Name: Online or Over-the-Counter: Inside the Future of Retailing Building Materials
Start: 2022-03-08T14:00:00Z
End: 2022-03-08T14:00:48.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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Now in its eighth year, our annual survey offers a potent combination of long-term perspectives and up-to-date insights on the global mobility agenda. Hear about the trends shaping mobility from L.E.K. Consulting, Vision Mobility and CuriosityCX. Join one of our three webinars to learn about the three core mobility personalities and how their attitudes are shaping electric vehicle uptake across the world. From cost imperative to charging challenge – we examine the factors at play for organizations looking to drive growth in the year ahead.

Annual Global Mobility Study 2024 (Asia Pacific)

Annual Global Mobility Study 2024 (North America)

Annual Global Mobility Study 2024 (Europe)

In this final installment of L.E.K.'s Applied AI Webinar Series we will dive deep into how AI is revolutionizing crucial supply chain operations. Covering how machine learning algorithms can make your demand forecasting, route optimization and inventory management more precise, how AI can leverage to build out supplier scorecards, and how computer vision can be harnessed to aid with quality control. We'll also touch on best practices for integrating AI into your supply chain, ensuring both efficiency and innovation with examples from across industries.

The Next Frontier:  Implementing AI in Your Supply Chain

For any high-tech business, unlocking the true value potential of talent is a top priority in the year ahead. The highly regulated environment of Life sciences means that attracting and retaining the very best people is even more vital to business success. How can companies create a talent focused organisational strategy, and what are the key drivers for success? Our latest insight highlights this key subject.

Look Forward to a Talent Focused Organisational Strategy in 2024

After a mixed year for industrial businesses in 2023, what are the key trends that will shape the year ahead and beyond? From improved supply chains to improving levels of talent and emerging technologies – 2024 holds promise despite continuing widespread geopolitical issues. What are the key questions for any business looking to flourish? Our latest insight examines the changing environment for industrials.

Look Forward to Industrials in 2024 and Beyond

With companies of all sizes demonstrating a clear commitment to sustainability, understanding how to navigate this vital but complex agenda is a  business imperative. Regulation, consumers, investors, talent – multiple stakeholders mean multiple demands for companies as sustainability  confirms its seat at the boardroom table. What are the trends and how can businesses take action? L.E.K. Consulting Sustainability Chair John Goddard looks to the year ahead.

Look Forward to Sustainability in 2024

In this short video, automotive industry expert Cristóbal Colón outlines the likely realities of motoring in the future.

Look Forward to the Road Ahead for the European Automotive Sector

Our fourth webinar focuses on applications of AI to field services and the ability for AI to surface the best information, at the right time, in the right location to enable better decision making. We will look at examples of companies using new tools including Gen AI to enhance processes and communication and help everyone in the field be an “expert”. We will also discuss potential next generation solutions, including combining AI with other technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR).

AI in Field Service: Creating Value Anywhere

From increased revenues to more efficient systems and better data – successful digital transformation has the potential to deliver lasting benefits for companies willing to invest in its potential. But understanding potential issues is vital. Based on conversations with 50 business leaders and featuring input from experts from across sectors and geographies, The Big Digital Question webinar takes a hard look at what it takes to make digital a successful part of your corporate strategy.

“As a firm we pride ourselves on our ability to gather insights and interpret them as sound strategic advice. Taking the time to go deeper and have in-depth conversations about such a business-critical topic has really informed our work on digital transformation – we’re looking forward to sharing our thinking.”  
Rob Wild. Digital Director

The Big Digital Question by L.E.K. - Navigating Digital Transformation

In our third webinar in this series we will explore how AI is impacting the value of data itself and how companies can take advantage of the evolution.  We will explore key lessons on how to price and monetize your data, what commercial models to consider, ways to engage the platforms, and how to drive differentiation.  We will also examine several common challenges in monetizing data and how these are impacted by AI.  Our panelists will share their first hand experiences with companies on this topic across sectors from media and publishing to healthcare.

AI and Its Impact on the Value of Data

Join L.E.K. for the second installment in our Applied AI Webinar series: Artificial Intelligence for Authentic Innovation. Our team will discuss how market leaders are applying AI in R&D and product development in industries ranging from manufacturing to healthcare.  We will dive into how computers are inventing for the very first time, and discuss some of the major breakthroughs our new electronic friends are dreaming up.

AI in R&D: Artificial Intelligence for Authentic Innovation

Rising inflation is hitting companies hard, impacting their bottom line as they struggle to pass on its full effect by raising their own prices and to compensate this loss by productivity gains on direct costs. Adding to their wows, the rapidly rising cost of debt and the financial demands of energy and digital transitions stretch corporate cash flows to breaking point. Our recent survey results paint a gloomy picture, but help is at hand with clear strategies to reduce indirect costs. 

Join head of our European Organisation & Performance practice Jean-Philippe Grosmaitre, and partner Philip Roux for a lively and informative discussion covering the factors at play and ways to tackle the impact of inflation head-on.

