{"id":8553,"date":"2024-09-03T09:21:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T07:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/?page_id=8553"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:48:40","slug":"digital-solutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/en\/consulting\/digital-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--\n  ==========================================================================\n  Digital Solutions \u2014 English version. Content for a WordPress\n  \"Custom HTML\" block.\n\n  This is a direct translation of the German fragment\n  (beratung-digital-solutions-wp-block.html). Structure, classes, CSS and\n  JavaScript are unchanged \u2014 only visible copy, labels, alt text, and the\n  in-page JS messages were translated.\n\n  Source content: DCG_Digital_Solutions_Webseiteninhalte.pdf (slides 1\u20135),\n  reworked per client feedback (see project history).\n\n  Layout, per the project instructions \/ \"Gesundheitswirtschaft\" reference:\n    - Hero with photo background + neutral BLACK gradient (no colour tint),\n      eyebrow on dark background in lime.\n    - Image world deliberately BLUE (petrol\/azure\/indigo\/steel) with AI and\n      transformation motifs; gradients are set lighter than the\n      \"Gesundheitswirtschaft\" reference so the images read through more\n      strongly (client request). 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We analyze your starting point together, decide on the way forward as partners, and stay on board until the solution works in daily practice.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"hero-cta\" style=\"margin-top:1.6rem\">\n        <a class=\"btn btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/en\/contact\/\">Get in touch <span class=\"arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n        <a class=\"btn btn--ghost x-btn-on-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/ki-beratung\/\">See our AI &amp; solutions<\/a>\n        <a class=\"btn x-btn-paper\" href=\"#whitepaper\" data-dcg-open=\"dcg-paper-modal\">\n          <span class=\"x-btn-paper-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.9\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M12 3v12\"\/><path d=\"M7 11l5 5 5-5\"\/><path d=\"M4 20h16\"\/><\/svg>\n          <\/span>\n          Download exciting use cases\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- BreadcrumbList \u2014 per SEO practice, the only schema markup that\n     reasonably belongs in the body fragment (right next to the visible\n     breadcrumb nav above). 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It&#8217;s rarely a lack of will &mdash; it&#8217;s four recurring sticking points we see again and again.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"grid grid-2\">\n      <article class=\"card reveal\">\n        <h3>Media breaks &amp; siloed systems<\/h3>\n        <p>Planning, ERP, production and sales don&rsquo;t talk to each other. Figures get transferred by hand, and decisions are made on numbers that are already out of date.<\/p>\n      <\/article>\n      <article class=\"card reveal\">\n        <h3>Rising lead times<\/h3>\n        <p>Manual processes, a lack of shop-floor transparency, and growing complexity slow down order processing.<\/p>\n      <\/article>\n      <article class=\"card reveal\">\n        <h3>Skills shortage &amp; loss of knowledge<\/h3>\n        <p>Experienced staff are retiring. Process knowledge lives in people&rsquo;s heads, not in systems. New hires need months to get up to speed.<\/p>\n      <\/article>\n      <article class=\"card reveal\">\n        <h3>Data exists, but goes unused<\/h3>\n        <p>Machine and process data is captured but never analyzed. The potential of AI in quality assurance and predictive maintenance goes untapped.<\/p>\n      <\/article>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <!-- Full-width focus band (the \"Always in view\" pattern). Image from the\n       same series, 1800x525 px. Motif \"Artificial Intelligence\": a layered\n       neural network in DCG petrol with individual lime nodes.\n       File: digital-solutions-band.jpg -->\n  <div class=\"x-focus-band\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/digital-solutions-band-2.jpg');\">\n    <div class=\"x-focus-overlay\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"x-focus-inner\">\n        <span class=\"x-focus-num\">Only 18%<\/span>\n        <p class=\"x-focus-sub\">of mid-sized companies have a comprehensive digitalization strategy (Bitkom 2025).<\/p>\n        <h3>Strategy first, then technology<\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- BLOCK: Our approach \u2014 problem, solution and action space (slide 3) -->\n<section class=\"section\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"sec-head reveal\">\n      <span class=\"eyebrow\">Our approach<\/span>\n      <h2>From problem to implementation<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"lead\">Three phases, each with a clearly defined outcome. You&rsquo;re involved in every decision, and you can join in wherever you currently stand.