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#BlackFriday has evolved far beyond a period of lowered prices. Today, it is a test of how well companies can engage their communities, harness data for personalized offers, and perform under intense operational pressure. AI plays a key role, helping businesses optimize operations while enhancing the shopping experience for customers. Porsche Consulting highlights critical success factors for companies aiming to win this peak period: ➡️ Offer more than low prices. Customers now expect exclusive access, premium bundles, and limited drops across online and offline channels. AI-driven personalization scales this engagement, allowing intelligent systems to recommend the next best action for each customer enabling over 50,000 personalized emails per week. ➡️ Strengthen forecast accuracy. With demand surges of 80–150% above average, accurate forecasting is essential. Advanced AI models generate predictions 80% faster while improving stability by 10%, helping reduce risk and customer disappointment. ➡️ Maintain fulfillment speed and cost under pressure. Peak demand shouldn’t mean slower deliveries or higher costs. Optimized planning and global distribution models help reduce delivery costs by roughly 25% while keeping service levels intact. For leading companies, Black Friday is no longer just a short-term sales peak but a strategic opportunity. The insights gained during this high-pressure period can shape competitive advantage long after November. #RetailStrategy #AIinRetail #CustomerExperience #DigitalRetail #ConsumerGoods

From autonomous vehicles to drone logistics and AI-powered cities – China is redefining innovation at scale.   “Bridge to Open Innovation: Where German Industry Meets Asian Disruption” – under this motto, the OAV - German Asia-Pacific Business Association brought together leaders from business, politics, and the startup ecosystem to explore how collaboration between German industry experts and Asian innovators is shaping the future of open innovation. The event was opened by Franziska Giffey, Mayor of Berlin. Dr. David Romanowski, Senior Partner at Porsche Consulting, shared insights from a recent foresight mission to China, where he explored the Greater Bay Area – often called China’s Silicon Valley with its nearly 90 million residents. The delegation experienced first-hand how innovation, customer centricity, and data-driven ecosystems are transforming future mobility, digital living, and smart cities. What sets Chinese innovators apart?   🚀 Agility Rapid experimentation and fast learning cycles help emerging players scale from idea to market in record time.   🌐 Customer-Centric Ecosystems Integrated platforms seamlessly connect communication, payments, mobility, and everyday services.   ✈️ Ambition Breakthrough concepts – from autonomous cars to flying vehicles, drone deliveries, and service robotics – move quickly into commercial reality.   🤝 Openness Despite the speed and scale, many organizations show a strong willingness to collaborate and build global partnerships.   The central question remains: How can global companies embrace this pace of innovation while staying true to their core strengths in quality and reliability?   #Innovation #FutureMobility #DigitalEcosystem #China #Transformation

The global battery industry is entering a new phase. Demand continues to rise, but the rapid expansion of gigafactories is slowing. As the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on the Porsche Consulting study “Battery Manufacturing 2030+: From Hype to Hard Truths,” conducted together with VDMA, Agora Strategy and Fraunhofer ISI and presented at the Future Battery Forum in Berlin, Europe must act now to close capability gaps and strengthen its position in global battery manufacturing. At the event Matthias Möhrke, Associate Partner at Porsche Consulting, emphasized: “The battery race is not over. It is changing – and Europe can compete if industry, research and policymakers work together.” The study highlights a clear shift: while the gigafactory boom is losing momentum, the next major opportunities for equipment suppliers lie in brownfield modernization, innovation, and specialization. With a projected market potential of €250–280 billion by 2035, equipment suppliers need to build resilience, form strategic partnerships, and focus on high-value technologies such as dry coating and solid-state. Read the full study to explore the structural shifts in the global battery value chain and the strategic levers that will shape the industry’s next decade: https://lnkd.in/dzRYrg5i #Battery #BatteryManufacturing #Electrification #EnergyTransition #Gigafactory #IndustrialStrategy #Sustainability

