Digital Innovation Hub from the very beginning for logistics and photovoltaics
Published on: March 12, 2021 / Update from: June 21, 2023 - Author: Konrad Wolfenstein
Extended digital hub for trade, mechanical engineering and industry - Xpert.Digital - A development story
Digital Innovation Hub for logistics and photovoltaics – Image: Xpert.Digital & kentoh|Shutterstock.com
On March 31, 2013 we started our first post with Stockxpert. The topic: “ Flexible storage of heavy loads ”
STOCKXPERT – Image: Xpert.Digital
On April 6, 2013 as the first post on Facebook.
Just 1 year later we changed our name to Intralogistik.Tips. On February 1, 2017 we started the conversion to Xpert.Digital .
“Of course, the rapid technological change does not stop at the boundaries of logistics. That’s why we have decided to use Xpert.Digital to present exciting questions and solutions, regardless of the industry, that will accompany us in our everyday work in the future.”
In collaboration with well-known manufacturers and experts from theory and practice, we gain valuable insights into the development laboratories of industry and research. This, combined with our research network and presence at leading national and international trade fairs, gives us know-how in the area of digitalization and virtual worlds, which we would like to share with you.”
After almost 8 years, we have accumulated a wealth of knowledge that is impressive.
We were already working on artificial intelligence (AI) in 1988 and in 1998 we gained our first experiences in the area of search engine optimization (SEO), before the WWW really got started in 2001 under the domain SEO.AG. In 2004 we were already working with TYPO3 under the domain TYPO3.TV and were probably the first in southern Germany to support the CMS. WordPress was added later. Shortly afterwards there was also the hype about Ajax. Who still remembers? Not to forget social media and Facebook. At our peak we had a total of 17 million followers.
Most well-known examples that are inactive today but can still be achieved:
- Fussall – If there is a universe, then there is also a Fussall:
https://www.facebook.com/fussall
- Psycho – It was the largest German-speaking horror and Halloween social media fan page:
https://www.facebook.com/psychomania
We later sold other football and fashion pages to third parties. Fashion for women wasn't exactly our favorite topic and football wasn't exactly our biggest passion.
We have taken all facets of the digital world with us and helped shape it. Be it tracking, like call tracking. Inbound and outbound marketing, marketing automation, global marketing and SMarketing. If something is missing, it is probably because we can no longer get the order and variety of digital developments in order. 😂🤣
Well, we have been on a great journey with Xpert.Digital for almost 8 years now. The concept was already clear in 2013: development and expansion of a thematic hub with all the associated and related developments, especially from the area of logistics/intralogistics and the digital world. Today defined as digitalization.
What do you understand by digitalization?
What do you understand by digitalization?
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Digitalization as a driving force and key component
What will be crucial for the future will be how we secure the infrastructure of our key industries!
Key industries in Germany today include the automotive industry, construction industry, food, chemical industry, electrical industry, energy production, mechanical engineering and shipyards.
While banking is also seen as a key industry, human resources are completely overlooked in this consideration. Key industries are sectors of a certain size that dominate the economic life of our country and determine its welfare and woe. However, it is often overlooked that human resources are crucial for the success of the company. This is about the knowledge, skills and motivation of the employees. As far as we are concerned, we cannot complain. Germany is one of the top ten in terms of quality of life worldwide. Be it in healthcare or in school education. In Germany there is a high level of complaining. There is certainly room for improvement, but we are doing very well compared to the rest of the world. We should not forget that. Another important aspect is the work-life balance. It represents a state in which work and private life are in harmony. Here, too, there is no reason to complain in comparison. Germany is one of the leaders in the world.
If we want to maintain the standards of our key industries, including human resources, and further expand them for the future, then we actually have to do a lot more. It's not just about us, but also about the environment and nature, for us and our descendants.
On the one hand, the gaps in basic services in rural regions must be closed again, and on the other hand, urbanization also has the highest priority, taking the above-mentioned aspects into account.
What will be crucial for the future will be how we secure the infrastructure of our key industries!
Three areas are of particular importance here:
- Digital Intelligence (Digital Transformation, Internet Access, Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things)
- Intralogistics/logistics (full automation, mobility of goods and people)
- Autonomous power supply (CO₂ neutrality, planning security, safety for the environment)
With Xpert.Digital as cross-industry know-how and digital hub, we not only connect logistics and intralogistics across topics, but also other areas of the industry from crafts, mechanical engineering and trade. The latter mainly relates to e-commerce.
Digital platforms are transforming the global economy
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Unified Commerce No-Line Commerce No-Border Commerce
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Virtual Fair and Virtual Showroom
The Corona pandemic not only caused a slump in the economy, it also led to the complete failure of the platforms for economic encounters at the business level. This refers to the trade fairs and events that had to be canceled in large numbers and whose cancellations have continued to this day.
But here too, Xpert.Digital was already ahead of its time! With VARP, which stands for Virtual & Augmented Reality Project, we not only developed theoretical possibilities specifically for the B2B sector, we also implemented them!
VARP Accelerator Xpert.Digital – Image: fotolia
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In Paris, Kardex Remstar impresses with its innovative AR presentation at its exhibition stand
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- Xpert.Digital brought virtual reality to FachPack
- Xpert.Digital: Simultaneous virtual reality experience for any number of users on LogiMAT
- Xpert.Digital brings mixed reality to the trade fair with Microsoft's HoloLens. Strictly speaking, it was a European premiere. The HoloLens was not yet officially available in Europe
- Paris Trade Fair: Unlimited augmented reality experience with ARKit for Apple by Xpert.Digital
- T.Werk is presenting a virtual solar park using 360-degree technology with Xpert.Digital at the Intersolar trade fair
What have we already listed?
Digital Intelligence 👍
Logistics/intralogistics 👍
Secure the infrastructure of key industries such as mechanical engineering, trade, etc. 👍
Innovations! (VR & AR, Digital Platforms, SMarketing, Marketing Automation, etc.) 👍
❌ What is still missing is the area of autonomous power supply through renewable energies ❗️
With photovoltaics for industrial autonomous power supply
The bridge from industry to renewable energies such as photovoltaics is quickly built. In addition to the demands and obligation of politicians on the economy to increase the use of renewable energies, there are already numerous implementations in this direction.
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You can find other numerous topics on povotoltaik here in the Xpert.Digtal blog or on Xpert.Solar .
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