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PACCAR Pricing Spineometer: 2 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 16, 2025

PACCAR, a multinational truck, parts, and financing company, had a negative 2024. Examining PACCAR’s Truck, Parts, and Other business specifically, revenue fell 5% to $31 billion and earnings before interest and taxes fell 17% to $4.5 billion over the last year. (This article excludes PACCAR’s financial services business and makes no comments regarding how pricing should be managed in that line of business.) A review of PACCAR’s 28 January 2025 earnings call…

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For Wireless Carriers, “Customer-centricity” is the key to unlocking Potential and Profits

By Kamesh Chelluri July 2, 2012

During the first century of its existence, the Telecom industry’s Operating model remained relatively simple and vertically integrated. Today, Heterogeneous Networks enable Customers with “seamless mobility”. How does this affect the strategy needed to compete?

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Top 6 – June 2012

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 1, 2012

Mr. Leahy (Airbus CEO) said he was “shocked” by the magnitude of Boeing’s discounts but said they won’t stick. “They’ll try it…

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Five Common Afflictions of Sales Teams

By John R. Treace June 1, 2012

Over and over I’ve noticed five common afflictions that affect them, each of which reduces morale and sales performance. Read to avoid their destructive impact.

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The Evolution to 4G LTE – For Customers, It’s great; For Carriers, Profitability still matters!

By Kamesh Chelluri June 1, 2012

With more wireless connections than people in the US and an insatiable appetite for data-enabled applications and devices, Carriers have a huge incentive to roll out higher bandwidth 4G LTE networks – but only if they can profit simultaneously.

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