlanningThe UNITY Innovation Alliance has demonstrated how artificial intelligence can be used beneficially in OR planning at the Hôpitaux Robert Schuman Group in Luxembourg. We present this successful project in detail in our reference on page 22. A similar project that was conducted for the Hessing Foundation was awarded with the “Future Award Healthcare Industry.“ This award is presented annually by the Club of Healthcare Industry (cdgw).

Industrial Sewing Technology: From Industrial Sewing Machine to Smart Sewing AssistantDürkopp Adler has received several awards for this project that was conducted by the UNITY Innovation Alliance. Togeth-er we have succeeded in developing the M-TYPE DELTA, the Industrie 4.0 solution in sewing technology. After the product definition phase, UNITY‘s main project was the actual development of the machine following principles of agile systems engineering. CP contech electronic also contributed its expertise to the development and production of the control panel. Find out more about the entire project in our reference on page 18.

Success Stories

Comprehensive Expertise for Digitalization Challenges

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Dürkopp Adler AG offers solutions in the field of sew-ing technology: Its goal is to perfectionize automated man-ufacturing processes and simul-taneously guarantee the highest level of flexibility for a diverse range of applications. Dürkopp Adler’s products hold the lead-ing position in many important segments of the global market.

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”UNITY has made a significant contribution to the development of the M-TYPE DELTA. We have also benefited from UNITY’s comprehensive expertise in market approaches and the further development of our organization and assembly. We are very pleased with the great teamwork and outstanding results.“

Dietrich Eickhoff, Executive Spokesman,Dürkopp Adler Group

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With the development of the M-TYPE DELTA, Dürkopp Adler has set a goal for itself to develop “Industrie 4.0 solutions in sewing technology” and to establish its po-sition as an innovation leader in digitalized manufac-turing in the textile industry. In order to achieve such an innovation leap, UNITY supported this project from the very beginning with its expertise: Structured devel-opment following the principles of agile systems engi-neering served to systematically define the product, con-duct holistic development in terms of the market, product and process; and to ensure an optimal market entry. By utilizing this approach, UNITY led the project team – consisting of Dürkopp Adler employees and UNITY con-sultants – throughout the entire duration of the project. In addition to the core projects of product definition and machine development, UNITY also took responsibility for

planning and supporting the market launch, planning the electrical assembly for the control technology, plan-ning the machine assembly, developing Dürkopp Adler’s digitalization strategy and optimizing its service organi-zation. As a part of the UNITY Innovation Alliance, CP contech electronic also provided support in developing and producing the control panel. This project has received two awards: Dürkopp Adler was the recipient of the Innovation Award Texpro-cess 2019 for the M-TYPE DELTA. In addition, UNITY took 1st place in the ‘Strategy’ category of the ”Best of Con-sulting“ award that was presented by WirtschaftsWoche.

UNITY Project Manager: Dr.-Ing. Tobias WiggerCP contech Project Manager: Dr.-Ing. Christian Hensen

Dürkopp Adler

From Industrial Sewing Machine to Smart Sewing Assistant – R&D, Market Approach and Organizational Development

High-performance “Best in Class“

sewing technology in a future-proof

platform concept

Optimal value for customers and the

manufacturer

Excellent customer feedback after the

product launch

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The Hôpitaux Robert Schuman Group was founded in 2014 when various clinics in Luxem-bourg merged. 250 Freelance doctors and more than 2,200 employees are committed to high-quality patient care. HÔPITAUX ROBERT

SCHUMAN

”With the help of the UNITY Innovation Alliance, we have been able to prove the benefits of using artificial intelligence in our main operating room within the shortest amount of time. UNITY’s combination of experience in medical processes, project management, agile software development and change management in the hospital organization has made it possible to create an accurate OR plan. Therefore, both our employees and patients benefit from even greater adherence to schedules.“

Dr. Claude Schummer, General DirectorHôpitaux Robert Schuman

An AI solution was introduced and successfully piloted for the first time for Hôpitaux Robert Schuman in Luxembourg. This solution was also implemented for the orthopaedic clinic of the Hessing Foundation in Germany and received the “Future Award Healthcare Industry” 2019.

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Introducing AI-based Platforms in OR Planning

Improved accuracy of OR planning

by 35%

Reduced employee overtime hours

by 21%

Increased OR occupancy rate

by 12%

Artificial intelligence (AI) is opening up completely new possibilities in all industries. UNITY has transferred this potential for change into a concrete application case in the healthcare industry. For the clinics in the Hôpitaux Robert Schuman Group, surgery planning is a significant lever in continuous process improvement. Prior to each operation, many steps that determine daily objectives need to be conducted manually such as telephone con-firmations, data entry and rescheduling. This resulted in differences in planning, overtime and a suboptimal use of expensive resources in the OR. In a project with the UNITY Innovation Alliance, artificial intelligence was introduced into OR planning to automate planning pro-cesses. UNITY’s task was to define an innovative and ef-ficient process. The requirements that were derived by UNITY were then transferred to NEXT Data Service for further agile development. The OR planning was then realized by using a combination of algorithms. Rule- based systems and neural networks determined the

framework conditions for each operation. These could then be combined with an evolutionary algorithm to cre-ate the best possible OR plan. For each operation, ar-tificial intelligence was used to optimize the necessary resources, calculate probabilities for ad-hoc emergencies that needed to be planned and necessary buffer times as well as the actual duration of the surgery. This occurred continuously in real-time so that the operating room per-sonnel always had a current OR plan available. More than 100 factors flowed into operating room planning – a number so great that made it impossible for any one person to oversee it. Patients profit from this by having OR appointments that are reliable and planned as best as possible. Employees also profit from reliably planned work hours and optimally managed OR utilization.

