Autor: Henry Ekwaro-Osire

Sustainability in SME through Digitalization

Sustainability in SME through Digitalization

SME Use Cases for Improving Sustainability with Digital Technologies
Henry Ekwaro-Osire, Stefan Wiesner, Dennis Bode, Alexandra Pehlken
The impact of rapid technological change in a competitive global market is reaching small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) at an increasing rate; digitalization increases the interconnectedness among manufacturers, products and customers. Within this context, SME need to improve both their business processes and their technological capabilities in order to achieve internal and external sustainability goals, to be successful in the marketplace and to meet customer needs. This article discusses the opportunities of digitalization to improve sustainability by presenting two use cases from SME.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 2 | Pages 36-40
Requirements for the Use of Digitization and AI

Requirements for the Use of Digitization and AI

Applications for increasing energy efficiency
Dennis Bode, Henry Ekwaro-Osire, Klaus-Dieter Thoben ORCID Icon
Innovative digital and AI solutions for more energy-efficient production can decisively contribute to the environmental impact and competitiveness of companies, especially in the manufacturing industry. Requirements for the functionality and implementation of these solutions are complex and diverse; multiple stakeholders need to be addressed when eliciting requirements and various technology and business aspects have to be considered. This article presents a procedure for requirements elicitation for energy efficiency digitalization and AI projects.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 38 | 2022 | Edition 1 | Pages 17-22 | DOI 10.30844/I40M_22-1_17-22