Accenture Opens Industry X.0 Innovation Center in Essen, Germany, to Help Resources Companies Drive Digital Innovation
May 21 2019 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
New center at Zollverein UNESCO world heritage
site expands Accenture’s innovation network for Industry X.0
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has opened an Industry X.0 Innovation
Center in Essen, Germany, to help resources companies in the
chemicals, metals, mining, utilities, and energy industries
develop innovative products and services for the digital
economy.
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Industrial tradition meets the digital
reinvention of industry at Accenture’s new Industry X.0 Innovation
Center in Essen, Germany (Photo: Business Wire)
Industry X.0 is how Accenture
defines the digital reinvention of industry, when businesses use
advanced digital technologies to transform core operations, worker
and customer experiences, and business models.
Located at Zollverein, a former coal mine and now a UNESCO world
heritage site, the center offers clients a three-step innovation
journey:
- Inspiration: Use cases show how
artificial intelligence, blockchain, the internet of things (IoT),
augmented reality and other digital technologies can be applied in
the resources industries for solutions related to digital plant and
workforce, digital twin and Industrial IoT security.
- Ideation: Clients can explore
the latest digital trends and, through design-thinking sessions and
a range of workshop formats, discover ways to apply them to their
businesses.
- Co-creation: The center provides
a studio environment where clients can collaborate with industry
and technology experts from Accenture to rapidly prototype products
and services.
“The Industry X.0 Innovation Center in Essen addresses the
industry-specific challenges and needs of our clients and, through
collaboration with our experts, can help them achieve incremental
and breakthrough innovation,” said G�tz Erhardt, a managing
director at Accenture who leads its Resources operating group in
Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Russia. “The center’s combination
of practical use cases, innovation and design-thinking tools and
techniques, and industrial-ready digital technologies will help
rejuvenate the industrial heart of Germany.”
Frank Riemensperger, chairman of Accenture in Germany, said,
“Every day, digitalization is increasingly relevant at the core of
our clients’ businesses—in the chemical plant, the power generation
facility, the electric grid and the refinery. Our center in Essen
will help companies in the resources sectors, which are among the
leading industries in Germany, apply new digital innovations and
transform toward Industry X.0. The timely development of digital
infrastructure and business models will be crucial for German
chemicals and utilities companies to maintain their leadership
positions in the global economy.”
The center in Essen expands Accenture’s global network of more
than 20 Innovation Centers for Industry X.0 and bolster Accenture’s
digitization capabilities for industrial companies in Germany,
which include the Industrial IoT Innovation Center in Garching.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions—underpinned by the world’s largest
delivery network—Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 477,000 people
serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives
innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us
at www.accenture.com.
Accenture Industry X.0 helps businesses master the digital
reinvention of industry when they use advanced digital technologies
to transform core operations and unlock new revenue streams and
business models. Accenture supports every aspect of our clients’
multi-phase transformation including workforce, customer
experience, R&D, engineering, manufacturing, business support
and ecosystems. Visit www.accenture.com/industry-x0.
Copyright © 2019 Accenture. All rights reserved. Accenture and
its logo are trademarks of Accenture.
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Diana BüchnerAccenture Germany+49 6173 94
69081diana.buechner@accenture.comJens R. DerksenAccenture Digital
& Industry X.0+49 175 57 61393jens.derksen@accenture.com
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