UNITY Project Manager: Svenja SkrzipaleNEXT Data Service Project Manager: René Störmer

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SCHOTT is a leading inter-national technology group in the areas of specialty glass and glass-ceramics. It offers a broad portfolio of high-quality products and intelligent solutions for many industries, including home appliances, pharmaceuti-cals, electronics, optics, life sci-ences, automotive and aviation.

SCHOTT

“Together with UNITY, we have positioned SCHOTT for the future in terms of technology and organization. We have set up a globally valid IT/OT target architecture as well as a modern hub organization with an associated ecosystem. Above all, the UNITY consultants impressed us in their management of all the involved stakeholders, target group-oriented communication and their extensive technical expertise.”

Dr. Sybille Haas, Head of OT4.0 Hub & Head of Industrial Engineering, SCHOTT AG

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SCHOTT‘s 42 production sites around the world are characterized by different types of production and vary-ing levels of digitalization. The OT (Operational Tech-nology) organizations are also heterogeneous and lack comprehensive leadership. This impeded further growth. SCHOTT‘s goal was to create synergies across locations, define standards and establish a higher level of leader-ship in order to enable efficiency and growth. In this proj-ect with UNITY, digitalization and architectural trends were thus combined with specific production potentials. Based on a site analysis in regard to the respective dig-italization capabilities, a uniform, company-wide IT/OT architecture was developed for production. Then, con-crete technologies, projects and initiatives were derived that would enable the digitalization of operations and

thus ensure speed, flexibility and scalability in increas-ingly faster moving digital markets. In order to bring the architecture to life, the project team developed a modern hub organization that included necessary governance structures. The change process can now be conscious-ly controlled due to the transparency that was created and the introduction of modern forms of collaboration. For this successful project, UNITY received the “Best of Consulting” award by the German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche in the category “Operations” and was distinguished with the label “Excellent.”

UNITY Project Managers: Dr. Markus Luckey and Martin Ramm

SCHOTT

Market Leadership in Smart Manufacturing

Globally standard-ized IT/OT architecture

Implemented a roadmap for smart manufacturing by

2025

Developed an innovative leader-ship structure for digital change

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“I strongly believe lean management can set the foundation for good business performance in a dynamic market environment as in China. The UNITY team successfully motivated our lean agents and our management team to identify improvement potentials and develop an implementation plan. We are very pleased to see that all of the initiated actions are being managed by lean agents now and that all of our employees are participating in them.”

Markus Clement, Managing Director, EMAG (China) Machinery Co., Ltd., Taicang

© Photo: EMAG

EMAG supplies market-leading manufacturing solutions for pre-cision metal components and is an important manufacturer of CNC vertical turning ma- chines worldwide. With a team of 220 employees, EMAG Chi-na Machinery Co., Ltd. (EMAG Taicang) generated a consider-able sales volume of 170 million euros in 2017.

EMAG Taicang

Successful coaching and support of

lean agents

Defined and execut-ed 3 fundamental

lean projects

5S implementation in a pilot area of

500 sqm

Lean Management Coaching in a New Factory

EMAG Taicang has been growing sustainably for years and is well positioned in the Chinese market. By the end of 2018, EMAG sold 270 machines and still expects to deliver a high volume of output over the next two to three years. In 2018, EMAG built a brand new factory in Taicang for commissioning and preliminary acceptance tests for customers who will be on site regularly. In order for a smooth and stable ramp up of the new factory to take place, UNITY was requested to provide consulting and coaching services to initiate lean management activi-ties. Together with EMAG‘s lean team, UNITY consultants evaluated the maturity of EMAG‘s lean management and identified improvement potentials along the main busi-ness processes in order to avoid waste in the process and to ensure the highest level of quality for the machines. After initial lean basic training with management and the shop floor workers, UNITY achieved an awareness of the

continuous improvement mindset in their daily work for the managers and employees of EMAG Taicang. In a later project phase, UNITY consultants supported and coached the EMAG lean team (“lean agents”) on the job and enabled them for future lean activities. After 4 months into the project phase, three fundamental lean projects were defined and executed: Introduction and pilot imple-mentation of 5S (a lean manufacturing methodology), an initial design of the production system for EMAG Taicang and a lean roadmap, and process management introduc-tion. At the end of project, EMAG lean agents continued with lean implementation such as the 5S rollout, provid-ing lean training and establishing a lean committee on the management level.

