Unternehmen&Trends - Ausgabe zur HANNOVER MESSE 2019

Gerrit Schiller therefore prefers a particular approach: “I recommend replacing what is there with innovative standard software that will safeguard your investment, as it can be flexibly adapted to the company’s specific needs through a multitude of industry solu- tions, like those offered by COSMO CONSULT in tandem with innovative solution concepts. In this way, companies can enjoy the ma- jor competitive benefits in the digital world achievable through continuous innovation by software manufacturers.” There’s more involved than just ERP In terms of the approach, the ERP system acts as the central area of reliability and core for all of these activities – whether a modernisation, reimplementation or intro- duction of new technology. “That is why we believe the whole area of analytics is best located within the ERP system, for example. We have a team dedicated to developing IoT solutions, which obviously produce a host of data in and of themselves. This is processed in our ERP system process structure”, states Bergmann, giving another example: “Our customers are increasingly concerned about impending labour shortages. Using a HoloLens virtual reality headset, an engineer sitting in his office can provide his exper- tise to support customer technicians on site during repair work. He can see exactly what the technicians on the ground are looking at with the headset.” There’s more involved than ERP systems nowadays. Gartner refers to post-modern ERP systems which may consist of a whole number of additional components, which do not necessarily always have to come from a single partner, either. Summarising, the COSMO CONSULT CEO states: “We can offer the new technology and manage its or- chestration and we can advise and assist on all new topics. But the awareness and willing- ness must come from the customer. We will continue to operate traditional ERP systems for customers that do not feel comfortable with the new approaches. But I don’t believe it will be possible in the long run to avoid the changes we can see happening in the busi- ness world and society.” ■ COSMO CONSULT www.cosmoconsult.com Webseite “Continuous innovation by manufacturers brings major benefits in the digital world.” Gerrit Schiller Sensitive when it matters! The MOTOMAN HC10 is a hybrid robot – sensitive in collaborative operation with human beings but also a fully- fledged industry robot when needed. A robot for all eventualities – how practical! YASKAWA Europe GmbH · Robotics Division · robotics@yaskawa.eu.com · T el. +49- 81 66-90-0 · www.yaskawa.eu.com Hall 17 Booth B50 01.04. to 05.04.2019 Hannover