Keyword: McKinsey

Logistics & Supply Chain

Sustainability versus Profitability

09.05.2019 - Companies across industries are torn between sustainability and profitability. But is this really a contradiction? Suppliers hold a key role when it comes to making supply chains...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Industry 4.0 – Blurring the Lines between Physical and Digital Worlds

09.10.2017 - It all started with steam and power, next came mass production with the help of electricity, followed by the digital revolution that transformed the way we work. And what is next...

News

McKinsey Says Digitization Offers Gains for Chemicals

14.02.2017 - Digitization could offer chemical companies the opportunity to unlock more than $200 billion of new value, according to new research by global management consultant McKinsey. With...

News

Fernando Muso Named CEO of Braskem

10.05.2016 - Fernando Musa took over as new CEO of Braskem on May 4, succeeding Carlos Fadigas, who is taking up a new position at the Brazilian petrochemicals giant’s majority shareholder...

Markets & Companies

A Cheat Sheet on Lower Oil Prices

10.02.2015 - A little background: over the past seven-plus months, the price of a barrel of oil dropped from $107 to less than $50. This took prices to 2009 levels and surprised just about...

Sites & Services

India: Finding Success as a Multinational Company

09.09.2013 - The Next Level - Over the past 20 years, multinational companies have made considerable inroads into the Indian market, but many have failed to realize their potential: Some have...

News

CO2 : From Foe To Friend

05.07.2013 - Opinion - Technology that would convert carbon dioxide from a scourge on the climate to beneficial products is inching towards commercial reality and is already cheaper than carbon...

News

Changing Times

20.08.2012 - Technology has changed many industries over the past decades. Rapidly developing computers made complex arithmetic possible and the spread of social media connected the world. The...