Deutsche Post DHL Group Digital Transformation

Digitalization is changing people's everyday lives as well as the economic environment in which companies operate. The digital transformation will describe the evolutionary process by which - in this case - companies adapt to this digital change. In the following Deutsche Post DHL Group's Digital Transformation will be described in detail.

Overview

Blog:	n.a.
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/company/deutsche-post/?originalSubdomain=en https://www.linkedin.com/company/dhl/?originalSubdomain=en
Youtube:	https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe55Y1tRyoEkTHVDb5uJqBg https://www.youtube.com/user/DeutschePostDHL
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/deutschepostdhl?lang=en
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/deutschepost/?hl=en
Crunchbase:	https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/deutsche-post-2 https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/dhl

Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

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External Digitalization

Digitalization is changing the demands that customers and suppliers, but also the market itself, place on the company. External digitalization is about how the company presents itself to the outside world and how it deals with these new requirements in order to be able to continue to operate successfully in the market.

This is about answering the questions:

How can I design my product range to inspire the customer? (Raise Net Promoter Score)
How can I bring my products to market as quickly as possible? (Go-to-Market strategy)

Digital Unit external

Describes own companies, which deal intensively with the topic digitization and promote this topic. Digital Unit external and Digital Unit internal cannot always be clearly separated from each other.

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Digital Business Model (Value Proposition)

A business model describes how a company creates value, communicates that value and records it as revenue. Digitalization creates entirely new ways in which a company can create value that can be integrated into existing business models. Value proposition is the core of the business model, as it determines the benefits a company can offer its customers. Existing companies must therefore review their business models (in particular value proposition) and determine whether a new approach created by digitization should be used to increase the benefits for the customer.

More about digital business model can be found here in the glossary: Business Model.

Reliable transport of single goods globally

Company name:	Streetscooter (Own Company)
Description:	Europe’s leading manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles. The company’s mission is to make even the smallest fleet of electric vehicles economically viable, thus achieving a balance between economy and the environment.
Website:	https://www.streetscooter.com/en/

Name:	Saloodo
Beschreibung:	Saloodo is a digital platform that brings together shippers (companies) and forwarders. A shipper can use the platform to submit a request for transport and then receives an overview of all transport service providers or transport offers with corresponding information. Once the transport offer has been selected, all important data such as collection and delivery times can be viewed via the user interface. This eliminates the need for time-consuming search and comparison processes and also offers security in the handling of the processes. Freight forwarders, on the other hand, register on the platform, enter information about the company and the transports and have the opportunity to secure loads by means of correspondingly good offers. This enables forwarders to make optimum use of their vehicles. In the fields of the corresponding user interface, the forwarding company enters the updates with the help of the information of its drivers so that the sender can call them up.
Website:	https://www.saloodo.com/

Digital Accelerators

Accelerators are institutions which support companies, e.g. through consulting, training or personnel, so that they can develop as quickly as possible. Normally these are startups that are helped by Accelerators. In this cooperation, a company already established on the market is supported, which faces new challenges or has to grow into the digital transformation.
More about Accelerators can be found here in the glossary: Accelerator.

Name:	Plug and Play
Description:	Plug and Play is an innovation platform that brings together young start-ups with experienced corporations so that both parties can benefit from each other. On the platform, companies are divided into different areas. DHL is partner of the platform in the area of “Supply Chain & Logistics”.
Website:	https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/

Name:	Startup Autobahn
Description:	Innovation platform that connects startups of all development stages with industry-leading corporate partners to pilot their technology. All this with the aim to reach a successful production-ready implementation.
Website:	https://startup-autobahn.com/

Digital Incubators

Incubators are facilities that create optimal conditions for a company to develop fully. Incubators are also usually associated with startups. In this context, incubators create optimal conditions for successfully integrating the changes associated with digitization into an existing company.
You can find out more about incubators here in the glossary: Incubator.

