The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. The researchers collected data from the China Employer-Employee Survey to gauge how many firms are using robots. Investing in robots.

Automotive 79

Automotive Banking Industry Information Technology 79

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

That we’re still largely waiting for such an immersive world to take hold, despite much-hyped initiatives, such as Second Life, perhaps underlines the difficulties the technology has had in keeping pace with such a vision. Digital twins. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1 You simply cannot do that with 4G or with Wi-Fi. .”

Stephenson 110

Stephenson Wireless Christensen Automotive 110

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

He did not believe the results and instructed the team to repeat the assembly operation. Pipp’s documentation of the striking difference in the assembly process within Toyota, by comparison to Ford, was to be found again in the early 1980s when teams from both Ford and General Motors began to routinely visit Toyota’s operations in Japan. .

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System Productivity Products Deming 74

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2015

These “ nexus suppliers ” could be important for one or both of two reasons: A disruption of its operation would have a surprisingly huge impact on the original-equipment manufacturer’s production. (A The Future of Operations. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Insight Center.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Operations Automotive Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

And such flexibility can provide a distinct competitive advantage — as long as costs aren’t spiraling out of control. In a study of nearly 250 manufacturers over a 10-year period (2005–2015), we found that 78% of firms had improved their ability to fill their total actual market demand but had lost control over costs.

Automotive 8

Automotive Operations Efficiency Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

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. By eliminating the driver altogether, businesses could slash costs by as much as 60%, depending on the industry. Where and When the Technology Might Be Deployed.

Automotive 8

Automotive Transportation Health Care Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

It seems beyond debate: Technology is going to replace jobs, or, more precisely, the people holding those jobs. Recently, space and automotive titan Elon Musk said the machine-over-mankind threat was humanity’s “biggest existential threat.” Integrating New Technology Is About Emotions. Juj Winn/Getty Images.

Creativity 13

Creativity Strategy Venture Capitalist McKinsey 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Insight Center.

Innovation 9

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2016

Each new car costs the automotive OEM anywhere from a few to several hundred dollars in extra cost. With German automakers launching several new models in huge volumes every year these costs quickly add up to billions of dollars. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Industry 8

Industry Automotive Supply Chain Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

Robots have been doing tough jobs for over half a century, mostly in the automotive sector, but they’ve probably had a bigger impact in Hollywood movies than on factory floors. Some of them are no longer bolted to the factory floor, and they’re moving beyond automotive manufacturing. labor costs have risen 80%.

Automotive 8

Automotive Operations Engineering System 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2015

The automotive industry has opened up again. But to capture the full potential of the shipping container, we needed to change how ports operated, how union employees were compensated, how ships were designed, and the very structure of business in the logistics industry. With Apple’s entry, it’s clear.

Automotive 8

Automotive Transportation Brand Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

What are the costs and benefits of self-disruption at that uncertain stage? We studied the sector for three years and came up with some very interesting findings about the “adjustment costs” that companies incur when they disrupt themselves. These are rarely studied questions. A rare natural experiment.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

Carmakers have started using 3D technology to produce parts. Imagine the changes afoot in the pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, and consumer electronics industries. The technology is expected to lead to reductions in the cost of employment, capital investment, shipping and inventory as well.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

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. They have expanded far beyond the “Information Technology” tag attached to them by GICS. Technology Creators generate and deliver intellectual property (software and data).

Industry 8

Industry Company Business Model Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

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. companies were deciding to move R&D to China to be closer to manufacturers, suppliers, and talent as well as to reap lower development costs and higher-growth markets.

Innovation 8

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Some organizations are already deploying elements of process change automation, while others are developing technologies that lay the foundation for it. But how can processes adapt to enable cost-effective customization? Automated process change offers one way to help remove some factors that lead to time and cost overruns.

Process 8

Process Automotive Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The internet has dramatically changed the way companies operate. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Freeways full of driverless cars and beer trucks are still far off, because of technological and regulatory limitations. Build strategic advantage through the gains you achieve, beyond cost.

