Industry 4.0

AI Can Transform Integrated Business Planning

Organizations must use all their data, customize and link their underlying systems, and manage the transition patiently to get the best from the new breed of IBP platforms.

3D Printing Helps Realize the Promise of Distributed Manufacturing

Combining distributed and additive manufacturing mitigates supply chain risks by enabling fully digital interactions, better economics for producing small quantities, and flexible capacity.

Advanced Logistics in the Factory of the Future

Higher levels of automation and flexibility help manufacturers offset labor shortages while boosting service and safety.

The Factory of the Future

What does the future of manufacturing look like? BCG's Kristian Kuhlmann explores the dimensions of optimization shaping the next level of progress.

Manufacturing

Future-Proofing Your Product Supply Network

Building resilience and promoting sustainability while maintaining cost efficiency, service levels, and growth requires redesigning your network—and that will take several years. Better get started.

Advanced Robotics in the Factory of the Future

Robot functionality is improving and costs are declining, but producers need a comprehensive vision to capture the promised value.

BCG-WEF Project: Unlocking Value in Manufacturing Through Data

By leveraging data and advanced analytics, companies can provide better products and services, optimize their value chains, and maximize return on capital. Effective data-sharing applications are essential to define key success factors and to enable manufacturers to derive value from their data.

The Zero-Based Factory

To enhance competitiveness, companies must take a clean-sheet approach to deciding what, where, and how to manufacture.

Supply Chain

A Unified Approach to End-to-End Supply Chain Transformation

With parallels to the complexities of building a house, BCG’s approach to transforming a supply chain emphasizes the importance of coordination, digital enablement, and speed.

Why AI-Managed Supply Chains Have Fallen Short and How to Fix Them

The root cause of the problem lies not with technology but with how and where companies are applying it.

Better Decisions, Better Supply Chain Planning

Companies often struggle to match decision-making speed with changing dynamics. That’s why a decision-led approach to end-to-end planning transformation is key.

How to Fix Broken Supply Chains

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.

Sustainable Supply Chains

Bringing ESG Accountability to Global Supply Chains

By adhering to a simple six-step process, business can systematically manage ESG risks in global supply chains. Doing so will also embed ESG into the heart of operating models.

Six Strategies for Designing Sustainable Products

Eventually, once the circular value chain is mature and optimized, secondary materials will cost less than primary materials.

Transforming Scope 3 Emissions

Tackling Scope 3 emissions is essential to reach net zero targets. But Anastasia Kouvela explains how doing so goes beyond climate benefits: aligning leaders and driving innovation to create value and reduce costs.

Climate Action Starts with Supply Chains

Supply chains generate 11.4 times more emissions than in-house operations, but only 39% of businesses engage suppliers on climate topics. Here’s how to engage them.

Building a New Manufacturing Landscape

Redrawing the Global Manufacturing Map

Amid shifting dynamics, transforming the global footprint can improve companies’ resilience and sustainability and cut manufacturing and supply chain costs. How are successful companies doing it?

Building an Optimal Sourcing Global Footprint | BCG

In this video, BCG’s Marc Gilbert shares his perspectives on an effective sourcing footprint transformation.

Challenges in North American Manufacturing

Many manufacturers in the region recently moved parts of their supply chain. Although the results didn’t always meet objectives, the successful transformations had three things in common.

The Rapid Rise of India and Southeast Asia

From 2018 through 2022, China’s shipment of goods to the US dropped by 10%. Manufacturers in India and Southeast Asia are reaping the benefits of this change.