Agile operations for volatile times.

Authors: Doheny, Mike¹, Nagali, Venu², Weig, Florian³

Source: McKinsey Quarterly. 2012, Issue 3, p126-131. 6p. 1 Color Photograph, 2 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *Competitive advantage in business, *Supply chains, *Pharmaceutical industry, *Automobile industry, *Monte Carlo method, *Distribution (Probability theory), *Market volatility, *Medical equipment industry, *Bottlenecks (Manufacturing), *New product development, Agile manufacturing systems

Smarter growth, lower risk: Rethinking how new factories are built.

Authors: Horah, Drew, Kok, Erikhans, Doheny, Mike

Source: McKinsey Insights; 2/24/2025, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p

Subject Terms: BUDGET management, FLOOR design & construction, BUILDING design & construction, FACTORY design & construction, COST overruns, COST control

AI: The next frontier of performance in industrial processing plants.

Authors: Barbosa, Filipe (AUTHOR), Doheny, Mike (AUTHOR), Korbel, Milan (AUTHOR), Lehmitz, Soenke (AUTHOR), Luse, Andy (AUTHOR), Mori, Lapo (AUTHOR), Sellschop, Richard (AUTHOR)

Source: McKinsey Insights. 9/19/2023, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.

Subject Terms: *Manufacturing processes, *Factories, *Artificial intelligence, *Decision support systems

When subpar operations threaten margin growth.

Authors: Doheny, Mike, Henrich, Jan, Lal, Shruti

Source: McKinsey Quarterly. 2015, Issue 4, p24-25. 2p. 1 Diagram.

Subject Terms: *Margins (Security trading), *Food industry, *Beverage industry, *Financial performance, *Cost control

Geographic Terms: United States

To regionalize or not? Optimizing North American supply chains.

Authors: Doheny, Mike (AUTHOR), Gómez, Manuel (AUTHOR), Nolasco, Carlos (AUTHOR), Ornelas, Carlos (AUTHOR)

Source: McKinsey Insights. 12/16/2022, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.

Subject Terms: *Household electronics industry, *Semiconductor industry, Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022-, North American Free Trade Agreement, Natural resources

Can your company remain global? If so . . . how?

Authors: Grant, Andrew, Birshan, Michael, White, Olivia, Haider, Ziad, Karlsson, Axel, Fletcher, Ben, Weddle, Brooke, Wood, Carter, Frear, Henry, Mieszala, Jean-Christophe, Mansfeld, Karol, Alicke, Knut, Woetzel, Lola, Lim, Lucas, Doheny, Mike, Bick, Raphael, Bailey, Tucker

Source: McKinsey Quarterly. 2024, Issue 3, p58-69. 12p. 4 Color Photographs, 1 Graph.

Subject Terms: *Intellectual property theft, *Home offices, *Business partnerships, *Leases, *Capital structure, Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022-, Geographic boundaries, Regulatory compliance

Gemplus seeks standards, Motorola enters retail packaging

Authors: Percetti, Severine ^*, Doheny, Mike ^*

Source: In Card Technology Today 2000 12(5):7-7

Other news in brief

Authors: Percetti, Séverine, Mastran, David, Lindner, Klaus, Jasper, Glenn, Levitan, Robert, Molina, Marcus, Doheny, Mike, Wong, Lucinda, Vincent, Catherine, Shuster, Michael, Katz, Jeffrey, Walsh, Taly, Treinies, Christian, Balaguer, Amparo

Source: In Card Technology Today 2000 12(6):9-10

Other news in brief

Authors: Jones, Tony, Turner, Nigel, Cupillard, Chloe, Bashan, Ohad, Treinies, Christian, Hinze, Dirk, Smith, Tim, Lambrechts, Ann, Tomb, Diana, Dunn, Charles, Doheny, Mike, Percetti, Severine

Source: In Card Technology Today 2000 12(4):9-10

TU Berlin to install Motorola smart card system

Authors: Doheny, Mike ^*

Source: In Card Technology Today 2000 12(4):7-8

Campus cards take off

Authors: Doheny, Mike ^*, Hinze, Dirk ^*, Burke, Tom ^*, Clark, Ron ^*

Source: In Card Technology Today 2000 12(4):14-15

US Post sticks wireless labels on packages

Authors: Doheny, Mike ^*

Source: In Card Technology Today 2000 12(2):7-8

Motorola adds ‘next generation’ creation to smart card family

Authors: Doheny, Mike ^*

Source: In Card Technology Today 2000 12(3):7-8