Bringing innovation to life
With product innovation flourishing, manufacturers could be forgiven for innovating first and thinking about whether their value chain is capable of bringing it to market later. Yet taking this approach could be selling themselves short.
Product cost management – a best practice approach
In today’s business environment, effective cost management is critical for sustaining profitability and competitiveness. We discuss some best practice approaches that can be taken to manage product costs.
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.
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.
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.
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?
The race to global electrification – Battery Value Chain
We share industry insights across aspects of EV Supply Chain, Battery Manufacturing and Circular economy including what businesses can do to create certainty around business growth.
Delay to introduction of new rules of origin is a window of opportunity
The proposed delay to the introduction of the new rules of origin is a window of opportunity for UK and European carmakers.
Data holds the key to decarbonisation
We examine the five key areas that business leaders should use as a starting point for discussion when preparing a decarbonisation strategy.