Partner for Corporates
Empowering corporate functions for sustainable growth.
Digital Ambition serves as the cornerstone for transformative initiatives within corporate functions, driving innovation and strategic growth. Strategy forms the overarching vision, positioning the organization for long-term success and competitive advantage. Initiation establishes a robust foundation, ensuring the right structure, team, and approach are in place from the outset. Technology provides the optimal components and technological framework, enabling operational excellence and digital transformation. Analysis, both initial and ongoing, offers clarity and reflection, turning data into actionable insights that fuel continuous improvement. Together, these elements empower corporate functions to realize their Digital Ambition, turning visionary ideas into tangible outcomes and sustainable success.
Corporate Functions And digital Ambition:
Digital Ambition impacts various corporate functions, each playing a unique role in driving innovation and growth:
- Strategy
- IT
- Corporate Venturing
- Digital Units
- Business Units
- Operations
- Marketing
- Human Resources
- Finance
- Innovation Labs
digital Ambition in corporate Environments
Digital Ambition at corporates encompasses a range of transformative initiatives aimed at driving innovation, efficiency, and growth across various functions. This includes key areas such as:
- Workplace Transformation
- Cloud & Digital Infrastructure
- Digital Product Innovation
- New Technology Adoption
- Internationalization and Localization
- Digital Service Innovation
Digital Ambition at corporates encompasses a range of transformative initiatives aimed at driving innovation, efficiency, and growth across various functions. This includes key areas such as Workplace Transformation, Cloud & Digital Infrastructure, Digital Product Innovation, New Technology Adoption, Internationalization and Localization, and Digital Service Innovation. Additionally, Digital Ambition extends to other critical topics like Data-Driven Decision Making, Customer Experience Enhancement, Automation and AI Integration, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, Sustainability and Green Tech, Digital Talent Development, Ecosystem and Partnership Strategies, Regulatory Compliance and Digital Governance, Agile and DevOps Practices, and Digital Marketing and E-Commerce.
Together, these elements form a comprehensive approach to digital transformation, ensuring that corporate functions are well-equipped to navigate the challenges and opportunities of the digital age.
Partner for Corporates
Empowering corporate functions for sustainable growth.
Streamlining Content Integration with AI-Enhanced Headless CMS
Strategy
Technology
Analysis
Initiation
Introduced a Headless CMS solution to flexibly deliver digital content across various endpoints such as apps, websites, social media, and digital brochures. Defined content models, roles, permissions, and user onboarding processes. Collaborated with departmental teams to create workflows that automate and AI-enhance content delivery based on context, region, and user group. This visionary project significantly improved content management and distribution. This innovative approach introduced digital content strategies across the organization.
Progress Made:
- Aligned departmental requirements and selected the HCMS tool.
- Improved content management processes and centralized content storage.
- Reduced content integration efforts and enhanced collaboration.
- Implemented AI-enhanced workflows for dynamic content delivery.
Project with a Manufacturer of Industrial Goods
Transforming Workplace IT Landscape with Cloud Solutions
Strategy
Technology
Analysis
Initiation
Led a comprehensive IT landscape assessment using EAM/TOGAF, defining current and target architectures with a significant shift to cloud solutions. Developed a Cloud Big Picture covering provider selection, TCO analyses, security, governance, and innovation management. Collaborated with an internal team to complete the 12-month project phase and transition it to the regular organization. This strategic project optimized IT infrastructure and drove cloud adoption across the IT organization.
Progress Made:
- Led a team of 4 consultants to assess and document architecture vision and components.
- Assessed IT management processes for cloud service integration.
- Collaborated with security and compliance officers to ensure data privacy and security.
- Prepared 3 lighthouse use cases to promote the architectural vision.
Project with a Regional Energy Provider
Integrating and Redefining Platform Development
Strategy
Technology
Analysis
Initiation
Led the integration and redevelopment of an IoT platform with hardware, app, and sensor solutions. Defined the scope, built a team, and managed nearshore and offshore service providers. Secured co-development partners and created a platform MVP with 2 APIs, rights management, 5 modules, and 2 apps. This project harmonized and integrated 4 different initiatives and solutions together and even included the definition of an overarching data architecture.
Progress MAde:
- Defined co-development approach and won 5 corporate partners.
- Initiated collaboration with 2 development partners (Poland, Vietnam).
- Iterated and refined microservice architecture with newly formed teams.
- Defined and aligned CI/CD processes for planning, development, testing, and architecture work.
- Developed a platform MVP with 2 APIs, 5 modules, 2 apps, and rights management.
Project with a Manufacturer of Industrial Goods
Simplifying Integration Architecture for Enhanced Reporting
Strategy
Technology
Analysis
Initiation
Led the analysis of an existing integration architecture for a financial institution to meet increased regulatory and ESG reporting requirements. Collaborated with a small internal team to analyze and develop a plan for defining and managing the architecture, aiming to simplify complexity. This included selecting components like IPaaS providers and creating a comprehensive project plan.
Progress Made:
- Analyzed existing reporting layer and collected regulatory requirements.
- Aligned with component owners and developed simplification hypotheses.
- Evaluated IPaaS providers and drafted a high-level project plan.
Project with a Financial Institution
Improve Operational Excellence with a Comprehensive Digitalization Strategy
Strategy
Technology
Analysis
Initiation
Developed a group-wide digitalization strategy focused on operational excellence, standardization, and secure connectivity. Key goals included establishing a digital strategy, harmonizing IT architecture and data models, and ensuring excellence in operational technology. Utilized Design Thinking methodologies and a phased implementation approach involving central and local teams. The strategy included digital maturity assessments, unified data models, and group-wide security policies.
Progress Made:
- Defined 12 principles for decision-making and introduced digitization sprints.
- Established roles and decision bodies using a DACI approach.
- Identified top 5 success factors and aligned methods and tooling.
- Drafted and handed over a high-level realization plan to the steering committee.
Project with a Manufacturer of Industrial Goods
Enhancing Security with Architecture Practice
Strategy
Technology
Analysis
Initiation
Introduced architecture methods to centrally document existing assets, connectivity, and security practices across locations. Utilized TOGAF to identify gaps, vulnerabilities, and variations in system standards. Conducted an EA tool comparison but opted for existing intranet documentation solutions. Defined clear EA roles, responsibilities, and processes to establish an architecture capability within the company.
Progress Made:
- Documented assets, connectivity, and security practices using TOGAF.
- Identified gaps and vulnerabilities in system standards.
- Defined EA roles, responsibilities, and processes.
- Opted for intranet documentation solutions over new EA tools.
Project with a Manufacturer of Packaging Goods