Wiesbaden, August 17th 2021. Inflation has arrived and will stay for various years. Both money supply and output demand factors favour this forecast. Money supply will stay strong as central banks need to keep interests rates low and production output suffers from long term Covid. In May 2018 we published: “k3 sees rough times ahead” […]

Wiesbaden, May 17th 2018. Three factories of a major German industrial goods producer were assessed by k3 mapa in an internal evaluation in China and Korea.  The assessment is designed to enhance internal best practice sharing and will continue in European plants later this year. In May 2018 a total of three factories were assessed

Wiesbaden, March 7th 2018. Five automotive factories of a major German car producer were assessed by k3 mapa in an internal evaluation. The assessment reveals major disparities between the factories. The director operations manifests his complete satisfaction with the findings. During the Q4 2017 and Q 1 a total of five automotive factories throughout Europe

Wiesbaden, March 1st 2018. The global debt is still rising and has reached unprecedented levels. The debt levels are not sustainable and will result in lower demand in the future. Companies need to take proactive countermeasures. Everyone knows the Black Thursday of 1929, which kicked off the biggest global depression seen so far. Unemployment rose

Wiesbaden, February 14th 2018. A recent study about the overall e-car market and Tesla’s position reveals a rather weak position in the long term. The market development depends on political subsidy and the current technological advantage is under threat. Car buyers, suppliers and investors should be very careful regarding Tesla’s long term outlook. I. Market