When AI is layered onto existing workflows, costs don’t necessarily fall. Structural redesign is what separates AI leaders from the rest.
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AI Changes the Game in Cost
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July 31, 2026
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July 21, 2026
New BCG research shows that most enterprises are wrestling with how to adapt the procurement organization’s design to make the best use of agentic AI.
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July 28, 2025
AI can help companies improve major cost programs, leading to better results and greater value flowing to the bottom line.
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May 5, 2026
AI is boosting output across organizations, but without redesigning how work gets done, financial rewards remain elusive.
IBM’s Roger Premo shares why focusing on proven use cases—like call centers and back-office ops—is the smartest way to unlock GenAI value now.
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July 11, 2025
Rather than optimizing isolated tasks, companies must transform ways of working and break down organizational silos.
Interview
July 8, 2025
AI offers huge potential for telcos to systematically reduce expenses. But capturing that potential at scale requires a different mindset.
Navigating Uncertainty
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February 23, 2026
In an era of permanent uncertainty, leaders can still build a foundation of competitive strength.
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January 6, 2026
As CEOs emerge from a year of turbulence, this guide shows how to reignite growth in 2026 by pairing bold ambition with disciplined execution, AI at scale, and resilience that turns disruption into advantage.
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August 26, 2025
In today’s volatile environment, the benefits of a strategic approach to procurement are greater than ever.
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August 1, 2025
How to Thrive in a VUCA World
Jan-Maarten de Vries, President of Fleet Management Solutions at Bridgestone, describes how robust scenario planning and an outside-in approach to strategic development can help CEOs navigate the challenges ahead.
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June 12, 2025
A survey of global manufacturing leaders shows how tariffs and other factors have made footprint decisions far more complex.
Article
May 2, 2025
In the face of recent tariff proposals and widespread economic uncertainty, IT leaders are prioritizing controlling costs—and doubling down on AI investments to help manage budgets and boost productivity.
Optimize Operational Efficiency
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May 11, 2026
Corporate functions are becoming leaner, faster, and more autonomous as AI-driven workflows reduce costs, simplify leadership structures, accelerate decision making, and reshape the metrics used to gauge corporate performance.
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February 3, 2026
Parcel delivery is entering an efficiency regime. The next decade belongs to players who redesign networks and commercial models around cost economics.
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January 22, 2026
A procurement transformation is among the fastest, lowest-risk ways to reshape cost structures and strengthen competitiveness amid rising costs and rapid technological change.
Article
October 23, 2025
The pressure is on for manufacturers. But opportunity awaits those who rethink their approach to AI, efficiency, and operations.
Article
September 29, 2025
Companies can improve profits by up to 10%, simply by getting their frontline employees and managers focused on the right tasks.
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July 22, 2025
Make Cost Discipline a Cultural Priority
Roland Rott, CEO of GE Healthcare, explores the transformative potential of AI, while also encouraging leaders to build a culture that prioritizes sustainable cost management
Enable Cost Excellence Across the Organization and Leadership
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July 22, 2026
Nine in ten CEOs say they are starting to see initial value from AI. To build on that momentum and unlock value at scale, they can adapt the proven disciplines of transformation.
Article
July 1, 2026
CEOs will expect their C-suite colleagues to control AI costs and focus the technology on driving outcomes rather than just activity.
Article
June 22, 2026
Platform selection is not a single procurement decision but three linked choices—model, architecture, and control-plane—each with different implications for cost, lock-in, and governance.
Article
January 6, 2026
As CEOs emerge from a year of turbulence, this guide shows how to reignite growth in 2026 by pairing bold ambition with disciplined execution, AI at scale, and resilience that turns disruption into advantage.
Article
December 9, 2025
Achieving successful results from a cost program requires changing how the company operates, not just blunt-force cuts.
Article
September 29, 2025
Companies can improve profits by up to 10%, simply by getting their frontline employees and managers focused on the right tasks.
Rethink Every Dollar with Zero-Based Budgeting
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July 2, 2025
Power Strategic Growth
Zero-Based Transformation examines unquestioned spending habits to ensure that every dollar supports a company's vision and fuels its growth.