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“Together with UNITY, we have developed an integrated mechanism that has systematized the assessment of the future robustness of financing projects. The innovative way of working and the consistent involvement of various areas of specialization were of particular importance to us.“

Dr. Ilinka Kajgana, Head of Strategic Risk Management,Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG

Erste Bank Oesterreich, together with the Sparkassen, forms one of the largest banking groups in Austria. With over 15,500 employees, the universal banks offer a comprehensive range of products and personal service to around 3.7 million private customers and SMEs.

Scenario-based Portfolio Management – Real Estate 2030

Erste Bank Oesterreich

Future scenarios: Real Estate

Ecosystem 2030

Environmental scanning: Identify market changes

early

Real Estate Bench-marking: Evaluate

future robustness of real estate

Now more than ever before, the real estate sector is being subject to transformation due to the dynamics of digitalization and social change. Customer preferences and real estate requirements are changing rapidly, mar-ket boundaries are shifting and the industry is merging into an ecosystem of services. Consequently, it is becom-ing increasingly complex to assess the future robustness of real estate and financial projects.Together with UNITY, the Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG has developed scenario-based portfolio management as a response to these challenges. An inter-disciplinary team analyzed the relevant factors from vari-ous areas of influence such as technology, economy and society, etc. Alternative projections were developed for

the drivers of change in Austria‘s real estate landscape in 2030. UNITY mapped these into three consistent fu-ture scenarios using system support. This approach al-lowed UNITY to take a completely new perspective and synchronize management perspectives. Based on this, various tools were developed that provide Erste Bank with additional flexibility so that it can identify trends at an early stage and shape the future proactively. At the same time, this approach offers the opportunity to ana-lyze segments for their future robustness and steer them accordingly.

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”Together with UNITY, we were able to implement this flagship project for the VW brand at its location in Wolfsburg. Both the methodological competence and the strong implementation skills of the UNITY consultants played a major role in the success of this project. The collaboration made it possible to execute this project with great speed.“

Dr. Sebastian Schmickartz, Head of Cockpit Pre-assembly, Volkswagen AG

Volkswagen

Increased production plant

productivity

300 Reintegrated employees

70 Ergonomically modified

workstations

Not only employees but also employers face great chal-lenges if employees are unable to complete their work due to restrictions such as accidents or illness. Volkswagen AG took this into consideration and created work condi-tions that allow for respectful and value-added employee assignments in the scope of its strategy – TRANSFORM.TOGETHER. Together with UNITY, a Group-wide flagship project was implemented at its location in Wolfsburg. The project STARK represents the five pillars: stabilization, training, development, respect and core added-value. Thus, a production area was redesigned in terms of work organization and promoting health in order to meet the special requirements of employees with work restric- tions. The most advanced production technologies avail-able and ergonomically designed workstations made this possible, as well as the intensive and personal supervi-

sion of foremen, HR, employee representatives and er-gonomic assistants. A holistic training and stabilization concept, which was developed specifically for this area, also contributed to this. The goal is to retain employees that have physical limitations and enable them to contin-ue their work in production or to reintegrate them. UNITY brought both expertise from the production environment as well as expertise from the healthcare and clinical sec-tors. Through a holistic consulting approach and the inte-grative abilities of the UNITY project team, this complex and highly sensitive project could be successfully imple-mented and executed at Volkswagen together with the Volkswagen team.

UNITY Project Managers: Ove Thomsen, Marc Stäbler

The Volkswagen Group, with its headquarters in Wolfsburg, is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers. The Group operates 122 production plants in 20 European countries, in addition to 11 countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa.

Ability-oriented Workstation Design and Value-added Employee Assignment

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”UNITY supported us with its structured, goal-oriented approach from developing to scaling our business model. In particular, we benefited from the methodical background in business model development and customer centricity of its consultants. In addition, their hands-on mentality has made the cooperation pleasant and led to a successful project.“

Alexander Harsch,Head of Cyber Security Resilience, innogy SE

innogy supplies around 15.5 million electricity customers and 6.2 million gas customers in ten European markets with energy. The listed MDAX® company em-ploys 42,900 people and gen- erated sales of 37 billion euros in 2018.

innogy SE

Development of the innogy CyberRange-e –Business Model Development and Operationalization

Step-by-step opera-tionalization of an innovative

business model

Definition of the entire Cyber-

Range-e ecosystem

High quality training

development

In order to protect its own IT and OT (information & oper- ational technology) infrastructure against physical and virtual attacks, innogy relies on, among others, in-depth training for its employees in the areas of IT and OT. For this purpose, it set up its own proprietary training center, the “CyberRange-e,“ where employees have been train- ed in a realistic environment since mid-2019. Cyber- Range-e‘s service offering will be opened up to the entire German-speaking energy market based on an attractive business model. Together with UNITY, this project was tackled in a structured manner: First, the competitive land-scape was examined for realistic Cyber Security trainings and interviews were conducted with potential target cus-tomers so that the target positioning of the CyberRange-e ecosystem could be derived. The business model was then developed collaboratively and possible expansion

stages of the CyberRange-e ecosystem were defined. In the operationalization phase that followed, concrete pro-cesses, roles and competencies were defined and coop-eration models with external partners were set up. At the same time, UNITY coached the training center employeesby using concrete academic and training approaches. UNITY also supported the first on site training sessions and used the feedback from the first customers to further develop the quality of the service offerings. For a mar-ket-oriented approach, marketing and sales activities were initiated that were appropriate for the target group. The CyberRange-e finally opened in July 2019 with a high level of media interest for third party customers.

