Fully autonomous vehicles are just around the corner, according to The Economist. But they are not quite ready to operate without human supervision, yet. Uber, as a company that has made ride-hailing commonplace in more than 600 cities in 82 countries, have made rapid progress in recent years, and can now be seen on the roads…
McKinsey & Co means that few fiscal opportunities are bigger than reducing revenue leakages from tax and payment abuse. And now, new sources of data and new analytics tools are giving governments the upper hand. Read more here
What will the teardown of electric vehicles mean for the future of the mass market thereof? In this article, we describe success factors on the way to profitable serial production of EVs and discuss essential practices for paving the road toward the EV mass market. Read more
I was speaking with a friend who is the Chief Operating Officer of a multi-national chemical processing company a few weeks ago. We were speaking about the various challenges that he is facing, which are not unlike the challenges faced by many companies. His most important goal was to maximize profits whilst minimizing inventory –…
The economy is at the beginning of the next major industrial revolution, and technology is the driver, this time as the heart of both the production of many different products and as a core intelligent component of the things we use every day. Digitization has long since moved into factories, and is now enabling operations…
European Mechanical engineering companies have served the world as a constant source of product innovation, claiming high standards in product quality, services and talents. However, these strengths have been matched, if not surpassed, by different strengths in China, the faster and cheaper competitor. Europe’s mechanical engineering companies should not underestimate the challenges, because the effects…
