{"id":12188,"date":"2020-07-02T20:02:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T18:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.strimgroup.com\/?page_id=12188"},"modified":"2020-07-11T08:26:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T06:26:43","slug":"digital-transformation-innovation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/en\/home\/digital-transformation-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Transformation &#038; Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:65.3333%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Digital transformation is a business strategy that uses digital technologies and the data they produce to connect organizations, people, assets, processes, etc., for the rapid development of new products, services, markets and business models, and to make profits by satisfying new customer needs in an innovative way. 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href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/en\/blog\/skills-shortage-smes-breathing-space\/\">Skills Shortage in SMEs: The Dangerous Breathing Space<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CNC-Fertigungshalle-mit-konzentriertem-Mitarbeiter.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"16836\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"CNC-Fertigungshalle mit konzentriertem Mitarbeiter\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strimgroup.com\/en\/blog\/skills-shortage-smes-breathing-space\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSkills Shortage in SMEs: The Dangerous Breathing 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