Stiff competition? Build strength and speed with automotive flexibility
IBM analysis and interviews with top automotive executives shed light on how a more flexible business infrastructure can help automotive companies cut costs, reduce time to market, increase profits and, perhaps most importantly, prepare for unpredicted challenges in a rapidly changing industry.
Travel distribution 2007: The profitability constellation: Effective new patterns of travel distribution
The traditional travel distribution model is only beginning to realise the potentials of e-business to reduce costs. New technology is capable of much more, as this paper will examine.
Today, automotive is truly global, with design and manufacturing occurring on virtually every continent in the world. However, increasing globalisation has brought the industry to a major crossroads in its evolution.
Tackling 'messy knowledge': Combining the best of knowledge management with learning and development
In their quest to become ever more efficient, companies are looking to help workers quickly pinpoint and apply relevant knowledge from a growing haystack of corporate content that often includes 'messy' knowledge -- knowledge that is out-of-date, out-of-reach and out-of-touch.
Trust and knowledge sharing: A critical combination
Data from a two-part survey of 138 people in three companies were analysed to discern how trust affects knowledge sharing and how individuals evaluate the trustworthiness of others when seeking knowledge.
