Strategic acquisitions amid business uncertainty
This survey reveals potentially troublesome issues companies could face during M&A transactions and what can be done to ensure that strategic acquisitions are truly strategic.

M&A a new game as big players raise the bar
This article details the three factors requiring special notice as the M&A market becomes more difficult.

Avoiding M&A disconnect
Learn how companies can avoid a disconnect between the strategy that justified making an acquisition and what actually happens when the deal is done.

The overconfidence trap
The reality is often far more nuanced than the conventional wisdom on mergers and acquisitions. And being almost right about expectations and priorities isn’t enough.

The service revolution: Manufacturing’s missing crown jewel
With unprecedented pressures on product margins and the threat of commoditization, services may the best opportunity for profit and differentiation.

Why finance transformation matters in global manufacturing
While there is rarely one recipe for successful business improvement, this report finds that finance is an
indispensable ingredient.

Mastering complexity in global manufacturing
Learn how "complexity masters," are able to leverage their strengths in collaboration, flexibility, visibility, and technology in order to generate profits, growth and shareholder returns. This is the second report in a series based on Deloitte's Global Manufacturing Supply Chain Benchmarking Series.

Mastering innovation: Exploiting ideas for profitable growth
For manufacturers today, innovation is the engine of growth. Paradoxically, however, building or restructuring their operations to profitably bring new products and services to market is near the bottom of most manufacturers’ priorities. Our research shows that overcoming this “innovation paradox” is crucial to survival and success in increasingly complex global markets.

Unlocking the value of globalization: Profiting from continuous optimization
More than 80 percent of world's most global companies are not capturing full value of their investments. Rather than take a holistic view in the design and expansion of their global supply chain network, most manufacturers focus on fixing individual pieces of the network. The result: suboptimal improvements, wasted efforts and frequently lackluster performance.

The service revolution in global manufacturing
While manufacturers look for growth and profits in all corners of the globe, they often neglect large opportunities much closer to home — in their own service and parts operations. This new thought leadership report reveals how manufacturers are building world-class service and parts businesses to drive profitable growth.

Global benchmarking survey
Intense pressure to reduce costs, innovate products and expand into new markets has manufacturers worldwide shifting production and spreading out supply chain and other operations. This series of reports looks at the increasingly complex and fragmented environment, implications for manufacturers and best practices.

Radio frequency identification: Critical considerations for manufacturers
Today's manufacturers face a number of converging events that will transform the consumer products supply chain and make RFID a necessity. But to successfully migrate from barcodes to RFID, manufacturers must navigate a range of technical and organizational considerations.

The power of synchronization
This new case study from Deloitte Research shows how TAL has changed the dynamics of its competitive situation to its distinct advantage by delivering a value proposition beyond the usual concerns of cost, quality, and delivery.