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Category Archives: Product Life Cycle Management -PLM
Why some companies like McDonald do a better job at product recall than Bayer,J&J and BP
var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-857684-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); A recent article in Fortune discusses how McDonald did a much better job of product recallContinue reading “Why some companies like McDonald do a better job at product recall than Bayer,J&J and BP”
BP Oil Leak and Marketing Myopia – the upstream product recall
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Reducing cycle time from theory to practice- Yale 2010 Consumer Insights Conference
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Re-organizing R&D for innovation – latest trends in biotech and chemicals
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“If it stinks,put a lid on it ! ” and Toyota problems
The concept of “face saving” and “shame” is critical to the eastern cultures,and yet unfathomable to the Westerner. Even to those Westerners who are the most open to Eastern cultures.Geert Hofstede compares Japanese and US cultures and yet the concept of shame is beyond the Hofstede dimensions.
Focus,project culture and close to customer for new product success says McKinsey Study
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} A recent McKinsey study emphasizes that organizations that are successful at NPD (New Product Development) have three characteristics: Focus: They focus efforts and have clarity in goals andContinue reading “Focus,project culture and close to customer for new product success says McKinsey Study”
Climate Change and US jobs- some CEO green options
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Global Bailouts as Jon Stewart supports US Auto Bailout
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More auto plants close as gas prices rise
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); GM, Ford and Chrysler have announced plant closures in Wisconsin,Georgia,Virginia, Minnesota. These are not poor performing plants but highly efficient ones. It’s just that skyrocketing gas prices has made driving around difficultContinue reading “More auto plants close as gas prices rise”