THE CLIENT
International technology group, ANDRITZ, is a leading manufacturer of plants, equipment and services with a focus on IIoT solutions. With its headquarters in Graz, Austria, ANDRITZ operates over 250 sites worldwide and has a staff of roughly 25,000 employees.
CHALLENGE
Leverage Big Data Analytics to improve processes and solve real use cases related to ANDRITZ’s core machinery.
PROCESS
Pioneers Discover assessed ANDRITZ’s innovation needs and determined a hackathon to be the best format for quickly addressing ANDRITZ’s challenges. Pioneers Discover proceeded to evaluate startups through a four-stage selection process and support ANDRITZ through all stages of the hackathon preparation, organization and implementation.
- Analyzed the needs and objectives of ANDRITZ
- Defined innovation strategy and roadmap
- Provided Industry & Technology report
- Selected innovation areas and screening criteria
- Screened and providing startup reports on monthly basis
- Selected top 8 startups
- Organized and realized hackathon
- Facilitated relationship-building between startups and ANDRITZ
OUTCOMES
Needs assessment and tailored innovation strategy
4 startup reports with 50 startups fitting to the needs of ANDRITZ
8 leading software startups with 40 top developers at the hackathon
8 prototypes developed within 48 hours
ANDRITZ is currently in discussions with winning startups for a collaboration project
