Operations Management: staying ahead of competition
Operational excellence is increasingly on the agendas of top business leaders, who recognise that world-class operations are the key to staying ahead of the competition. At Arthur D. Little, our Operations Management practice can help your organisation build a world-class value chain and achieve operational excellence.
Our range of customised services to help you achieve purchasing performance excellence includes: [...]
The financial crisis has consequences for all industry sectors. Companies need to react rapidly to offset the negative impacts of reduced market consumption and limited credit availability (credit crunch). One major approach that offers a high and sustainable improvement potential involves optimising the value chain. [...]
Central results from the "purchasing performance excellence" (PPE) study
The global financial and economic crisis appears to have pulled out of its low point. An economic turnaround is expected in 2010. Now is when the decision is made as to who will capitalise on [...]
Realising potential within the supply chain to drive down costs and optimise service
A research study by Arthur D. Little shows that many companies are not currently taking advantage of supply chain excellence practices or are not doing so fully. Excellence practices can help companies to identify the precise service levels below [...]
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Worldclass Purchasing
Central results from the "Purchasing Performance Excellence" (PPE) study
The global financial and economic crisis appears to have pulled out of its low point. An economic turnaround is expected in 2010. Now is when the decision is made as to who will capitalise on the opportunities of the coming recovery phase [...]
Supply Chain Performance Excellence
Realising potential within the supply chain to drive down costs and optimise service
A research study by Arthur D. Little shows that many companies are not currently taking advantage of supply chain excellence practices or are not doing so fully. Excellence practices can help companies to identify the precise service [...]
Procurement Performance Measurement
What CFOs expect from measuring Procurement Success
Procurement excellence is increasingly becoming an important factor in delivering efficient operations within successful companies. On the surface, effectively measuring procurement performance is not rocket science. However looking [...]
Excellence through the Downturn
Repositioning the Company in the Competitive Landscape
Progressive companies are seeing the current environment as a tremendous opportunity to create value by strengthening their positions and emerging from the downturn in a new and competitively advantaged position. They are applying [...]
Harnessing the power of sustainable procurement
For many corporations, much of the footprint - and associated value - relating to sustainability lies in the supply chain rather than in operations directly controlled by the corporation itself. As stakeholders become increasingly [...]
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