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“I am impressed with the way the UNITY team works. They are not just another consulting company trying to roll out standard processes. They consider the entire project from a systemic perspective and guide everyone involved through the change process right from the start. UNITY also coached our employees to develop the best processes for the company.”

Thomas Ertl, Chief Operating Officer, Medela AG

Medela

Implemented Medical Device

Regulation (MDR) requirements

Improved and simplified business

processes

Company-wideroles and a

governance concept

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The new European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) will go into effect in May 2020. It is intended to both increase product safety and further harmonize indus-try regulations. As a leading supplier of breast pumps, breastfeeding accessories and medical vacuum technol-ogy, Medela recognized the need to update its quality management processes and the technical documentation for each of its individual products. Together with UNITY, Medela planned and implemented this project in a struc-tured manner, and at the same time, used the opportunity to take its business efficiency to the next level. In order to accomplish this, the entire process landscape was

redesigned. MDR-relevant processes were tackled di-rectly. Furthermore, UNITY analyzed the Medela prod-uct portfolio – both in terms of regulatory status as well as with regard to future business relevance. Based on this, Medela can make the right strategic decisions. With their extensive technical expertise, UNITY consultants also supported Medela in complying with the MDR through technical documentation as well as revising its standard operating procedures.

UNITY Project Manager: Moritz Pfeiffer

Process-oriented Improvement of Business Efficiency

Medela was founded in 1961 in Switzerland. It is one of the world’s leading providers of breastmilk feeding products and medical vacuum technology solutions. Medela conducts ba-sic research in partnership with leading scientists, medical pro-fessionals and universities, and uses the research results in the development of its products and services.

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Digitalization Expertise for the City of PaderbornChristiane Boschin-Heinz, Head of Digitalization, CDO, City of Paderborn

Business Model, Pricing and Sales Story for Safety Compliance in an IIoT SolutionDr.-Ing. Detlev Richter, Global Head of Industrial and Energy Products (VP), TÜV SÜD Product Service

Digital Maturity Check for Corporate CustomersThorsten Wolff, Chairman, Volksbank Büren Brilon Salzkotten

Introduction of the ORGA AppOliver Meßthaler, Event Director, FC Bayern München

“UNITY gives us targeted ideas for our strategy devel-opment and provides us with support in implementing digitalization projects. In this way, we are already able to realize benefits for our citizens and employees in many areas.“

“For our cloud-based, digital safety compliance solution ‚mCom ONE,‘ we have developed a ’Safety as a Ser-vice’ business model with UNITY. Together with our lead-ing customers, we were able to identify specific value contributions and transform them into features and price models. UNITY supported the solution all the way to its successful launch and helped us think in terms of ecosys-tems rather than linear business models.“

“As a regional and digital partner for our corporate customers, we provide them with strategic and trustworthy business support at eye level. In this context, we have developed and implemented an innovative and digital service for our corporate customers together with UNITY. This will enable us to strengthen our customer relationship sustainably in this challenging and competitive environ-ment, as well as deep-en our understanding of our corpo-rate customers‘ business models.“

“By taking an agile and pragmatic approach together with UNITY and Software Pioniere, we successfully intro-duced an innovative and digital solution that optimizes our home game operations.“

Testimonials

What Our Customers Say...Optimization of the Entire Value ChainDr. Ekkehard zur Mühlen, Managing Director, MC-Bauchemie Müller

Setting Up a Digitalization Lab Katrin Weinhold, Director of IT, AMEOS Group

Operationalizing Innovation Management Dr. Helge Sachs, Senior Vice President of Product Innovation, Diehl Aviation Holding GmbH

Digitalization of Order Processing Manfred Quirmbach, Technical Di-rector and Member of the Executive Board, Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG

Digitalized Processes in Facility ManagementMirko Kilian, Managing Director, B. Braun Facility Services GmbH & Co. KG

Artificial Intelligence for Reliable OR Planning Juliana Akgül, Advisor to the Director, Hessing Foundation

“The greatly increasing demand for our products required us to optimize our entire value chain from our customer orders to invoicing. We wanted UNITY to be our partner in undertaking such a major project. UNITY’s proven ex-pertise and comprehensive experience in these types of projects for SME’s was a deciding factor in choosing an external partner.”

“Together with UNITY, we have prepared Oventrop for digitalization along the entire value chain. UNITY‘s experts and our employees created a target vision of the processes and the IT architecture, and helped us to identi-fy the right partners for implementation. We look forward to continuing to work with UNITY on implementing our vision.“

“Together with UNITY, we are creating a database for digitalized processes in facility management. Using a pilot facility as an example, we developed templates, procedures and the tools for data acquisition, and pre-pared a collection of facility management data for all of the B. Braun Melsungen AG plants. We look forward to making our work simpler, more efficient and agile using digitalized processes.“

“Our goal was to set up an internal community of experts to advise our executive board about the challenges of digitalization. With UNITY, we have identified and pri-oritized more than 60 digital use cases and we have already implemented a selection of them. UNITY’s con-sultants won us over with their pragmatic, efficient and target-oriented approach. At UNITY, ’innovation, integra-tion and transformation’ is not just an empty phrase – it describes how the consultants perform in the project.”

