Metrics
What numbers consultants lead with.
Every slide that foregrounds a metric — 7,750 in total — classified into families by what's being measured. Drill in to see who uses each family, where in the narrative, and the real examples.
Metric families
7,750 metric-led slides1266
Survey & sentiment
What people said — respondents, priorities, sentiment, NPS.
16.3%
1110
Market size & value
Scale of the pool — TAM, GMV, AUM, deal value, investment, funding.
14.3%
709
Cost & savings
What's spent or saved — costs, spend, savings, efficiency, abatement.
9.1%
541
Share & penetration
Piece of the pie — market share, adoption, penetration, uptake.
7.0%
491
Growth rate
Speed of change — CAGR, YoY, growth rate.
6.3%
261
Rates & ratios
Other rates — retention, conversion, representation, distress.
3.4%
324
Employment & headcount
People at work — employees, FTEs, productivity, jobs.
4.2%
226
Indices & scores
Composite indicators — confidence indices, rankings, ratings.
2.9%
218
Margin & return
Economic quality — margins, ROI/ROE/ROIC, TSR, profit.
2.8%
212
Environment & emissions
Green metrics — GHG, emissions, hydrogen, renewables.
2.7%
187
Volume & counts
Raw counts — number of X, transactions, deals.
2.4%
141
Revenue & sales
Top line — revenue, sales, GVA.
1.8%
76
Macro indicators
Economy-wide signals — inflation, unemployment, PMI.
1.0%
23
Valuation
Asset worth — present value, pre-money, exit value.
0.3%
1965
Other
Domain-specific or uncategorized long-tail.
25.4%
Filtered by cost_savings
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Where in the narrative
| analyze_data | 221 |
| quantify_impact | 101 |
| diagnose | 71 |
| recommend | 61 |
| illustrate_case | 60 |
| establish_context | 44 |
| benchmark_peers | 28 |
| size_opportunity | 21 |
| plan_implementation | 20 |
| frame_problem | 20 |
| compare_options | 19 |
| prioritize | 17 |
Number shape
| plain | 344 |
| percent | 216 |
| money | 132 |
| multiplier | 16 |
| other | 1 |
80 examples
showing first 80+45.7%
Capex momentum in US is underpinned by AI and emerging tech opportunities, particularly as the market shifts toward future waves of GenAI adoption and integration
“Increasing investment focus on robotics due to rising demand but also relief on the supply side, including more affordable components and additional options for…”
-14.9%
Consumer spending on services in the US is softening materially, whereas spending weakness across Europe continuous to be concentrated mainly in goods
“Consumer spending on services in the US is softening materially, whereas spending weakness across Europe continuous to be concentrated mainly in goods”
46%
Through AI adoption, companies can unlock greater productivity, improve output quality, and accelerate innovation
“Time savings reallocated to very diverse tasks”
110
Higher-income households have been key to consumer resilience over past 1-2 years, but pressures are also beginning to emerge for these wealthier consumers
“Spending for middle- and lower-income households is near 2024 levels, while high-income household spending has grown substantially in the past year”
2.5%
Consumer spending globally remains fragile, particularly in the EU, though there has been some strengthening in the UK and China
8.1%
Consumer spending in the US has slowed considerably across-the-board (except some frontloading of car purchases), while recent spending trends in Europe are a mixed bag
$5,000
"During a recent hackathon, we tackled a longstanding issue: connecting three different databases without a common identifier. Now, with a large language model, we can analyze records and columns across all fields and find logical connections—even without sophisticated database technology."
“What used to take us months can now be accomplished in days, giving us newfound agility.”
+12-17 p.p.
China’s GDP deceleration, paired with changing clients’ preferences, is challenging growth
“As of May 2024, recovery of Chinese shoppers was still well below 2019 levels in key luxury markets (e.g., Japan, Europe) International spend of Chinese shopper…”
327
Yen weakness has propelled growth and boosted Japan’s attractiveness as a global shopping destination
“2-3x recovery in tax-free spend vs. 2019”
~80%
As clients shift spend away from luxury goods, unique on-brand experiences can drive growth
“Brands can lean into money-can't-buy experiences to generate exclusivity for their top-spending clients”
30 million euros
Putting real-time consumer insight at the center of decisions
“By organizing this capability in-house, Unilever has generated year-on-year savings of more than 30 million euros.”
