Articles from Arthur D. Little

At a time of unprecedented volatility, the U.S. original equipment (OE) automotive industry is at an inflection point. Building resilience and driving reshoring requires concerted actions from policymakers, original equipment manufacturers and suppliers. This is the key message from Turbocharging US Automotive Manufacturing Competitiveness, an in-depth Arthur D. Little (ADL) landmark study, carried out in conjunction with industry body MEMA Original Equipment Suppliers.

Arthur D. Little (ADL)’s Blue Shift Institute today published Built to Last - Rethinking the Aging of Critical Infrastructure, an extensive new report that examines how to future-proof the essential infrastructure that underpins today’s societies.

Transformation is now a way of life for global companies, with two-thirds (65%) undergoing wide-reaching or expanding organization-wide transformation initiatives. This is driven by regulatory change (including tariffs), technological disruption, and shifting customer needs, all of which are rated at 4.1/5 in importance. Confidence levels are high, with 95% expecting initiatives to deliver success, according to the inaugural Arthur D. Little (ADL) Global Transformation Study.

Despite geopolitical upheavals and the current market turmoil, CEOs of the world’s largest companies have already invested heavily to adapt to the changes created by such global shifts, and the introduction of new technologies—most notably AI. At the same time, there is an increased need to boost productivity in line with expectations, and align strategic planning more closely with extreme scenarios.

Harnessing AI will transform development and engineering functions – but success requires organizations to reshape themselves. That is one of key findings of a major Arthur D. Little (ADL) report, which highlights how AI can contribute to 25% growth and 60% productivity gains by 2030 across the innovation cycle, and provides concrete actions for companies to take now.

AI has started to power all steps of research, development, and innovation (R&D&I), including those that require creativity, working alongside and augmenting humans, with its use increasing rapidly. However, while it is already delivering major productivity gains in specific areas or sectors its widespread integration into R&D&I processes is still relatively immature, and it faces a range of challenges around technology, economics, regulation, and societal acceptability. Irrespective of these challenges, six no-regret strategic actions should be undertaken today. These are the headline findings of Eureka! on Steroids: AI-driven research, development, and innovation, a new report published today by Arthur D. Little (ADL)’s Blue Shift Institute.

Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity (PE), venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, and global management consultancy firm, Arthur D. Little (ADL) today published their 2024 pan-European Private Equity market sentiment report, alongside market activity data for the first half of 2024 published by Invest Europe.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced the election of nine new Partners across its offices and practices globally.

Arthur D. Little has published Making sustainability sustainable – the latest edition of its strategy and innovation magazine PRISM. Against a backdrop of increasing realism around the scale of change needed to deliver sustainability, the second edition of 2024 explains how businesses can address these challenges and progress in this crucial area.

A significant milestone in the telecom industry was reached between 12 of the most relevant telecom operators globally (América Móvil, AT&T, Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Reliance Jio, Singtel, Telefonica, Telstra, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone) and Ericsson, announcing the agreement to establish a joint vehicle to develop and monetize network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced an expansion of its Australian office, with the appointment of Franco Santucci as Partner and Andrew Sampson as Principal, supported by a new team consisting of Sandro Voegeli, Principal, and Richard Song, Senior Advisor. Based in Melbourne, Franco joins from energy consultancy Energise Partners, which he co-founded in 2020 with Sandro Voegeli, while Andrew was previously at EY. They will focus on developing the firm’s business in the energy sector, working with clients on growth strategy, business model reinvention and portfolio optimization.

Arthur D. Little has announced a strategic partnership with Mathlabs, a cutting-edge innovator in AI-driven company analytics. The objective of this joint offering is to use AI to improve Open Innovation success rates for global corporates and investors, and transform how businesses approach data analytics, subject matter expertise and strategic decision-making.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published the fourth edition of its influential Future of Automotive Mobility (FOAM) report, covering current and future automotive trends. This year's study includes insights from over 16,000 respondents across 25 countries, including the Middle East region. The report provides detailed perspectives on car ownership, electric vehicles, autonomous driving, and new mobility services within the Middle East market.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has released the fourth edition of its influential Future of Automotive Mobility (FOAM) report, presenting a detailed analysis of current and future trends in the automotive industry. This year’s study, with insights from over 16,000 respondents across 25 countries, includes a comprehensive focus on the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The report examines car ownership, electric vehicles, autonomous driving, and new mobility services within the UAE.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has released the fourth edition of its highly anticipated Future of Automotive Mobility (FOAM) report, offering a comprehensive analysis of current and future trends in the automotive industry. This year’s study includes insights from over 16,000 respondents across 25 countries, with a special focus on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The report provides in-depth perspectives on car ownership, electric vehicles, autonomous driving, and new mobility services within the Saudi market.

