Aug 31, 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...
Aug 30, 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.”...
Aug 30, 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...
Aug 30, 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...
Aug 30, 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...
Aug 30, 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...
Aug 30, 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...
Aug 29, 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...
Aug 29, 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...
Aug 28, 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...
Aug 28, 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...
Aug 25, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor Part 1: These labor pains aren’t temporary By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less One of the dominant themes in the business world has been the labor shortage. There are too many open jobs and not enough workers to fill...
Aug 25, 2023 Avoid running on empty with convenience store digital transformation By Trevor Boomstra John Benson Gary Bacon A wave of changes–stemming from tech innovation, consumer trends, and electric-vehicle adoption–is forcing convenience stores to...
Aug 25, 2023 The rise of the experiential consumer, and why DE&I is the future of the U.S. restaurant industry By Adam Werner Andrew Sharpee Molly Harnischfeger Derrick Yarbough TJ Wommack +2 more... Show less The post-pandemic spending spree is over, with recent data confirming our long-held view that consumers have made a lasting shift towards...
Aug 23, 2023 Unlocking the secrets of hyperdynamic pricing By Angela Zutavern Peter Baquero Jeremy Lehman How the travel industry uses AI and how consumers can benefit Last month, as summer travel season heated up, our Global Head of AI and...
Aug 22, 2023 Private Equity: The wall of maturities and a persistent perfect storm By Mark Veldon Sean O'Flynn Though the title of this article might evoke images of a children's story, the narrative unfolding in Private Equity is far from a fairy...