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"grid grid-3\">\n      <article class=\"card pillar reveal\">\n        <span class=\"tag\">Problem space<\/span>\n        <h3>Discovery workshop<\/h3>\n        <ul class=\"feature-list x-plain-list\">\n          <li><span class=\"fi\">&#10003;<\/span><span>Analyze the starting point together<\/span><\/li>\n          <li><span class=\"fi\">&#10003;<\/span><span>Name the real challenge<\/span><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p class=\"x-result\"><strong>Outcome:<\/strong> An overview of the current situation and initial recommendations.<\/p>\n      <\/article>\n      <article class=\"card pillar reveal\">\n        <span class=\"tag\">Solution space<\/span>\n        <h3>Process analysis \/ ideation<\/h3>\n        <ul class=\"feature-list x-plain-list\">\n          <li><span class=\"fi\">&#10003;<\/span><span>Develop and evaluate options for action<\/span><\/li>\n          <li><span class=\"fi\">&#10003;<\/span><span>You decide, and together we set the course<\/span><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p class=\"x-result\"><strong>Outcome:<\/strong> A weak-point analysis, as-is\/to-be processes, and an agreed course of action &mdash; the strategy everything else is built on.<\/p>\n      <\/article>\n      <article class=\"card pillar reveal\">\n        <span class=\"tag\">Action space<\/span>\n        <h3>Implementation<\/h3>\n        <ul class=\"feature-list x-plain-list\">\n          <li><span class=\"fi\">&#10003;<\/span><span>Process optimization &amp; digitalization<\/span><\/li>\n          <li><span class=\"fi\">&#10003;<\/span><span>AI automation and innovation<\/span><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p class=\"x-result\"><strong>Outcome:<\/strong> A new level of process quality and actionable real-time analytics in live operation, run by your own team.<\/p>\n      <\/article>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- BLOCK: Service portfolio \u2014 4 capability areas, 7 building blocks\n     (slides 4+5). 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Click a tile to see the details.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"grid grid-2 x-tiles\">\n\n      <!-- Capability area 1 \u2014 Image: digital-solutions-ki.jpg, 820x419 px, neural-network motif (AI), petrol -->\n      <details class=\"card x-tile\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,.30) 45%, rgba(0,0,0,.80) 100%), url('https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/digital-solutions-ki-1.jpg');\">\n        <summary>\n          <span class=\"x-tile-head\">\n            <h3>Digital Transformation &amp; Artificial Intelligence<\/h3>\n            <p>Sustainable AI transformation &middot; Business process automation<\/p>\n          <\/span>\n          <span class=\"x-tile-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"x-tile-body\">\n          <div class=\"x-tile-sections\">\n            <div>\n              <h4>Sustainable AI transformation<\/h4>\n              <p>Bring &ldquo;shadow AI&rdquo; under control: roll out AI solutions like Microsoft Copilot securely and in line with the EU AI Act, including custom AI agents.<\/p>\n              <p><a class=\"textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/en\/ai-transformation\/\">More on AI transformation <span class=\"arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div>\n              <h4>Business process automation<\/h4>\n              <p>Automate manual back-office tasks (bookkeeping, quotes, invoices) with Power Automate, RPA, and optionally Copilot. This cuts effort and increases accuracy.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <!-- Capability area 2 \u2014 Image: digital-solutions-prozesse.jpg, 820x419 px, process-chain motif with arrows, azure -->\n      <details class=\"card x-tile\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,.30) 45%, rgba(0,0,0,.80) 100%), url('https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/digital-solutions-prozesse-1.jpg');\">\n        <summary>\n          <span class=\"x-tile-head\">\n            <h3>Process Optimization &amp; Operational Excellence<\/h3>\n            <p>Requirements engineering &middot; ASPICE-compliant development processes<\/p>\n          <\/span>\n          <span class=\"x-tile-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"x-tile-body\">\n          <div class=\"x-tile-sections\">\n            <div>\n              <h4>Requirements engineering<\/h4>\n              <p>Capture, manage and track requirements in a structured way, with clear roles, prioritization and acceptance criteria &mdash; including ASPICE compliance.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div>\n              <h4>ASPICE-compliant development processes<\/h4>\n              <p>Introduce Automotive-SPICE-compliant development and quality processes pragmatically: as lean as possible, as strict as necessary.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <!-- Capability area 3 \u2014 Image: digital-solutions-daten.jpg, 820x419 px, KPI-bars-with-trendline motif, steel blue -->\n      <details class=\"card x-tile\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,.30) 45%, rgba(0,0,0,.80) 100%), url('https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/digital-solutions-daten-1.jpg');\">\n        <summary>\n          <span class=\"x-tile-head\">\n            <h3>Data Analytics &amp; Business Intelligence<\/h3>\n            <p>Business intelligence &amp; data visualization &middot; Data wrangling<\/p>\n          <\/span>\n          <span class=\"x-tile-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"x-tile-body\">\n          <div class=\"x-tile-sections\">\n            <div>\n              <h4>Business intelligence &amp; data visualization<\/h4>\n              <p>Scattered reports become unified KPIs and live dashboards. Data analytics, data\/process mining and reporting make trends and potential visible.