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Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

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.

CEO 8

CEO Long-term Short-term Mass Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

based companies are repatriating their manufacturing capabilities — moving some production operations back from overseas. The reality, however, is that less and less of that demand is being filled by stateside manufacturing operations. In the automotive industry, for example, the U.S. A growing number of executives of U.S.-based

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Incentives Policies Automotive 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. The constant need to drive towards operational efficiency can be avoided through the creation of new organizations.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2018

A lot of money has been spent on information technology in health care with little to show for it. That’s why simply making a poor process electronic by implementing an electronic health record (EHR) doesn’t lead to better quality or cost. When it comes to change, the technology is the easiest part. Insight Center.

Process 8

Process Health Care Supply Chain Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

While they might be good at cutting costs, they rarely knew enough to manage growth and innovation. Far from drinking the company Kool-Aid, they had an understanding of why and how the company had to change to deal with new opportunities and challenges posed by changing markets and technology.

CEO 8

CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

The five largest automotive companies in the world generate more than 750 billion euro in annual revenue. Information technology, however, is one of those industries. Huge vendors of cloud transportation — just like their counterparts in IT — have every incentive to optimize their fleets against cost per mile driven.

Industry 8

Industry Transportation Automotive Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

Unfortunately, Zuckerberg’s “platform” reference has elicited many comparisons of Oculus to Google’s purchase of Android , the company that would provide Google with its own smartphone operating system. Disruptive innovation Technology' Virtual reality is a way of experiencing the content within a computing platform.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Automotive Software Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

While Blue Sky is an SOE, I think they really want to differentiate themselves, and they're willing to use a lot of our technology.". The only person not applauding was Wang Xiguo, the engineer who had led the development of Prime's power train technology. Lin could see that he was awed by the scale of the operation.

Case Study 8

Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It cost $74 million; NASA’s Maven Mars mission cost 10 times as much. ISRO used indigenous components and technologies that are far cheaper than foreign imports. Indian engineers cost less, for sure. Compare that with the complexity in the payload in Maven and that will explain a lot about the cost. Remarked Prof.

Innovation 8

Innovation Constraint Engineering Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2015

Automobiles have their own proprietary operating system (e.g., With cars increasingly connected to the cloud through 4G LTE from telecom operators (e.g., Going beyond individual telematics systems, automakers have opened up their operating system (e.g., As the automotive sector digitizes with electric drivetrains (e.g.,

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Automotive Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. In the same way, India''s information technology giants must bite the bullet today.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Yet a recent report by Amnesty International uncovered a number of cases of child labor among suppliers linked to major technology companies, including Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft, as well as to several automotive manufactures, such as Volkswagen and Daimler AG. Choosing to remain blind is a very human coping mechanism.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Ethics Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. Suggestions ranged from streamlining operational processes, saving thousands of hours annually, to simplifying financial and sales processes across business units. Power ranks Ford the highest in initial quality among non-luxury automotive brands.

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Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

People were asked about GM products, upholstery textures, colors, vehicle designs, and technology, and their feedback was incorporated into GM vehicles. How technology is changing the way we work. Weaver’s staff sent three million mailings a year to GM and non-GM customers, achieving a remarkable 25% response rate.

Media 8

Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Companies like Rolls Royce can, therefore, offer outcome deals where they guarantee customer outcomes (examples: zero downtime, higher speed, more fuel efficiency, zero operator error, greater reliability) and share risks and rewards with customers. For example, breakthroughs in battery technology made the electric cars possible.

Industry 8

Industry Software Six Sigma Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

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 8

Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

Developing and deploying new technology requires building a supportive ecosystem surrounding it. The Open Automotive Alliance started in January 2014 with Google and General Motors as founding members; other technology companies and auto competitors soon joined. Engineering innovations lowered the cost. Enter a coalition.

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Project Transportation Construction Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. In a world underpinned by ever more powerful, affordable, and public technology platforms, software is still king.

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Software Company Airlines Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

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.

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Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8