9/15/2025 6:27:37 PM Manufacturing overview: Low capacity utilization meets potential tariff stabilization By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Nicolas Franzwa Xing Zhou Ignatius Tong Michael Mo +3 more... Show less Every quarter, AlixPartners releases the Manufacturing Overview, a data-driven analysis of the state of global manufacturing. ...
6/10/2025 2:14:37 PM Manufacturing overview: Adapting to tariffs and increases to inventory levels and revenue By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Nicolas Franzwa Xing Zhou +1 more... Show less Manufacturing businesses have seen higher revenues and increased inventory levels in Q1 2025. Additionally, uncertainties around tariffs...
3/10/2025 6:47:39 PM Manufacturing overview: Cost pressures, revenue headwinds, and a dynamic tariff landscape By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Nicolas Franzwa Xing Zhou +1 more... Show less Manufacturing businesses continue to face considerable cost pressures and revenue headwinds. Additionally, the recent tariff...
12/16/2024 5:13:06 PM How the U.S. election could change the domestic manufacturing calculus By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Sudeep Saxena John Nodson Robbie Ehlers Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less The lesson of the pandemic years was that companies need to invest in supply-chain security and build agility into their manufacturing...
12/12/2024 8:37:06 PM Manufacturing overview: Tariffs and taxes add uncertainty to the year ahead By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Manufacturing businesses are still facing considerable cost pressures due to lower year-over-year revenue, making it essential for...
10/30/2024 1:00:59 PM The future of maintenance is here: predictive and prescriptive maintenance By Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Bhavik Mistry Chandan Singh James Sowa +2 more... Show less In Part 1, “Closing the maintenance gap: A back-to-basics approach” we explored the many causes of the equipment maintenance gap—and...
7/19/2024 2:05:36 PM Closing the maintenance gap: A back-to-basics approach By Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Bhavik Mistry Chandan Singh James Sowa +2 more... Show less Amid supply and demand volatility and worker shortages, the latest operational challenge facing manufacturing executives comes from the...
12/11/2023 3:01:28 PM 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...