Real declarative titles from real consulting decks.

“We believe all communities should be equipped with knowledge and tools to prevent, prepare for, and recover from cyber threats, natural disasters, global pandemics, and other disruptions.”

“Many have talked about the growth boost that new technologies will generate, but few have attempted to understand how that growth could be imperilled by not addressing the skills crisis.”

“L.E.K. Consulting conducted a survey on the impact of the US BIOSECURE Act; this June 2024 study engaged respondents across different biopharma and services sectors familiar with the Act”

“Many ASCs are seeking closer partnerships with MedTechs to help deliver on their clinical and economic objectives, especially hospital-owned and 100% physician owned multi-specialty ASCs”

“With increasing digital adoption, concerns around patient privacy, staff readiness to adopt digital solutions in addition to required implementation budgets are some of the main concerns”

“Example: By unlocking productivity potentials, GenAI can meet skilled labor shortages in workforce training resulting in less vacancies and better apprentice performance and satisfaction”

“Leaders preparing for tomorrow's workforce face a world where the old preconceptions do not apply. Yesterday's assumptions about how workers behave and what they value are being upended.”

“Over the last five years, publicly listed companies active in the warehouse automation and material handling segment have traded at median levels of 12.5x LTM EBITDA and 12.0x NTM EBITDA”

“Recent investments in the FoodTech landscape are shifting from the six-year focus on Food Delivery startups to the upstream value chain of good food for the consumer and the environment.”

“Saudi Arabia is rapidly scaling data center capacity on cheap energy, but US chip restrictions limit its role in high-end AI and might drive deeper alignment with Eastern tech ecosystems”

“In response, schools will look to provide a mix of physical and digital safety measures to ensure student safety, and conduct training and education of staff, students and administrators”

“The OECD continues to make slow but gradual improvements in female economic empowerment over the past year, mainly driven by a fall in the gender pay gap and the female unemployment rate”

“In general, banking sectors in APAC are even better capitalized than in the US, and central banks have been able to rely on USD swap lines in times of crisis to mitigate liquidity risks”

“The nbn network has been important for connecting users with loved ones and supporting access to entertainment during COVID-19; with 450k households upgrading their plan to support this”

“The landscape addressing healthcare risk has changed materially and will require a different supplier strategy, capabilities, and innovation to make a meaningful impact to the quad-aim.”

“With their traditional, fee-based, income margins squeezed by intensifying competition, exchanges will need to respond by finding new revenue sources that build on strong digital cores.”

“Elevated policy uncertainty and disrupted cross-border trade is likely to increase business costs and dampen confidence, ultimately impacting economic growth and corporate profitability”

“NMSU's Advancement Division has opportunities to improve SoC as indicated by an average staff to manager ratio of 3.2:1, which is below the leading class benchmark range of 8:1 to 12:1.”

“With rising cost of capital and reduced funding appetite, primarily, companies with demonstrated profitability along with consistent top-line growth have seen an increase in stock price”

“All types of hospitals in China perceive digital health solutions as aids to improve staff efficiency and capacity, and to provide better patient care as well as increasing satisfaction”

“Over 55% of surveyed hospitals plan to increase spending on infrastructure, prioritizing digital and nearly 60% on expanding/developing clinical staff including their pool of physicians”

“Hospitals have been showing resilience with a positive trend towards full recovery; for most hospitals, elective surgeries are back to pre-pandemic levels with a strong outlook for 2022”

“The financial situation of most hospitals in Japan has improved over the past year and shows a positive outlook for the coming 3 years, including continued growth of elective procedures”

“Background: GenAI is the natural evolution of analytical AI, addressing a novel set of challenges to realize large automation potential, thus unlocking meaningful productivity potential”

“EV market is growing driven by government policies, foreign investments, local production, new models and expanding charging infrastructure – however total numbers still on the low side”

“Mainland China and US dominate the market, represents the global growth trend. Video games revenue will grow at a similar rate from 2021 to 2025 and reach US$41.1bn and US$1.2bn in 2025”

