Raj Mohan

The Personal System Business Unit is the flagship unit of HPI, it is powered by some of the most innovative technologies in the industry and has consistently delivered exceptional results. However, the business has been plagued with recurring shortages and overstocking of slow-moving SKUs and components owing to poor forecast accuracy. The current forecasting framework uses conventional forecasting methods and basic time series models to arrive at the baseline forecast. This approach works well… Show more

The Personal System Business Unit is the flagship unit of HPI, it is powered by some of the most innovative technologies in the industry and has consistently delivered exceptional results. However, the business has been plagued with recurring shortages and overstocking of slow-moving SKUs and components owing to poor forecast accuracy. The current forecasting framework uses conventional forecasting methods and basic time series models to arrive at the baseline forecast. This approach works well for certain segments and regions with high predictability and noticeable seasonality but fails for areas with erratic demand and weak seasonal behaviours. This created a need for HP to develop a robust forecasting approach/framework to improve the accuracy. In this paper, we propose “attribute-based forecasting framework”, a multi-model solution, which uses techniques like text analytics, decision tree, random forest, support vector machine and artificial neural networks in building the prediction models. Show less

Geographical position has been identified in strategic management literature as a critical asset. The sub-continental geographical position of India provides it with an estimated annual solar insolation (a measure of solar radiation energy received on a given surface area in a given time) of about 5 trillion kWh. Licensing from international technology leaders has been the traditional technology strategy of Indian firms and expand on it through process innovation in alignment with development… Show more

Geographical position has been identified in strategic management literature as a critical asset. The sub-continental geographical position of India provides it with an estimated annual solar insolation (a measure of solar radiation energy received on a given surface area in a given time) of about 5 trillion kWh. Licensing from international technology leaders has been the traditional technology strategy of Indian firms and expand on it through process innovation in alignment with development needs. The business value thus created is dependent on the efficient use of licensed technological capabilities. In this paper, a framework capturing the relationship between the licensors' technological capabilities and licensees' existing position in the industry value chain is proposed. This helps us to understand how a licensee firm leverages the available technological strength towards its value chain expansion. We measure the value chain competencies through industry value chain and financial analysis and technological competencies through patent proximity method. In this work, we apply this framework to study the efficiency of the Indian photovoltaic technology firms in leveraging its licensing strategy. Such a framework allows firms to identify and align their technology strategies to the potential growth opportunities, be it vertical or horizontal. Show less