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 margin_return
· function illustrate_case
· clear
Where in the narrative
Number shape
| percent | 122 |
| plain | 43 |
| multiplier | 33 |
| money | 20 |
35 examples
~1%
Ocado and Albert Heijn are examples that are using advanced technologies to automate their fulfillment and DCs
“Albert Heijn's warehouse robots could result in ~1% EBIT improvement.”
75%
Kroger began its retail media business in 2012 – building scale since 2021
“75% EBIT for media sales”
60%
6. Engage cross-functional teams and learning agendas.
“Over 60% of leading marketers work with their cross-functional peers to design experiments and align with them on testing timelines and success factors.”
$231 billion
Platform adopters are more profitable—and more resilient—than their peers.
“Platform adopters are more profitable—and more resilient—than their peers.”
~3%
Scaling an enterprise-wide LLM and generative AI capability
“This AI strategy has, to date, brought in tangible benefits totalling around 3% of its expected net income.”
US$70M
For Achievers, the willingness to embrace new tools and technologies often pays off.
“We found that 4% of Achievers in North America are already using platforms that allow workers to easily pose questions and share ideas with colleagues across th…”
2x
eFishery uses data and IoT to improve smallholder fishery productivity and sustainability
“The eFisheryFeeder helps farmers optimize feed costs (~70-90% of all costs) by improving productivity while reducing wastage and water pollution, thereby empowe…”
50 years
MYTH 4: RESILIENCE SHOULD BE HANDLED BY THE RISK FUNCTION
“Handelsbanken is the only Swedish bank not to require a government bailout or capital injection from shareholders.”
6%
Transforming from an insurer to a wealth manager, health advisor and life assistant
“Ping An has evolved from a pure P&C insurance company into an integrated ecosystem.”
21%
Despite these rising headwinds, select ‘winning’ FMCGs showed a path to sustained value creation over long-term and in recent years
“Winners must demonstrate both: Long-term, sustained performance (From 2010-2019, 15%+ annual TSR) AND Ability to beat recent headwinds (From 2017-2019, 15%+ ann…”
9%
Generalist vendor response: aggressive moves to meet new market realities
“This shift in perspective has resulted in higher profitability, as customers are willing to pay more for these services.”
24%
Example: Multiple technologies are coming together to challenge status quo in auto manufacturing
10%
A CONSUMER-PACKAGED-GOODS COMPANY USES SEVERAL LEVERS TO FUND ITS TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY
“By getting both rates and hours in line, the company saved more than 10% on its agency spending—and those savings were immediately reinvested to enable the laun…”
$500 million
A RETAILER CUTS COSTS AND FUELS GROWTH
“Collectively, these measures delivered $500 million in cost savings, new revenue, and profit over the first 18 months of the transformation, helping the company…”
8.9x
13.2x
2.9x
12.4x
1.2x
“Jun 16 - Dryships defaulted on its debt and is in discussions with lenders about a restructuring”
13.9x
1,392
5.8x
17.2x
9.6x
3.6x
25.7x
2,871
2.1x
5.0x
2.34x
73
1.2x
15.1x
300 bps
“In sum, the transformation led to an improvement of EBIT margins by 300 basis points in just two years.”
10%
“Marketing and advertising are critical revenue tools.”