How insourcing can improve productivity
Given the difficult conditions they face, it is easy to see why many management teams in the public and private sectors consider reducing outgoings while attempting to retain their strategic agility,...
View ArticleBusiness Pulse: Switching direction
Business Pulse Zoom: Margin protection and productivity improvements in mining and metals As metals prices have fallen, the global mining and metals industry has switched from a growth focus to a focus...
View ArticleInnovation procurement: bridging a health care gap
The gap between the demand for health care and available resources has been growing rapidly. The drivers behind such a widening gap include an aging population, growing regulatory pressures and...
View ArticleSeeking the value in pricing
What determines the price of a product? The materials and labor must be considered, but what other consumer, behavioral and strategic elements have been added to the equation today? Pricing’s easy,...
View ArticleThe secret behind mechatronics
For the majority of industrial companies, the production process involves a sequence of three design stages. Firstly, the manufacturing engineers try to interpret what the sales team has promised the...
View ArticleMaking the best of a difficult trend
When a global trend is damaging a business, it can be hard to know what to do. And when revenue and gross margin show a steady decline for reasons that are understood but cannot be changed, what do you...
View ArticleGetting user buy-in to new IT systems
For organizations implementing new, large-scale information systems, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), a primary concern is the degree of post-implementation use. There is no certainty...
View ArticleCollaboration: the science behind the intuition
In high-tech industries, where product life cycles have shortened and competition in globalized markets has intensified, companies face a challenge to keep up with the pace of innovation. For many, the...
View ArticleIntellectual outsourcing and strategic growth
Intellectual outsourcing deals with the movement of an organization’s knowledge-based activities to an external service provider or vendor in order to accomplish the goals of the organization. These...
View ArticleBoosting hospital productivity and innovation
The private hospital operator market is facing an enormous transformation, with new competitors and increasing consolidation. This is true not just in the provision of health care, but across all three...
View ArticleProduct engineering and life cycle management
If you want to enter the market rapidly, with lower costs and with maximized profitability, then outstanding product life cycle management (PLM) is a must. To maintain their competitive edge,...
View ArticleIntegrated medical management
Download the article to read all the content on which this summary is based. The goal of “medical management,” an emerging discipline within the health care sector, is to integrate the distinct...
View ArticleHow to cope with the oil shock
Download the article to read all the content on which this summary is based. Businesses in the oil and gas industry are adjusting to oil prices that are at a six-year low. While the immediate future...
View ArticleTaking stock: targeting retailer food waste
Download the article to read all the content on which this summary is based. The EY Advisory team in Stockholm has just completed an 18-month engagement with a Swedish food retailer. EY’s Per...
View ArticleControlling as a shared service
Download the article to read all the content on which this summary is based. Over the past 10 years, accounting shared services centers (SSCs) have become an integral part of companies’ structures. But...
View ArticleImproving megaproject delivery in oil and gas
Download the article to read all the content on which this summary is based. The oil and gas sector is increasingly dominated by megaprojects, typically characterized by their complexity and highly...
View ArticleFrugal innovation: unlocking lucrative markets
Download the article to read all the content on which this summary is based. “Frugal innovation” derives from “frugal engineering,” a term coined by Carlos Ghosn, CEO, Renault-Nissan.* Its increasing...
View ArticleWhat damage can predictive maintenance prevent?
Download the article to read all the content on which this summary is based. Regular maintenance of machines and assets aims to keep them available and reliable. Unexpected outages still happen,...
View ArticleActivity-based costing at E.ON Energie Deutschland
Download the article to read all the content on which this summary is based. German power and utility suppliers are facing new challenges owing to a large number of competitors, high transparency in...
View ArticleRegaining a commercially sustainable future
Download the article to read all the content on which this summary is based. The African business of a Fortune 500 manufacturer and retail company had been experiencing stagnating revenues, brand...
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