What you will learn:
• What strategies to adopt to reduce indirect costs and overcome inflationary pressure
• How to reengineer processes to deliver 10-15% tangible savings 
• How these savings can be multiplied through digitalisation
• Why embedding and creating buy-in for these strategies is critical for success

Who should attend:
• General managers and CFO’s tasked with tackling cost rises
• Business strategy specialists looking for new ways to concretely solve inflationary issues
• Operating partners in Private Equity firms searching for better value in their investments

Mitigating the Impact of Inflation: Cost-Cutting Strategies for Businesses

Healthcare companies that harness and manage patient data well have an exciting opportunity to generate both better services and improved financial returns. But monetising patient data is contentious, requiring consent, compliance, and a clear end-patient benefit. Artificial intelligence is set to be a decisive factor in the healthcare data revolution, creating better data that can predict and pre-empt medical issues. Understanding how and when to deploy new technologies is proving key. Join the conversation with the L.E.K. Consulting team in our exclusive webinar. Learn how to navigate the complex emerging landscape of digital healthcare, and discover the tools you need in place to leverage the exciting new trends in the healthcare sector and capture your share of this growing market.

Healthcare Data and the Emergence of Artificial Intelligence: What’s Next?

Join us for a webinar unpacking the impact that applying AI is having on marketing, beyond content creation. From customer segmentation to enhanced experiences, AI’s applications across the marketing function are much deeper than creating content, but getting to a real return on the investment takes more than installing a new AI tool. We’ll dive into why, where, and how companies are delivering value with AI.

Beyond Content: Strategic Applications of AI for Marketing

ThinCats’ Growth, SME Lending, and Market Opportunities.

Financial Services Insight Interviews — a series featuring some of the top leaders across financial services — kicks off with a discussion about alternative financing for SME businesses and ThinCats’ recent move into the financial advisor space. Ravi Anand, the Managing Director of ThinCats, joins L.E.K.’s Peter Ward and Bronswe Cheung to unpack the opportunities and challenges of this specialised end of the lending market.

Financial Services Insight Interviews: In Conversation with Ravi Anand, ThinCats

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) comes of age, a technology gold-rush is in full flow. Knowing if, when, and how to engage with generative AI is a key question for organisations across sectors and geographies. The choices are bewildering and the stakes high. Our latest webinar offers the rare opportunity to step back and listen to reasoned, strategic advice. Join consultants Stuart Robertson and Philip Meier from L.E.K., along with Chief Technical Officer Savvas Constantides from digital innovators Hi Mum! Said Dad for insights into advice on harnessing generative AI for commercial advantage, and their view on the newly accessible technologies set to revolutionise how we live, work and consume.

Accessing the Next Generation of Artificial Intelligence

Are you ready to catch the wave? Digital solutions took centre stage when Covid-19 forced companies to invest in aligning virtual workforces and find new ways to engage with customers. Post-pandemic, an interest in greater flexibility continues – this makes the need for a clear digital vision and strategy a business priority. 

Join L.E.K.’s panel of experts Klaus Boehncke, Sheila Shah, Arnaud Bauer and Monish Rajpal to hear insights from L.E.K.’s global survey and learn how to prepare your business for a successful digital future. Unmissable insight for any Healthcare or Life Sciences company looking to plot a successful path towards a digital future. We answer the pressing question of “what does digital readiness mean for healthcare companies?”. 

‘Even for companies with a digital strategy in place, our research findings show multiple areas including digital governance, operations, infrastructure, and customer experience, where there are gaps to fill and improvements to be made. The L.E.K. Digital Excellence Framework is designed to assess digital readiness in depth, highlighting challenges and prioritising strategies to overcome them.’ Klaus Boehncke, Digital Health Lead, Munich

What will you learn:
• The levels of digital readiness across the Healthcare and Life Sciences sector
• Why digital strategies are essential for every company across the sector
• How to benchmark your business against competitors
• How to create your pathway for digital strategy and support digital innovation opportunities
• Detailed survey findings and insights from companies already pioneering in their field

Who should attend:
• Business leaders looking to maintain their competitive advantage
• CTOs charged with digital transformation in their business
• Private Equity investors interested in understanding the potential for digital transformation in the sector
• Anyone looking for new ways to engage customers and employees

Digital Excellence in Healthcare and Life Sciences: Riding the Innovation Wave

From digital transformation to new investments and entrants to the industry, navigating the landscape has never been more challenging for manufacturers and distributors of building products.

Join Maxime Julian as he explores the shifting dynamics and how the key findings from our European Contractor Survey can help organisations adapt to these new realities. 

What will you learn?
• How digital transformation is shaping the sector and how these trends compare across Europe 
• How to balance click-and-collect with kerb-side delivery
• How to develop new business models for changing services

Who should attend?
• Building materials manufacturers looking to tap into new purchasing behaviours
• Distributors needing to update supply chains
• Retailers of building materials that want to meet changing customer needs

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