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Entrepreneurial spirit pays off: Dr. Anne Lamp (CEO, left) and Johanna Baare (COO, right), the founders of Traceless Materials, won a German Entrepreneurial Award in 2022 for developing a granulate used to make fully biodegradable plastic products.

From Garage to Factory

Traceless Materials start-up poised to grow

“Thinking globally and acting locally are the recipe for success,” says Dr. Dirk Voeste, Chief Sustainability Officer for the Volkswagen Group. Porsche Consulting Magazine met with the biologist in a former soap factory in Berlin.

“Thinking globally and acting locally are the recipe for success,” says Dr. Dirk Voeste, Chief Sustainability Officer for the Volkswagen Group. Porsche Consulting Magazine met with the biologist in a former soap factory in Berlin.

Think Globally, Act Locally

Volkswagen Group: biologist Dr. Dirk Voeste promotes operational sustainability

The high-performance formula that focuses on people: Organizational excellence is a product of close ties between structure and culture.

The high-performance formula that focuses on people: Organizational excellence is a product of close ties between structure and culture.

Multiplying Structure by Culture

How to avoid pitfalls on the road to high performance

Completed in 2012, the Unstruttalbrücke between Erfurt and Leipzig is the second-longest railway bridge in Germany, with a length of 2.7 kilometers and a height of 49 meters. It is part of a new 123-kilometer line that cost 2.8 billion euros. The rail infrastructure system needs more planning stability, including for exceptional projects of this type — especially when it comes to funding.

Completed in 2012, the Unstruttalbrücke between Erfurt and Leipzig is the second-longest railway bridge in Germany, with a length of 2.7 kilometers and a height of 49 meters. It is part of a new 123-kilometer line that cost 2.8 billion euros. The rail infrastructure system needs more planning stability, including for exceptional projects of this type — especially when it comes to funding.

Clearing the Track for Trains

Planning risks act like bumper blocks

Electric cars can do more. Porsche Consulting analyzed additional benefits that can encourage customers to switch to the mobility of the future.

Electric cars can do more. Porsche Consulting analyzed additional benefits that can encourage customers to switch to the mobility of the future.

Enhancing the Value of E-Cars

Analysis from Porsche Consulting focuses on customer desires

“Lip service isn’t enough — we need concrete programs and measures” is one of Henkel board member Sylvie Nicol’s guiding principles.

“Lip service isn’t enough — we need concrete programs and measures” is one of Henkel board member Sylvie Nicol’s guiding principles.

“Careers Don’t Just Happen”

Sylvie Nicol, Management Board member at Henkel, on change as a source of opportunity

Horst Schmidt, Head of Power & Vacuum at Siemens Healthineers, outside the clean room. He wants the new factory to set new standards.

Horst Schmidt, Head of Power & Vacuum at Siemens Healthineers, outside the clean room. He wants the new factory to set new standards.

The Medtech Factory of the Future

Siemens Healthineers is setting new standards in medical technology

How about having coffee with a co-worker you’ve never met before? Getting to know colleagues on an impromptu basis is a key part of Deutsche Bank’s internal educational program.

How about having coffee with a co-worker you’ve never met before? Getting to know colleagues on an impromptu basis is a key part of Deutsche Bank’s internal educational program.

“Mystery Coffee” and the Art of Getting Better

How to develop a successful learning organization

Biopharmaceuticals make highly individualized therapies possible. Manufacture of these compounds is more complex than for traditional chemical agents. And the pharmaceutical industry has to take setbacks into account when developing new treatments.

Biopharmaceuticals: New Hope for Patients

Why pharmaceutical companies need to rethink research and development

Oliver Blume (left), Chairman of the Boards of Management of Volkswagen and Porsche, and Eberhard Weiblen, CEO of Porsche Consulting, talk with Porsche Consulting Magazine about optimism, opportunities, and a good work-life balance.

Oliver Blume (left), Chairman of the Boards of Management of Volkswagen and Porsche, and Eberhard Weiblen, CEO of Porsche Consulting, talk with Porsche Consulting Magazine about optimism, opportunities, and a good work-life balance.

Aces in Our Hands

Oliver Blume and Eberhard Weiblen: an interview

Top of the class: Kleusberg’s plant director Jörg Draschner, product development head Jonas Beuth, and CEO Oliver Hartmann (from left) with consultant Tobias Michels from Porsche Consulting want to cut construction times from years to three months.

Top of the class: Kleusberg’s plant director Jörg Draschner, product development head Jonas Beuth, and CEO Oliver Hartmann (from left) with consultant Tobias Michels from Porsche Consulting want to cut construction times from years to three months.

A New School in 12 Weeks

Kleusberg, a German construction company, makes complete buildings out of modular components in record time

What to do with late-model used electric cars? In the fleet sector for company stock, rental vehicles, and car sharing, sales are down. Lower prices mean lower profits.

What to do with late-model used electric cars? In the fleet sector for company stock, rental vehicles, and car sharing, sales are down. Lower prices mean lower profits.

Brake or Accelerate

Electromobility: The fleet sector’s dilemma

Hauke Stars joined the Volkswagen AG Management Board in February 2022. She is in charge of all Group activities in IT, data, organizational development, and process management.

Hauke Stars joined the Volkswagen AG Management Board in February 2022. She is in charge of all Group activities in IT, data, organizational development, and process management.

“Small Steps Are Faster”

Interview with Hauke Stars, Volkswagen AG Management Board member in charge of IT

Complex and complicated: All the participants in construction projects should ideally work closely together right from the start. Industrialized production can lower interface losses, save time, and increase quality.

Complex and complicated: All the participants in construction projects should ideally work closely together right from the start. Industrialized production can lower interface losses, save time, and increase quality.

Don’t Complain, Improve Your Game

Transformation — How to combat construction woes

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Personalabteilung der Zukunft

HR Departments — Drivers of Change

How HR departments can be even more effective in shaping the future of their companies