Name:	Start-Up Lab
Description:	The Startup Lab is dedicated to the search for innovative business models and technologies in order to significantly shape the future of logistics. The lab is designed to support innovative ideas in their development and implementation.
Website:	https://dhlstartuplab.com/

Digital Subsidiaries

Name:	Deutsche Post E-POST Solutions GmbH
Description:	Deutsche Post E-POST Solutions GmbH is a 100 percent subsidiary of Deutsche Post. The company is a leading solution provider for document processing in the areas of output and input management as well as lettershop. Deutsche Post E-POST Solutions GmbH takes over the development of integrated and comprehensive correspondence processes in the form of a service that other companies can use.
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Digital Startups

Digital startups of the corporate.
More about Startups can be found here in the glossary: Startup.

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Digital Hubs

Digital Hubs are outsourced premises of a company in which innovations are dedicated to the topic of digitization. By means of other work processes and unfastened corporate structures, the networking of internal and external expertise is intended to create digital innovations that drive the company forward.
You can find out more about Digital Hub here in the glossary: Digital Hub.

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Apps

Apps of the corporate.
More about Apps can be found here in the glossary: App.

Google App Store:	https://play.google.com/store/search?q=deutsche%20post
iTunes:	https://apps.apple.com/de/app/post-mobil/id323213401 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/postident/id999762739 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dhl-parcelhunt/id1236734588

Further Apps

App name:	E-POST
Description:	This app gives you worldwide access to your personal digital mailbox. Important letters and confidential mail are encrypted accordingly and are thus protected from access by others. A classic letter can also be sent by E-POSTBRIEF. Deutsche Post prints out the letter and delivers it by postman.
Google App Store:	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.epost.epostapp
iTunes:	https://apps.apple.com/de/app/e-post-mein-mobiles-buro/id603988411?l=de&ls=1

App name:	E-POST CLOUD
Description:	You can use this app to store documents, photos, and other files on servers. The storage on German servers and the encryption of the files ensure that the data is stored securely. By storing them in the cloud, they are available from a wide variety of digital devices and at any location. The app also allows documents to be scanned and uploaded quickly and easily.
Google App Store:	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.epost.safe&hl=en
iTunes:	https://apps.apple.com/de/app/e-post-scanner/id937264491

Internal Digitalization

Refers to the digitization of internal company structures and processes. Here, the digitization of the company's own product and service chain is at the forefront.

This is about answering the questions:

How can I increase my productivity through even more digital processes?
How can I increase my productivity through even more digital processes?
How can I achieve faster results through even more digitalisation in the company?

Digital Unit internal

Describes internal company departments or even a direct subsidiary that deals intensively with the topic of digitization and drives it forward. Digital Unit external and Digital Unit internal cannot always be clearly separated from each other.

Corporate Incubations

With Corporate Incubations, Deutsche Post DHL Group AG has created a new business unit that combines the marketing and further development of the Streetscooter electric vehicle and e-bikes. It will also serve as a kind of incubator for mobility solutions, digital platforms and automation. In addition, Corporate Incubations will be a driving force for innovative business ventures, which will be realized either by the Group itself or with the help of external partners.

Digital Strategy

Describes the strategy, i.e. the long-term behavioural plan, of how a company wants to implement digitalization within the company.

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Digital Governance

Digital Governance ensures that the digital strategy is properly implemented. And - vice versa - governance should serve to support the alignment of the digital architecture. It refers to the management and interaction with employees in connection with the implementation of digitalization in the company.

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Digital Architecture

Digital Architecture describes the structure of corporate structures and areas that the company uses to implement digitalization in the best possible way.

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Digital Processes

Digital processes refer to processes that the company uses to implement digitalization. Based on this, it is used for the internal digitalization. Usually they are implemented based on a business process map on different levels (e.g. level 1-5). Processes designed on level 1 are End-to-End (E2E) processes. Business Process Management (BPM) is the methodology to design and manage digital processes.

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Digital Organization

Type of control of the business units that the company chooses to implement digitalization.

Deutsche Post DHL Group will be supported by appropriate consultants in order to correctly implement the digital transformation in the company.

Digital Platform

Describes platforms that the company uses for implementation or as part of its digital strategy.

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Digital Tools

Describes tools (e.g. programs) that the company uses to implement or within the framework of the digital strategy.

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Slideshare: Deutsche Post DHL external and internal analysis

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