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Managing by the Numbers To Improve Profitability
Why trend reports are your friend. by Rudy Boyance In my work at Lift Business Advisors, I have found that most companies fail to understand and present their data well....
The Passenger Lift’s First Decade (Part One)
The world becomes aware of the potential of VT during 1860-1869. The period between 1860 and 1869 witnessed the gradual expansion of passenger lift use in Great Britain as architects,...
Women in the Lift Industry in Europe: Status and Perspectives
Many years of professional life in the lift business in Germany as a female led to the idea to examine details about the status and perspective of other women in...
A Brave, Smart New World
Otis and the service robot boom. by Neil Green When I envision smart cities of the future, I imagine an environment where urban mobility is seamless, sustainable and personalized through...
CAN in Automation Celebrates 30 Years
A look at what has been accomplished in the group's three-decade history. The Controller Area Network (CAN) in Automation (CiA) international users’ and manufacturers’ group turns 30 in 2022. Founded...
Lease Agreement Between Johnson Lifts and DMRC
First-of-its-kind financial model adopted. Delhi Metro Railways Corporation (DMRC) has, for the first time, signed a lease contract for lifts and escalators on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. Johnson...
Taking Care of Electrical
State of Maharashtra Chief Electrical Inspector Dinesh Khonde shares post-COVID insight. Dinesh Khonde (DK), chief electrical inspector, State of Maharashtra, shares perspectives with your author (SSP) on factors impacting the...
Green Elevators
Lift industry players tout energy-saving technologies. The threat of global warming has forced all industries around the world to think about and work in the direction of green energy, energy...
Touchless Elevators
Creating safe and secure building spaces The worst imaginable place to be during the COVID-19 pandemic time was an elevator. Riding in a small space with strangers and coming in...
Higher Prices
Fifty-six percent of participants in the CII-ANAROCK survey expect a housing-price hike in 2022; affordable housing demand will sink further. A full 56% of respondents of the CII-ANAROCK Consumer Survey-H2...
