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Practical Insights (Blog)
2021 Will be the Year of M&As and Carve-Outs - How Private Equity can Maximize Performance
Seven Steps to Resolve Endemic Issues in the AA&D Supply Chain
Five Ways to Optimize your Direct-to-Consumer Channel; 2020 was the Stress Test, Now it's Time to Fix what Failed
Starting your Digital Supply Chain and Operations Transformation Journey
Planning your Five-Stage Digital Supply Chain and Operations Transformation Journey
Four Ways to Build a Successful Renewable Energy Supply Chain
Opportunities New Technologies Present for Supply Chain and Operations and How to Avoid the Pitfalls
Why your Business Needs a Digitally Enabled Supply Chain and Operations and How to Get Started
Operational Due Diligence: Three Steps to Accelerate and Unlock Value on Your Next Transaction
End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility: a £1Bn Cautionary Tale
Is Today's Supply Chain Model Dead? Have You got its Replacement Ready?
Managing Cash Across The Supply Chain in Times of Crisis
Aviation, Aerospace & Defense Supply Chains Can Still be Resilient in a Global Emergency
Building Supply Chain Resilience Through Optionality: Five Key Areas to Consider
Optionality is Key to Managing Supply Chain Risk in Manufacturing
Adapting Supply Chains to the New Normal
Private Equity Outlook: Driving Value in an Uncertain World
Strategic Supply Chain Trends We Can Expect to See in 2020
How Can the Mining Industry Overcome Unprecedented Challenges and Reverse its Downward Spiral?
Addressing Supply Chain Challenges Faced by Aviation, Aerospace & Defense Companies Driven by Complex Global Risk Factors
Waste Management Supply Chain Strategies to Strengthen the Bottom Line
Coronavirus: A Lesson in Supply Chain Risk
Fabrication Industry Responds to Supply Chain Risks and Global Slowdown
Reducing Risk in your Global Supply Chain
Rail Optimization: The Carriers' Perspective
Addressing the Emotional Element of Supply Chain Transformation
Blockchain Initiatives Continue to Pave the Way to Future Transparency and Innovation for the Digital Supply Chain
The CFO's Strategic Role in Company Performance
Rail Optimization: The Shippers' Perspective
Rail Optimization: The Imperative for Change
Road Trains: Balancing Safety Concerns with Improved Utilization & Capacity
PE Lifecycle: Earlier is better, but is it ever too late to bring in a supply chain and operations consulting partner?
Solar Panels May Play a Role in the Future of Green Fleet Initiatives
How The Ongoing Trade War Impacts Container Leasing
New Product Introduction and Product Lifecycle Management: The Role of Analytics in the Product Lifecycle
New Product Introduction and Product Lifecycle Management: End-to-End Supply Chain Benefits of NPI/PLM Optimization
New Product Introduction and Product Lifecycle Management: The Imperative to Optimize Alignment, Synchronization and Responsiveness Across a Mature Supply Chain
New Product Introduction and Product Lifecycle Management: The C-suite Dilemma
Sales & Operations Planning: The Principles that Underwrite Success
Sales & Operations Planning: Six Critical Success Factors for S&OP Implementation
Sales & Operations Planning: Four Essential Toolsets That Drive Success
Sales & Operations Planning: Why is S&OP Important?
How Blockchain Technology is Starting to Transform the End-to-End Supply Chain
Sales & Operations Planning: The C-Suite Dilemma
Doubling Down on the Supply Chain: How Some West Texas Producers are Facing Headwinds from Increased Complexity, Resulting in Decreased Cash Operating Costs/Barrel
Is a New Sustainment Model the Next Step in Defense Acquisition Reform?
Maritime and Container Logistics: Who Will be the Catalysts to Drive Total Value Optimization?
Remaining Agnostic to Technology, Fueled By Advancing eProcurement Automation, Can Unlock Value and Enhance Company Performance
Assessing Freight Sustainability
Emerging Nations Put Oil and Gas on a 30-Year Growth Trajectory
Five Ways 3D Printing Will Impact The Global Supply Chain
The Construction Industry's Impending Crisis and Opportunities for Growth
How Data Analytics Helps PE Firms Accelerate Value Creation at Due Diligence
2019-2020 Will Bring Fresh Challenges and Opportunities to the Energy, Oil & Gas Industry
Future Proofing the End-To-End Supply Chain: The Evolving Importance of Industry 4.0 (Smart Operations)
The Biggest Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities for CPG Companies in 2019
How The Construction Industry Will Overcome Its Biggest Challenges in 2019
Five Trends That Could Transform Your Global Supply Chain in 2019
Where Have All The Freighters Gone?
UK Manufacturing: Opportunities and Challenges in the Era of Tariffs, Protectionism and Brexit
Tariffs: How Resilient Is Your Supply Chain?
Cold Chain Series Part 2: The supply chain risks healthcare & life sciences executives need to be aware of and the trends that will shape the future
How Can Packaging Companies Respond to Global Bans on Single-use Plastic?
