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Arthur Dehon Little and Roger Griffin form first consulting firm devoted to improving processes and products
Released 'The chemistry of paper making' the industry standard reference for many years to come
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Solved major electrical contacts malfunction for the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Advised the US forest service on making paper pulp from different kinds of wood leading to new national research centre and US forest product laboratory
'Other peoples troubles are our business' Arthur D Little slogan
Arthur D. Little is incorporated as the world's first company seeking to apply technology to industrial growth
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Organized first R&D lab for GM
First released The Little Journal what would be a long series of company publications
Commissioned by The President of the Canadian Pacific Railway to undertake a survey of Canada's natural resources
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Company Director Earl Stevenson is granted the first of two dozen patents including ones for recovering potash and borax from brines, extracting turpentine and rosin from pine wood, and for moulding plastics.
Created a PR Coup by disproving the proverb 'you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear'
Advised Campbell Soup on how to environmentally utilise their waste from tomato soup manufacture
The firm contributes significantly to the development of fibreglass
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Developed oxygen masks for pilots of high-altitude unpressurized US war planes
Commissioned to conduct extensive research into the effect of monosodium glutanate as a flavour enhancer on the food to which it was added.
Pioneered application of operations research (developed during World War II) to industrial problem.
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Projects with Johnson & Johnson and General Electric led to the development of modern logistics management.
Harvard Business Review publishes a watershed paper written by Arthur D. little on 'Operations Research for Management', marking the transformation of the companies focus from technical research to mangement consulting
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Developed SABRE (first real-time, on-line, computerized reservation system) for American Airlines with IBM.
Developed first computerized inventory control package for IBM.
Designed NASDAQ stock exchange system (selected for London and Tokyo).
Designed and developed five key experiments for the Apollo lunar landing; the laser ranging reflector is still used for measuring the precise distance between the earth and moon.
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Helped Brazil speed rate of industrialization of Minas Gerais State, bringing in $4.7 billion + new investments.
Developed word processor and licensed Savin to manufacture.
Helped design and launch first fiber optic, inter-active cable television system, near Osaka, Japan.
Developed innovative information and mail handling technologies for all operations of the U.S. Postal Service.
Identified priorities for removing non-tariff barriers to trade in the EEC so Europe could become a single enlarged market.
Planned and monitored establishment of a modern telecommunications system throughout Saudi Arabia, allowing the Kingdom to advance 100 years.
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Produced European Commission's first White Paper on telecommunications deregulation.
Completed first worldwide telecommunications database on phones installed, markets, technical trends, services and regulatory information.
Works extensively with State owned industry and Procordia. The projects focus on improving competitiveness and the survival of base industry. Among others a strategic audit of the Beroxo project.
Pioneered research into the entire future of the solar energy industry concluding that there would be commercial solar power by 1996
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Developed a partial-oxidation fuel processor that will allow fuel cell vehicles to operate on gasoline as well as alternative fuels.
Helped transform Cemex, a Mexican cement company, into an international industry leader and learning organization.
Received more than 30 patents in our development of a highly advanced solid lithium polymer electrolyte battery for small-cell rechargeable applications.
Worked closely with Argentine government to restructure and privatize its state-owned oil company YPF, resulting in unprecedented profits and $4 billion in stock sales.
For the U.S. Navy, assisted South Carolina Research Authority in developing flexible computer integrated manufacturing.
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Improved factory productivity by 100 – 150% in a performance improvement program for one of the world’s largest telecom equipment producers.
Pioneered fuel cell research within the company Nuvera, that in 2002 received 20% of the US Energy department’s total budget for fuel cell research.
Pioneered new policies and strategies for exploiting the regional science base in the U.K., including technology and innovation databases with portal access and creation of regional science-industry councils.
Took the lead in setting up Saudi Arabia's new telecoms system. Additionally supporting CITC, the telecommunications regulator in Saudi Arabia, in liberalising the telecoms sector; specifically the award of fixed and mobile licenses.
Pioneered early steps towards managing sustainability and climate change, including carbon strategies for the aerospace and defence sector, corporate responsibility for the pharmceuticals and energy sectors, and sustainable procurement strategies for the telecoms sector.
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