Afraid of Strategy?

The dilemma of setting the company strategy often already starts with the definition of the goals.

Editorial originally published in INSPECT 7/2010.

Mind Games

Is the Merger Endgame model by A.T. Kearney applicable to the machine vision industry?

Editorial originally published in INSPECT 6/2010.

Success and Constancy

“The secret of success is constancy to purpose,”. Is this sentence by Benjamin Disraeli still relevant today?

Editorial originally published in INSPECT 5/2010.

Global Sourcing

Machine vision products and technologies make sure that quality expectations can be met in the same way and according to the same criteria in Kyiv, Geneva, Karachi and Nairobi.

Editorial originally published in INSPECT 12/2009.

Brainstorming 1969

Creative freedom as basis for invention and innovation: Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith are the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Editorial originally published in INSPECT 11/2009.

Success Factors

Even the brightest technical concept will only be successful when backed by a professional business plan.

Feuilleton originally published in INSPECT 3/2009.

Crisis Management

Financial crisis, recession, economic uncertainty – the consequence: lay-offs. Is that the necessary, sensible, businesswise responsible decision?

Feuilleton originally published in INSPECT 1/2009.

Innovation Management – Management Innovations

What is innovation, how do we manage innovations, and how can management innovations influence the success?

Editorial originally published in INSPECT 5/2009.

Second Life: Future First Place of Business ?

Are we on the verge of a new way to do business or is the physical contact irreplaceable in the foreseeable future?

Editorial published originally in INSPECT 3/2007

5 Traps to avoid in the Machine Vision Business

The article describes the 5 most common traps (and a bonus one) that are to be avoided if you don´t want to become a "Mom & Pop Shop":

Don't do every application for all industries
Don't lose opportunities because "it wasn't invented here"
Don't stop before your product is finished
Don't think small
Don't expect the world to know about your product
Don't underestimate finances

Article originally published in Advanced Imaging, May 2007