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Formal CV (sanitized)
(Documentation/CVs)
... delivered new-concept Remote Diagnostics Capabilities, allowing distance servicing of product, lowering service
cost
s 25% per unit sold. Originated acclaimed “concept” prototypes, such as a TV-microwave, ...
2.
Forthcoming Book Contribution
(In Public/In the Press)
... it is to ask why it is effective and how can we best apply it. Certainly collaboration comes with
cost
s associated with communication overhead and additional monitoring support. Moreover, collaboration ...
3.
Microsoft on Research in Recession
(Thoughts/on Execution)
I am glad that Craig Mundie of Microsoft has said it: Research is what you do more of when there is a recession. http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?newsID=111312&printerfriendly=1
Cost
Containment ...
4.
Digitize Logistics Department
(Achievements/Turnaround Management)
... the routes, now only 2 could do it and better. The folks that lost their job were scheduled to add to the customer service capabilities, where substantial
cost
savings waited. This was my first taste ...
5.
How to predict gadget success
(Thoughts/on Innovation)
... be used for a long time, that even at a low
cost
it is durable and dependable. The end of the relentless “one more button” forced expiration of gadgets is over, we simply do not have the money to pay for ...
6.
Communication vs. Convincing
(Thoughts/on Execution)
... other kickbacks, of giving back something else but your product for a purchase, that is when you should seriously take a look at your product and shift gears. Now all that matters is
cost
. And as such, ...
7.
Microsoft's new vision: a computer in every... coffee maker?
(Thoughts/on Innovation)
...
cost
differential. So all this work goes into a product and it is “dead weight”. DEAD WEIGHT. I am half thinking to start a list of all these “new ideas” with start and crash date, just for the joy of ...
8.
10 things that won't survive the recession
(Thoughts/on Innovation)
... you have to call a toll-laden number, around €1,50/min, to get support. I was outraged by that at first. In the end I realized that the
cost
of the service to no longer spread by some magic across all ...
9.
Gartner Identifies Top Ten Disruptive Technologies for 2008 to 2012
(Thoughts/on Strategy)
... stocks
cost
by now, and wait… ...
10.
Light bulbs Could Replace Wi-Fi Hotspots
(Thoughts/on Innovation)
What a brilliant idea! Light bulbs Could Replace Wi-Fi Hotspots I am in favor of anything that gets rid of the current wifi limitations: channel conflicts, security, and ubiquity/
cost
. ...
11.
Core Processes
(Thoughts/on Strategy)
... Ideas then get matured into products (a view including markets). Focus: Conversion Speed and Reliability Such products need to then get marketed and sold by converting them into orders. Focus:
Cost
2Sell ...
12.
Hidden Flaws in Strategy
(Thoughts/on Strategy)
... unrelated, and it will anchor its estimate on that first number." The Sunk-
Cost
Effect: "...throwing good money after bad..." The Herding Instinct: "This desire to conform to the behavior and opinions ...
13.
Being a Leader of Research and Development
(Thoughts/on Leadership)
... of our job. It is Externally Focused. Efficiency is the ability to lower the frictions inside the team. This is the
cost
-reduction part of our job. It is Internally Focused. For R&D teams, this has special ...
14.
2008-06-07 Grid-friendly Appliances in the Economist
(In Public/In the Press)
... away from the user/owner. No central station to fail. No expensive infrastructure to build, local information is enough, and the
cost
for the sensor can be justified by the avoidance of brownouts (something ...
15.
The Hidden Cost of Language
(In Public/My Articles)
... Productivity Improvements Intellectual Isolation Isolation from Talent Pools This article is available for download at http://www.juergenheuer.com/articles/TheHidden
Cost
ofLanguage.pdf. It is also ...
16.
Brainstorming or Bust?
(Thoughts/on Innovation)
... from our childhood and transform into a more extreme, expensive form for adults? Who spends at least 50% of what our product
cost
s to adapt it to their specific needs? Who uses our product in ways we ...
17.
Innovation = Cost Reduction?
(Thoughts/on Innovation)
Ever wondered what lies at the core of innovation? Well, I think all innovation is in the end based on
cost
reduction. Let me explain my reasoning. First, we need to differentiate domains of innovation. ...
18.
Innovation
(You/Your Challenges)
... at least 4 new product categories that way (MEALTIME, LAUNDRYTIME, MicroWaveTV and Centralpark) am working on a startup right now that will reduce
cost
of operation / ownership to 50% of the incumbent ...
19.
Strategy & Execution
(You/Your Challenges)
... work: I am currently working on a low-
cost
disruption software startup with a 5-7 year strategy of replacement of an incumbent: market, competitive and technology assessment plus resulting business case ...
20.
Technology
(You/Your Challenges)
... a low-
cost
disruption software architecture that allows for the
cost
of installation and ownership to be 50% lower of the competitive product. In 2004/2005, I developed a low-
cost
solution for remote diagnostics ...
21.
System Architecture
(The Person/Skills)
... but not be able to go into details: Software architecture aiming for low-
cost
disruptions in the B2B space Remote Diagnostics Architecture to enable low-
cost
remote diagnostics for home appliances Architecture ...
22.
Fortune 500 Management Style
(The Person/Skills)
... in, with, and sometimes around such an organization. I know how to: Work in corporate budget systems: I worked with budget across the world, through several
cost
reduction initiatives and one restructuring ...
23.
Owner / Project Leader, Business Process Reengineering, 1995 –1997
(Career/Germany in the 90s)
... to move the logistics department of the largest European Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturer from heavily paper-based to digital Achievements:
Cost
Capture and Analysis Tool Digital Logistics Management Solution ...
24.
DOMINO - Connected Diagnostics
(Achievements/Product Dev)
One of the really interesting ideas I had as Director, Connected Home, was the implementation of a low-
cost
online diagnostic solution. We called the program DOMINO and started it in 2004. The technologies ...
25.
Whirlpool Web World Interactive Network
(Achievements/Strategies)
Based on the success of the internet in reducing
cost
, I developed a strategy paper called "Whirlpool Web World Interactive Network", in short "W3IN". It took me the better part of a month to develop a ...
26.
SAP Business Case North-America
(Achievements/Business Cases)
... based on the internet. The
cost
savings were staggering, they amounted to a substantial (more than 25%) of the US business case for the introduction of SAP. This was my first brush with formal business ...
27.
Digital Logistics Management Solution
(Achievements/Software Dev)
The next step after the development and introduction of the
cost
control and analysis tool was the expansion of digitization into all aspects of the logistics department at Wellmann Kitchen. This work ...
28.
Cost Capture and Analysis Tool
(Achievements/Software Dev)
For Wellmann Kitchen, the then leading kitchen cabinet manufacturer in Europe, I developed a operations
cost
capture and reporting application for the logistics department "Transwell". This work was done ...
29.
Margin and Volume
(Thoughts/on Strategy)
... high margin products to special customers. Low Margin / High Volume (m|V) The company makes money by minimizing product
cost
to offer a lowest price. The diagram on the right references the opportunity ...
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