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Companies with best-in-class operations have a strong competitive edge. Bain's insights on operational excellence help leadership teams transform supply chains, procurement strategy, and manufacturing capabilities into strategic weapons.

Strategy
Executives’ Top Worry About Tariffs? Uncertainty.

The lack of clarity about US policy is COOs' biggest concern, outweighing cost increases.

Snap Chartmarzo 17, 2025
Chemicals
Building a Resilient Plastic Circularity Framework in Southeast Asia

Key interventions across the value chain can help Southeast Asia propel plastic circularity.

Brieffebrero 25, 2025
Accelerated Performance Transformation
Tariffs Are Shaking Up Investment Priorities

As input costs rise, companies are revising forecasts and shifting capital to supply chains and tech.

Snap Chartfebrero 20, 2025
Operations
Not-So-Distant Shores

Amid geopolitical uncertainties and rising costs, more companies are planning to move supply chains and operations closer to home while reducing dependence on China.

Snap Chartnoviembre 15, 2024
Construction & Infrastructure
AI Is Revolutionizing Industrial Operations

Supply chain planning, procurement enhancements, manufacturing optimization, and engineering augmentation are emerging AI opportunities.

Infographicoctubre 22, 2024
Chemicals
Improving Capital Project Delivery Systems

Bain experts reveal how top energy companies are revolutionizing their capital project delivery to excel in cost, timing, and quality in the energy transition.

Webinaroctubre 09, 2024
Technology
To Deploy Generative AI Successfully, Look to Earlier Automations

The most experienced firms are widening their lead in cost savings and productivity.

Technology Reportseptiembre 25, 2024

Analyst Recognition

We have been recognized by IDC MarketScape as a leader in worldwide operations improvement consulting services.

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Technology
Beyond Code Generation: More Efficient Software Development

Generative AI saves time, but meaningful improvements require a broader agenda.

Reportseptiembre 25, 2024
Vector℠
Ready, Set, Go: AI Is Poised to Automate Procurement

By 2027, the activities that fill a procurement worker's typical nine-hour workday will shrink to less than one hour.

Interactiveseptiembre 19, 2024
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
How to Master the Art of Selling Sustainability

Our survey of 500 B2B buyers and sellers shows a widening chasm on sustainability. A new industrial sales model is needed to close this buy-sell gap.

The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainabilityseptiembre 09, 2024
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
How CEOs Can Turn Decarbonization Setbacks into Progress

Successful companies are establishing a strong business case and then collaborating across the value chain.

The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainabilityseptiembre 09, 2024
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
All Together Now: Partnerships Are Key to Circularity

Broad alliances help circular businesses increase revenues and gain new customers.

The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainabilityseptiembre 09, 2024
Consumer Products
Circular Business Models Can Help Companies Meet Sustainability Rules

Making products more efficiently using fewer resources, and designing them to last longer, can create economic advantages.

FT Sustainable Viewsjunio 07, 2024
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
Machinery and Equipment: The Circular Path to Value

Leaders use circular strategies to develop new sources of value and competitive advantage.

Global Machinery & Equipment Reportabril 03, 2024
Performance Improvement
How CEOs Can Balance the New Supply Chain Equation

Reinventing supply chains for today’s turbulent world requires vision and making complex trade-offs.

Brieffebrero 21, 2024
Sustainability
Circular Transformation of Industries: The Role of Partnerships

Unveiling the transformative potential of circularity in industry, this white paper delves into the vital role of partnerships as a fundamental catalyst to pave the way for a sustainable, resilient and prosperous future.

World Economic Forumenero 17, 2024
Sustainability
Mere Compliance Won’t Be Enough as New Climate Disclosure Rules Hit

Annual financial reports will soon need to include regulated disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions, and companies need a strategic approach—fast.

Briefdiciembre 20, 2023
Sustainability
Accelerating the Transition to Circular Economies

Bain Partner Hernan Saenz discusses the importance of circularity in reducing waste and carbon emissions.