“There are many different types of “bespoke, line-of-sight deals” ranging from a simple handshake to agree a different way of working through to a joint venture or other form of alliance”

“Trade: Solar deployment across markets in Nigeria could increase Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) income by ~30-40% through improved operating hours and reduced fire incidents”

“AI-based technologies have brought incremental change to the test preparation, tutoring and language training landscape; however, they have not instigated a revolutionary shift thus far”

“AI has made inroads into several areas of financial services in Hong Kong with considerable integration seen in virtual assistant/chatbots, fraud detection, and biometric authentication”

“#4 Winners will place agentic AI where it unlocks 10x value, not 10% savings—The starting point is not tech or pilots: It’s building an enterprise portfolio of agentic AI opportunities.”

“Artificial Intelligence: Companies have been looking to leverage AI solutions for green investments for years; rapid rise of generative AI could accelerate deployment in selected areas”

“Digital merchants are embracing end-to-end digitalisation efforts, including front-end digital tools used to engage customers and back-end digital solutions to help enhance operations.”

“Post-COVID-19, hospital management and clinical department heads have more influence in medical device purchasing throughout SEA, surpassing the exclusive involvement of clinical staff”

“We explored four key areas in the China market, including customer priorities and preferences, NRDL and VBP impact, digitalization and customer engagement, as well as financial outlook”

“Overall, EMR, patient information and medication management systems are the top digital solutions being adopted; hospitals have been focusing on building the proper back-end IT systems”

“The Planetary Boundaries framework opens our aperture beyond emissions – we are currently beyond the safe limit for 6 out of 9 boundaries and at risk of significant harms on 8 out of 9”

“ECB and Bank of England increased key interest rates by 25 and 50 basis points respectively in June, while FED skipped rate hike this month, most likely returning to tightening in July”

“The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is the third piece of legislation passed since late 2021 that seeks to improve US economic competitiveness, innovation, and industrial productivity.”

“Made of many different players with different needs, the tourism sector may get funded from various programs over time, meeting the demand for more green, digital and resilient tourism”

“To make it easier to understand what to focus on, we’ve identified three categories of interesting moves that deserve special attention: Amplifiers, Big Movers and Unexpected Emergers.”

“Japan's economy is expected to be sluggish in 2024 while India's resilience will be tested as global growth slows; Brazil's economy is likely to slow but rate cuts may provide cushion”

“Building on this foundation, the bank has developed a market-leading skills infrastructure including a learning experience platform using Degreed and a talent marketplace using Gloat.”

“PE firms need to drive outsized returns to meet their fiduciary responsibilities. The headwinds due to underwriting, cost of capital and availability of assets are making this harder.”

“US corporates are benefitting from the Fed's gradual rate cutting cycle as the burden of net interest payments declines, alongside relatively loose lending standards to support growth”

“Ethical guidelines (49%) and access to internal AI tools (49%) are at the forefront of respondents’ approaches to preparing the workforce for AI – ahead of pilot implementation (37%).”

“The Facilities Services Division’s level of centralization is comparable to peers but it does not leverage shared services concepts and has limited capability to support self-service.”

“Clinical trial digitalization has experienced rapid evolution over the past 7-8 years, and has been calling for platforms & integration to further improve trial quality and efficiency”

“There is broad adoption of online patient registration and appointment booking solutions across the UAE and KSA with over 80% of hospitals having adopted or are trialling the solution”

“Number of M&A transactions has been stable through 2013-2021 (similar to region’s GDP growth), however has suffered a significant slowdown in 2022-23 given increased market volatility”

“Operational enhancement: Hospitals are looking to standardise purchasing for diagnostic imaging equipment; standardising surgical instruments supply has also garnered greater interest”

“We aspire that Chile be among the top 5 producers of green hydrogen worldwide and the top 3 exporters; our target is 5 GW of hydrogen capacity under development by 2025, 25 GW by 2030”

“Improved government policies in the Philippines are expected to boost consumer sentiment towards EVs, driving growth in the country's EV market which is currently still at a low level”

“The medical prescription of supplements continues to increase – up to 28% in the last 2 years. Growing awareness of the benefits of consuming products derived from natural ingredients”

