Stories from Schaeffler: Digitalization

Digital engineering for the development of complex mechatronic systems

Fully embracing the digital transformation and seeing it as an opportunity – for many years now, Schaeffler has been moving away from its traditional role of developer and manufacturer of mechanical systems and expanding its activities as a provider of complex mechatronic systems.

Nuremberg Digital Festival: Schaeffler brings digitalization to life

From ChatGPT to digital workplaces and virtual factory tours – at the Nuremberg Digital Festival, Schaeffler presented various facets of digital transformation and showcased its broad expertise in digitalization.

Partners for Schaeffler: Identifying digital potential through collaboration

Innovation comes from teamwork. Who could know that better than the employees at Schaeffler? After all, the company has been coming out on top as one of Germany's most innovative firms in the ranking compiled by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office for years now.

Low-code accelerates digitalization

Demand for custom digital solutions continues to grow and, with it, the need for cost-effective applications that are fast to implement and don’t depend solely on experienced software developers. The solution is low-code, which enables people with no software development experience to quickly automate routine processes.

Digital Workplace – modern workplaces enable flexible, efficient and attractive collaboration

Virtual reality instead of model building, cloud instead of filing cabinet – digital innovations turn the office into a flexible, cooperative and highly efficient Digital Workplace. This story describes the tools used by Schaeffler, an automotive and industry supplier, to leverage the potential of digitalized work.

Smart Factory: How digital is the factory of the future?

The vision of the future for many entrepreneurs: the smart factory whose production organizes itself. From procurement and maintenance to flexible production - with the aid of digital production, operation of the factory of the future should be automated as far as possible. Find out which technologies the Schaeffler Group is developing and already using itself as an industrial partner for the smart factory.

Digital logistics: The cube that keeps things rolling

Every year, Schaeffler sends hundreds of thousands of goods consignments around the world by ship, rail, air, and truck. But what means of transport and what transport route is the cheapest, most reliable, and fastest? And which is the most climate-neutral option? Until now, logistics employees had to use various data and tools to determine these questions. Many of these tasks are now carried out by the Transportation Data Cube.