Connect - Schneider Electric
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1 DESCRIPTION OF THE GROUP, AND ITS STRATEGY, MARKETS AND BUSINESSES<br />
R&D STRATEGY<br />
This organisation is based on short lines of communication and<br />
decision-making, rapid mobilisation of Group resources throughout<br />
the world, and dedicated teams in which management is<br />
directly involved.<br />
2.5 Competitors and participants with varied profiles<br />
One can classify <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s traditional competitors into<br />
two categories:<br />
• large non-specialist manufacturers with diversified<br />
businesses: ABB, Eaton, Emerson, General <strong>Electric</strong>, Johnson<br />
Controls, Honeywell, Mitsubishi <strong>Electric</strong>, Panasonic (formerly<br />
Matsushita), Siemens;<br />
• multinational specialist manufacturers: Cooper, Hager,<br />
Legrand, Omron, Rockwell Automation .<br />
> 3. R&D Strategy<br />
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Some 87 global customers benefi t from this organisation, including<br />
Air Liquide, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Lafarge, Marriott, Nestlé, Procter<br />
& Gamble, Total, Toyota, Veolia Environnement and Walmart.<br />
Other competitors are appearing:<br />
• low-price products, manufacturers notably in low voltage<br />
and for indirect markets: Chint, Legend, Larsen&Toubro .<br />
Among the R&D investments of the last three years, such as the EcoStuxure programme, and the structural<br />
acquisitions, such as Areva T&D distribution or Telvent, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has built an exceptional R&D capacity<br />
portfolio, combining its acquired knowledge with new expertise, notably in terms of software and engineering systems.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s R&D strategy aims to fully exploit this capacity for generating growth and profi tability by continuing<br />
to give priority to innovation, both in terms of technology and solutions.<br />
3.1 Finalisation of EcoStruxure<br />
The EcoStruxure programme moved from the research to the<br />
development phase in 2010 and was completed at the end of<br />
2011 with the launch of StruxureWare, an integrated software<br />
suite covering all the energy management, process optimisation<br />
and environmental reporting needs of companies (shop fl oor to<br />
top fl oor).<br />
StruxureWare combines <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s traditional control<br />
solutions with complementary solutions coming from recent<br />
acquisitions for energy optimisation and resources and new<br />
developments management. The relevance of the main choices<br />
for EcoStruxure, such as convergence towards IP networks and<br />
web services integration is shown by the fl exibility of the whole<br />
programme, which <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> can easily adapt to specifi c<br />
needs of different target market segments.<br />
This fl exibility is a strategic advantage for integrating acquisitions.<br />
So, just nine months after acquiring Summit Energy, its Dashboard<br />
View solution was expanded into a resource management solution<br />
that is perfectly integrated into the StruxureWare suite. The original<br />
Telvent components have also been integrated into StruxureWare,<br />
six months after the acquisition was fi nalised.<br />
All the StruxureWare components have likewise been designed<br />
for many platforms to allow their use to be extended to meet new<br />
needs. For example, the Remote Services Platform made it possible<br />
to develop monitoring services and remote control of equipment in<br />
a few weeks, allowing the service strategy for the installed base to<br />
be accelerated.<br />
With StruxureWare, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> is in a position to fully<br />
profi t from the market maturity and from the anticipated market<br />
consolidation in energy management to thus reinforce its leadership.