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Trends Shaping the Automotive Industry in 2022

Epicflow

This year, the automotive industry is expected to continue its recovery following the headwinds of tough 2020. Electric Vehicles Production and Sales Will Grow. EVs are going to gain higher market shares in Europe, the United States and China and outpace ICE vehicles sales. Automotive Business Trends. Conclusion.

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Happy customers are closer than they appear

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The automotive industry has been on a roller coaster ride of profit and loss in recent years. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, automotive sales tumbled in 2020 before surging demand and a global chip shortage sent prices skyrocketing in 2021. This article first appeared in the Customer Strategist.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

Over its time in the Middle East, Oliver Wyman has grown to cater to several industries: automotive, aviation, aerospace & defense, business services, communications, media & technology, distribution & wholesale, energy, financial services, and health & life sciences.

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Leveling Up: Consulting Skills for an AI-Powered World

Tom Spencer

Consultants are still needed to interpret the results, identifying key trends and patterns, and making recommendations that can help the client to increase sales and customer satisfaction. For example, a manufacturing client in the automotive industry might be experiencing a high rate of downtime due to machine failures.

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Wells Fargo and the Slippery Slope of Sales Incentives

Harvard Business

The CEO of Wells Fargo, John Stumpf, apologized in front of a congressional panel Tuesday , saying in a statement , “I accept full responsibility for all unethical sales practices.” ” That speaks to why they did this in the first place: To meet sales quotas and earn incentives. Will eliminating sales goals do it?

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Run B2B Sales on Data, Not Hunches

Harvard Business

The flow of one-off stories often has outsized influence on how senior managers shape the firm’s interaction with customers. Anecdotes gain that stature because managers often lack timely, reliable information. Account managers or their designees then place follow-up calls to learn more about the responses.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Though the firm’s background is exclusively in pricing, in more recent years it has been breaking into other practice areas such as strategy, marketing, and sales. In 1996, Simon-Kucher opened an office in Boston and began to put more of a focus on its other three practice areas: strategy, marketing, and sales. Automotive.