The auto industry is changing and requires a new way of doing business. With new technologies come new products and services, as well as new types of competitors. Daimler AG, a German-based global automotive enterprise recognized the pace at which technology was changing the industry and sought to meet the challenge with a new way of thinking.

The company—one of the world’s biggest producers of premium cars and manufacturer of commercial vehicles—is undergoing a business transformation in which it will also provide mobility services. Daimler TSS, the wholly owned IT arm of the company, was tasked with developing software solutions that would allow Daimler to develop the next-generation applications for its new mobility as a service function.

Meeting Future Demand, Today

Although it’s an established business, Daimler was entering new territory. Its IT arm, Daimler TSS, created IDIVE, a showcase platform designed to help the company understand future demands of its customers, as well as which SAP technologies can help solve those problems.