“In cooperation with UNITY, we have developed a lean and effective approach to set up and operationalize innovation management strategically at Diehl. From day one, the focus was placed on empowering our internal employees.“

“Together with UNITY and NEXT Data Service, we are intro-ducing a self-learning program at our orthopaedic special-ty clinic. This program analyzes over 100 influential data points with the help of artificial intelligence and creates an optimal OR plan. To this date, this project is unparalleled across Germany and it was awarded the Future Award Healthcare Industry by the cdgw (Club of Healthcare In-dustry).“

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It‘s People That Make a Difference –

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UNITY as an Employer

More Than Just a JobNot only do we provide the best conditions for a success-ful future, we also offer a unique culture that has a sense of community. Trust, appreciation, openness and cooper-ation – we practice what we value.

Shape the Future, Provide ImpulsesOur dynamic structures offer our employees the creative freedom that they need to do innovative and future- oriented work. This allows them to grow and develop by working on exciting projects and create future-oriented solutions together with our customers.

Making Progress TogetherOur strength lies in our employees. This is why we pro- mote the personal development of each individual through customized training and professional development pro-grams offered by the UNITYacademy. In addition, our employees are provided with a diverse range of opportu-nities – through challenging projects, working abroad orindividual careers.

Living IndividualityWe are unique. Our customers profit from our diversity and multidisciplinary competencies. We create diversity through the ideas, experiences and passions of each in-dividual. The more diversity we have, the more successful we are as a team, and the faster we can enable change.

Work Life BalanceWhether it is family, professional development or recre-ational activities – we support our employees in the inte-gration of personal and career goals through flexibility and modern working arrangements. We know that top performance is based on good working conditions.

What Our Employees Say...

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A Job That I Believe InSvenja Skrzipale, Team Leader

Room for Personal DevelopmentViviane Zimmermann, Business Area Manager

A Culture of Encouragement and Future-oriented TopicsConstanze Ihring, Consultant

“Working for UNITY means that I can be involved in and further develop my skills in areas that I am truly passion-ate about. Very diverse projects and great colleagues contribute to a very stimulating environment that constant-ly generates new impulses. I am grateful for the opportu-nity to learn, for the creative scope and for the trust that is placed in me.”

“I was never interested in becoming a management con-sultant – and then I got to know UNITY. In the meantime, I have been advising clients for the past twelve years, help-ing them to position themselves correctly for the future. I have gotten to know the diversity of day-to-day consulting in a wide variety of roles – first as a consultant, then as a team leader and now as a business area manager. What I like about UNITY is the fact that there is always room for personal development and I can combine responsibil-ity with exciting and challenging projects with a healthy degree of personal individuality. This trust and flexibility enables me to respond individually to our varied custom-er needs and always find the best possible solution.“

“Through its open feedback culture and by transferring responsibility early, UNITY creates a work environment that is not only technical but personally challenging. Re-gardless if one is dealing with a consultant, manager or an executive board member – the doors are always open for technical exchange and new ideas. In addition, we work on exciting projects that are future-oriented.”

“After previous professional positions in academia, I can apply my expertise in the industrial sector at UNITY. Trust and a culture of open feedback characterize my daily work and also promote my personal development. It is fun to master exciting and challenging projects with a great team. For me, UNITY distinguishes itself by the fact that we deliver in-depth expertise to our customers not just fancy consulting jargon.“

“As a mechanical engineer and an aerospace engineer, I worked for an automobile manufacturer for over 20 years. After joining UNITY in 2019 as a Principal, I have been leading challenging and future-oriented digitaliza-tion projects ever since. I am particularly impressed by the versatility of our focus areas and the great corporate culture here at UNITY.“

In-depth Expertise Instead ofConsulting JargonDr. Dario Wyss, Senior Consult

Challenging and Diverse Dr. Peyman Merat, Principal

Apply now!Your contact person: Judith Pohlmeier

www.unity-consulting.com/en/career

Awarded for excellent employer reviews.

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Our Company Culture

Our employees are our strength! This is why we are extremely proud of our unique corporate culture – the UNITY Spirit. Particularly in the digital age, where in-terdisciplinary cooperation is more important than ever, a corporate culture based on trust is crucial for success. Appreciation, openness as well as truth and clarity are fundamental values for us and these play a key role in shaping and defining our corporate culture. Together, we bring the UNITY spirit to life through our daily coopera-

tion. Our values provide us with orientation and create an environment of collegial, honest and fair cooperation. From newcomers to the executive board, we are always at eye level. This positive work environment promotes the personal development of each of our employees and makes them successful in the long term. At the same time, it provides the ideal breeding ground to achieve the best performance for our customers.

