Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

To many, a modern meat plant might seem somewhat “shocking”, but to us this “automotive assembly plant operating in reverse” is common place and, in fact, we are not easily “shocked” by much of anything (for evidence of this you are welcome to view the video on our website).

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, famously coined the term "frugal engineering" in 2006. He was impressed by Indian engineers' ability to innovate cost-effectively and quickly under severe resource constraints. Yet engineers and scientists love challenges.

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CEO Innovation Constraint Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

It has been ranked as car of the year by a number of automotive outlets, and one friend of mine who lives in San Francisco has gloated noisily about his chance to drive it. The company has responded aggressively to criticism in the past, suing the BBC show "Top Gear" in 2011 over a 2008 review of the car; the case was tossed out of court.

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Automotive Review Transportation Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

“Once, you needed mechanical engineers. Today, there’s a greater need for software engineers because cars are computers more than anything else.” To get the skills and change agents it needed, Volvo looked outside the automotive industry. He was creative and, in some cases, counterintuitive.

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Engineering Mass Marketing Automotive Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

There are many reasons why Silicon Valley might have been a top contender: for years, it''s been the premier technology hub of the world. Universities like Stanford, Caltech, and UC Berkeley continue to churn out the next generation of founders and engineers. Why would we turn to any other place to start Infor''s next chapter?

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Diversity Software Engineering Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

The country's bragging rights in science and engineering are especially in doubt. colleges are losing ground in two key of measures of research quality: the percentage of the world's science and engineering articles published, and article citations. For example, a 2011 UCLA study of 6,768 U.S.

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Engineering Education Class Automotive 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

And current recycling technology is limited. At the same time, the automotive service industry currently employs 827,900 people , losing less than 100,000 jobs since its pre-recession peak in 2003. The domestic remanufacturing industry grew by 15% between 2009 and 2011 to "at least $43.0 Recycling aluminum requires around 1.7

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