Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2017

companies in the automotive, agricultural, and textile industries by as much as one percentage point (assuming no pass-through of higher costs to consumers). Should NAFTA withdrawal and the border adjustment both occur, the combined effect would weigh most heavily on the oil and gas, automotive, and aerospace sectors.

Automotive 113

Automotive Operations Industry Company 113

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2018

When people think of the automotive Factory of the Future, the first word that comes to mind is automation. But the reality is that any major leap forward on cost and efficiency will no longer be possible through automation alone, since most of the tasks that can be automated in an automotive factory have already been tackled.

Automotive 78

Automotive Operations Wireless Efficiency 78

Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2017

Given how central automotive transportation is to our cities, commerce, and daily lives, saying that AI will change life as we know it is no understatement. Automotive OEMs. What’s our role in the value chain: facilitator, fleet operator, driverless “driver” supplier (versus vehicle manufacturer)?

Automotive 103

Automotive Transportation Energy Retail 103

Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2025

Epicflow as a JOSCAR-certified and British MOD pen-tested PMO tool is trusted by companies across various industries, including aerospace and defense, automotive, telecommunications, software development, healthcare, and government institutions. Seamless data flow between platforms ensures operational efficiency.

Tools 130

Tools Software Efficiency Resources 130

Epicflow

AUGUST 12, 2024

Safe manufacturing environment Digital transformation takes the safety of daily operations in the manufacturing environment to a new level. Examples BMW automotive manufacturer utilizes AI-driven technology Car2X that enables real-time interaction between the vehicle and the BMW production system during the manufacturing process.

Examples 130

Examples Efficiency Data Automotive 130

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. During this same year, IBM introduced Business Recovery Services as a formal business offering for customers, enabling them to continue operations in the event of an unplanned outage or disaster. Operations and Supply Chain.

IBM GBS 203

IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

Smartface is testing embedded sensors and smart workstations in car-making plants to create a kind of self-adapting assembly line that can modify the steps in its process to fit the demands of various automotive features. Japanese, and Korean companies, which produce only three standard configurations.

Automotive 118

Automotive Construction Survey Software 118

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

On their own merits, worker-owned businesses can show policy makers, investors, managers, and advisers that companies with democratic ownership values and structures are operated with the same profit motivation as other companies. At the same time, legislative and community programs designed to support worker ownership should be expanded.

Company 132

Company Enterprise Finance Operations 132

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

After building a successful model in financial services, Oliver Wyman expanded to offer pure strategy consulting services to non-financial services groups and now has 2 internal divisions that operate relatively independently. The different practices of Oliver Wyman include: Automotive. Strategic Information Technology and Operations.

Oliver Wyman 201

Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2017

General Motors, once the world’s largest car maker, has decided to stop selling vehicles in India by the end of 2017, since it considers its India operation to be not profitable. For a period of 14 years, General Electric had the same American expat running the India operation, Scott Bayman. Understanding it takes time and focus.

Automotive 128

Automotive Marketing Operations Company 128

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Capgemini has a strong focus in products and processes with major operations ; the complex industries (like manufacturing and energy) are well-suited to major spend on technology infrastructure, which is where the firm makes most of its money. Industries.

Capgemini 192

Capgemini Interviews Consulting Accenture 192

Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

However, today BearingPoint is emerging as a player in the operations and technology scene, especially in Europe, and has re-established an impressive growth trajectory. Now, BearingPoint is operated as a Netherlands-based partnership which consisted of 120 partners in 14 countries throughout Europe. Supply Chain & Operations.

BearingPoint 139

BearingPoint Interviews Oliver Wyman Capgemini 139

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

All kinds of companies had failed at operational flexibility. There were companies in a wide range of industries, from automotive and industrial equipment manufacturers to oil and gas majors. The third trait that many masters share is the use of flexible plant designs and multiskilled, or cross-trained, machine operators.

Automotive 70

Automotive Operations Efficiency Tools 70

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2018

The American automotive industry looked rock-solid. HCCI outsourced back-office operations — human resources, accounting, finance, medical transcription, radiology — to low-cost but high-skilled employees in India. Tim Robberts/Getty Images. There was a time when the American steel industry seemed invincible.

System 134

System Insurance Insurance Automotive 134

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

ZF, a global automotive supplier based in Germany, was no exception. Digital startups had begun producing virtual products that ZF did not know how to compete against, and engineers in logistics, operations, and other functions were finding that their traditional approaches couldn’t handle the complex issues they faced.

Company 127

Company Data Automotive Energy 127

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

’’ As inspiring as those words may have been, Henry, the patriarch of a successful automotive parts business, wasn’t simply freeing his children to follow their dreams. Give them room to operate. “Find your interests outside our family business and pursue them.’’ He was requiring it.

Company 131

Company Automotive Development Leadership 131

Harvard Business

JANUARY 18, 2018

Recently, space and automotive titan Elon Musk said the machine-over-mankind threat was humanity’s “biggest existential threat.” Sponsored by SAS. Assessing the opportunities and the potential pitfalls. It is easy to find reports that predict the loss of between 5 and 10 million jobs by 2020.

Strategy 134

Strategy Strategy Strategy& McKinsey 134

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2018

From automotive to semiconductors to pharma to clean energy , America’s innovation centers have shifted east, offering growing evidence that the U.S. Today, US firms have less than 2% of market share in the multi-billion automotive lithium-ion battery industry. Mind the Mittelstand.

