31 Aug, 2023 Supply chain scale versus complexity: A strategic framework for 4PL relationships By Joe Cubellis Luiz Gosling Vikas Grover Marc Iampieri Steve Scales +2 more... Show less In an era marked by the intricate web of global supply chains, organizations have leveraged the fourth-party logistics (4PL) operating...
30 Aug, 2023 The great destocking: analyzing the chemical industry’s 300-day challenge By Vance Scott Matt McCauley Robert Sullivan Ashish Chitalia Ananta Medury +2 more... Show less Chemical industry inventory levels soared to record highs over the past quarter, raising the urgent need for a “great destocking.”...
30 Aug, 2023 Consumer Products Corner – Financial Fitness: Revenue and margins both shrink amid declining consumer purchasing power By Randy Burt Brett Meyer Ben Roers Median revenue growth over the last four quarters consistently decreased across all CP sectors, a reversal from the Q1 view. Consumers...
30 Aug, 2023 Retail Viewpoint: Is resale worth it for your brand? By Stacy Xie Rebecca Murphy The consumer spending outlook is bleak. Inflationary pressures may be stabilizing, but consumer spending remains low heading into the...
30 Aug, 2023 Maximizing the potential of LLMs By Andrei Rukavina Francesco Barosi Large language models (LLMs) show significant promise in transforming business operations. They utilize generative AI algorithms to...
30 Aug, 2023 The Great Rebalancing Act: Why tech is focused on profitability rather than growth, and why this is good for the industry By Jason Goldsmith Mike Crisanti Lara Nemerov Sol Silbenberg Lexie Perrotta Edward Wilson Smythe +3 more... Show less For more than a decade, tech companies have prioritized growth, focusing investor attention on metrics of "scale" intended to translate...
30 Aug, 2023 How CFOs can trade ‘Dr. No’ role for stickier customers By Jason McDannold Saurabh Singh Advances in AI can help executives balance the tension between cost efficiencies and satisfied customers, AlixPartners’ Saurabh Singh and...
29 Aug, 2023 CPG pricing: Are we about to revert to the mean? By William Choi Kevin Montague Joshua O'Donnell Hiu Man Chan +1 more... Show less CPG companies likely to face higher consumer price sensitivity as consumer debt returns to pre-pandemic trends Consumer demand has shown...
29 Aug, 2023 Mind the (Regulatory) Gap - Part 2: How regulators are catching up with GenAI challenges By Tim Roberts Colin Johnson Vaibhav Asher Jo Liao +1 more... Show less In our previous article, we delved into the challenges and risks associated with generative AI (“GenAI”), while also highlighting the...
28 Aug, 2023 XaaS Business Model Transformation By Giuseppe Gasparro Sanjay Verma Nikhil Suri Satchi Mishra Amgad El Sisi +2 more... Show less In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the traditional boundaries of technology products and services are being transformed...
28 Aug, 2023 It’s time for companies to face up to their Scope 3 climate emissions By Michele Carpanese Jessica Foglietti ESG has been around for many years, but only given this three-letter label in recent times. With the increasing focus on environmental...
27 Aug, 2023 On the minds of CEOs: Some reading suggestions for the end of a hot summer By Simon Freakley Summer, for me, is a time to relax with family and friends and perhaps catch up on some reading. This is a hot one, of course—the hottest...