Arthur D. Little today released the 2024 edition of its Future of Automotive Mobility study, highlighting the key trends and challenges facing the global automotive market. Based on primary research with over 16,000 consumers in 25 countries, it demonstrates that predictions from the last decade of a world of connected, autonomous, shared and electric (CASE) mobility are far from becoming a reality.

Adopting eight high-impact solutions can transform the growth of virtuous mobility, potentially doubling the share of sustainable mobility in the modal split from approximately 30% to 60% of passenger kilometers (PAX) over the next decade. This is the key finding of the fifth Arthur D. Little (ADL)/POLIS Future of Mobility report, which was published today.

Whatever the success of climate change mitigation measures, companies and society will need to adapt to a changing world. To aid business climate change adaptation strategies, Arthur D. Little (ADL)’s Blue Shift Institute today published We’re doomed, now what?, an in-depth report that sets out five potential scenarios for adaptation and highlights relevant technologies to focus on.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published Human After All – the latest edition of its strategy and innovation magazine PRISM. As we enter the era of AI, the first edition of 2024 highlights the importance of taking a human-centric approach to business management.

Looking beyond current turbulence, the CEOs of the world’s largest companies are increasingly optimistic about future growth, with 66% highly positive about the global outlook over the next three to five years. This is the headline finding of the second annual Arthur D. Little (ADL) CEO Insights Study, which was launched today. The study found that whatever their strategy or sector, global CEOs are increasing their growth investments.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced a series of organizational changes as the company continues to evolve and strengthen its services and leadership team, and accelerate its ambitious development plan.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published The Brave New World Of Synthetic Biology, the latest in a series of leading edge reports from the company’s Blue Shift institute, which explore the impact of new technologies on business, society and people.

Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, today published data for the first half of 2023 that shows a drop in activity amid challenging economic and market conditions. In partnership with global management consultancy Arthur D. Little, Invest Europe also released its annual sentiment survey that tells the story behind the statistics, highlighting preparations for exits that will feed distributions to long-term investors, as well as the drive to higher sustainability standards, and plans to open the asset class to new investors.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published its latest report, Rail 2040, which explores the key trends reshaping the industry, assesses the general market environment for railway services, and delivers an informed outlook on the future of rail transport within the next 20 years. It also includes eight case studies which examine the potential for competition, regulatory impacts, and performance statistics in different territories.

Arthur D. Little (ADL)’s Blue Shift Institute today published Generative Artificial Intelligence: Towards a New Civilization? a major new report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI (GenAI). It demonstrates that current GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, are just the small tip of a gigantic AI iceberg, and that this AI iceberg will heavily impact every sector. However, many executives have yet to fully grasp this revolution for business, society, and humans.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today released its 2023 Global E-Mobility Readiness Index (GEMRIX), which has measured progress toward preparedness for electric vehicle (EV) adoption in 35 countries across all continents. The most recent edition of the index finds that overall progress has accelerated since 2022, as more and more countries have introduced measures to electrify road transport.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published Getting Real – the latest edition of its innovation magazine PRISM. The second edition of 2023 focuses on the importance of taking a considered, practical approach to new innovations such as AI.

As a strong sign of its continued expansion and ongoing success, Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced the appointment of three new Partners, bringing its total count of Partners around the world to 150.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced that the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has confirmed its conversion to a Type C railway signalling system independent safety assessor (ISA) and assessment body (AsBo) under ISO/IEC 17020:2012, in accordance with the CENELEC standards EN50126, EN50128 and EN50129.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today published The Industrial Metaverse, Making the invisible visible to drive sustainable growth, the latest report from the company published under the ‘Blue Shift’ banner. These reports explore the impact of new technologies on business, society and humans.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today launched its 2023 Global Innovation Management Excellence Benchmark Report, which highlights that of the $2 trillion per year that companies invest in R&D, financial returns from innovation have fallen across sectors since 2012. Companies report a 33 percent drop in satisfaction with their innovation performance over the same period.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published its annual State Of The Media Market report, which analyses how global trends are impacting the major subsegments of the media, sports, and entertainment sectors. Despite the inflationary and recessionary economic pressures from the fallout of COVID-19, plus the effects of an unstable geopolitical environment, the report is cautiously optimistic about the market’s future.

Digitalisation has the power to transform the European chemical industry, revolutionising the sector's solutions and enabling a circular, more sustainable economy in line with the EU Green Deal objectives. This exciting potential is highlighted in a new report from Arthur D. Little and Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council, which details how technologies like artificial intelligence, big data, Internet of Things, digital twins, robotics, virtual/augmented reality, and blockchain can accelerate the industry's transformation.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced the election of eleven of its consultants to the rank of Partner across a number of its global offices.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published Bridge over troubled waters – the latest edition of its innovation magazine PRISM. The first edition of 2023 looks beyond today’s negative headlines, exploring how businesses and their leaders are building for the future, with a new, cautious confidence.

