Mar 30, 2023 Carve-out imperatives: 3 key success factors when time is critical By Bernd Brunke Manuel Szerencses Our recent work in carving out a successful company from its parent group to establish a new standalone group entity under Private Equity...
Mar 28, 2023 Downsizing operations amid recession concerns? Be careful what you cut By Parmeswaran Bhaskaran Jonathan Chong Barb Schultze Miguel Wong Akshay Balachandran Cameron Premo Ryan Nelis +4 more... Show less Corporate America is tightening its collective belt in anticipation of a potential recession. Declining forecasts are prompting...
Mar 03, 2023 Power dynamic shifts amid shipping’s pivot to new normal By Marc Iampieri Erik Mattson Andrew Kerr James Roe Luiz Gosling +2 more... Show less 8 Takeaways from TPM 2023 We recently returned from an eye-opening 2023 TPM conference in Long Beach, Calif. The annual event brings...
Feb 26, 2023 2023 Container Shipping Outlook: This time is different By Esben Christensen Stelios Fragkos Marc Iampieri Lian Hoon Lim Erik Mattson Luiz Gosling Jesse Bermensolo John Katsigeorgis Andrew Kerr James Roe +7 more... Show less The period from mid-2020 to the fourth quarter of 2022 was a high-water mark for the container shipping industry, and with it came...
Feb 24, 2023 Rethinking China? A resilient EMEA footprint could run through North Africa By Thilo Wallenstein Nicolas Franzwa Marcus Kleinfeld Many businesses are rethinking Chinese production strategies, weighing everything from a decoupling to an outright departure. However,...
Feb 16, 2023 AlixPartners 2023 Chemical Industry Outlook By Vance Scott Robert Sullivan Matt McCauley Joe Shalleck Ben Salcetti Peter Bai +3 more... Show less Resilient Chemical industry faces an inflection point Advanced chemistries and pure-play market participants outperformed in 2022. Demand...
Jan 19, 2023 Smart factories: Easy-to-implement technology can have a rapid impact on your P&L By Abhinav Agrawal As world leaders gather in Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum to discuss a business environment that is so...
Jan 09, 2023 The supply chain may have avoided the rail strike – but the rail supply chain is still challenged By Miriam Hall 2022 was, in many regards, a year for the record books. Supply chains were more fractured than ever, and no link was left untouched by...
Jan 03, 2023 How to grow your top line in a down market By Jason McDannold Yale Kwon As the economic outlook continues to be murky, plenty of companies are making cuts. But you can’t cut your way to prosperity. There are...
Dec 16, 2022 Wind of change: How home delivery expectations have transformed in a decade By Marc Iampieri When we launched the results of our 10th Annual Home Delivery consumer survey earlier this year, I was tempted to dust off my archives...
Dec 12, 2022 Tuesday’s gone…and so is the windfall of detention and demurrage revenue at US container terminals By Luiz Gosling Marc Iampieri Brian Nemeth North America terminal operators will be under financial pressure in 2023. We expect container terminals and container operators’ margins...
Dec 07, 2022 In an online world, CP companies must rethink their product assortment By Ron Henry Jessie Gertz Raj Konanahalli As consumer product (CP) sales shift online at a rapid pace, companies must prioritize opportunities across the e-commerce value chain....
Dec 06, 2022 The MedTech landspace – what next for this newly disrupted sector? By Philipp Bächtold Andri Fritz Lars Christopher Nientkewitz Oliver Pestalozzi +1 more... Show less The MedTech industry historically has been one of the more stable sectors. But, with multiple disruptive forces now at play, no one is...
Dec 05, 2022 No easy way out: The challenges in diversifying your supply chain By Akshay Balachandran Paul Rogofsky Increased tensions between the two largest economies, a recent war, and a pandemic have caused the economic and geopolitical world order...
Nov 16, 2022 Are you a CP company growing its e-commerce channels? Get your operating model right By Emily Halperin Ron Henry Thomas Kohler Raj Konanahalli +1 more... Show less To thrive in an increasingly complex digital world, consumer products companies must be deliberate about how they structure and run the...
Nov 10, 2022 Companies are falling short on consumers’ home delivery expectations By Chris Considine Bryan Eshelman Marc Iampieri Raj Konanahalli Brian Nemeth +2 more... Show less The e-commerce surge forced by the pandemic has been a tricky turn of events to tackle for businesses. On one hand, it allowed companies...