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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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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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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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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.
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Agile Analytics In SQL

January 5, 2022
Joey Baruch, A&M Data Intelligence Gateway (A&M DIG) CTO authored a recent article featured in Forbes.