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July 2, 2025
Set CFOs Up for Success
By taking the right steps in the early days of a Zero-Based Transformation initiative, CFOs can eliminate waste and ensure that every dollar enables growth objectives.
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July 2, 2025
Put People at the Center of Value Creation
In Zero-Based Transformation, employees help identify inefficiencies, improving engagement and making cost initiatives more sustainable.
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July 2, 2025
Tackle CEOs' Cost Concerns
Zero-Based Organizations rebuild cost structures from the ground up while mapping resources to value in order to support innovation and deliver sustainable savings.
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July 2, 2025
Fix What Most Cost Transformation Miss
By treating cost discipline like a business capability and building a culture of cost ownership, Zero-Based Transformation helps companies become leaner, more agile, and better prepared for the future.
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July 21, 2026
Freeing Resources to Fund Growth
In a tough growth environment, the strongest cost transformations combine discipline, strategic reinvestment, and AI-enabled ways of working.
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May 23, 2025
Taking a Holistic View of Value
BCG’s Riddhish Dubal shares how CEOs can identify where value lies and prioritize initiatives focusing on top line, cost, and more for long-term results.
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March 31, 2025
Taking Control of Cost in Rail
The Rail Cost Comparator is a unique benchmarking initiative that drives substantial cost reductions and helps maximize TSR throughout the rail industry.
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Taking Control of Your IT Spending
IT costs can be reduced much easier, and to a much greater extent, than many realize. Michael Grebe explains how.
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Building the Factory of the Future Today
BCG’s Daniel Kuepper explains how manufacturers can strategically approach cost management to bring about the factory of the future while reducing costs in the present.
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Asking Hard Questions to Deliver Lasting Cost Results
BCG’s Mei-Jung Chen illustrates how leaders of consumer electronics companies can ask the right questions to unlock short- and long-term cost benefits.
Leaders need to thoughtfully manage costs now to sustain future growth. But each company’s path to cost savings is unique, as BCG’s Paul Goydan explains.
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Optimizing Costs Without Compromising Competitiveness
Discover how companies can balance cost-saving and long-term growth with Jacopo Brunelli's insights.
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Talent, Tech, and Resilience
Dustin Burke outlines three key challenges operations leaders can expect to face when navigating a cost transformation in 2024.
Embed Tech into Cost Excellence
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June 8, 2026
As AI supercharges what business technology can do, CIOs and CFOs must work together to demonstrate the return on their companies’ IT investments.
Article
November 3, 2025
IT leaders are planning to increase spending, if cautiously, on key strategic initiatives over the next year, according to our latest IT spending survey.
Article
October 2, 2025
Companies spend more on software each year, even as the market gets more fragmented and challenging to navigate. A smarter approach can reduce costs and complexity.
Article
September 30, 2025
Suppliers change terms—especially prices—faster than many retailers can keep up. But GenAI is leveling the playing field by generating actionable, data-driven insights.
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Build or Buy GenAI Solutions?
Does your company need custom GenAI solutions, or are off-the-shelf products the better choice? BCG’s Rob Derow discusses the factors to consider when making these decisions.
Look Across Industries
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July 14, 2026
Using AI to reshape the access center can shift it from a cost center to a revenue engine.
Article
June 9, 2026
AI-enabled zero-based redesign gives portfolio companies a faster, more durable path to margin—and a repeatable playbook across the fund.
Report
May 6, 2026
From raw material shocks to margin pressure, sustainability-related issues are hitting fashion P&Ls—and making it critical for CFOs to embed sustainability into financial decision-making.
Article
April 21, 2026
With a strategic, human-based approach to picking goals and incentives, leaders can achieve buy-in and motivate teams to achieve successful outcomes.
Article
January 12, 2026
Energy and materials companies are entering a new cost era where rising structural costs make disciplined efficiency, smarter procurement, and targeted reinvestment essential to fund resilience and growth.
Article
January 7, 2026
CPG companies are already reducing costs, but they must go bigger and bolder, with a program that cuts across functions, business units, and product lines.
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February 23, 2025 | Bloomberg
BCG's Paul Goydan spoke to Bloomberg on how North American and European executives in particular are increasingly concerned about margins and profitability.
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