Engineering 129

Engineering Government Automotive Research 129

Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

long term vs short term investments, M&A activity, enterprise vs operating unit accountability). When a large automotive company shifted its organization model from a product center-of-gravity to a customer-centric model, its leaders initially believed the matrixed tensions were unnecessary complexity and associated tension with “failure.”

Automotive 50

Automotive Enterprise Operations Agile 50

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Avoid specializing by customer type (SaaS vs. Ecommerce vs. Automotive) or specific types of problems–your go-to-market is still changing, continue optimizing for flexibility. Consider hiring a “customer operations” person to focus on automation full-time. implementation, support). What not to do. What not to do.

Metrics 132

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Operations 132

Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2016

Industrial robots used to be big, unwieldy, and dangerous, but new “human-safe” robots are now commonplace on automotive lines, working right next to people. Operations in a Connected World. Yet these robots are awkward coworkers; they coexist with us but do not meaningfully collaborate. Insight Center.

Efficiency 119

Efficiency Automotive Accenture Meeting 119

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2016

Each new car costs the automotive OEM anywhere from a few to several hundred dollars in extra cost. Operations in a Connected World. Today, about 75% of global automotive production now follows a built-to-stock logic based on dealers’ judgments. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Industry 70

Industry Automotive Engineering Software 70

Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. The broad deployment of digital technology requires rethinking both business and operating models. for leaders and 3.2% for laggards.

Company 70

Company Operations Data Benchmarking 70

Tom Spencer

MAY 24, 2024

Embrace Innovation Innovation can be a game-changer for businesses by simultaneously enabling them to operate more efficiently and open up new revenue streams. This has significantly reduced Apple’s financial risk of launching new products, even during periods of economic contraction.

Strategy 88

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Cash Flow 88

MishTalk

JULY 31, 2014

Google hopes to persuade regulators that the cars can operate safely without driver, steering wheel, brake or accelerator pedal. Google plans for 2017 operation. Business Secretary Vince Cable revealed the details of the new plan at a research facility belonging to Mira, an automotive engineering firm based in the Midlands.

Automotive 75

Automotive Comparison Operations Insurance 75

Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

Survey 137

Survey Tools Industry Automotive 137

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 29, 2016

But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? We assume it’s only the Ken Lays and Bernie Madoffs of the world who will cheat people. We tell ourselves that we would never do those things.

Ethics 137

Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Study 137

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

The firm sold a majority stake in the US government business for $2.45B to the Carlyle Group (Booz Allen Hamilton) and Booz & Company, owned and operated as a partnership, assumed the commercial strategy role. Operations and Logistics. Automotive. The practice areas of Booz & Company include: Strategy and Leadership.

Interviews 181

Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Birthed in 2004 as a spin-off of Indian tech outsourcing behemoth Infosys Technologies, Infosys Consulting is quickly climbing the charts as an industry leader in IT Operations and Strategy consulting. IT Operations. Supply Chain and Operations Processes. SAP Operational Excellence. Automotive. INFOSYS CONSULTING.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Deloitte 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 9, 2016

In the world Partridge inhabits, systems touching everything from healthcare to automotive production to fast food are inefficient, and worse, operating at the expense of the people who make them run. . Partridge begins by suggesting that the system is broken. What system? All of them!

Automotive 100

Automotive Efficiency Culture System 100

Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2016

It outlined Tesla’s automotive strategy and it has been pretty much followed to the letter. Tesla has to date operated on the business model of the car industry, selling people vehicles that they own and control. Last week Elon Musk released the second installment of Tesla’s Master Plan.

Strategy& 70

Strategy& Strategy Strategy Automotive 70

Harvard Business

AUGUST 18, 2016

Over the past five years, Apple and Google have made significant moves in the automotive, healthcare, media, and smart home markets, among many others. Today, technology is just a standard part of corporate infrastructure, like operations or marketing. It’s not an industry in itself.

Industry 70

Industry Company Intellectual Property Information Technology 70

Tom Spencer

MAY 26, 2018

Instead of entering the car manufacturing industry themselves, they want to either partner with an automotive manufacturing company or outsource production, much like phone companies do. Android on the other hand accounted for 72% of the global operating system market. Chart 1: Smartphone Vendor Global Market Share (Source: Statista ).

Software 68

Software System Operations Automotive 68

Harvard Business

MARCH 19, 2018

Many industries from aviation to automotive to nuclear power have been applying this concept of “process before technology” for a long time. It takes more design time to create a care model that builds in quality and efficiency, but without that work upfront, the technology doesn’t matter and, in fact, only increases costs.

System 128

System Automotive Data Information Technology 128

MishTalk

JUNE 23, 2014

Department of Transportation guidelines for automated-vehicle testing, experts such as Ümit Özguner, a professor with Ohio State University’s Center for Automotive Research, are predicting that the first wave of operational autonomous vehicles will be devoted to long-haul deliveries. This is about moving cargo, not people.

Transportation 78

Transportation Guidelines Engineering Wireless 78

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Consider the automotive industry. automotive manufacturers owned rental car companies in the hopes of maintaining strong unit sales figures by captive fleet purchases (which were also to maintain volume to fulfill their onerous union obligations). When things change, outmoded metrics can threaten a firm’s survival.

Metrics 70

Metrics Retail Sales Automotive 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The internet has dramatically changed the way companies operate. But companies will only be able to realize productivity gains from these new operating models if they skillfully manage the soft side of their automation transformation—the people in what will be a vastly different organization. The Next Analytics Age.

Automotive 70

Automotive Operations Software Efficiency 70