At Arthur D. Little, our Chemicals Practice combines traditional consulting skills with chemicals expertise to help you address the challenges currently facing the industry.
Complex challenges
Following a period of refocusing in the 1990s, chemical companies now face a new set of challenges, including:
- An unrelenting focus on value creation, driven by competition for capital and investors, or the possibility of a private equity take-over
- The strategic challenge presented by China and India and other emerging economies: do these new markets present a threat to existing players or an opportunity for growth as customers relocate?
- A reappraisal of vertical integration, which sees low-cost raw-material suppliers extending their operations downstream into chemical manufacturing
- The coming-of-age of sustainability: this is driving new functionality and improved efficiency, and helping established players seize an advantage over new entrants and low-cost players.
To address these issues, companies need clear strategies understood by all employees and supported by the effective management of business and product portfolios. In many cases, to secure success, companies will need to enter into carefully selected international partnerships. They will also need to focus on global logistics and the supply chain, keeping fixed costs in check and using R&D to deliver process improvements.
How we can help
Arthur D. Little is uniquely positioned to address these issues. Our consulting expertise is balanced by a clear appreciation of your company and its position in the industry - 75% of our staff worked in the chemical industry prior to joining Arthur D. Little.
Our high-calibre staff combine business and technical degrees to bring offer you important benefits:
- Industry knowledge: this saves time and allows us to get straight to the point
- A side-by-side consulting approach: helps us to secure the buy-in essential to implementing solutions and realising results
- Technology expertise: provides a robust basis for technology-related decisions
- Proven methodologies: these guarantee efficient yet custom-tailored projects
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