Boston Consulting GroupMore from Boston Consulting GroupAll LogisticsDespite Emerging Markets' Importance, Many Companies Have Yet to Figure Out How to Capitalize on Them, Study FindsEmerging markets are more important than ever, and they make up a large share of many multinational companies' revenues and growth. Yet even so, multinationals have not mastered these markets. That's because they are not playing to win.September 17, 2013All LogisticsCustomer-Centric Levers Can Release Value for Consumer Goods Industry, Report FindsIn the face of challenging economic headwinds, consumer goods manufacturers have focused on cutting costs and optimizing working capital. Those routes still offer opportunity, but recent analysis indicates that traditional assumptions regarding tradeoffs among costs, inventory and service don't always hold true, and leading companies are using new, customer-centric levers to unlock value. These actions could yield a potential value of nearly $50bn industrywide, according to research conducted by The Boston Consulting Group on behalf of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).September 12, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentU.S. Could Capture $115Bn in Annual Exports from Other Nations by 2020, Study FindsSome of the biggest gains in U.S. exports due to a widening U.S. production-cost advantage over leading Western European nations and Japan are likely to be seen in chemicals, machinery, and transportation equipment, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group.August 22, 2013Global Supply Chain ManagementCould Consumer Boom in China, India Spark Food Shortages in U.S., Other Regions?Chinese and Indian consumers are living well and eating well. And that could spark a global crisis. The consumer boom in China and India will touch off global inflation and could lead to food and water riots if investment, policy and technology don't keep pace.March 15, 2013All LogisticsIndonesia Offers Sizable Opportunity Because of Rising Middle-Class and Affluent ConsumersIndonesia is at the early stages of a period of strong economic growth, creating a wave of new middle-class and affluent consumers (MACs) that will grow in size and purchasing power through 2020, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group.March 14, 2013All LogisticsU.S. Consumers Value Low Prices More than Same-Day Delivery, Survey FindsConsumers are much more interested in free delivery and lower prices than in the same-day delivery of goods ordered online, according to a survey conducted by The Boston Consulting Group. Only 9 percent of the 1,500 U.S. consumers surveyed cited same-day delivery as a top factor that would improve their online shopping experience, while 74 percent cited free delivery and 50 percent cited lower prices.March 12, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentWhy Haven't Companies Been Quicker to Apply Lean to Services?Why have companies been so slow to apply lean principles and techniques to service processes such as finance, human resources, accounting, health care, and customer service? One reason is that the waste and inefficiency that can interfere with services are rarely obvious.January 9, 2013RetailU.S., Chinese Consumers Said to Be Willing to Pay More for 'Made in USA' ProductsMore than 80 percent of U.S. consumers and, perhaps more surprising, over 60 percent of Chinese consumers say that they are willing to pay more for products labeled "Made in USA" than for those labeled "Made in China," according to research by The Boston Consulting Group.November 16, 2012All LogisticsCould Rising U.S. Exports and Reshoring Help Create Up to 5 Million Jobs by 2020?Manufactured exports - a bright spot of the U.S. economy in recent years - are set to surge. Combined with jobs created as a result of reshoring, higher U.S. exports could add 2.5 million to 5 million jobs by the end of the decade, as manufacturers shift production from leading European countries and Japan to take advantage of substantially lower costs in the U.S., according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group.September 25, 2012Business Strategy AlignmentChinese, Indian Entrepreneurs Differ from Western Counterparts on Business Model, ROI StrategiesEver since Frederick Taylor's early writing on industrial efficiency - followed by the work of Peter Drucker, Alfred Chandler, and others - the modern Western corporation has been managed according to a tightly defined set of rules and norms. A clear corporate strategy calls for earning at least the cost of capital, growing at a higher rate than the overall market, and managing the portfolio to a "logic" - periodically pruning poorly performing businesses. And with Wall Street analysts ready to applaud CEOs for making their numbers or pulverize them for a one-cent per share miss, there is often little opportunity to change course.September 12, 2012Previous PagePage 3 of 5Next Page
