I gave this presentation in October 2019 at an Industry Forum in Frankfurt/Germany in front of manufacturing industry experts.

1. Digital Industry
Platforms
IBM Point of View
Thorsten Schröer
Director Industrial Sector
IBM Industry Academy
Frankfurt | October 2019

3. Investments up to
$1.2
trillion
will be made within
the next 2 – 3
years. Asset
Builder
2x
Scalability
Increaseinturnoverandprofit
3x
5x
8x
Service
Provider
Technology
Provider
Network
Orchestrator
Business models and multipliers
low highSource: IBM

4. Successful Industry Platforms Ingredients
Hybrid &
Multi Cloud
As a Service
Long term &
anchor client
Industry
specific
New
commercial
relationships

5. “Ecosystems
cannot be owned…
but Platforms
can.“

6. There are typical patterns for Industry Platform
use cases.
Trust &
Transparency
Compliance Sustainability
Mass Data Supplier
Management
New Business
models

7. Exponential Valuel/
The killer use case
Value/Revenue share
model
Viable Eco-System
Does it Scale /
Network Effect

8. www.ega.de

9. www.tradelens.com
9of10largest shipping lines on plattfrom
60%of global containers

10. ThyssenKrupp: Additive Manufacturing - an ecosystem
requiring trust
10

11. 7 answers we need….…
1. Killer App (use case) „Digital Twin“ – Digital Loop
2. No data, no party
3. Data & domain knowledge sharing in and outside enterprises
4. Cloud vs On Prem vs Edge
5. IoT Plattform vs value layer
6. Open, hybrid, multi vs vendor lock-in– -> „Watson Anywhere“
7. How to make money with industrial platforms!!!!!!

13. Cloud of Clouds
Platforms of Platforms
Hybrid Multi Platforms

14. Digital Industry
Platforms
IBM Point of View
Thorsten Schröer
Director Industrial Sector
IBM Industry Academy
Frankfurt | October 2019