Design sustainable, custom products and services customers love

Unlock value from existing product lines and create new revenue streams

Why smart products and services matter

Companies are under constant pressure to transform their businesses and re-invent their physical and digital products. The products of tomorrow will be intelligent, connected, sustainable and customer-centric. Companies will need to evolve their business models and become platform driven to meet the demands for these new products.

80%

of a product’s environmental impact over its lifecycle is determined by its product design

69%

of customers want more sustainable products

11.7%

is the expected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global business software and services market between 2022 and 2030.

How AI is changing smart connected products

Enhance user experience and reduce costs with AI

An AI agent-driven approach can help companies streamline product development and cut costs effectively. AI can act as a copilot in the engineering lifecycle. The use of Edge AI allows for efficient data querying and more human-centric interaction. This integration revolutionizes user experiences by making complex data more accessible, while revealing key insights.

Redesign your organization — including operating model, team structures, tools, talent organization and more — to align with overall product and platform business goals and strategies.

up to 30%

reduction in R&D costs by using a platform approach to design, develop and launch software enabled products and services.

Use a network of platform tools and apps to boost your transformation and offer a wide range of new and innovative services.

Provide engineers on the shop floor with insights, tools and processes they need to develop innovative products of the future.

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20-40%

Efficiency gains driven by adoption of Data, AI and automation in Engineering R&D

Design a better world for people, the planet and business by combining the latest technologies with an approach that puts people first and prioritizes sustainability and inclusivity.

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What you’ll achieve

Expand revenue opportunities

Develop a vision and strategy to drive additional revenue through innovation and innovative products

Speed your time to revenue

Accelerate the product design and development lifecycle by using the right technology and architecture to transform your organization

Reduce lifetime R&D cost

Align your platform operating model with your business goal and strategy with an agile, platform-centric business model, talent organization and shared mindset.

Reduce platform development cost

Transition to modern engineering using cloud-native services (PaaS), product management approaches and composable thinking

Improve ability to iterate

Effectively select and manage your ecosystem of partners, tools and methodologies with a product lifecycle management rigor

What’s trending in smart connected products

Announcement

Accenture Acquires Teamexpat, Enhances Software Expertise

Teamexpat’s expertise will strengthen our smart products capabilities for clients in the semiconductor and other manufacturing industries by providing them with valuable knowledge in embedded systems and complex mechatronics.

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Blog

Ensuring security in the age of generative AI for product development

Four imperatives to a proactive product security strategy.

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Research Report

The new automotive industry fast lane is software‐defined

Accenture identified 4 approaches to help OEMs transition to software defined vehicle experiences & compete effectively in the automotive industry.

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Blog

Vortex of change continued in the auto supplier market

In this blog we touch and focus on the additional “game changing” interventions that automotive suppliers need to adapt to in order to stay well positioned and competitive in the future.

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Accelerate your journey

Smart Connected Product Master Toolkit

Speed your development R&D for intelligent, connected products using our suite of standardized tools and methods.

myProduct Platform

Our scalable and secure cloud-based platform enables your teams to set up cloud-native platforms within your environment in a customizable, modular and extensible manner.

Green Software Navigator

Our tool helps your software practitioners and delivery teams to discover green software principles and measure carbon emissions using green software metrics and tools.

Intelligent Fleet Management

Our solution captures and analyzes vehicle data in real time to help owners and users of fleets (both conventional and electric) to make smarter business decisions.

Smart Connected Products Hardware Accelerators

These accelerators enable rapid setup and implementation of smart connected devices — allowing your teams to focus on higher-value innovation and development activities.

Smart Connected Product Design and Development Assessment

Measure your organization's maturity in innovation, architecture, technology, management and talent.

Design sustainable, custom products and services customers love

Unlock value from existing product lines and create new revenue streams

Why smart products and services matter

How AI is changing smart connected products

What you can do

Undergo a 360° transformation

up to 30%

Scale-up product and platform engineering services

Drive efficiency and innovation by infusing Data and AI in the product and in R&D

20-40%

Bring together physical and digital product design

What you’ll achieve

Expand revenue opportunities

Speed your time to revenue

Reduce lifetime R&D cost

Reduce platform development cost

Improve ability to iterate

Accelerate your journey

Smart Connected Product Master Toolkit

myProduct Platform

Green Software Navigator

Intelligent Fleet Management

Smart Connected Products Hardware Accelerators

Smart Connected Product Design and Development Assessment

Smart connected products partners

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