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Articles by Robert DeNardo
You’ve Invested In SIOP. Why Isn’t It Working?
AlixPartners are most popular: within Criminal Law topic(s) Most manufacturers running SIOP use tools designed to help them manage supply chain volatility. Despite heavy investments in forecasting and planning systems, companies find that their fill rates disappoint and inventory targets are missed. Monthly review meetings result in more firefighting than decision-making.
Bend, Don’t Break Your Supply Chains: Key Insights On Resilience, Technology, And Organizational Change
Parmesh Bhaskaran’s articles from AlixPartners are most popular: within Strategy topic(s) AlixPartners are most popular: within Criminal Law, Wealth Management and Intellectual Property topic(s) In the room, the response was unanimous. When the moderator asked conference attendees, “How many of you have experienced a significant supply chain disruption in the last 12 months due to geopolitical or market volatility?” all hands shot up.
Health Wins: How Shifting Consumer Demands And Regulations Are Rewriting The Rules For Food And Beverage Companies
AlixPartners are most popular: within Real Estate and Construction topic(s) Sweeping changes may be on the horizon for the food and beverage industry, driven by consumer demands for healthier products and stricter regulations on ingredients and packaging. New laws and retailer initiatives are targeting artificial dyes, high sugar content, and harmful additives, with major brands already reformulating certain products.
Building The Productivity Engine: Insights From The 2025 CP Executive Forum
A AlixPartners More AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses successfully address their most complex and critical challenges. How can consumer products companies consistently exceed productivity targets in a world of constant disruption? This was the central question at the 2025 Consumer Products Executive Productivity Forum, hosted by AlixPartners. United States Consumer Protection
S&OP Neglect: The Key Reason Why Supply Chain Transformations Fall Short
While it's tempting to focus on visible wins like cutting vendor costs or improving manufacturing efficiencies, the key to maximizing transformation potential lies elsewhere Faced with constant pressure to remain competitive and to stay ahead of ever-evolving market demands, many companies embark on ambitious operational transformations in a bid to improve efficiency, control costs and drive sustainable growth.
Smart Products And The Big Ask For Quality And Customer Care
ReadPart 1 andPart 2 in the series on CP firms pursuing smart tech. A cast iron pan can last for generations without the need for service, updates or troubleshooting. They're nearly impossible to break, "intuitive" to use and arguably get better with time. Contrast that with a smart product, which may bring with it a need to educate the customer, advanced troubleshooting and performance feedback, and ongoing customer support and security updates.
Driving A Successful 2024 In Consumer Products
As 2024 begins, the world is on the edge of uncertainty. Will global conflicts resolve peacefully or spiral out of control? Will economies recover in a "soft landing" or finally be pushed over the cliff into the oft-feared recession? Will government controls ease or will new regulatory and trade stances further hobble consumer products (CP) companies? Is it any wonder that 61% of CEOs in our 5th annual AlixPartners Disruption Index worry that their company is not adapting fast enough?
Driving a successful 2024 in consumer products
As 2024 begins, the world is on the edge of uncertainty. Will global conflicts resolve peacefully or spiral out of control? Will economies recover in a “soft landing” or finally be pushed over the cliff into the oft-feared recession? Will government controls ease or will new regulatory and trade stances further hobble consumer products (CP) companies? Is it any wonder that 61% of CEOs in our 5th annual AlixPartners Disruption Index worry that their company is not adapting fast enough?
When Consumer Products Companies Launch Smart Tech
It's not just about adding a touch screen: Product design, supply chain, and manufacturing concerns for CP firms. Read Part 1 in the series on CP firms pursuing smart tech here. Earlier this year, Google ceased production of its smart glasses, Google Glass, launched in 2013 as a breakthrough product that allowed users to access and navigate wireless functions via a frame and clear lens designed to augment the user's frame of sight. Critics at the time noted issues with the design and cost.
When Consumer Products Companies Become Tech Companies
Tech disruption has created an opportunity and a need to innovate or be left behind. You may now find that the thermometer in your medical cabinet has Bluetooth, your COVID-19 rapid antigen test requires you to download an app, and your garage door syncs to your smart home system. In some cases, it's great. In others, the effort to reverse-engineer a proven product into smart tech can have real drawbacks.
Closing the Awareness Gap in Technology Projects
What’s your most pressing business problem right now? Perhaps you want better visibility along your supply chain, and you’re trying to accomplish this with a new data analytics system. Maybe you’re planning a major capital project, and you’d like to make more sense of all the construction data you’re receiving so you can react quickly to signs of cost or schedule overruns.
Building the Supply Chain of the Future Starts (and Ends) With Talent
With U.S. labor markets tightening and the persistent need for supply chains to operate at lower costs, supply chain executives will need to address serious capability challenges. The supply chain of the future needs to be more technology enabled and integrated, and deliver fully on expectations. But with top talent drawn to colossal tech companies, how will supply chain leaders attract the best and brightest to bridge that gap? Empower the talent you already have.
Closing the Awareness Gap in Technology Projects
What’s your most pressing business problem right now? Perhaps you want better visibility along your supply chain, and you’re trying to accomplish this with a new data analytics system. Maybe you’re planning a major capital project, and you’d like to make more sense of all the construction data you’re receiving so you can react quickly to signs of cost or schedule overruns.
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