Automotive
After US automakers that were strapped for cash and were facing all sort of troubles, suppliers are also lining up financial, legal advice for possible bankruptcy filings in the US. They would be the next shoe to drop in the worsening auto recession. Developing world was less hit though. Late 2008 some companies such as GM seemed to be making progress in terms of new car launches, marketing campaigns. On the cost side market slowdown has resulted in reducing industry's overcapacity. New labor agreements in the US and customers buying comeback could reverse the fortunes of the auto industry.
Design and development of major components, modules and systems of an automobile is increasingly being done by suppliers. Automakers are including suppliers from Day 1 for the most of the vehicle programs promoting co-creation. Apart from automotive parts suppliers, engineering services firms have geared up to the outsourced R&D opportunity.
Also there has been a movement towards cleaner and greener alternative propulsion systems like fuel cells, hybrids, bio-fuels, etc.
Energy
While energy demand may have been affected due to slowdown in global economic growth, longer term growing energy demands and supply constraints will present daunting challenges going forward. To address supply issues especially in the developing countries lot of capacity needs to be build.
Carbon footprinting and GHG reduction strategies are becoming mainstream not only in the developed world but also the developing world.
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Alternative Propulsion Systems The study gives an insight into the different kinds of alternative propulsion systems and their market penetration in different economies mainly BRIC (Brazil, India, China, Russia) & US. It also lays out the challenges faced by these alternative systems in their deployment and how the world has reacted to their inception…[Read more] [Download] |
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Fuel Cell Opportunity In India Fuel cells are globally hailed as the ultimate solution to mankinds graves problems like pollution, scarcity of fossil fuel, etc. but are they as useful and as practical as they are projected to be…[Read more] [Download] |
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Business Benefits of Green Workforce The potential impact of green workforce on environment, business and employees has truly been not recognized by organizations across the world…[Read more] [Download] |
Case Studies
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Brand shops for a Consumer electronics giant Client was a multinational consumer electronics conglomerate having strong foothold in Indian market, but perception of its goods into the market was as that of a mass products, while company was looking to target super-premium customers in India for a entirely new range and brand of products…[Read more] |
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FTWZs Client was an International business conglomerate involved in business of logistics and supply/demand chain management, development and marketing of software products, and BPO services, and it was facing a period of rapid expansion and growth both within and outside India. Client was looking to open several FTWZ (Free Trade Warehousing Zones) in India, and one in a Middle-East country…[Read more] |
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STP Knowledgefaber did a STP (segmenting, Targeting and Positioning) for a consumer goods company who was targeting high-end consumer segment in India…[****coming soon****] |
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Insurance Distribution Chain Study Knowledgefaber came up with a report which talks about how the insurance industry in India is divided in terms of number of people employed in sales division, what is the organisation structure, how the numbers are divided on the basis of experience levels, job profiles, location wise, company wise, etc…[Read more] |
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Banking Distribution Chain Study Knowledgefaber came up with a report which talks about how the banking industry in India is divided in terms of number of people employed in sales division, what is the organisation structure, how the numbers are divided on the basis of experience levels, job profiles, location wise, company wise, etc…[Read more] |
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FMCG Distribution Chain Study Knowledgefaber came up with a report which talks about how the FMCG industry in India is divided in terms of number of people employed in sales division, what is the organisation structure, how the numbers are divided on the basis of experience levels, job profiles, location wise, company wise, etc…[Read more] |
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LPO The client was a leading LPO (legal process outsourcing service provider) globally and looking to set up its facility in India. And for that purpose it was looking to acquire a local service provider so as to get a good starting in the industry. Knowledgefaber was given a task of identifying targets which are mid-size law firms, develop their profiles and investigate into these companies to identify attractive targets for the company to acquire…[Read more] |
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Auto Cost Benchmarking A leading Automotive manufacturing company was interested in doing a benchmarking study for various parts used in its automotive products against that of its competitors…[****coming soon****] |
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Auto Design Houses Knowledgefaber did a study on automotive design houses and institutes in BRIC countries (Brazil, China, Russia, India), the study was done in order to understand what are the type of institutions involved in automotive design activities and nurturing required talent for the purpose, an in-depth study was carried out in these countries in consultation with various industry organizations, design houses, industry experts, automotive parts suppliers and automotive manufacturers, etc…[Read more] |
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FWS HR Technology company The client was a multibillion dollar global Company having multiple technical supports teams for the services it use to provide for its clients, these teams were distributed around the globe and company was considering adopting a FWS (Flexible Workforce Solution) for these teams…[Read more] |
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