$3.5 billion
Global aerospace market on the road to recovery
“The commercial aerospace market is showing signs of recovery in 2025, with global aerospace company revenues projected to grow 12% YoY.”
$126 billion
Leading MRO providers are scaling capacity, upskilling workers and adopting digital tools to meet rising demand while navigating labor and supply chain constraints.
“Commercial MRO spending is projected to exceed $126 billion in 2025, up 14% YoY, driven by escalating labor, parts and production costs.”
2%
Labor inflation projected to stabilize above historical average at 2% with peaks of 4.5% and 2.6% in 2024 and 2025
“Labor cost inflation ~16% from 2024 to 2029”
>3%pp
Sainsbury’s drastically reshaped store network and reduced fixed costs with ~3%pp of revenue in 5 years
“>3%pp reduced fixed costs as % of revenue by reducing the standalone store estate and opening more Argos stores inside Sainsbury’s”
50%
Utilization of advanced technologies will drastically improve end-to-end productivity
2X
Walmart developed its ecosystem by expanding from retail to other sectors (e.g., health) with members spending 2x vs non-members
“Walmart built an E2E coverage of the retail customer journey, positioning Walmart as a one-stop destination, leveraging opportunities to cross-sell across segme…”
15%
High inflation negatively impacted purchasing power and real household consumption over the last years
“Consumers have become more conscious (savings rate 15% in 2023 vs 13% in 2019), negatively impacting real household consumption”
10 million tons
We help our clients become more sustainable enterprises...
“Reducing the environmental impact of enterprise IT and creating a culture around net-zero objectives”
>30 million euros
Putting real-time consumer insight at the center of decisions
“Today, the PDC capability operates in 37 locations, across 28 languages, so far delivering more than 12,000 insights services to the business.”
31%
One in three companies across all markets are planning to spend $25 million+ on AI in 2025
“One in three companies”
50%
Three value plays to maximize AI potential
100
Unlocking additional clean hydrogen uptake by 2030 would require incremental policy and infrastructure measures
“Unlocking a baseline of clean hydrogen demand in the coming decade requires the implementation of existing policy measures and enablers as initial support comes…”
2.7
North America’s gas basins closely rival those in the Middle East in terms of costs and reserves, which will ensure continued exports and energy security
“The US has more than 178 tcf of proven natural gas reserves, which can be extracted and delivered at a cost of less than $3/Mcf... and another 74 tcf of associa…”
$4,900
US households could face an average annual cost increase of $2,200-$4,900, depending on the outcome of negotiations to reduce reciprocal tariffs, with lower-income consumers shouldering a larger burden
“Estimated tariff impacts on US households”
45.2%
Among the major goods-importing sectors, many are facing a 30%+ increase in the cost of their foreign inputs, with the bulk of impact coming from the reciprocal and country-specific tariffs
“Industrials face a 45.2% projected tariff-driven cost increase on imported inputs, the highest of any US sector”
13.1%
Even among labor-intensive services industries that rely less on goods inputs, the tariff impact on their cost base is expected to be material, particularly for CMT and High Tech
“Exposure of US industries to import tariffs (2/2)”
$450 billion
AI agents present a $450 billion opportunity
“While estimates of AI's economic value vary significantly, there is general agreement that agentic AI will have significant impact.”
28%
b. Evolving operating models demand a new kind of leadership
“Therefore, organizations should establish a team dedicated to AI resource management to systematically allocate and manage intelligent resources similar to huma…”
60%
Generative AI: From 'waste out' to 'value in'
“However, we believe the greatest benefit of the technology will be an increase in revenue: "value in".”
50%
The cost of using LLMs is decreasing rapidly, while new models are becoming significantly more advanced.
“The efficiency benefits of generative AI will continue to increase as the cost of using it plummets.”
10%
How Leading Marketers Optimize Measurement—and Increase Growth
“These KPIs become a shared “currency” across teams, with all other metrics laddering up to them.”
62%
Wealth Managers – Client onboarding, marketing, report generation, account set-up and real-time risk monitoring were identified as top impacted areas in terms of savings
“Client onboarding and marketing / client acquisition are expected to achieve the greatest time and cost savings from GenAI implementation.”
