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ICT and Innovation
Key for the Success
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Our motto: Global network of innovation
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Nb. 2 in sales among the
world’s leading electronics and
electrical equipment companies
400.000 employees
75 % of total sales earned from
products developed in the last
five years
5 to 6 billion US$ invested in
R&D worldwide annually
www.siemens.com/research
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1847 Electric pointer telegraph – predecessor of modern communications
1853 Siemens Russia established; the first step toward becoming global player
1858 Siemens UK established
1849 Formation of the Health and Life Insurance Fund for Engineering Workers in Berlin
1872 Pension fund for employee widows and orphans
1866 invention of the dynamo lays the foundations for electrical engineering
1870 Completing of the transcontinental telegraph line between London and Calcutta 1873 Early environmental
measure: Werner von Siemens proposes installing spark arresters in smoke stacks to cut ash emissions
1877 Regulations governing recognition of inventors achievements
1879 First electric railroad
1881 First telephone exchange
1890 Werner von Siemens retires from business. By this time,more than 2,000 of the company’s 4,500 employees were working outside the German empire
1892 Werner von Siemens proposes a method for sterilizing drinking water
1892 Poststrasse power plant in Hamburg becomes the first to supply steam for district heating
1897 Siemens reorganize as a stock corporation (Siemens UK done in 1881)
1904 Siemens China established1906 World’s first
vacuum cleaner
1922 Siemens India established
1919 Osram GmbH KG established
1891 introduction of the 8.5 hour working day – at that time revolutionary
1893 Siemens begins training apprentices in business adminsitration
1905 Metal filament light bulb
1908 Siemens Argentina established
1923 Workforce grows to more than 100,000
1923 Siemens Japan stablished
Our corporate history founded on innovation
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First traffic light in Germany
1959 Simatic
First electronic automation system for industry
1930 E 44 multipurpose locomotive
1943-44 Siemensstadt
in Berlin sustains heavy damage.
Siemens losts 80%
of its total assests
during World War II
1954 initial steps in computing
1939 Electron microscope
1935 Appointment of first company safe engineers and medical officers 1953 high purity
silicon
1971 Executive guidelines on business conduct
1958 first cardiac pacemaker
1965 Diagnostic real-time ultrasonic scanner
1980 digital switching system EWSD
1975 world’s first scanner capable of delivering instant images
1985 ICE achieves speed of 300 kmh 1988
ISDN
1971 Siemens sets up first corporate office for environmental affairs
1987 start of regular audits to ensure compliance with statutory and company environmental regulations
2003 fuel cell factory in Pittsburg, USA;solid oxide fuel technology reaches the marketplace
1991 formation of corporate office for product-related environmental protection
2001 world record for data transmission on optical fiber
2000 Piezoelectronic valves for automobiles
1995 Siemens first Environmental Report
2000 First ccorporate citiuens report2001 Business
conduct guideliness
2002 First combined PET/CT scanner2002 Transrapid’s maiden trip in Shangai
1925 Siemens Turkey established
Milestones in our company history
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1st Cycle
1793 1847 1893 1939 1989 2040
Steamengine
RailwaySteel
ElectricityChemistry
Automobiles,Electronics
KnowledgeEcology
Virtualization
2nd Cycle 3rd Cycle 4th Cycle 5th Cyclewe arehere
Innovating means the speed with which new products reach marketplace
Products accelerated market penetration
Innovation cycles: shorter and faster than ever before
More than 3/4 of sales revenues with products less than 5 years old
Global competition asks for -Innovation and Speed
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Innovation leads to leadership
Biggest software company in the world
7,100 inventions and 4,600 patents in 2002
Latest ICT developed and implemented in all operating Groups
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Another innovative approach
To assist new business at various business stages:
In seed phase:
Siemens Technology Accelerator www.sta.siemens.com
Siemens Technology-To-Business Center www.ttb.siemens.com
Siemens Mobile Accelerator (Smac) www.smac.siemens.com
Following seed phase:
Siemens Venture Capital (SVC) www.siemensventurecapital.com
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Networking of knowledge using ICT
Networking of innovation using ICT
Siemens global competence network on intranet
R&D increases performance and capabilities of ICT
Mobiles exceeded fixed lines
Internet boom-exponential growth
Major challenge: to communicate with anyone, anywhere and anytime
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ICT rockets innovation with networking
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General Trends
Globalization
Mobility and nomadicworking
Efficiency of capital
Furtherpopulationgrowth
Individualization
Increasing innovation rates, shorter innovation cycles
Education: lifelong learning,
multimedia-based forms,
global schools/universities
Growing technology turnover rate
Moreenvironmentalproblems
GENERAL TRENDS
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Why is ICT important for our economic lives?
Innovation depends on free and easy accesible flows of information and knowledge
ICT made world without limit: time and space
High R&D intensity go together with higher producitivity
Productivity growth implies enchanced competitiveness
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KEY MESSAGES
World is in continuos change, we have to be part of that change
Only way to differientiate ourselves is innovation
Exploit up-to-date ICT
Innovation gives us competitive advantage
Our success in Croatia is a proof that ICT & innovations are the key factors for the success
We contribute to the national economy
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Thank you very much for your attention!