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Industrial Barometer: A Focus on Aerospace & Defence

January 19, 2022
Our latest Aerospace & Defence (A&D) Barometer indicates continued pressure and supply risks remain on all key materials, especially skilled manufacturing labour. The financial outlook remains positive but profitability and cash is likely to come under pressure in the next two quarters.
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Alvarez & Marsal Taxand Bolsters Capital Expenditure Offering via Credits & Incentives Expertise

January 19, 2022
Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLP (A&M Taxand), an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has appointed Shazan Rizvi, a Senior Director working with its Corporate Transformation Tax offering. Mr. Rizvi’s hire expands A&M Taxand’s ability to create the sustainable cash flow, operational costs, workforce and profitability improvements that drive value for clients.
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The Changing Role of the CFO in a Post-Covid-19 World

January 18, 2022
Pre-Covid, CFOs primarily focused on reporting historical financial performance. But today, with rising logistics costs, supply chain bottlenecks, escalating input costs, and the uncertainty of sales, developing a forward-looking perspective is a must.
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Employee Retention

January 18, 2022
Employee retention to improve EBITDA and other key performance indicators.
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Alvarez & Marsal Announces 2022 Managing Director Promotions

January 18, 2022
Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has announced the promotion of 59 professionals, across Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States, to the position of Managing Director.
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Alvarez & Marsal Bolsters EMEA Digital Services Offering in Spain

January 17, 2022
Leading global professional service firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has appointed eight new Managing Directors in Spain to expand its Digital Services offerings in alignment with its financial institutions, risk and regulatory, transaction and performance improvement practice groups. These hires represent A&M’s commitment to help clients, regionally, nationally and internationally, leverage digital technologies to transform their financial performance and maximize their growth opportunities.
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Picking up the Challenge of Red in Performance Scorecards: How Dealing with Below-Target Indicators Helps Advance Lean Transformation

January 13, 2022
The pandemic years may have taught us how changing set routines could be difficult to implement and sustain, but it also proved the remarkable adaptability of the human brain. In order to lead lean transformation in manufacturing and achieve operational improvements, we need to drive human behavioural change despite challenging conditions. Organizations need to embrace cultural changes to build consistent awareness of the required transformation, and this should start with the business leadership. It is also essential to translate KPI targets for each specific level to make them helpful in achieving improvements, while having the financial target in mind.

This article explores some of behaviours required for the successful implementation of lean strategies that truly impact bottom line whilst engaging the organization towards a new company-wide culture.
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Alvarez & Marsal Grows Insurance and Risk Advisory Services with the Addition of Tamseel Butt

January 12, 2022
Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) Private Equity Performance Improvement has appointed Tamseel Butt  a Managing Director within the Insurance and Risk Advisory Services practice. Mr. Butt’s hire reflects A&M’s ongoing commitment to helping companies and investors address current and future financial performance and operating risk concerns in a rapidly changing insurance marketplace.
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2022 & Beyond: Continued Challenges in the Automotive Supply Chain

January 11, 2022
While semiconductor chip shortages and commodity issues continue to dominate the headlines in the automotive industry, auto suppliers face several long term supply chain challenges, including geo-political issues; heightened focus on environmental, social and governance practices; changes in regulations; evolving environmental and tax laws; and implementation of new trade agreements that will force a reorientation of global auto supply chains.