Quality is a mindset that bridges innovation and tradition, startups and industry, people and processes. ⚡ At the Quality Lounge 2025, leaders from across industries came together at the Porsche AG headquarters in Stuttgart to rethink quality in times of disruption and acceleration. The dialogue focused on how established processes and startup agility can complement each other to create measurable, transparent, and actionable quality across the entire value chain. Quality mindset is deemed to be a crucial success factor, characterized by empowering employees and leadership providing the example. Under the patronage of Christian Friedl, Head of Corporate Quality at Porsche AG, the event was built around two thought-provoking impulses: Claire Blondel, Head of Corporate Quality at Decathlon, shared insights on “Quality in Constant Transformation”, highlighting how adaptability and customer focus drive excellence in fast-changing environments. Felix Poernbacher, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of DeepDrive, discussed “Quality from Disruption to Deployment”, illustrating how innovation culture and speed can coexist with uncompromising quality standards. Participants also experienced quality in action during an exclusive tour of Porsche’s assembly line – witnessing firsthand how precision, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement come together to shape every vehicle. #Quality #Innovation #Manufacturing #Startup #ProductQuality #QualityStrategy

We’re setting the stage at Porsche AG’s headquarters in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen for the 2025 Quality Ecosystem Lounge. Around 50 leaders from automotive, tech, and startup ecosystems will explore what quality means in a world defined by speed, innovation, and tradition. Under the theme “There is no substitute – Between Startup Mindset and Heritage”, the event brings together two worlds: young, fast-moving innovators and established industry players. Together, they’ll discuss how differing expectations and approaches can enrich one another and how this intersection is redefining the very essence of quality. Stay tuned for a behind-the-scenes look at quality assurance where it matters most – on the Porsche production line. #QualityEcosystem #Innovation #Excellence #PorscheAG #EcosystemThinking

Germany enables the market entry for bidirectional charging. 🔋⚡ With the German government removing the double grid-fee burden on bidirectional charging, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is no longer a pilot topic but a viable market option. Porsche Consulting has identified the opportunities this decision unlocks across the mobility and energy ecosystem: ➡️ OEMs: Vehicle manufacturers with suitable models gain a tangible competitive advantage. New revenue fields emerge through battery data and energy services. At the same time, OEMs must take greater responsibility for battery insights, secure communication systems, and seamless user experiences as utilities and aggregators seek deeper integration. ➡️ Charging operators (CPO): For CPOs and hardware providers, bidirectional readiness becomes essential. Equipment must meet new communication and settlement requirements, and operators can evolve into flexibility providers for grid actors. Interoperability across OEMs and aggregators will be critical for scaling the market. ➡️ Grid operators and utilities: EV fleets provide a new source of distributed flexibility that can support grid stability. Distribution System Operators (DSO) need improved visibility and forecasting for low-voltage networks, while utilities must prepare for dynamic tariffs and emerging flexibility markets. Structured coordination with OEMs and CPOs will become increasingly important. ➡️ End users: Home energy systems gain higher economic value as bidirectional vehicles increase self-consumption and open access to flexibility revenues. Clear information on battery life and simple, intuitive user journeys will be decisive for adoption. Germany has removed a key economic barrier. V2G readiness is turning into strategic positioning for OEMs, CPOs, and utilities. The next two years will determine who captures the emerging value as interoperability, user experience, and cross-industry collaboration become the main drivers of success. #Charging #BidirectionalCharging #EnergyTransition #EV #ElectricVehicle #SmartCharging

The global battery industry is entering a new phase. Demand for batteries continues to grow, yet the pace of gigafactory expansion is slowing. With a projected cumulative market value of €250–280 billion between 2025 and 2035, battery equipment manufacturing remains a major opportunity – but one that is increasingly complex. Geopolitical fragmentation and shifting investment priorities are putting pressure on European and North American equipment suppliers, while Asian players continue to dominate cell production and technology partnerships. Porsche Consulting’s new study developed in collaboration with VDMA, Agora Strategy, and Fraunhofer ISI offers a strategic reality check for the industry. It outlines how equipment suppliers can regain ground through specialization, strategic alliances, and process know-how. With around 50% of announced cell production capacity in Europe coming from domestic players, the ambition to localize manufacturing remains strong. But achieving it will require new approaches to competitiveness and collaboration. ➡️ Read the full study “Battery Manufacturing 2030+: From Hype to Hard Truths” to explore the structural shifts in the global battery value chain and the strategic levers that will shape the industry’s next decade: https://lnkd.in/dzRYrg5i #Battery #BatteryManufacturing #Electrification #EnergyTransition #Gigafactory

