The automotive industry is the backbone of the European economy – and is simultaneously facing enormous pressure to transform. With Device as a Service and LifeCycle Management solutions, TKD ensures that mobile IT infrastructures function efficiently, securely, and scalably – across locations, countries, and processes.
The automotive industry shapes the European economy like almost no other sector. Millions of jobs, complex supply chains, and international structures make it a central component of industrial value creation.
At the same time, the industry faces massive challenges:
Smartphones, tablets, notebooks, and IoT devices have long been more than just communication tools in the automotive industry. They are an integral part of operational processes.
In production, scanners and tablets support the digital control of processes, enable real-time data collection, and form the basis for standardized, efficient workflows directly at the workstation.
In logistics, smartphones, tablets, and IoT devices ensure transparency throughout the entire supply chain – from warehouse management and tracking to the real-time control of goods movements.
In service, smartphones and tablets enable seamless documentation of assignments, direct access to relevant information, and efficient, transparent customer interaction.
In the field, mobile IT assets are the central tool for communication, dispatching, and reporting. They ensure that information is available at all times and that processes can be managed consistently.
For management, mobile devices provide direct access to systems, key figures, and decision-making data – regardless of location and time.
Whether purchase, subsidy, Device as a Service, or hybrid models – TKD develops flexible procurement and lifecycle concepts that adapt to the requirements of international automotive structures.
Large device volumes, multi-site rollouts, and operational requirements are taken into account just as much as budget specifications and efficiency targets.
Integrated service management provides long-term relief for internal IT and ensures that devices are available and ready for use at all times.
TKD enables the centralized management of mobile IT assets across plants, locations, and countries.
Shared mobile devices, shift models, and handover scenarios can be mapped just as easily as role-based usage in production facilities, logistics, and service.
With IT Asset Management within WorkplaceNow, the TKD creates full transparency over the entire device fleet. Usage, lifecycle status, and costs become centrally visible, enabling well-founded management across locations and countries.
Security requirements are business-critical in the automotive industry – especially when handling sensitive data, development information, and production processes. TKD integrates security and compliance requirements directly into the workplace concept.
The TKD integrates into the existing IT and carrier landscapes of international automotive companies.
This includes connections to mobile and network operators as well as integration into existing system landscapes, such as with Microsoft and ServiceNow.
This creates a workplace system that utilizes, expands, and efficiently connects existing structures – without replacing established processes.
TKD offers enterprise companies a structured evaluation of their existing end-device fleet. ITAM structure, lifecycle processes, financial procurement models, and system integration are analyzed. The result is a clear classification.
The Enterprise Report 2026 shows how device and fleet management is changing in the enterprise environment.
The focus is on Device as a Service, Buy & Rent Back, and the growing importance of integrated ITAM platforms like WorkplaceNow.