Recognizing the Importance of Culture in a Family-Owned Business
Cold Chain Series Part 1 of 2: The supply chain risks food industry executives and 3PLs need to be aware of and the trends that will shape the future
Private Equity: The Effectiveness of Operating Resources in Creating Incremental Value
5 Supply Chain Optimisation Initiatives European Executives Can Implement Right Now
Feeding Future Demands: Using Data Analytics to Drive Down Food Waste
Baby Boomer Retirement: A Significant, Sustained Opportunity for Private Equity
Due Diligence to Acquisition to Rapid Results: First 100 Days
The Packagers' Imperative: How to 'Uncommoditize' a Commodity?
Building a Global Platform for Sustainable Growth
Repercussions of the Escalating Trade War Between US and China on the Supply Chain: Who is Really Losing?
Five Key Factors to Creating a Demand-Driven Supply Chain
Logistics Outlook: Overcoming Challenges in an Era of Rising Rates
Overcoming Carrier Capacity Challenges and Disruptive Logistics Models
How Will Tariffs Impact US Steel, Aluminum and Titanium Manufacturers' Supply Chains and Operations?
CEOs Need to Act Now to Avoid Transportation Crisis Hitting Their Business Hard
Digital Supply Chain: You Need to Change. But How?
Overcoming Supply Chain Complexities
Four Ways Advanced Data Analytics is Disrupting the F&B Supply Chain
Accelerating Time-to-Completion in Aerospace
Conversations in the C-Suite: Transformation for growth
Act Now to Protect Margins in a Rising Commodity Market
Is Your Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operation Set up to Capitalize on Growth in 2018?
Ensuring Your Supply Chain Keeps Pace With Rapid Change in 2018
Four Key Themes in Private Equity for 2017: Part Four, An Increase in Pre-acquisition Operational Due Diligence of Potential Acquisition Targets
From Conflict to Cooperation: Repairing the Union-Management Relationship, Part Two
Four Key Themes in Private Equity for 2017: Part Three, A Greater Opportunity for Platform Integration and Process Improvements
The Supply Chain Reality: Increasing Complexities and Cost-Savings Fatigue Threaten Profitability
Be a Brexit Winner: 4 Steps Every Food and Beverage CEO Can Take
Chemicals M&A Outlook: Where Perfect Storm Meets Perfect Opportunity
From Conflict to Cooperation: Repairing the Union-Management Relationship, Part One
Five Common M&A Pitfalls to Avoid
Four Key Themes in Private Equity for 2017: Part Two, The Impact of An Increase in Corporate Divestitures
Operational Data Analytics - Three Ways to Unlock Value
Reduced Cycle Time = Increased Speed, Growth and Profit
Four Key Considerations for Supply Chain Decision Makers
Driving Value in a Consolidating Market
Step-By-Step Supply Chain Transformation
Unlocking Value in Your Supply Chain
Adapting to Private Equity's New World Order
Busting Three of Procurement's Biggest Myths
Six Ways to Build Competitive Advantage in the Supply Chain
A Bright Future for the Sealants & Adhesives Market
Four Key Themes in Private Equity for 2017
It’s Shrink or Swim in the Retail Food Sector
Supply Chain Performance: Right Product, Place, Time & Quantity
Operations Excellence: A Tale of Two Plants
Cutting Out the Middleman in Global Sourcing
Organizational Change: Is Your Organization's Culture Stuck in a Rut?
Beating the Chemicals-by-Rail Congestion Challenge in the Gulf Corridor
Post Acquisition Integration: Driving procurement synergies and improvements across five business units
Instilling a Quality Culture as a Business Matures
Food Processing: The road to operational excellence & improved profitability
US Chemicals: Battling against the headwinds to improve profitability
Margin Improvement in Your Multi-Unit Restaurant
Increase Your Competitiveness through Supply Chain Disintermediation
Breaking through functional and cultural barriers to drive value post-acquisition
Shrink reduction across the entire value chain
A $100M EBITDA Opportunity for Oil Refiners
Breaking down the silos between operations and procurement functions
4 Operational Areas UK Food and Drink Processing Companies Need to Focus On
Four Operational Improvement Areas Many Oil Companies Have Overlooked
Restore Customer-Supplier Relationships Through Procurement Excellence
Adapt To Succeed in the US Chemicals and Materials Industry
To Improve Rail Velocity You Need To Learn Your Carrier's Language
The New Reality in the Oil & Gas Industry
Opportunities & Challenges in the European Private Equity Market
Optimizing Rail Logistics in the Alabama Corridor
How to Retain Profits at $55/Barrel Oil
Overcoming Rail Logistics Congestion in the Chemical Industry
Total Value Optimization at Work in the Chemical Industry
Rail Safety and Regulatory Perspective
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Attractive Suitor for Smart PE Firms
Food Production Efficiency and Productivity Key to Long-Term Growth
Chemical Companies Need to Take Supply Chain and Sales/Operations Planning More Seriously
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