Videonoviembre 15, 2023
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
Building Resilience in Your Business Strategy: Four Imperatives for Leaders

Traditional approaches to resilience don’t rise to today’s challenges.

The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainabilitynoviembre 13, 2023
Operations
Strategy in a Circular World

To move beyond experimentation, leaders are setting bolder ambitions and linking circular strategies to business objectives.

Briefseptiembre 18, 2023
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
Factory of the Future: How Industry 4.0 and AI Can Transform Manufacturing

New digital technologies can upgrade lean manufacturing, boosting performance and accelerating sustainability.

Briefjulio 10, 2023
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
Envisioning the Factory of the Future

Industry leaders share their vision of a factory that’s smart, connected, and better for our planet.

Videofebrero 22, 2023
Sustainability
Circular Transformation of Industries: Unlocking New Value in a Resource-Constrained World

Circularity initiatives to date have shown that isolated efforts are not enough.

World Economic Forumenero 16, 2023
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
Factory of the Future: A Systems Approach

How leading manufacturing CEOs, COOs, and CIOs are creating the roadmap to the factory of the future.

Briefenero 11, 2023
Machinery & Equipment
Defining and Building the Factory of the Future

Bain‘s Dr. Jörg Gnamm and Bosch's Rolf Najork break down what the next generation of factories will look like.

Videoenero 11, 2023
Operations
Unlearning the Growth vs. Costs Myth

How some companies use this timeless tension as a catalyst for outperformance.

Briefnoviembre 29, 2022
Supply Chain
Five Lessons from Automakers on Navigating Supply Chain Disruptions

Absolute resilience is unrealistic, but adaptability and pragmatism can help companies deliver what customers need and outflank the competition.

HBR.orgnoviembre 16, 2022
Pricing
The New Recession Playbook

How the best businesses are planning for the coming downturn.

Briefjulio 15, 2022
Procurement
Accelerating Performance Despite Inflation

Turbulent times shouldn’t stop companies from pursuing full potential and business resiliency.

Briefjunio 24, 2022
Service Operations
How Field Service Organizations Can Make Work Management Systems Work

When implemented correctly, automated scheduling systems can improve resource usage, increase customer satisfaction, and boost morale.

Briefjunio 14, 2022
Energy & Natural Resources
Procurement’s Twin Challenge: Managing Inflation and Supply Shortages

Three steps can help companies boost performance while improving supply security.

Briefjunio 14, 2022
Consumer Products
Supply Chain Reset: A Different Reality Demands a Different Approach

As we move into a post-globalization, post-pandemic world, supply chain reinvention has become essential.

Briefmayo 31, 2022
Paper & Packaging
Operations Priority No. 1 in Machinery: Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains

Building flexible, circular supply chains requires new capabilities.

Global Machinery & Equipment Reportmayo 02, 2022
Operations
Turning Inflation Disruption into Value with Six Strategic Steps

Our study determined the key moves that have helped companies in times of high inflation.

Briefabril 18, 2022
Supply Chain
How Should Your Supply Chain Respond to the Crisis in Ukraine?

It’s unclear how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will end, but actions today can boost resilience.

Briefmarzo 15, 2022
Supply Chain
How to Succeed in Procurement in 2022

Amid supply chain challenges, “buying better” won’t be enough.

Articlefebrero 25, 2022
Manufacturing
Manufacturers Have Plenty of Jobs, but Few Takers

Leading companies are rapidly rethinking workforce strategies and boosting investment in automation.

Briefdiciembre 15, 2021
Operations
Master Your Supplier Universe with Digital Procurement

Digital procurement solutions boost transparency, improve efficiency, and reduce supplier risk.

Articlediciembre 01, 2021
Technology
What Companies Can Learn from the Recent Surge in Plastic Resin Prices

Supply chain resilience is the key to coping with price volatility.

Briefnoviembre 29, 2021
Energy & Natural Resources
Are You Ready for Traceable, Circular Supply Chains?

Digital traceability allows companies to improve sustainability, performance, and resilience.

Infographicnoviembre 17, 2021
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