Client:Public utility company
SectorMunicipality
Company size:EUR 78 million
Project duration:30 months
Contact:Jürgen Germies
Digital transformation is no longer confined to industrial companies or the manufacturing sector, but is also changing our cities today. Cities are becoming increasingly competitive. Positioning as a Smart City enables municipalities to stand out from the competition and ensures long-term attractiveness of a city or a region for citizens and businesses through intelligent networking. The development of a holistic Smart City Strategy is thus a sensible and necessary step on the way to (intelligent) future for municipalities.
Digital transformation also creates great opportunities for local utilities. Through of Smart City projects, municipal utilities can position themselves as a central provider in the field of "digital services of general interest" and secure new business areas of a "Digital City" for their future business model.
Many municipalities and public utility companies have recognized these opportunities and invest in individual "digital" projects. Often these are separate from each other. Only rarely are these projects integrated into a higher-level strategy.
Identification and integration of all relevant areas of the city’s life
Joint development and assessment of concrete projects
Proposal and selection of suitable implementation partners
Setup of project management, interim project supervision for part of the project
Holistic smart city concept
Digitalization roadmap comprising assessed and prioritized projects
High public profile, supported by city council
Strategic partnerships, incl. with international technology group
Won the 2017 “Municipal Utility of the Future” award granted by the German Association of Local Public Utilities (Verband kommunaler Unternehmen – VKU)