“Gas shortages and interest rates are top concerns for construction in German-speaking region Industry faces risk to revenue of up to -4.8% and to profit of -10 ppts over the next year”

“Given the uncertainty over whether a Regional EBS would deliver VfM for taxpayers, in might be best to include it as a priced option during franchise bids rather than as the base case”

“Given the uncertainty over whether a Regional EBS would deliver VfM for taxpayers, in might be best to include it as a priced option during franchise bids rather than as the base case”

“A VTAC based incentive mechanism could be an improvement on the status quo. However, Option 3 appears to be a more attractive way of incentivising NR to accommodate additional traffic”

“...however, the lack of clear regulations hinders secondary market liquidity. One interim solution is to "whitelist" wallets in close cooperation with regulators to operate in DeFi...”

“Lead-acid batteries constitute a significant impact to mineral resource use, and the relatively “small” 15m antenna contributes less than 20% of impacts on the indicators of interest.”

“From the companies surveyed, early-stage firms face a greater problem with compensation while later-stage firms and corporates face a greater problem with perceived corporate branding”

“In 2022-2023, developed markets saw ~40% investment in PreK-12 and related services; developing markets were led by test-prep, tutoring and PreK-12, comprising ~60% of the total share”

“Global e-commerce sales have increased significantly, driving demand for increased warehouse capacity in an environment where automation is the only viable solution to labor shortages”

“USA Money Supply Rising Rapidly = 167% Growth Over 15 Years (2023 vs. 2008)...Accelerated Briskly in 2019... Money Printing Growing Faster Than GDP (USA Inc.'s Output) = Unsustainable”

“A tepid growth recovery, constrained by high rates and still-cautious consumers, is most likely for UK, with downside risk that economy gets stuck in cycle of rolling mild recessions”

“Achievers are also more likely than Innovators to use AI for innovation, tapping into readily available developer networks that can swiftly productionize and scale successful pilots.”

“The PE industry is more crowded and competition for assets is fiercer than ever before. This is leading to higher prices, which results in a need for more operational value creation.”

“The close relationship between the digital foundation and platforms is underlined by the way some exchanges are becoming technology providers through licensing their trading systems.”

“Firms should reconsider the competitiveness of their portfolios, hedge against energy price volatility, assess net zero roadmap impacts, and scenario plan for supply chain disruption”

“Regardless of industry or use-case complexity, the innovative gen AI platform’s capabilities have the power to help companies like BMW use data and insights to stay in the fast lane.”

“A wider strategic focus on ring-fenced green investment targeting such zones offers pathways forward while respecting constraints; helping green industrial policy and competitiveness”

“NMSU’s Procurement function has opportunities to improve Span of Control (SoC) and possibly reduce its number of managers as indicated by a low average staff to manager ratio of 3:1.”

“While the majority of Advancement work is centralized in the Advancement Division, improving the Span of Control within the division may help increase efficiency across the function.”

“Integrating AI across finance operations and processes is a journey that requires commitment, stamina and planning — but as KPMG’s research indicates, the potential rewards are high.”

“Virtual trial / DCT: Respondents also show split attitude on likelihood to conduct virtual trial / DCT in China, with ability to live monitor trial data as key rationale for adoption”

“Public L3 hospitals prefer improving treatment capability based on existing infrastructure; public L2 hospitals are more willing invest in healthcare capability and facility building”

“However, as evidenced by lower test scores in 2022, there is further room for improvement and bridging the learning gap; this will be a continued focus for educators and policymakers”

“Private hospitals have recovered quicker than public hospitals from the impacts of COVID-19; general economic growth and cost reductions are expected to underpin future profitability”

“Adoption of treatment and post-discharge monitoring solutions is higher in the United Arab Emirates than in Saudi Arabia, however, there is strong interest in adopting such solutions”

“Volume of M&As in Brazil was on a growth trajectory in 2018-21, driven by TMT, healthcare and real state, however suffered a sharp drop in 2023 reaching its lowest levels in a decade”