We Live Our Values

We are all unique! With the ideas, experiences and passions of each individual, we create diversity! Always having the common goal of achieving the best results for our customers. We regard this individuality, diversity and our multidisciplinary competencies as one of our greatest strengths! In order to promote this strength and to live and experience diversity, it is deeply rooted in our company culture through our values.

Diversity is Our Strength

Diversity at UNITY

www.unity-consulting.com/en/diversity-is-our-strength

Melanie Heinzler

Niko HildebrandMehmet Ilcin

Sebastian Lübbers Katrin Heinermann

Moritz Carbon

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UNITYacademy

Competence Development for Digital Transformation

Our Approach: Holistic and Experience-oriented We provide support for companies throughout their in-dividual digital transformation – from identifying neces-sary skills to empowering employees and coaching them in their daily work. Our services range from training, awareness & networking events, involvement in think tanks to short and fast project implementation through specially designed workshop formats (boost camps). Our approach focuses on project-based learning and the in-tegration of consulting and professional education into one. Here is an example from our training program:

Digital Engineering: Product Lifecycle Management – The Enabler of the Business of TomorrowThe ability to manage product and system data across the entire product life cycle and all value-added areas is crucial to tomorrow‘s success. In order to prepare compa-nies for this, UNITY and the Fraunhofer IEM (Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design) have developed training courses for different target groups. These are character-ized by a high level of practical relevance and use an experience-oriented learning approach. The framework for our high-caliber PLM training courses are based on the sound theoretical knowledge of our trainers, current trends and applications as well as the practical applica-tion of methods and IT tools. We offer the following three training courses: Digital engineering basics, digital engin- eering for designers, digital engineering for decision makers.

Systems Engineering (SE) – Product & Service Development in the Digital AgeUNITY is licensed by the Society of Systems Engineering (GfSE) as a partner for systems engineering certification, making it one of only three training providers in Germany for the renowned SE-ZERT® training program. In addition to certification preparation, we offer a comprehensive training program − from orientation workshops to inten-sive trainings and step-by-step training programs.

Agile Project ManagementShorter product cycles, faster innovation speeds and the rapid change of customer segments motivate the appli-cation of new, agile methods. Based on software engin- eering methods, this training course teaches approaches and methods that increase flexibility and speed in proj-ects. Practical agile fundamentals are taught as well as methods and frameworks that are helpful in daily project work. Accelerate deadlocked projects and motivate the team.

UNITYacademy training programYour contact person: Judith Pohlmeier

www.unity-consulting.com/en/unityacademy

Qualification Programs for Our Employees and CustomersDigitalization is a megatrend that is affecting all companies at the very core. The rapid spread of new technologies and increased networking in corporate environments are changing work for all of the employees in a company. Employees are at the heart of digital transformation. The UNITYacademy takes the approach of enabling and motivat-ing them for this future and provides courses for both our employees and our customers.

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UNITY weltweit

UNITY Executes Projects Around the World.

Subsidiaries

Project Locations

The strategic management of UNITY is administered by the executive board together with its partners Thilo Böhm, Dr. Ulrich Deppe, Christian Grotebrune, Dr. Michael Herbst, Xiaolong Hu, Heiko Janssen, Markus Knobel, Magnus Meier, Dr.-Ing. Daniel Steffen, Thomas Ulrich, Teja Washausen, Philipp Wibbing and Michael Wolf. The principals Roman Bendisch, Prof. Dr. Hans H. Jung, Markus J. Kelch, Christian Leutnant, Dr.-Ing. Peyman Merat, Dirk Schnabel and Sven-Olaf Schulze provide support as industry experts in leading projects. Together with the managing directors of the UNITY subsidiaries in China, Brazil, Middle East/North Africa (MENA), Austria and Switzerland, the UNITY management team is working to steadily expand the business. Its goal is to continue on the course of growth that has been set.

UNITY Worldwide

SwitzerlandOur business in Switzerland is an important pillar for UNITY. Since we established our Zurich office in 2004, both our business and our team have grown steadily. This subsidiary is managed by Nicolina Litschgi and Moritz Pfeiffer.

AustriaWe have been serving the Austrian market from Vienna since 2008. UNITY is an important partner for its cus-tomers here, particularly in the healthcare industry. Your contacts for our business in Austria are Christoph Plass and Ing. Florian Heffeter, BSc.

Egypt/MENA regionThe UNITY subsidiary in Cairo is located in the center of the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region. Since 2003, we have been offering UNITY’s complete range of

services in this area that is marked by structural changes. Ahmed Aglan manages the business here.

ChinaWith numerous China experts on our team, we build bridges for our European customers, in particular for their business in China. UNITY has been present in China since 2014. Our offices are located in Shanghai and Beijing and the subsidiaries are managed by Xiaolong Hu and Ingo Neumann.

BrazilIn 2014, UNITY expanded into South America and opened an office in São Paulo. From here we advise our European customers that are also located in South Ameri-ca as well as regional companies. The managing director of UNITY in Brazil is Cai Alexander von Igel.