HALO Space, a global space tourism company developed via Arthur D. Little’s Breakthrough Incubator Program, has announced the next stage of its journey towards the launch of its innovative edge-of-space experience. HALO Space’s second test will take place in southern Spain this year after its first test flight in India was completed successfully last December.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published the fourth edition of its Autonomous Mobility Journal, which looks at the latest developments in autonomous vehicles (AVs) and the market for autonomous mobility going forward.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today launched its 2023 CEO Insights Study, highlighting that the leaders of the world’s biggest companies are confident despite the current turmoil. Sixty-three percent expect a stable or positive economic outlook over the next three to five years.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published the latest edition of its Global Electric Mobility Readiness Index – GEMRIX 2022 – which details how favourable different markets are around the world to electric vehicle (EV) adoption. One of its key findings is that the country most ready for widespread EV uptake is Norway.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced its membership of EURO2MOON, a non-profit organisation created to promote responsible use of the Moon’s natural resources, while accelerating the cis-lunar economy across Europe. Founded by Airbus Defence and Space, Air Liquide and ispace Europe, EURO2MOON will now benefit from ADL’s extensive experience and expertise in space technology development, which stretches back to the Apollo missions of the 1960s.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published The Metaverse, beyond fantasy, the latest in a series of new reports from the company running under the ‘Blue Shift’ banner, which explore the impact of new technologies on business, society and humans.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published Unleashing The Business Potential Of Quantum Computing, the first in a series of new reports from the company running under the ‘Blue Shift’ banner. These reports will explore the impact of technologies on business, society and humans, covering relevant topics in depth and inviting guest authors, academics and artists to contribute to the conversation.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published The New Resilience – Innovating From Resources To Customers – the latest edition of its innovation magazine PRISM. This issue focuses on the different ways that businesses can meet the challenges of recent years, from resource management to creative thinking.

Global Management Consultancy Arthur D. Little (ADL) has appointed Angela Dum as Associate Director to globally lead Procurement Innovation at ADL, focusing on industrial goods. Angela will support clients in taking procurement to the next level with new, innovative approaches, and in unlocking maximum procurement value across the company and extended ecosystem. She will be a member of the Global Operations & Transformation Practice senior team and based in Munich.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published its 2022 flagship report on the global media market. It focuses on how media, sports, and entertainment companies should respond to the post-COVID world, by both capitalizing on existing opportunities and transforming their business to remain attractive to consumers.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published its annual flagship energy report for 2022. In recognition of the turbulent conditions that the industry is currently experiencing, plus the ongoing drive towards net zero, the report is titled Disruption Is Now.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced the promotion of nine of its consultants to the rank of Partner across a number of its global offices.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) was ranked as one of the top consulting firms to work for in North America on The Vault Consulting 50, an annual survey published by Vault.

Disruption, a new book from leading business publisher LID, explores the future of banking in a market where the rules have fundamentally changed. The authors - Ignacio Garcia Alves, Philippe de Backer and Juan Gonzalez - are leading thinkers from one of the world’s top management consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, and draw on many years of experience and insight to outline the challenges that traditional banks face from new competitors and propose a model for change and survival.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published Who Says It Can’t Be Done? – the latest edition of its innovation magazine PRISM. As well as celebrating the company’s 135-year history, this special edition looks ahead to both the future of business and the consulting industry itself.

On the 135th anniversary of Arthur D. Little (ADL)’s foundation, and the 10th anniversary of the company becoming a private partnership again, ADL has launched a new brand identity.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) has launched a new report which examines how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to its full potential in the context of business decision making. The report – ‘From Insight to Impact’ looks at how companies can use AI more holistically rather than to just perform discrete functions and includes real world use cases where AI has demonstrated its ability to powerfully augment and improve business processes.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today released ‘The insight: how Europe’s private equity industry is anchoring long-term investors’, a new report based on a survey conducted in partnership with Invest Europe, the association that represents Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors and their investors. The report shows that, despite the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on business and society, private equity investment levels reached a new record high in the first half of 2021. This is a dramatic bounce-back compared to the same period last year, with fund managers and investors evidently facing the future with greater confidence.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) today released a new report on the current state of the global Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market. Entitled ‘How To Realize The Promise Of Mobility-as-a-Service’, this study is released by the company’s Future Of Mobility Lab.

Global management consultancy Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced it has acquired MAG, a US-based management consultancy focused on the convergence of media, technology, and wireless. The deal expands ADL’s global Telecommunications, Information Technology, Media, and Electronics (TIME) Practice and brings additional senior-level expertise to the firm’s growing presence in the US and abroad.