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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

They received early success because of the early American desire for big vehicles that could travel over any terrain in the world. But many would say that Kodak failed because they didn’t foresee how quickly and completely digital cameras would take over the industry that depended on film sales. 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.