ASSA ABLOY believes that product leadership, with the constant flow of innovative new products and services to the market, is the single most important source of organic growth. This is especially true in the connected society where competition in the Internet of Things (IoT) is fierce.
“Product leadership means being the best when it comes to solutions – doing something that no one else has done before or in a way that no one else has done before,” says Åsa Christiander, director product management, Shared Technologies. “And if you want to be in the lead you have to be first.”
Shared Technologies is a central ASSA ABLOY function responsible for the development of common group platforms and interfaces.
“Some products need to be local, because there are different regulations and standards in different parts of the world,” says Åsa. “But when it comes to software, we can do that on a global basis, so we try to get synergies on the technology level and then we diversify the products.”