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The future needs innovation

The principle “If you stop getting better, you stop being good” is what drives us to keep improving and be innovative. That’s why the opportunities offered by digitalization are a key focus and an integral part of our strategy. Our aim is to give providers of innovative products relating to any aspect of our real estate a direct means of contacting us.

We are looking for innovative partners for the future to help us put solutions in place that will contribute to the long-term success of our core business.

Are you interested? Then keep reading to the end of the page.

The future needs innovation

These 4 simple steps will decide our collaboration

Submit solution

Fill out our application folder and show us the added value offered by your solution.

Use case analysis

We will use our use case analysis to see whether your solution should be given further consideration.

Discussion

Joint discussion about your solution and the potential for a collaboration.

Kick-off

Final agreement and commitment to collaborate or to add the topic to our topic repository.

What are we looking for?

AI

We work with lots of smart people – you will add additional intelligence to enable us to get even better at expansion, construction or FM.

Networking

We look after lots of assets – you will help us to connect them to achieve better quality, quicker processes and lower costs.

Robotics & Sensors

We are involved in lots of different activities – your market-ready applications will help us to achieve higher levels of automation and better data availability.

Big Data

We have a lot of data – you will have the solution to create a quantifiable benefit in a real estate context.

Visualization

We design, build and operate many different sites – you will help us to visualize them in 2D, 3D, VR or AR.

What is particularly important to us?
Think about the LIDL context (retailer, corporate, discounter)
Demonstrate the added value using specific applications that apply to Lidl
Don’t waste your/our time with:
Slides about the general benefits of the higher-level topics
General information about the higher-level topics (e.g. AI, big data, etc.)
Which 3 questions should you answer?

Question 1 How will your use case make us better in terms of costs, processes or quality?
Question 2 How can your use case be implemented at Lidl?
Question 3 How would we go about implementing in collaboration with each other?

Contact us

About us | How are we organized?

Stores

Sales of goods and related support processes

Regional distribution center

Regional operational activities: handling of sales, logistics, planning, administration and expansion; supplying Ø 80 -120 stores

Country HQ

Responsible for various national business processes (e.g. purchasing, procurement, logistics, administration, expansion)

Stiftung (INT HQ)

Coordination of the company and the associated processes for all countries

About us | What do we do?

Acquisition
Real estate searches/acquisitions
Conceptual site design
Initiation of building permit process
Construction
Project planning
Handling/coordination of planning process
Call for tenders / service specifications
Construction project management
Facility management
Asset management
Maintenance management
Energy management
Workplace safety
Commercialization
Refurbishment of properties
Empty parking spaces