The Automotive industry has had rough times in recent years – with no relief in sight. The headwind is caused by increasing public pressure to build environmentally friendly cars, tougher CO2 emission targets, increasing complexity sparked by new demand patterns or an ongoing trend to digitise operations and supply chains. At the same time, Procurement […]

While the global Covid-19 pandemic is currently leaving its trace around the world, the challenge of climate change has by no means disappeared. The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated trends that require fast actions to reduce carbon emissions. Shifting consumer demand, changing regulations and the rise of ESG investing make CO2 an imperative for corporations. The […]

The automotive industry is suffering from declining sales of combustion engines, a ramp-down driven by electromobility, the Diesel scandal and the Covid-19 crisis. For the first time, this industry – where growth has always been taken for granted – can no longer play the old tunes of “better, faster, and alway more”. Instead, everyone is […]

The Covid-19 lock-down brought a sudden change to working culture and transformed office life into a home office one. Even though we, as consultants, were travelling a lot and working very flexibly before, the lock-down was and, to some extent, still is a challenge for us as well. In this webinar, we will share our […]

We discuss with Professor of Economics Abhinay Muthoo, University of Warwick, a fundamental model of game theory: the Prisoners Dilemma. We not only explore its theoretical background but even more how it can demonstrate and explain rather complex behaviours in business and everyday life.

Trade wars, Brexit and unexpected events like Covid-19 draw companies’ attention to the resilience of their supply chains. A supply network might have evolved over time with new elements added or changes made without too much thought about how they would affect a company’s risk exposure. We will explain why there is no simple solution […]