Telecom

Triathlon Group serves the Telecommunications industry, including equipment manufacturers, telecom operators and innovators.

With a rapidly growing number of connected products and increasing demand for mobile communication capacity, more devices and services than ever are dependent on telecommunications. With 5G starting to be deployed, increasing pressure is put on infrastructure and continued innovation.

Cases

Telecommunication

A business case to raise new capital

An innovator within the telecom industry needed additional financing to fund technology development. Triathlon supported the process by building the business case, resulting in approval of the funds

Triathlon Digital

Capturing Changing Market Needs

Understanding the ever-changing market environment is crucial for any industry actor. Triathlon Group supported a tier 1 supplier in capturing and understanding the market changes driven by end-customer behaviors and needs to better forecast the market and serve their customers.

Industrial equipment

Improvement of Cost-Plus Pricing Model

An industrial equipment manufacturer needed to improve their pricing model used to quote global customer projects. Triathlon assessed the current cost/revenue structure and delivered an enhanced model enabling annual updates of allocations, thus improving both accuracy and flexibility.

Triathlon Greentech

2nd Life for High Voltage Batteries

An OEM needed support in exploring opportunities related to 2nd life of its high voltage batteries. Triathlon supported in driving key initiatives and pilots as well as in re-evaluating the company’s 2nd life strategy. 

Telecommunications

IoT Investment Journey Whitepaper

A company within the telecom industry needed a whitepaper to support the launch of their new IoT as a service offering. Triathlon supported by creating content and illustrations to be used in a whitepaper describing the investment journey in IoT based on consolidated learning.

Industrial equipment

Semiconductor supply chain mapping

A purchasing organization requested a holistic view a of the supply chain for components with semiconductors. Triathlon assessed the clients supply chain and created a database that provided the transparency required to work proactively with the crisis

Telecommunication

Identifying new opportunities with 5G

A client within the telecom industry wanted to increase awareness about the business potential in next generation of mobile communication. Triathlon supported the client within an attractive industry segment to identify use cases based on 5G capabilities

Telecommunication

Business case for growth with new technology

A client supplying sensor technology and equipment needed to raise capital to approach new market segments for growth. Triathlon supported with assessment of products and markets to build a case for investors.

A client supplying radar equipment wanted to approach new industrial customers. Triathlon performed a market analysis, defining characteristics and requirements, allowing the client to make a move.

An innovator within the telecom industry needed additional financing to fund technology development. Triathlon supported the process by building the business case, resulting in approval of the funds.

A telecommunications operator had developed a low-cost/low-investment alternative for telematics. Triathlon provided a complete cost breakdown for connectivity investments, enabling necessary insights to the business case.

Featured Insights

On the Projected Downturn in EV Sales

There are multiple reasons to why electric vehicle adoption is projected to stall in the coming year. Not only is it due to increased interest rates but also higher demands from the next group in the adoption cycle. When consumer confidence returns, it is essential that the pace of product development and infrastructure investments has been kept.

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Increased Sustainability Requirements Demand Automated Processes

The requirements for Sustainability reporting have increased significantly during recent years, challenging companies’ processes for reporting. Implementing an automated reporting platform can significantly limit dependency on individuals, streamline manual work and reduce the risk of errors.

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Data engineering to unlock the potential of BI

Business intelligence (BI) supports organizations to extract valuable insights from their unstructured and structured data to facilitate strategic decisions. However, unlocking this potential requires complex data to be managed through data engineering, including data ingestion, storage and processing, before it can be transformed into tangible values...

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Triathlon Group’s Industrial Report 2023/24

Triathlon Group's annual industry report (Verkstadsrapporten) shows a strong top-line growth during 2022 for Swedish and West Swedish manufacturing companies. Despite growing top-line, West Swedish companies express concerns regarding the possibility of passing on increased cost, which is expected to lead to reduced profitability...

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Is the Semiconductor Crisis Over?

The world has, in recent years, become acutely aware of the elusive group of components referred to as semiconductors. Their pervasive influence touches every facet of the modern business landscape, from automotive giants to consumer electronics titans. However, what was once an unassailable cornerstone of innovation has now become a fragile keystone in the worldwide economy. These components are not only the brains behind our gadgets but are...

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Usage of Generative AI in the Swedish Manufacturing Industry

Discover the untapped potential and key considerations of deploying generative AI in the thriving Swedish manufacturing industry. Deep dive into Triathlon's research which has summarized the advantages of, as well as the risks associated with, this groundbreaking technology.

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Emerging Transportation Management Systems

Emerging and disruptive technologies such as AI, Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, and Autonomous Vehicles have unlocked untapped potential for Tra...

