Combining our deep operational and industry expertise, and in-house data science capability, our insights provide fresh perspectives and practical guidance to help businesses address the complex operational challenges and issues they face.
We will explore how businesses can more effectively navigate an evolving market landscape by critically evaluating their existing packaging strategies
and exploring innovative alternatives.
We discuss how should food and drink businesses prepare to scale and when should they move from planning to implementation.
In our latest report we examine the impact of power electronics and the importance of inverters in EV manufacturing.
With the government’s renewed focus on upgrading national infrastructure, clean energy providers must ensure their supply chains and processes are fully optimised ahead of any increased demand.
New product development (NPD) in the FMCG sector often comes with high cost and carbon implications. Businesses must create a holistic process that considers these aspects from ideation through to waste minimisation.
When it comes to new product innovation (NPI), there’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach and engineers often find that juggling different priorities leads to costly, late-stage design changes.
The mining industry is taking major steps on its road to Net Zero. In this report we explore the challenges, the opportunities and the 5 steps to create certainty around business growth.
An accurate and holistic understanding of the carbon and cost impact of each facet of business operations is imperative to stay competitive.
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.
Should Cost modelling can accelerate cost savings, closing the cost gap that often exists between the business environment of months or even years ago, compared to that of today.
Director Paul Cooper talks to Alan March, our head of cost and value engineering, about this function and the impact that looking at cost through a cost and value engineering lens can have on a business’s operations.
Should Cost modelling is a crucial practice in many industries. However, the key to successful Should Cost modelling is the availability and accuracy of good data.
In this blog we delve into why employing DfX methodology is not just beneficial but critical for optimising costs during new product development projects.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Product and pricing decisions are key to survival. But how can a complex business make these decisions amidst so much uncertainty? The answer lies in data understanding.
Through scenario modeling, the true impact on carbon emissions and product cost can be identified. This can be a competitive advantage to make informed decisions and identify levers that reduce carbon and cost.
While calculating carbon emissions can be fairly simple at a site level it can be difficult to get a full breakdown of the carbon content of products.
Life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) allows a business to look at all aspects of cost within a products life cycle, considering the different decisions they could make at various stages.
The geopolitical climate has become more volatile in recent times, putting pressure on global supply chains and triggering inflation. For manufacturers, this has led to a build-up of inflationary pressures, all of which need diffusing now.
Innovative approaches are helping automotive manufacturers get ahead in the race to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. But could the sector decarbonise faster.
Demand uncertainty isn’t something that aircraft makers and the OEMs in their supply chains have been used to in the past. Now, the unpredictable nature of demand for wide-body aircraft in particular, is posing challenges for all concerned.
During the pandemic, it became clear that traditional modelling techniques could not be relied upon to predict levels of demand. So, how can organisations adapt to a climate of demand uncertainty?
Rising energy and prices are forcing UK manufacturers to increase prices, but there is a limit to how far they can go. With inflationary pressures increasing, they need to consider alternative strategies.
When considering a make or buy decision it’s important not to overlook the non-financial factors that can have a big impact.
Julie Neal explains how design-to-cost techniques and other value engineering solutions can help FMCG producers to achieve a successful green transformation.
Long-standing low and recently falling margins in construction are in danger of becoming an expected norm. But does it really have to be that way?
Inspirational examples of innovation in response to shifts in market demand have been a stand-out feature of the past year, with many manufacturers pivoting to focus on revenue generation during the pandemic
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