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In the context of digital transformation, UNITY custom-ers benefit not only from the experience and expertise of our consultants, but also from our comprehensive eco-system. In addition to the UNITY Innovation Alliance (see page 14), this includes research institutions, universities, companies, associations and societies that are commit-ted to digitalization and make progress possible. Specif-ically, we distinguish between three areas in our partner network:

Our CustomersThe diversity of our customers provides UNITY with com-prehensive industry expertise. We network our custom-ers with each other across industries – e.g. through visits or our event series, UNITYinnovations. Thus, we enable a targeted exchange of information for companies that face similar challenges.

Successful Start-ups, Investments and ConsultingUNITY has many years of experience in supporting start-ups and companies in their various phases of growth

– in particular through the UNITY Beteiligungs AG and the Company Builder (see page 53). In addition, UNITY is one of the largest financiers of the Technology Fund OWL, which supports start-ups, especially in the area of digitalization. UNITY’s entire ecosystem benefits from its experience and the ability to exchange information: from start-ups to established companies as well as other part-ners, such as research institutions.

Our Cooperation PartnersThis category includes associations, organizations, initia-tives, universities and research institutions with which we work closely and exchange information across all UNITY locations. This gives us direct access to a broad range of technical expertise and the latest findings from science and research. Ultimately, our customers also benefit from this knowledge in our projects.

Profit from Our Ecosystem

Our Network

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UNITY Beteiligungs AG and Company Builder

Traditional value creation structures are being changed by digitalization. At the same time, there are great oppor-tunities to shape this change through disruptive business models. With the UNITY Beteiligungs AG, we support start-ups in the digital age. Our expertise helps them to seize opportunities and decrease any obstacles to mar-ket entry. We support founders individually as an incu-bator, consultant, partner and investor. With the services that are provided by the Company Builder of the UNITY Beteiligungs AG, we support companies from their found-ing through various growth phases and to the exit.

Start-up partnerYour contact person: Christian Horlitz

www.unity-consulting.com/en/start-up-partner

The Right Partner for Founders

UNITY Takes Responsibility

We are aware of our responsibility to our customers, partners and employees. As a guideline for our actions, the UNITY Code of Conduct sets binding standards for responsible conduct towards business partners and the general public, as well as within the company, such as compliance with internationally recognized human and employee rights. We also support various aid programs and we are involved with different associations and teams. UNITY invests in sustainable education and support the community and sports. In our challenger program, we help young adults to attain their ambitious goals – not just financially. In terms of sustainability, we have been listed on the EcoVadis platform since 2018. This is the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainabili-ty ratings. UNITY also issued its first DNK declaration (German Sustainability Code) in 2019. This demonstrates our commitment to the area of sustainability in detail.

Read more about our corporate social responsibilityYour contact person: Anne Meyer

www.unity-consulting.com/en/csr

Awards

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EcoVadis is a sustainability assessment platform for global supply chains. Eco-Vadis scorecards make it easy to understand, track and improve global envi-ronmental, social and ethical performance. UNITY has been listed here since 2018 and immediately achieved silver status.

With the Digital Champions Award, WirtschaftsWoche and Telekom award prizes to midsize companies that accept digital change as a challenge and play a role in successfully shaping it. In 2019, Bayer 04 Leverkusen took first place for a project with UNITY and the company Software Pioniere. By de-veloping and intruding the ORGA App, the challenging event management processes were optimized for the game days.

Since 2011, the Texprocess Innovation Award has given recognition to re-markable developments in the processing of textile and flexible materials. Dürkopp Adler impressed the jury in 2019 with its new sewing solution – M-TYPE DELTA. UNITY played a significant role in the development of this product (see p. 18).

Since 2008, the cdgw (Club of Healthcare Industry) has been awarding the Future Award Healthcare Industry annually with the aim of providing a forum for innovations in the industry. In 2019, a project conducted by UNITY was awarded for the third time: The Hessing Foundation in the city of Augsburg was awarded the prize for the use of artificial intelligence in OR planning. For more information, see p. 41.

The Best of Consulting Award that is presented by WirtschaftsWoche is one of the most renowned awards in the consulting industry. The best management consultancies are awarded annually. UNITY was awarded once again in 2019 and took 1st and 2nd place with a project at Dürkopp Adler (see p.18) and a project at SCHOTT (see p. 26).

Together with the employer evaluation portal, kununu, FOCUS awards the top midsize employers annually. UNITY did extremely well for the third time in a row and has therefore earned the right to call itself a Top Employer 2020.

The magazine brand eins Wissen and Statista determines the best manage-ment consultancies in Germany annually. In 2019, UNITY received the award in the categories digitalization and machinery and plant engineering.

UNITY supports a Lions Club project to build wells in Malawi.

Corporate Social Responsibility

UNITY Awards

Our Customers are Excellent − for Joint Projects

Digital Champions Award

Publications

Value creation of the futureUNITY Mobility Map

www.unity-consulting.com/en/value-creation-of-the-futurewww.unity-mobility-map.com

Future MobilityNew technologies and changing customer needs and re-quirements are leading to a paradigm shift that is having profound effects on future mobility. In many research and customer projects, UNITY is working intensively on the mobility of the future. With our UNITY Mobility Map, we depict a wide range of topics and use cases that we have derived from different trends and mobility concepts.This is how we create a comprehensive and clear picture of tomorrow‘s mobility and, at the same time, provide the right impulses to be successful in the new mobility world.

