The Bottom Line: Effective Methods for Decreasing Product Cost and Boosting Margins
We explain how analysing and challenging Could Cost and Should Cost elements using fact-based models, value engineering and benchmarking can help achieve Best Cost.
Speed to market is critical for affordable electric vehicles
With more Chinese electric vehicle makers planning to launch products in the UK in 2024, the race is on for UK and European OEMs to make their mass-market ranges available as quickly as possible.
Walking the tightrope
In a difficult economic climate for both consumers and business, food and drink producers face a delicate balancing act to keep costs down while maintaining quality for customers.
5 ways for manufacturers to accelerate decarbonisation
As climate targets approach manufacturers could be doing more to tackle Scope 2 emissions – resulting from the generation of purchased energy – and Scope 3 emissions – produced throughout the whole value chain.
Challenging Thinking Through Digital Understanding
In today’s more uncertain world, accurate, real-time data is playing an increasingly critical role in guiding corporate decision making, so a lack of understanding in this area could be holding some businesses back.
EV makers must secure mission-critical suppliers to scale successfully
With EV battery packs and raw materials in short supply, it is critical for manufacturers to improve operational resilience and secure the supplies they need.
How to be a sustainability leader, not a follower
With perception of sustainable businesses positive, many companies are rushing to put initiatives in place to differentiate themselves. However, doing things in a hurry is not necessarily the best strategy.
Cost and Carbon Reduction through Operational Excellence
Adopting operational excellence can help to achieve both short- and long-term goals across cost and carbon, creating competitive advantage and enabling more effective investment decisions.
Are aerospace just in time supply chains a thing of the past?
The civil aviation industry is making progress in ramping up production and demand levels across the defence sector have rarely been higher. But what does this mean for buffer stocks – will they need to continue for a while longer?