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Democratizing Healthcare by Machine Learning

Machine learning is revolutionizing businesses, through valuable insights, predicted outcomes, and facilitated decision-making. In healthcare, the models efficiently analyze patient data, identify anomalies and offload staff. But besides a reliable algorithm...

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Succeeding in IT and Business Carve-Outs

Executing an IT separation within a business carve-out can be a daunting task for leadership teams. However, by considering the following points, the transformation can be executed with greater efficiency and clarity...

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Co-opetition – Collaborate With Competitors to Get Ahead

Originating from game theory, co-opetition describes how competitors can cooperate to get ahead, or reach a common goal, by working together. Despite its benefits in the prevailing business climate, competitors are – as you might know – often hesitant to collaborate, and as a result, they miss out on favorable opportunities...

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Assessing Environmental Impact With LCA

Organizations meet increased pressure to disclose their environmental impact. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a standardized methodology that quantifies this impact, providing data for organizations to address the increased demand.

Increased need to quantify environmental impact
Organizations are under increasing pressure to be transparent about their environmental performance. Firstly, the legal reporting requirements are becoming ever stricter, which is illustrated by...

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OKR – An Effective Tool to Drive Goal Achievement

Developed by Intel’s CEO Andy Grove back in the 1970’s, the goal and management method Objectives and Key Results (OKR) has since become the de facto methodology for many tech giants like Google, Amazon and Spotify and is spreading like wildfire across successful startups. The method enables companies achieve their goals by focusing on what is most important – at any given time...

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Supply Chain Resilience in a Market Downturn

The robust growth since the last global recession in 2008/2009 has reached its climax. We are now forced to face a stark new reality as a recession ominously looms in the not-so-distant future. It is hard to deny that the last two years have been challenging from a supply chain perspective, many were caught off-guard and supply chain inefficiencies were mercilessly punished...

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Combining Data Privacy & Machine Learning

The development of computing capabilities during the last decades has enabled organizations to gather and process large amount of data using advanced mac...

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Gain Efficiencies by Product Variant Strategies

When companies extend offerings through product variants, they will face increasing costs and related challenges as the portfolio grows in complexity. Concurrently, variants generate deep customer value and justify higher price points, where mitigation strategies will enable improved lead times and profits gains...

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Triathlon Group’s Industrial Report 2022/23

Triathlon Group’s annual Industrial Report (Verkstadsrapporten) shows that the Western Sweden’s manufacturing industry have recovered after the pandemic. However, high inflation, higher interest rates, continued material shortages and increasing energy prices result in that companies are uncertain about the future demand...

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The M&A Year 2021 in Review and 2022 Outlook

M&A activity in Europe surged in 2021 with more capital spent on acquisitions than any of the previous seven years. After a relatively poor 2020, transaction volumes bounced back to pre-pandemic levels and more. Has the M&A market scaled new heights in Europe?

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A Paradigm Shift Within Digital Services?

Have you ever read the comments field on an article posted on social media? Then you have probably encountered both hatred and the spread of disinformation. Wit...

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Building a Culture of Innovation

Innovation is a key recipe for success, yet most organizations still struggle to generate and execute enough new ideas to the desired level of novelty. The...

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Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

The long-awaited proposal for an EU Directive on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence has finally been released, following the increasing global momentum towards socially responsible and sustainable business. A topic that in times like these is ever more relevant.

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What is your contribution to Agenda 2030?

United Nations’ 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) show the direction on how to make an impact on the world’s most urgent societal challenges. These goals aim to mobilize efforts and they call for action to organizations around the globe to use innovation and creativity to combat these challenges.

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Triathlon Group’s Industrial Report 2021/22

Triathlon Group’s annual Industrial Report (Verkstadsrapporten) shows that the Western Sweden’s manufacturing industry was initially hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but recovery has been rapid and forecasts for the future are positive. However, uncertainties exist on how the cost development of raw materials and transports will progress, which is indicated in this year’s report.

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Get Topline Impact from Value-Driven Sales

Project sales between businesses are complex and to succeed with a high hit-rate, the sales process needs to turn from a traditional selling with inside-out to an outside-in perspective. By identifying the unique buying points for the customer, new ways of selling are derived that can impact topline results.

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Study on realization of ERP benefits

Expectations on a new ERP-system are often high. However, once the system goes live, studies show that most businesses experience unachieved realizations of their expected benefits.

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The M&A Year 2020 in Review

Heading into 2020, global M&A activity was declining, with both a deal value and deal count falling in 2019 compared to the all time high levels of previous years.

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Eliminate the Skill Gap for Value-Based Sales

A sales force which has the skills to identify and sell value is necessary to meet the challenges with value-based sales.

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