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div>\n              <h4>Data wrangling<\/h4>\n              <p>Bring scattered, unstructured data together into a central &ldquo;single source of truth,&rdquo; with reproducible data pipelines as a reliable basis for decisions.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <!-- Capability area 4 \u2014 Image: digital-solutions-change.jpg, 820x419 px, circuit-trace\/network motif, indigo -->\n      <details class=\"card x-tile\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,.30) 45%, rgba(0,0,0,.80) 100%), url('https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/digital-solutions-change-1.jpg');\">\n        <summary>\n          <span class=\"x-tile-head\">\n            <h3>Project &amp; Change Management<\/h3>\n            <p>Training &middot; Everything from a single source<\/p>\n          <\/span>\n          <span class=\"x-tile-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span>\n        <\/summary>\n        <div class=\"x-tile-body\">\n          <div class=\"x-tile-sections\">\n            <div>\n              <h4>Training<\/h4>\n              <p>Hands-on training for your teams in Power BI, Tableau, Power Automate, requirements engineering and Copilot &mdash; building acceptance and independence.<\/p>\n              <p><a class=\"textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/en\/ai-training\/\">More on our AI training <span class=\"arrow\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div>\n              <h4>Everything from a single source<\/h4>\n              <p>Building blocks can be freely combined, from strategy through to implementation.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/details>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- BLOCK: Your value \u2014 copy kept in line with the existing live page,\n     only the eyebrow label follows the established block name. -->\n<section class=\"section\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"sec-head reveal\">\n      <span class=\"eyebrow\">Your value<\/span>\n      <h2>Concrete solutions with measurable value<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"lead\">We weigh every solution by cost and benefit, and implement what actually works for you.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"narrow\" style=\"margin:0 auto\">\n      <ul class=\"feature-list x-plain-list\">\n        <li><span class=\"fi\">&#10003;<\/span><span><strong>Process digitalization<\/strong>We turn your paper-based and manual workflows into digital ones.<\/span><\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"fi\">&#10003;<\/span><span><strong>KPI dashboards<\/strong>Your metrics, transparent and available in real time.<\/span><\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"fi\">&#10003;<\/span><span><strong>Software with AI components<\/strong>Applications built precisely around your tasks.<\/span><\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"fi\">&#10003;<\/span><span><strong>Automated workflows<\/strong>For example for your social media management and competitor monitoring.<\/span><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- BLOCK: Whitepaper download \"To Go\".\n     Content from the practical guide \"6 AI Workflows\" (Playbook 2026).\n     The form submits via fetch() to admin-ajax.php; the backend handler\n     is the accompanying file whitepaper-formular-snippet.php. 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We&rsquo;ll only use your details to send the guide and to follow up if needed &mdash; we never share your data with third parties.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/dialog>\n\n<!-- BLOCK: Personal contact \u2014 \"Talk directly to our experts\" pattern\n     (round photo on the left, name + personal invitation in the middle,\n     lime button + light pill with the email address on the right).\n     Additional contacts stack as further cards below; layout unchanged.\n     Background is now light, since the whitepaper section above it is\n     \"soft\". -->\n<section class=\"section\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"sec-head reveal\">\n      <span class=\"eyebrow\">We&rsquo;re here for you<\/span>\n      <h2>Talk directly to our experts<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"x-contact-list\">\n      <div class=\"card x-contact-cta\">\n        <!-- PLACEHOLDER PATH: please update to the real Media Library URL\n             of Mike Schimmelpfennig's portrait photo. -->\n        <div class=\"x-quote-photo x-contact-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drescher-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/High-Res\u00a9Fotofabrik-Stuttgart__IMG_1350_SMP-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Mike Schimmelpfennig, Digital Solutions contact at Drescher Consulting\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"x-contact-text\">\n          <h3>Mike Schimmelpfennig<\/h3>\n          <p>Digital Solutions. 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