Yearly Archives: 2018

Microservices are not simply an IT topic!

Microservices are small, independent programs that perform a well-defined task, and have long been part of the IT landscape. A common interface allows each...

Digital platforms: A key factor in business success

Digital platforms are particularly popular in the technology sector. Well-known examples include the likes of Apple’s App Store or the Play Store, which belongs...
New business models are needed

Industrial insurance 2.0: New business models are needed

Industrial insurers are facing major problems at the moment. Significantly higher loss ratios and increasingly fierce competition mean that the classic form of insurance is no longer profitable. For this reason, it is necessary to review the existing business models.

Fewer bailouts during the checkout process – this is how it‘s done!

It‘s a big problem for online retailers: customers load different items into their virtual shopping cart and then leave without making a purchase, and...

Change Management for the SAP S/4HANA Roll-Out at Klosterfrau

For about three years, the new ERP solution SAP S/4HANA has been on the market. More and more companies are now planning to switch...

ESN and mgm at smarter|service-Roadshow

From March 1 mgm will accompany the ESN smarter|service roadshow on five dates all over Germany. Topic: Making the benefits of digitalisation available to the...

Taming the Trojan Horse: Preparing Agility Effectively

Agility has been a hugely overhyped concept for quite some time. From two-guys-in-a-garage startups to globally active corporations or public sector contracting authorities, more...

The battle for electronic identity

The federal government is working to make the new identity card with electronic proof of identity more attractive. This additional function has so far met with little response from the public. Meanwhile, large private companies have a serious competition system for identification on the Internet.
AI, Blockchain, Chatbots - data quality first

AI, Chatbots and Blockchain: Data quality first!

The many current project examples of the insurance industry like AI or Chatbots show that it makes no sense to develop the future if to the present day flaws exist. The point is that automated processes can only be as good as the data available to the
Digitization changes role of Risk Manager.

Digitization changes the role of the risk manager

The assessment of the risks of globally operating companies is becoming increasingly complex. The task of the risk manager is to ensure stability and predictability in this environment. Digital technology offers a wide range of possibilities for processing the extensive data material required for this