Consulting for digital transformation

Digitization check

A map of the status quo provides orientation for the further transformation

Of course, digital transformation is no longer starting from scratch in virtually all companies. On the contrary: in most cases, there have already been more or less successful transformation processes in various departments. However, these processes were often not clearly documented or not collected centrally. And do the resulting processes mesh well?

All too often, no one has a good overview of the different degrees of digitalization in different areas and processes. As a result, the potential of the transformation is not fully exploited. Instead, the effects fizzle out in isolated solutions or in stand-alone interfaces to external tools.

As a management consultancy for digitalization, we create transparency here: in order to gain an overview of the current status of digitalization in your company, we examine all departments and processes in terms of the digital solutions used. This allows us to map your current digital system landscape, evaluate the tools used and compare them with current industry standards. This gives you a transparent overview of your digital solutions and interfaces – and you can immediately see which interfaces are missing or can be optimized. The perfect foundation for a profitable and sustainable digital transformation!

Our Service Packages:

• Creating a uniform understanding of digital transformation
• Making the status quo of your digitalization transparent
• Identify and document interfaces
• Ensure alignment with industry standards

Benefits for you:

1. Transparent report on the digital system landscape of your operations
2. Evaluation of your existing digital solutions
3. Foundation stone for a holistic digital transformation

Digitization strategy & business model

Overarching mission statement for a targeted digital transformation

Naturally, you want to tackle your digital transformation quickly. This is one of the reasons why some companies start at different points at the same time. However, the individual divisions often only ensure that the solution they choose meets their own requirements. It is not always reliably and holistically aligned with the system landscape of the other business areas – and this ultimately leads to major inefficiencies or even problems in the overall process.

It is therefore important for a successful transformation that the solutions in all areas are coordinated with each other – and that all digitalization projects in your organization work towards an overarching goal – your digital strategy. We develop your digitalization strategy together with you in workshops in which all key stakeholders are involved. Rothbaum’s experts provide you with tailored advice on digital transformation to optimize your processes and create sustainable competitive advantages. To do this, we draw on our many years of consulting experience and also present best-practice approaches from other companies in your industry to provide you with guidance.

On this basis, we review your current business model together and optimize it where necessary in line with the requirements of the digital business world. This also includes a holistic initial data strategy that will equip you for the use of modern technologies such as process mining, machine learning or AI in the future, enabling you to generate decisive competitive advantages.

Our Service Packages:

• Develop a tailor-made digital strategy for your company
• Align strategy precisely to the needs of your customers
• Consistently developing your business model digitally
• Define initial data strategy as a prerequisite for advanced analytics

Benefits for you:

1. Target image for digital transformation as a guideline in all sub-areas
2. Insights into best practice strategies of other companies
3. Digital business model – adapted to the challenges of a digital world
4. Future-proof data strategy as a foundation for the sustainable use of modern technologies

Use Case & Roadmap

Small steps on the way to great digital success

Depending on your level of digital maturity, we derive specific measures in line with the digitalization strategy developed: How can we improve your responsiveness, how can we better connect your business areas digitally? The digital adaptation of your business models also plays a role in these decisions. All steps are evaluated and prioritized in order to develop a realistic digitalization roadmap for your entire company.

As with other major change projects, the choice of initial measures has a major impact on your company. It is therefore important to prepare your employees for the upcoming changes, to explain the bigger picture – and to ensure rapid approval through visible successes. In this way, you can also benefit from your employees’ many years of expertise in these times of change. We are also happy to support the introduction of new systems with suitable qualification programs. With our cross-industry project experience, we are happy to guide you through this exciting and challenging implementation phase. Our digital transformation consulting helps you to take the right measures at the right time and to design your roadmap in such a way that it takes all areas of your company into account and ensures efficient implementation.

