1、Building Supplier Ecosystems in the Truck IndustryBuilding Supplier Ecosystems in the Truck IndustryWithin the transformation path of the truck industry,one highly critical field of action is the creation of partner ecosystems The truck business is at the center of radical change.There are pressing

2、current industry topics like consolidation and separation,there are Corona-related supply issues and Ukraine-related Eastern Europe issues.And there are four long-term,overarching strategic trends that demand a large-scale transformation from the entire industry:new drivetrains,digitalization,connec

3、tivity and autonomous will shape the future of road transport.2Building Supplier Ecosystems in the Truck IndustryValue moves to production and customersExamining these four long-term strategic trends reveals two basic value shifts in the industry that companies must follow in order to occupy the fut

4、ure sweet spots:Upstream to a new agile and digitized production system,including develop-ment,procurement and manufacturing important buzzwords here are“IoT”or“Industry 4.0”Downstream to create added value to the customers by way of services rather than(just)by way of sales the buzzword here is“sma

5、rt mobility”To the truck industry that is nothing new:The concepts of IoT and Industry 4.0 are more than a decade old,and the Mercedes Benz subsidiary for downstream services,CharterWay,was founded as early as 1992.That shows that these large trends have been known for quite some time now,and the fi

6、rst players have started in so long to transform in that direction.Deloitte research shows that,by now,most compa-nies of both the automotive and the truck industry are since some three to six years on their transformation journey.3Building Supplier Ecosystems in the Truck IndustryNetworking is an i