The Zero-Based Factory
To enhance competitiveness, companies must take a clean-sheet approach to deciding what, where, and how to manufacture.
To enhance competitiveness, companies must take a clean-sheet approach to deciding what, where, and how to manufacture.
A comparison of technologies requires detailed assessments of costs as well as technical capabilities. Companies can’t get by with a one-size-fits-all approach.
Manufacturers can implement win-win actions in their production and logistics operations that benefit the environment and create financial value.
As a confluence of megatrends prompts companies to rethink their production and supply footprints, Southeast Asia is in a position to become a greater force in international trade.
Companies may finally be able to achieve the long-awaited step change in the industry’s development—if they act collectively, rather than individually.
What does the future of manufacturing look like? BCG's Kristian Kuhlmann explores the dimensions of optimization shaping the next level of progress.
In the face of disruptions, from natural disasters to pandemics, how do we make sure supply chains can keep up? Dustin Burke, BCG managing director and partner, offers a combination of solutions to help create a more resilient, efficient tomorrow.
BCG's Pepe Rodriguez on our approach to digital supply chain transformations and the four aspects that we like to consider.
In the face of the looming food crisis, the cost of inaction is enormous—but so is the opportunity to make a difference.
Efficiency in supply chain operations shouldn’t come at the expense of flexibility. Here’s how leading companies achieve both.
Chasing new ways to manage volatility, advance sustainability, and build resilience can boost individual companies and benefit the broader business ecosystem.
The dizzying growth in e-commerce has wreaked havoc on CPG supply chains. Here’s how companies can tackle channel proliferation and meet customers’ rising expectations.
Companies seeking to reduce their environmental footprint should focus on one element of their operations in particular: their global supply chains.
Even companies with modest direct-emissions footprints can make a global impact on decarbonization by implementing nine initiatives in their supply chains.