Value Creation of the FutureDigital transformation will radically change business models and business processes in the coming years. New technologies are emerging and these are changing the way we plan and manage the supply chain across the entire product lifecycle. To provide answers to the chang-es of the future, UNITY has developed a scenario of what our world could look like in 2030.Let‘s take a journey to the year 2030. Find out what the future of value creation looks like, what challenges and opportunities will arise and what means and methods you can use to prepare yourself for the future.

UNITY Mobility Map

Robo TaxiRegardless of the time of day or the volume of traffic, whether you are in an urban area or on a motorway – Robo taxis are always available.

A Robo-Taxi is a driverless vehicle that offers the end-customer on-de-mand mobility. By combining artificial intelligence, high-definition maps and Car-to-X communication, the vehicle can take control of all driving situations (SAE Level 5). Autonomous driving also enables completely new concepts for the interior, where passengers have the opportunity to use the time for other activities such as working, sleeping, watching TV, etc.).

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Books and StudiesUNITY has published its expertise in industry and meth-odology in numerous books, including “Managementdi-aloge (Management Dialogues),“ “Chefsache IT (IT − A Management Issue),“ “Zukunftsorientierte Unternehmens-gestaltung (Future-oriented Corporate Management)“ and “Innovationen für die Märkte von morgen (Innovations for the Markets of Tomorrow).“ With our partners in science and research including acatech, Heinz Nixdorf Institute and Fraunhofer IEM, we also publish studies on current topics.

Our publicationsYour contact person: Matthias Schwarzenberg

www.unity-consulting.com/en/publications

Our Publication Series OPPORUNITY In our publication series, “OPPORTUNITY – Facts for Decision Makers,“ we report on trending topics relevant to busi-ness, especially prepared for management. Learn how to handle current developments in your business.

Change Managementin the Digital Age

Digital Innovation

The 6 SuccessPatterns of InnovationManagement

Marketing, Sales,Services in the Era ofDigital Transformation

Purchasing andLogistics in Hospitals*

The Digitalizationof Product Development

The Three Mantrasof Innovation

Systems Engineering – Next Level of Product DevelopmentDigital Agenda 1

Dr.-Ing. Daniel Steffen, Sven-Olaf Schulze, Franz Gaupp

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING – THE NEXT LEVEL OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

FACTS FOR EXPERTS & DECISION MAKERS2nd Edition

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Christian Schultz, Robin Eisbach

DIGITAL AGENDA

FACTS FOR EXPERTS &DECISION MAKERS1st Edition

Roman Bendisch, Dr. Nicolai Walter, Katrin Heinermann, Ralf Schnitzmeier

CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE

FACTS FOR EXPERTS & DECISION MAKERS

Health 4.0 – The Possibilities of Innovative Indoor Navigation*

FAKTEN FÜR EXPERTEN UND ENTSCHEIDER

Meik Eusterholz

HEALTH 4.0 — MÖGLICHKEITEN EINER INNOVATIVEN INDOOR-NAVIGATION

Aus der Reihe: Healthcare

Digital Business Processes and Models

Christoph Plass

DIGITAL BUSINESS PROCESSES AND MODELS ARE CHANGING THE WORKPLACE

FACTS FOR EXPERTS & DECISION MAKERSFrom the series: Digitalization

Clinic Planning through Simulation*

Dr.-Ing. Carsten Matysczok, Meik Eusterholz

ABSICHERUNG DER KLINIK-PLANUNG DURCH SIMULATION VOLLSTÄNDIGER PROZESSKETTEN

FAKTEN FÜR EXPERTEN UND ENTSCHEIDERAus der Reihe: Healthcare

FACTS FOR EXPERTS & DECISION MAKERSFrom the series: Innovation management

Dr. Dominik Fischer, Dr. Michael Herbst

THE 6 SUCCESS PATTERNS OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

Prof. Dr. Hans H. Jung, Viviane Zimmermann

MARKETING, SALES & SERVICES IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

FACTS FOR EXPERTS & DECISION MAKERS

Nicolina Litschgi, Titus Zingg, Vivianne Greber

ERFOLGSFAKTOREN FÜREINKAUF UND LOGISTIK IM KRANKENHAUS

FAKTEN FÜR EXPERTEN UND ENTSCHEIDERAus der Reihe: Healthcare

S.-O. Schulze, Dr.-Ing. D. Steffen, P. Wibbing, Dr.-Ing. T. Wigger

THE DIGITALIZATION OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – RADICAL CHANGES IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

FACTS FOR EXPERTS & DECISION MAKERSFrom the series: Digitalization

Dr. Michael Herbst, Dennis R. Schmidt

THE THREE MANTRAS OF INNOVATION

FACTS FOR EXPERTS & DECISION MAKERSFrom the series: Innovation management

* Only available in German

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