63%
Asset Managers – Onboarding, portfolio management, reporting, client servicing and risk management were identified as top impacted areas in terms of savings
“Onboarding and portfolio management are expected to achieve the greatest time and cost savings from GenAI implementation.”
$2,400B
Disparities in consumer health and spending resilience are set to widen further, with lower-income groups likely to face particular pressure to rein in spending
“Top earners still have a substantial cash stockpile to support spending, while lowest-income households have already depleted their excess savings”
39%
Figure 1. Banking is likely to be more profoundly impacted by gen AI than any other industry.
“Banking is likely to be more profoundly impacted by gen AI than any other industry.”
30%
Banks can improve their productivity by up to 30% by adopting generative AI
“Figure 2. Banks can improve their productivity by up to 30% by adopting generative AI.”
6% or more within three years
Functions other than sales, marketing and customer interaction that are likely to receive early attention are risk management and compliance, technology, HR and legal.
“Functions other than sales, marketing and customer interaction that are likely to receive early attention are risk management and compliance, technology, HR and…”
US$750 million
If there's a single theme that has dominated discussions about banks' technology over the past few decades, it is the constraints of their digital core.
“When Commonwealth Bank of Australia replaced its core banking system, it took five years and cost almost US$750 million.”
50-60%
Figure 8. Banks' cost-to-income ratios have barely shifted during the Digital Age.
“for most the 50-60% range seems to be the equivalent of terminal velocity for CIR”
2.3x
Platform adopters invest more in technologies than non-platform companies
“Our research found that successful platform adopters invest 2.3x more in tech than non-platform companies, with cloud investments making up a huge part of this …”
7-12%
In Europe, we expect EUR 2.6-4.3 bn or 7-12% cost improvement across the whole asset management value chain
“Additional uplift on revenue via GenAI use cases”
$14.42
Some attributes of the quadruple aim have stabilized but need significant attention overall
“Some attributes of the quadruple aim have stabilized but need significant attention overall”
80%
A high fixed cost base beneficial in times of high utilization, but causes challenges in a lower demand environment
“Flexibilization in cost structure achievable by stringent set of measures along operational value chain”
-47%
EV penetration: From a consumer point of view, the total cost of ownership of EV 2-wheelers is already cheaper than ICE, presenting a business case to transition to EV models
“From a consumer point of view, the total cost of ownership of EV 2-wheelers is already cheaper than ICE, presenting a business case to transition to EV models.”
16
Prioritization: ~100 investable ideas assessed based on abatement potential and deployability, leading to short list of 16 with top 13 investable ideas prioritized
~5.8
Energy efficiency improvements for data centers (DCs)
“DCs are one of the fastest-growing sources of emissions and forecasted to grow ~11% CAGR in Asia-Pacific.”
~13.4
Energy efficiency improvements for buildings
“Assumes latest technology for efficient building design (e.g., insulation, air tightness, and solar shading) brings an average 15% energy savings.”
$282B
Incentives: US IRA (Inflation Reduction Act, effective as of 2022) has successfully accelerated green investment, including for global players
“$282B of investment across 280 clean energy projects in 44 US states was announced in first year of IRA”
17,230
Regional cross-border grid: A regional grid can unlock even greater renewables potential while helping reduce intermittency risks in any renewables transition
“Leveraging grid interconnections from the LTMS-PIP project, Singapore imports up to 100 MW renewable energy, equivalent to 1.5% of SG's peak electricity demand,…”
73%
Embracing generative AI for a competitive edge
“73% of the time spent by US bank employees has a high potential to be impacted by generative AI—39% by automation and 34% by augmentation.”
39% industry average
How the top 20 banking industry roles are like to benefit from generative AI
“Industry average = 39% (automation); Industry average = 34% (augmentation)”
53%
Figure 9: When considering the 'affordability' of a product or service, consumers are looking beyond upfront cost
“12% of large companies are creating new business models towards decarbonization.”
20%
European CSP: A search for B2B lead generation automation that led to a tech transformation journey
“The company achieved approximately 20% opex savings, primarily driven by the consolidation of applications.”
17-23%
Gen AI, increasingly an essential part of the digital core, is a game-changing technology, enabling significant changes in two areas:
“This is why so many of the CSPs Accenture speaks to are eager to dive deeper into what it could mean to their business. In fact, Gen AI is intricately connected…”
1.5x
One of the biggest benefits that GenAI promises is productivity gains.
