Future scenarios for the world of 2045
Our Scenario Manager software system is now used on almost every continent. Our clients include companies, organizations and universities - from Vancouver to Hong Kong, and from the RAND Corporation to the Archdiocese of Paderborn. Nevertheless, it was something special for us when the United Nations also decided to use scenario management.
Scenarios in a new way: The POCO app
The process of developing the customer app for POCO Einrichtungsmärkte GmbH shows just how diverse the possible applications of Scenario ManagementTM are. In 2020, the furniture retailer from Bergkamen launched a project with the aim of expanding its retail media portfolio with the addition of an independent retailer app. On this basis, POCO and ScMI AG launched a joint consulting project.
Futures studies meets human geography
Julia Wurm has been supporting the ScMI AG team with current client projects and internal research alongside her studies since summer 2021. Her master's degree in human geography with a focus on economic geography and mobility research opens up an exciting bridge to working with scenarios and future studies. In this article, she talks about her personal experiences from her studies and explains the mutual enrichment of working with ScMI.
In order to strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises from the fields of mechanical engineering and industrial automation in the global innovation competition, 20 partners from industry and research have founded the supraregional innovation network Zukunftsallianz Maschinenbau e.V at the Hannover Messe 2015. Today, the network consists of 45 members and partners who all participated at the 4th innovation dialogue in early April.