Cross-industry Management Control.
All the innovative directions that we have described act as guiding principles for cross-industry management control of the innovation process and platform design. We separate operational development work for our banking and retail segments to achieve the best possible industry focus. It has been our tradition to involve customers and suppliers closely in the development process from the start.

Around 700 Development Employees.
At our seven development locations in Germany, Burgdorf (Switzerland), Singapore, Jakarta, Shanghai and Boston, approximately 700 employees are working to implement this development strategy. Our core competencies are mechatronics, embedded software, platform software and application software, as well as image recognition. We also generate valuable expertise from our fundamental research activities undertaken with technology leaders with whom we engage in goal-based partnerships.

We have included all R&D activities in our Group-wide effort to reduce production costs. The purchasing team works with suppliers to provide transparency of their upstream processes, thereby identifying the best production options and, in turn, achieving further improvement in our competitive position.