Harman Industries is open to new ideas as long as they can be justified with data. Having the right data to implement innovations correctly is crucial.
Setting high goals for your staff, and guiding them to think with an out-of-the-box mentality is important.
When new people come into an organization, they bring new ideas and thoughts, and question long-held beliefs.
Because we have an integrated ERP system that produces consistent data over the years, we can exploit the information to come up with cost reduction and strategy improvement ideas. Data makes it easier to justify these innovations.
We expect the Pearl River region to be a huge area for inbound cost savings. In addition, the new location sets the stage for five years from now when China is completely liberalized and we can ship directly inside the country.
The best way to innovate is to question the basic assumptions under which you operate.
