Center Digitisation District Böblingen (ZD.BB)

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 ofexperts, 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