11 Dec, 2023 As nearshoring strategies take shape, North American manufacturers sharpen their focus on supply chain efficiency By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven DuBuc Steven Hilgendorf Marc Iampieri Sudeep Suman Ashwin Sathyanarayan Sudeep Saxena Dan Sax +5 more... Show less Supply chain executives at large companies have been playing a high-stakes game of Whac-A-Mole in recent years, rushing to keep up as...
09 Oct, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor part 3: So many wrenches, so few wrench turners By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less Over the past few years, America’s factory talent pool has regularly made front-page news. These workers played a central role in...
20 Sep, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor part 2: The music has stopped on salaried churn. Now what? By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less While the challenges around the hourly manufacturing workforce get most of the ink (particularly in light of the UAW strike), salaried...
25 Aug, 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...
10 May, 2023 Smart Factory from AlixPartners By Abhinav Agrawal Rob Sterner Steven Hilgendorf Parmesh Bhaskaran Jochen Gottschalk Nicolas Franzwa Anna Del Mar Kate Boddington Barb Schultze +6 more... Show less Connected technologies that drive P&L and ESG impact on the plant floor
17 Mar, 2023 Labor productivity, automation, and the case for digital manufacturing By Abhinav Agrawal Rob Sterner Steven Hilgendorf Aman Shah +1 more... Show less Supply chains are vast and complex. With the need for semi-conductors and rare earth metals, and the country’s deep consumer markets, the...