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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.
An upturn in private equity investing seems to be underway. But with multiples constrained and exits continuing their slow recovery, managers are sharpening their focus on value creation.
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.
In the midst of a ramp up in production, many manufacturers have been adding stock buffers. However, holding more stock has impacted inventory turn performance and eroded working capital.
This report sheds light on the challenges many businesses are facing as production rates increase. Key to their success is balancing the need to improve operational performance while optimising supply chains.
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.
Longer exit cycles are seen in private equity as fund managers seek higher valuations from various sources, including secondary markets and sectors such as healthcare.
Demand for new aircraft has rebounded more quickly than many industry experts expected over the past year, but are sector supply chains ready to fulfil new levels of demand?
In this blog we delve into why employing DfX methodology is not just beneficial but critical for optimising costs during new product development projects.
With recent disruption, customer experience ratings have dropped, with delay compensation schemes becoming routinely used by many passengers. But what role could AI play in delivering improvements?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vendigital has achieved a top 25 ranking for the seventh consecutive year in the Financial Times Leading UK Management Consultants special report.
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?
With defence spending increasing and civil aviation passenger numbers predicted to rise, could this be the year that they put their ‘factory of the future’ strategies to the test?
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.
The proposed delay to the introduction of the new rules of origin is a window of opportunity for UK and European carmakers.
Train operating companies are under pressure to deliver a consistent positive experience, all while attempting to modernise. But how can this happen and could the Rail Reform Bill help?
We examine the five key areas that business leaders should use as a starting point for discussion when preparing a decarbonisation strategy.
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.
With government legislation set to tighten on the way to net zero by 2050, businesses need to ensure that they are paving the way for decarbonisation across their supply chains.
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