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1. Local Speed Factories: when the need for speed is vital

   In the 1990s, Adidas moved its entire production to low-wage countries in Asia, but in 2015 it re-opened highly automated Speed Factories in Germany and recently also in the US. These factories are only responsible for a few per cent of Adidas’ total yearly production, but they guarantee extra short delivery times. Why are Adidas and other companies moving a small share of their manufacturing activities back home? Professor Robert Boute and some of his colleagues developed a unique algorithm to answer this question.

2. Transformers 2018: how digital are the largest companies in the Netherlands?

   How far have the largest Dutch companies progressed in their digital transformation? Which companies are leading the way? And which digital skills are still proving difficult even for this leading group? The FD and Vlerick Business School have joined forces to publish the second annual study into digital transformation among the largest traditional companies in the Netherlands. The results can be read in the special ‘FD Transformers 2018’.