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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. They received early success because of the early American desire for big vehicles that could travel over any terrain in the world. They were not agile enough.

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Tomorrow’s Factories Will Need Better Processes, Not Just Better Robots

Harvard Business

For instance, in the BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, processing a car through the paint shop is a 12-hour task, involving more than 100 robots, and requiring a vehicle in the paint assembly line to travel four miles within the factory before the process is complete.