The future of the industry is intelligent and collaborative

In a connected and intelligent world, the convergence between physical and digital worlds has never been so real, disrupting the way companies operate and perform. Data are everywhere and corporations must learn how to best use them to answer consumers’ needs. To stay ahead of the competition, industrial companies must transform and rethink the way they manage innovation and manufacturing: the industry of tomorrow must become intelligent.

 Intelligent industry is about addressing fast-paced technology disruption: every industry is moving into the digital world to accelerate their transformation; influencing the products, the services, the systems, the operations, and ultimately creating more value for customers.

 We can observe these profound transformations in all industrial sectors, triggered by an avalanche of new technologies. However, what is really new and specific to intelligent industry is the intensity and depth of these transformations: it goes well beyond sectorial boundaries with a significant porosity between worlds of utilities, automotive, communications, semiconductors or health technologies.

 Shifting towards intelligent industry favours and allows disruptive innovation in the true sense of the word, i.e. the creation of new uses, new markets. This completely redesigns the market competitive dynamic, opening up an immense field of opportunities for the entire industrial ecosystem.

 The intelligent industry revolution has already started, and is both irreversible and necessary to face environmental, economic and even societal challenges. Industrial leaders of all sectors have a key role to play in the sustainable future of tomorrow; thanks to intelligence, thanks to data, thanks to technology and by transitioning to intelligent industry, they will be able to build a sustainable future and succeed in their digital transformation.

 This requires new models of collaboration, new forms of partner ecosystems in which start-ups play a key role. The most innovative companies have understood this perfectly. They are redesigning their engineering and research & development model, and create efficient ecosystems with strategic partners able to bring new technologies they do not master and scarce talents to which they do not have access. With the acceleration of artificial intelligence, automation or robotics, companies have to explore the full extent of their research and development potential to turn disruptions into differentiation. A flexible, collaborative and mutually beneficial ecosystem is definitely an asset in this journey towards intelligent industry.

 At Capgemini, we bring together engineers, scientists, developers, technology specialists, expertise in data, design and digital transformation. We also understand all industries; we have what we call a true product and system culture of the industrial world.

The clients’ need for global partners with ramping up capabilities, engineering delivery platforms and the knowledge to help them manage high-complexity R&D programs will keep growing as they take this strategic shift. We believe that the crossing of our cutting-edge-technologies expertise & deep industries knowledge is at the core of this revolution. We are creating a new engineering horizon with them.

The future of industry is intelligent and collaborative. That’s why at #VivaTech 2021, Capgemini will shed the light on how startups, corporates and new ecosystems are jointly transforming products, operations and services. Join us on Thursday June 17th, 4 PM CET, to find out more.

 This article is part of a series of articles published in connection with the annual Viva Technology event, Europe's biggest startup and tech event, which is taking place online and in person, in Paris, from June 16 to 19. Share, comment and like on LinkedIn with the hashtag #VivaTech.

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