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Wednesday, October 14th 2020

This week in
Consulting

Challenges and opportunities in High Tech

This week’s must read

Electronics Manufacturing 2021: The Resilient Supply Mandate for Transformation - Supplyframe Resources
In response to COVID-19, the global electronics value chain and global manufacturers have responded in...

 

Covid-19 Pandemic Exposes Major Gaps in Intelligent Supply Management. The global electronics value chain and some global manufacturers have been able to quickly adapt. Others have had to accelerate their digital transformation to stem the tide of delays and shortages. If you want to learn more about what lessons you can take away from the events of 2020, you can view the full recording of Supplyframe Executive Insights roundtable event, hosted by Supplyframe CMO Richard Barnett.

This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from Supplyframe about the future of Electronics Manufacturing.

 Bradley Ramsey@Supplyframe

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Thought Leadership

Preparing for 2025: Three trends shaping high-tech manufacturing
Discover the Manufacturing in the Age of Instinct report, developed by Genpact, outlining three macrotrends trends shaping the future of the industry.

 

The author has a look at three macrotrends shaping the future of the world and the manufacturing industry. What challenges and opportunities will emerge from these evolutions?

Vishal Talwar@Genpact

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Sustainable Growth in High Tech | Accenture
Accenture’s blog explains the importance of including strategic alliances as part of your growth playbook. Read more.

 

Executives in the High-Tech industry are living uncertain times, and the impact of COVID the yet-to-be-determined. Innovation and growth are no longer solo sports, especially in High Tech. Do you think that Strategic alliances can deliver rapid value? And how to manage through challenges to set your alliances up for success?

Sam Panda@Accenture

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How Tech Manufacturers Can Manage Price Sensitivity Amid Disruption
Technology companies are entering a new phase of demand planning as the pandemic evolves.

 

As the pandemic evolves, the business-to-business high tech sector is seeing extreme fluctuations in supply and demand. With the prediction of a protracted economic downturn, what steps do companies need to take to improve their bottom line and navigate towards a brighter future?

Chanan Greenberg@Model N for SupplyChainBrain

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Connected world: An evolution in connectivity beyond the 5G revolution
Connectivity is undergoing evolutionary change in most parts of the world—and, in select areas, a genuine leap into the frontier.

 

5G should enable more people to access global flows of information, communication, and services. Although gaps will remain, this trend could unlock greater human potential and prosperity in many developing nations. Do connectivity providers have the capacity to deliver all this potential?

Ferry Grijpink, Eric Kutcher, Alexandre Ménard, Sree Ramaswamy, Davide Schiavotto, James Manyika, Michael Chui, Rob Hamill, and Emir Okan @McKinsey

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This week’s Consulting News

CEPRES and Bain & Company team up to launch DealEdge digital advisory product
CEPRES, a provider of investment decision solutions for private markets, and Bain & Company, have joined forces to create DealEdge, a digital product for private equity dealmakers.

| @PrivateEquityWire

Ex-antics - Google, antitrust and how best to regulate big tech | Business | The Economist
Antitrust cases over past behaviour have proved mostly ineffectual. So regulators are turning their attention to forward-looking rules

| @The Economist

5G Smartphones Account for 14% of Total US Smartphone Sales in Aug
/PRNewswire/ -- 5G smartphone sales accounted for 14% of total US sales in August, up from just 3% in January 2020, according to Counterpoint’s latest North...

| @PRNewswire

Extended Reality offers financial services huge opportunities
The use of Extended Reality has the potential to disrupt the financial services industry, according to a new report by Synechron.

| @Consultancy.uk

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