Center Digitisation District Böblingen (ZD.BB)

Overview

The Center Digitisation District Böblingen (ZD.BB) is the central consulting and transfer office for all companies, especially for SMEs with a geographical focus in the district of Böblingen. The ZD.BB does not pursue commercial goals and is a non-profit organisation.

Core goals are:

Create transparency regarding digital technologies and their application
Transfer of current research results in SMEs
Methodologically supported development of digital business models
Development of further education concepts and curricula
Building expertise in SMEs to shape the digital transformation

 

The activities of the ZD.BB to support local SMEs include:

Consultation on digitalisation and access to the expertise on digital technologies in universities, technology partners and research institutions
Development and risk-free testing of new business models
Agile development and testing of minimum viable products (MVP) and prototypes in the pre-competitive phase. 
Support for the qualification of digitalisation specialists
Incubation and consulting of start-ups
Networking of relevant actors and stakeholders

The ZD.BB's portfolio of services for this purpose is based on the following offerings:

Consultation on digitalisation matters, placement of experts, support in the founding of innovative companies
Assessment of the digital maturity and identification of SMEs' potentials
Development of digital business models by providing moderated workshops with digital experts
Access to innovation labs at the Böblingen and Herrenberg sites (creative and open spaces)
Qualification offers within the scope of trainings and events in the field of digitalisation
Digital technologies.