Deere and Company - Enterprise Tech Ecosystem Series

Deere and Company - Enterprise Tech Ecosystem Series

Summary

Deere and Co (John Deere) is a provider of advanced products and services. It manufactures and distributes agricultural, construction and forestry equipment and related service parts. The company’s portfolio of products includes agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts, and other outdoor power products; and machines and service parts used in construction, earthmoving, material handling, and timber harvesting. It also finances sales and leases of new and used equipment, provides wholesale financing and extended equipment warranties. The company through a network of dealers and distributors markets its products in North America, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe.

In 2018, John Deere introduced the Startup Collaborator program within its Intelligent Solutions Group to explore emerging technologies. The program focuses on collaborating with technology startups working in the areas of developing agtech solutions and addressing real-time customer needs.

John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group works on satellite-based GPS technology. The group focuses towards designing operator stations, guidance systems, information and logistics systems, crop management programs, and creating, testing, and implementing advanced technology solutions.

John Deere opened VR labs for the customers at multiple regions including Lowa, Dubuque, and Germany, to test and experience next-generation tractor models virtually. Its customer and product support teams focuses towards designing equipment and then translating to simulate real-life tractors.

The report provides information and insights into John Deere's tech activities, including -

• Insights of its digital transformation strategies and innovation programs
• Overview of technology initiatives covering partnerships, product launches and acquisitions
• Insights on each technology initiative including technology theme, objective, and benefits
• Details of estimated ICT budgets and major ICT contracts

• John Deere is following agile methodologies to improve its operational processes, expand its product portfolio, and create value. It is deploying technologies such as AI, IoT, cloud-based mobile applications, robots, machine learning, big data, etc. to collect data about the customers, machines, lands, and fields to make data-driven decisions.
• John Deere is focusing on streamlining its end-to-end construction site operations through process automation. It has been investing and implementing digital technologies, such as AI, cloud, autonomous vehicles, IoT, drones, analytics, SmartGrade systems, and other precision technologies to improve equipment efficiency and job site operations.
• John Deere is leveraging ActiveControl to achieve Agile SAP Transformation, in partnership with Basis Technologies to bring fully integrated, event-driven process that improves quality, reduces risk and delivers value to customers.
• John Deere uses data analytics from thousands of connected machines flowing through its central Machine Health Monitoring Center, enabling preventive maintenance that ultimately helps dealers save warranty costs.

• Gain insights into John Deere's tech operations.
• Gain insights into its tech strategies and innovation initiatives.
• Gain insights into its technology themes under focus.
• Gain insights into various product launches, partnerships and acquisition strategies.