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Issue 13 (September 2013)
Laid-Back Lamp Maker
Dietrich Brennenstuhl’s LED lamps are sought after by the elite. The designer himself would like to see them in the Museum of Modern Art.
Download 1,82 MBExceeding the Limits is his Job
Experimental test pilot Wolfgang Absmeier talks about calculated risks and perfect preparation as the best possible life insurance for extreme situations.
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Air Pressure on the Rise
Airbus’ Chief Operating Officer Günter Butschek wants to make the company moreagile. In fact he has to—the aircraft maker’s order books are full to bursting.
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Lean processes, a new quality strategy, and higher production rates—Airbus is working hard on its operational excellence.
Download 149 KBThe masterminds
When companies grow fast their IT departments can become bottlenecks. To prevent this, Bentley’s specialized departments now confer with IT experts to decide if and when projects should be launched.
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Unique versus uniform
Felix Wolf, a maker of men’s clothing, uses a modular matrix system to offer affordable individualized suits.
Download 1,76 MBTrainers - Therapists - Diplomats
Specially trained Lean Transformation Leaders at US-based United Technologies Corporation are convincing its 200,000 employees worldwide of the merits of change—one on one.
Download 1,43 MBHeavy Lifting
How the Krone commercial trailer manufacturer provides key products to transport companies.
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With style, innovation, and unusual ideas, the Klafs sauna-making specialists have become a leader on the world market.
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Capacities under control
Internal conflicts between sales and production pose a risk to business success. But centralized control—oriented unswervingly to the customer—eliminates narrow division-based thinking.
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High-flying cuisine for high flyers
How giant in-flight service provider LSG Sky Chefs optimizes delivery reliability to more than 300 airline customers.
Download 1,43 MBGateway to the world
Porsche Consulting now has a German branch office in the port city of Hamburg.
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