Bruce Anderson , Managing Partner at IBM , oversees global operations in automotives , aerospace and electronics . International Business Machines Corporation – known as IBM – was founded in 1911 , New York . In 1985 , the IBM Model 5150 arrived for a small and then-niche group of computing hobbyists . IBM has since branched out into consulting , so , last year , the company rebranded from IBM Global Business Services to IBM Consulting , feeling that , after the spinoff of Kyndryl – formerly IBM ’ s IT infrastructure business – rebranding to IBM Consulting was closer to the external brand representation it wanted to project .

“ At IBM Consulting , I look at how clients want to use new technology to solve their business problems . I reverse that sentence and say , ‘ What are the business problems that our clients are trying to solve ?’. Then I look at how our view on technology can accelerate what they ' re attempting ,” explains Anderson .

� ARDAGH GROUP Ardagh Metal Packaging , owned by Ardagh Group , will build a £ 150mn manufacturing plant in Northern Ireland to support the Coca Cola & Diageo supply chains , creating 200 jobs in drinks manufacturing .

� DEUTSCHE BAHN AND SIEMENS After recent train strikes across the UK , many are calling for self-driving trains – such as those in Hamburg , created by Deutsche Bahn and Siemens , an initiative that decreases cars on the road .

� MINI Deliveries at Mini have fallen by over a fifth in the second quarter of this year as a result of ongoing supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic and challenges with the transition to electrification .

� JINKOSOLAR Solar module manufacturing company JinkoSolar has had its production and supply chain disturbed by province-wide power rationing measures in Sichuan , in order to balance a power shortage in the region caused by a heatwave .

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