Manufacturing and Technology
We have found that the manufacturing and technology sectors are facing three shared challenges:
The changing role of the buyer
As buying strategies become much more aligned and focused with the overall business priorities, enabling buyers to work in partnership. See Customer Relationship & Business Development….
Persistent over-capacity and intense competition
Decreasing disposable cash demands lower costs, and untapped opportunities for salary cost reduction are often available by reducing absenteeism and sickness (see Organisation Health and Wellbeing…) and/or improving internal customer service (see Service Culture Transformation….)
Profitable innovation
A mindset of innovation that threads a whole business is vital to yield higher and more consistent returns in the face of low-cost market entrants. See Leading Innovation…