“The potential benefit is even greater for companies that invest more—they're 1.5x more likely to anticipate upward of 10% in cost savings.”
50%
Three value plays to maximize GenAI’s potential
$2,580
The nbn network has enabled job and business creation, whilst also enabling users to boost their income and save money by using online alternatives
“The average nbn user saves $2,580 per year by using the nbn network.”
$1.9 Tn
Infra spending — Buildout at full throttle with $1.9 Tn spend
$44 Bn
India’s financial ecosystem highly supportive to lend for growth
“Rise in number of projects & capex allocated; projects worth ~$45 Bn funded in FY23”
$40 Bn
India will spend ~$40 Bn every year for the next 7 years on Green energy
“Avg. annual market ($ Bn) ~3.2x increase”
64%
Investing in your influencers
“Striking a balance between allowing influencers to express their authentic opinions while safeguarding the brand's reputation requires careful research and clea…”
6%
Post-pandemic normalization dynamics continue to suggest more downside than upside to US consumer spending going forward
“Goods spending remains considerably elevated (6% higher) relative to pre-pandemic norms”
GBP 19 billion
The implied public spending contraction needed to fund the UK government's recent tax cuts puts pressure on key public services and could further strain household finances
“in real terms, departmental government spending is set to be GBP 19.1 billion lower by 2027-28 relative to what OBR had projected in March 2023”
14.7%
Recent consumer spending moderation in US and Europe has been concentrated in goods though services demand is also now softening
“Consumer spending trends by goods and services category”
22%
Activating the multiplier effect by integrating products and channels while creating a powerful sense of purpose allows banks to turn customers into advocates. But what, in hard dollars, are the benefits for banks?
“The value at stake is huge; in the US alone, this translates to around $100bn in retail banking revenue that is up for grabs.”
11.9%
In the US and Europe, consumers continue to rotate their spending into services, though car sales have been seeing a rebound
30%
The US consumer has been resilient to date, but caution is warranted amid declining excess savings
“We expect the US consumer will continue to wind down those savings until overall savings return to normal levels”
95%
China is back but with significantly different dynamics vs Pre-Covid
“Chinese luxury consumers willing to spend more in mainland, as benefits of buying outside (price, range, etc.) gradually diminish.”
34%
Post-Pandemic spending euphoria persists in US despite pessimistic sentiment; Chinese spending is booming, consistent with recent re-opening
33%
Wealthiest customers are the key growth engine for the future
33%
Millennials show highest spending appetite, empowered by financial confidence & career stability, followed by the optimism of GenZers
3.700B
Young lead growth today, yet Older Gens invested over time and should not be neglected in short-term
“Today, two segments of generations are both sizeable and relevant to address, contributing to brand value in different ways.”
30%
Among Personal Luxury, higher spending of Gen Z on Tech Devices and Virtual Fashion, while Gen X on Watches and Baby Boomers on Formal
“60% Gen Z consumers purchased LG & accessories in 2022”
27%
Among Experiential Luxury, older generations craving for private experiences, particularly Wellness & Spa and Luxury Hotels
“Luxury Bar & Clubs # of consumers who purchased 2022 Gen Z 1.2x Millennials”
71%
3 Limited purchases so far, yet 70%+ as potential buyers... ...mainly Indian, Middle Eastern and Brazilian young gens
“71% CURRENT & PROSPECTIVE VIRTUAL FASHION BUYERS”
6.8X
HVUs spend 6.8X vs non-HVUs; highest delta in travel
“HVUs spend 6.8X vs non-HVUs; highest delta in travel”
6,8X
Pengguna bernilai tinggi berbelanja 6,8X lipat lebih banyak dari non-HVU; delta tertinggi di sektor perjalanan
“Pengguna bernilai tinggi berbelanja 6,8X lipat lebih banyak dari non-HVU; delta tertinggi di sektor perjalanan”
30%
Modernize the core
“Typical outcomes from these investments include a 30% reduction in IT spend, a 10% increase in client acquisition, and a 25% reduction in the cost of full-time …”
25 percentage points
Enhancing resiliency by increasing the visibility of production and operational continuity.
“Within six months efficiency soared by 25 percentage points, resulting in higher productivity and reduced waste.”