{"id":41676,"date":"2026-07-25T11:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.logicline.de\/downloads-en\/white-paper-services-in-machinery-and-equipment-the-underestimated-business"},"modified":"2026-07-25T21:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:09:50","slug":"white-paper-services-in-machinery-and-equipment-the-underestimated-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.logicline.de\/en\/downloads\/white-paper-services-in-machinery-and-equipment-the-underestimated-business","title":{"rendered":"White Paper: Service for machinery and equipment manufacturers: The Underestimated Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"41676\" class=\"elementor elementor-41676 elementor-41623\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-dce-background-color=\"#F5F6F7\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a98f0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62a98f0\" 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Nevertheless, on average, only 7 percent of investments are directed toward it. This gap between importance and action undermines both growth and resilience.<\/p><p>The white paper analyzes the latest market figures (Roland Berger\/KVD, McKinsey, BCG, Syncron, Gartner) and explains why the bottleneck is no longer a matter of technology. You\u2019ll receive a clear roadmap: four technology levels ranging from the data foundation to automation, three entry paths depending on your starting point, the typical pitfalls, and the business case to justify the investment internally.<\/p><p><strong>Here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll take away from this:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Current market figures demonstrate why service drives both growth and resilience<\/li><li>How to leverage the installed base\u2014from data infrastructure to AI-driven decisions\u2014and how AI helps close the digital divide<\/li><li>Which approach best suits your current situation, and how to justify the investment internally<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9cad91 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a9cad91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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