Our Service Packages:

• Derive concrete measures that bring you closer to your target image
• Develop a roadmap that enables a coordinated approach in all areas
• Supporting change management as part of the digital transformation

Benefits for you:

1. Tailor-made catalog of measures for your digital transformation
2. Roadmap to achieve your goals in the best possible way

Software selection

A far-reaching understanding of processes leads to the ideal system

Every decision in favor of a software solution has far-reaching consequences, and not just financial ones. Which ERP, WMP or PPS system you choose has a direct impact on the work of many employees and also on future software decisions. Above all, however, the decision is particularly complex if you do not yet have a complete picture of the process landscape in all departments; the increasing number of solutions – highly individualized industry solutions as well as easily expandable standard solutions – does not make the overview any easier.

As an independent digital transformation consultancy with many years of experience, we can support you in selecting the software systems that are a perfect fit for your processes and harmonize perfectly with each other. Together with your key users, we record the core processes, define the future target state according to your digitalization strategy and roadmap and finally collect all the requirements for the systems in order to create a suitable tender.

On this basis, we then identify potential system providers who present their various solutions to you in workshops. And, of course, we help you to classify the impressions from this process so that you can then select the ideal solution for your company.

Our Service Packages:

• Define the actual and target states of the core processes in several workshops
• Create requirements documents
• Identify possible system candidates
• Accompanying the selection process
• Derive recommendations for action

Benefits for you:

1. Experienced support through the selection process with industry, process and technology expertise
2. Overview and documentation of your core processes in the company
3. Hands-on demonstration of possible solutions under defined and comparable framework conditions

Implementation support

Practical, goal-oriented project management to implement the digitalization strategy

Digitalization can lead to major changes, particularly in production and its direct environment, which can cause anxiety and uncertainty among the workforce. They may not yet be able to imagine working digitally. This naturally makes the introduction of new technologies more difficult and causes unrest in the teams.

In addition, such transformation processes often require external service providers to support the implementation of software, for example. However, their expertise is often limited to technology – they have little concrete knowledge of your industry and therefore often do not understand which processes they are currently digitizing and how they are connected to each other. As part of holistic consulting for digital transformation, such interrelationships are specifically taken into account in order to optimally coordinate technology, processes and people.

As an experienced management consultancy for digitalization, we are happy to support you in this transformation. Our industry and process knowledge not only allows us to address your employees in such a way that they can reduce their fears and we can solve any problems together. We also explain the processes and tasks to the external service providers in their own language so that they can implement them correctly. By having our consultants take on such interface functions in your digital transformation, we guarantee you targeted project implementation that involves the entire workforce.

Our Service Packages:

• Supporting the change process for a holistically accepted digital transformation
• Guiding and controlling external implementation houses
• Ensure correct implementation of the contractually agreed services
• Targeted project management by industry and process experts

Benefits for you:

1. On-time, on-budget implementation of digitization projects
2. High level of staff acceptance for the successful digitalization of your company

Using lighthouse projects as catalysts

Using the latest technology trends – in customized use cases

What is just a trend, what is really a solution? New technologies are often very present in the media. However, for many entrepreneurs it is often not immediately apparent whether and how these technological trends can really be of use in their own company and generate added value there.

In addition, the jungle of technical solutions is now so diverse that it is almost impossible to maintain an overview or even select the right tool for your own goals. However, some trends do offer opportunities: they not only offer direct added value, but are also suitable as lighthouse projects that can be used to demonstrate what is possible with a successful digital transformation. In this way, they can become catalysts for further, targeted changes.

Our digital operations experts are well informed about the latest technology developments and advanced analytics trends. This enables them to work with you to identify suitable use cases and determine the added value of the technology in specific cases. We show you whether and which solution is really right for you and support you in communicating the success internally in a transparent manner.

Our Service Packages:

• Jointly identifying and evaluating use cases for new technologies
• Demonstrate the benefits for a specific business case before a technology is introduced
• Introduce technology and communicate the success of the implementation internally

Benefits for you:

1. Insight: Understanding current technology trends and identifying fields of application
2. Transparency: No introduction of a new technology without independently determined benefits
3. Implementation: Use case, business case and implementation all from a single source – developed and supported by industry experts