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. The Future of Operations.

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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. The workers standing near him applauded. But we play in the real world.

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Harvard Business Review

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. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

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.

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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. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age. Sponsored by SAS.

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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

MARCH 18, 2016

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. The process of managing operations, planning, and budgeting was seen as a series of regular occasions for managing the development of their people.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In the traditional model of electricity generation, large power plants produce power at a centralized location, which operates at a considerable distance from the points of consumption. The information presented itself along two big dimensions: the power-generation assets owned by the centralized power plants (i.e.,

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 7, 2018

Mulally challenged this dysfunction head on and championed a single, clear vision for the organization: “One Ford,” With One Ford, the company set about reviving what Mulally called the "phenomenally powerful" Ford brand, promoting “the critical ingredients that made a Ford a Ford.” And the company posted annual profits of $6.6

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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.

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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. Beyond purchasing power, scale helps companies establish strong network effects. Transportation is one of the world’s largest industries.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

The combined firm may benefit from economies of scale in doing so, but increases in market power may also result. The key issue is whether the merger reduces competition in the upstream or downstream market, or whether owning a supplier or a buyer gives the firm too much market power in its own industry. competitors.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. AutoEmotive , Affectiva’s Automotive AI , and Ford are racing to get emotional car software market-ready to detect human emotions such as anger or lack of attention, and then take control over or stop the vehicle, preventing accidents or acts of road rage.

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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. VR is insular.

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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

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Supply Chain Incentives Policies Automotive 13

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). Power by the hour aligns customers and suppliers. For years, U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

We are in the midst of a technological revolution that is every bit as profound as the impact of cheap computing power, but it’s subtler and harder to notice. Consider, for example, how we convert and control electrical power. What I’m referring to is the migration of functionality from hardware to software.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

In order for Nissan to actually pursue the Vision Zero goal, the company is forced to think differently about innovation and product development, developing technologies that keep cars from hitting each other. Deutsche Bahn: Achieve rail transport that is CO2-free and powered by renewables.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Doing this effectively requires having powerful tools to identify the malicious traffic hidden in vast quantities of legitimate traffic. Because of these challenges, technologies that automate collection, optimization, and integration of threat intelligence play a critical role in helping companies build their cyber no-fly lists.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

But, connecting them can create powerful feedback loops that engage employees and help companies adapt to fast-changing customer expectations, according to new research I conducted with my colleagues Carolyn Egelman, Julia Markish, Emma Sopadjieva, and Dorian Stone at the Medallia Institute. Insight Center. Measuring Marketing Insights.

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Survey Retail System Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

Last September some of the world’s foremost technology industry leaders met in Seattle with Xi Jinping, president of China. On Monday Uber said that it is selling its operation in China to a rival Chinese ride-sharing company whose CEO was in that foreshadowing photo. trillion smiled for the camera alongside the Chinese leader.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. But this is not cause for alarm.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

EUVs come in a range of sizes and formats, from small, light-duty platforms to full-size, heavy-duty trucks, but all are battery-powered and driven by electric motors. Similarly, small-format EUVs are increasingly replacing full-size, combustion-powered delivery vehicles in congested cities.

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Marketing Transportation Licensing Cost 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. annual trade deficit in advanced technology products alone stands around $100 billion. federal research in the 1990s largely established the feasibility of the technology, U.S.

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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. When it comes to change, the technology is the easiest part. Health care technology is very effective when it is used to support a well-designed care process. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care.

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Process Health Care Supply Chain Compliance 10

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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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.

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Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

“Advances in technology have helped us reimagine fan engagement and create new business models that we never thought possible. “FOX Sports has always been about fans first,” says Tom Zentmeyer, Vice President, Technology and Games at FOX Sports. “It’s tribal. Empowering Digital Societies.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

We have entered the age of empowered individuals, who use potent new technologies and harness social media to organize themselves. The institutions of modern developed societies, whether governments or companies, are not prepared for this social power. And pragmatically, social power can help keep your company and community vital. .

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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.

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Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? A Concentration of Wealth, Value, and Power. In many cases, as with Skype, the size of the European operation shrank after the acquisition.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

While all of those perspectives are relevant, the most revealing aspect of GM’s announcement may well be what the layoffs say about broader technology trends. But beyond that, the cuts went much deeper, to respond to massive, technology-driven changes in the nature of the work at hand. What should be done instead?

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Industry Technology Engineering Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Former congressman and CIA director Leon Panetta described it as "legalized bribery"; something which has just "become part of the culture of how this place operates.". It seems to be happening more and more frequently, across sectors: Automotive. Each, in their own way, threaten very big and very powerful incumbents.

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Innovation Transportation Disruptive Innovation Price 21

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

A team of engineers, designers, operations specialists, and clinicians was assembled and led by an experienced, well-respected physician “chief engineer” whose vision for the future of care was disruptive. This idea of keeping people in their homes became a powerful mantra for the team and drove the development of Care in Place.

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Health Care Innovation Insurance P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

A big reason is technological complexity. Automatic lane-change or braking systems, electric power steering, complex engine controllers — all require microcontrollers and power semiconductors. Such global sequential production systems are dependent on the free movement of goods with minimal tariff and non-tariff barriers.

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Supply Chain Globalization Cost Efficiency 8