Global disruptions, rising costs, complex regulations, and uncertain technology curves are putting pressure on company results. In this environment, strategic supplier management is becoming a major competitive advantage. Each year, the business newspaper WirtschaftsWoche honors outstanding consulting projects with the "Best of Consulting" award 2025, and we are pleased to share that Porsche Consulting achieved second place in the category "Supply Chain Management". Companies that collaborate effectively with their most relevant future suppliers experience accelerated profitability, innovation and growth: ➡️ Collaboration models tailored to different supplier segments with clear rights and obligations ➡️ Joint strategy alignment focused on value creation and translated into clear initiatives ➡️ Transparency on each other’s high-stakes decisions and critical sensitivities With these insights, companies can move beyond the blame-and-claim game and start building a profitable future—together with their suppliers. #Procurement #SupplyChain #SRM #Trust #Collaboration #Award

Europe’s energy system is changing faster than ever. But the transition now depends on whether industry and supply chains can keep up. At Enlit Europe 2025 in Bilbao, Matthias Baum, Associate Partner at Porsche Consulting, shared insights on how Europe can secure resilient supply chains despite global uncertainties and rising trade tensions. Europe’s energy transition is moving into a full implementation phase, and the scale of equipment orders from transformers to HVDC converters and cables has reached unprecedented levels. Yet supply chain capacities are not expanding fast enough. The risk is clear. Ambitious policy could turn into a delivery illusion. Europe’s energy and technology sector must increase output by up to six times to meet 2030 targets. This requires more than incremental progress. It calls for a fundamental shift from project focused work toward scalable and productized solutions: ➡️ Lessons from the automotive industry show how industrialization and productization can unlock significant efficiency gains. Standardization, lean principles, and integrated ecosystems have transformed manufacturing from siloed custom engineering into global scale with repeatable processes. ➡️ Building the future of energy infrastructure is not a project. It is the largest construction initiative in Europe and requires an industrial response with repeatable manufacturing, scalable processes, and strong cross industry collaboration. ➡️ Increasing the share of standardizable and plannable elements, unlocking optimization potential across processes, governance, people, supply chains, and IT, and combining short term performance with mid term transformation will be essential. Resilience will be built through industrialization, collaboration, and a willingness to rethink how we deliver the energy transition. #Energy #Enlit2025 #SupplyChainResilience #EnergyTransition #Industrialization

As automated driving technologies continue to evolve, questions around traffic safety, responsibility, and customer trust take center stage. That’s why a robust Automated Driving Safety Management System (ADSMS) is becoming more critical than ever. An Automated Driving Safety Management System is a systematic framework for identifying, assessing, controlling, and monitoring safety risks associated with the operation of automated vehicles. “A strong ADSMS is the foundation for delivering safe, compliant, and trustworthy automated driving systems and requires a seamless interplay between technology, process excellence, and organizational commitment,” states Roman Baecker, Partner at Porsche Consulting. It ensures that safety requirements are fulfilled consistently throughout the entire lifecycle – from development and production to operation and decommissioning. Porsche Consulting has identified key success factors for implementing and operating an ADSMS: ➡️ Reliable cross-functional structures to ensure consistent safety risk management and decision-making across all relevant domains and parties – including suppliers. ➡️ Effective and data-based in-service monitoring and reporting by collecting incident-related information, conducting detailed analyses, and deriving safety-relevant insights. ➡️ Transparent and reliable communication with authorities and customers, especially regarding critical system behaviors, incident reporting, and regulatory feedback. Safety is not negotiable. Let's keep building the future of safe automated mobility together! #AutomatedDriving #ADSMS #SafetyManagement #SOTIF #ISMR #Quality #Compliance