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Who makes the race: Specialty vs Diversified Chemical Players?
Facing spiraling costs, looming skills shortages, and the decarbonization imperative, manufacturers of chemicals and agricultural...
Fuel of the energy transition – lithium demand is rising unabated
In the last 5 years, the demand for lithium has tripled. This immense increase has one main driver: the switch to renewable energies....
Sunshine or Rain: an experiment to forcast the economic development for Q4/2023
At the end of July, the DAX shone with a new all-time high. However, stock sentiment subsequently darkened due to major interest rate...
The Aerospace Industry: in between recovery and new global mobility demands
Demand for air travel is proving resilient despite higher ticket prices. Passengers returned rapidly in 2022 and the recovery will...
Strong earnings in the environmental technology sector just a fantasy?
The earnings per share (EPS) of companies in the environmental sector can vary for a multitude of reasons, and it's important to note...
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Knowledge Management: be more productive when you manage information efficiently.
Imagine you run a company meeting, but some crucial data about your strategy, product innovation, and new techniques seems to have...
Can SMEs still benefit from the "Economies of Scale" Theory?
Over the past five decades, the concept of "economies of scale" has played a transformative role in the operations and strategies of...
Organizational Assessment: Take Your Org from Good to Great
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” This popular expression applies to many scenarios in the workplace. However, an organizational...
Align strategy and culture for a competitive edge
Leaders can harness their attention, motivation, capabilities and capacity to link strategy with culture, and reap benefits for every...
Organizational network analysis
Gain insight, drive smart: Visualizing and analyzing formal and informal relationships in your organization can help you shape business...
Management & Strategy
Sunshine or Rain: an experiment to forcast the economic development for Q4/2023
At the end of July, the DAX shone with a new all-time high. However, stock sentiment subsequently darkened due to major interest rate...
The Aerospace Industry: in between recovery and new global mobility demands
Demand for air travel is proving resilient despite higher ticket prices. Passengers returned rapidly in 2022 and the recovery will...
Strong earnings in the environmental technology sector just a fantasy?
The earnings per share (EPS) of companies in the environmental sector can vary for a multitude of reasons, and it's important to note...
EU Economic outlook - where are we heading?
In order to avoid any doubts about its price stability mandate, the ECB is again raising its key interest rates by 0.25 percentage...
Deutschland und die Rezession: wichtige Merkmale fehlen
In den Lehrbüchern gibt es einen Punkt, der eine Rezession, als zwei aufeinanderfolgende Quartale mit negativem BIP-Wachstum, definierte...
Marcoeconomics
Who makes the race: Specialty vs Diversified Chemical Players?
Facing spiraling costs, looming skills shortages, and the decarbonization imperative, manufacturers of chemicals and agricultural...
Fuel of the energy transition – lithium demand is rising unabated
In the last 5 years, the demand for lithium has tripled. This immense increase has one main driver: the switch to renewable energies....
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Management
Although machine learning is now mainstream, the technology still puzzles many supply chain professionals. According to Gartner, “While...
How oil and gas companies can secure supply-chain resilience
Operators can implement controls and shift their mindsets to shield against inflationary pressures and uncertainties around labor and...
Aftermarket sales and service are vital to manufacturers’ strategies
Manufacturers of durable goods have increasingly generated income by providing aftermarket parts and service. This is true not only for...
Industry & Technology
The Unbundling of Industrial Software
With all digitization efforts under way, the industrial software market has become more complex - to keep the upper hand of recent...
Korea leads the world in manufacturing robots, US is seventh
Recent data shows that both Korea and China are ahead of the US in terms of ratios of robots to manufacturing workers. Robot use is an...
Integrating functional business and geographic silos
How to create more value by connecting experts from inside and outside the organization Though most executives recognize the importance...
Wireless Condition Monitoring
Why use valuable manpower to collect vibration data on healthy machines? Why settle for measurements once a month when you can have them...
"OPC UA for Machine Tools" integriert jetzt auch Bestandssysteme
Quelle: Pressemitteilung des VDW: Neue Spezifikationen der jüngsten Version von OPC UA for Machine Tools erfassen, wie es heißt, jetzt...
Automation & Controls
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