Kearney Company Profile

June 12, 2023 Research from consultancy Kearney has found that 96% of CEOs are evaluating reshoring their operations, have already done so, or are considering it. That is up from 78% in 2022. That same report also found that American imports of Mexico-manufactured goods have increased from $320 billion pre-pandemic to $402 billion today.

April 17, 2023 Supply chain research will be collected under a single entity, enabling in-depth analysis and faster response to current conditions.

June 21, 2022 American supply chains are out of sync while adjusting to short-term changes in demands. But logisticians continue to seek long-term solutions to supply chain issues, an authoritative new report predicts. But the biggest headline from the 2022 State of Logistics (SoL) report unveiled today at the National Press Club in Washington shows that U.S. business logistics costs rose by a whopping 22.4% to $1.85 trillion last year. That represents 8% of 2021’s $23 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

August 25, 2021 On this episode, author Elouise Epstein discusses the changes transforming procurement, and the procurement professional. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

August 24, 2021 On this episode, author Elouise Epstein discusses the changes transforming procurement, and the procurement professional. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

April 9, 2021 This paper details how digital technologies are on pace to automate most routine procurement processes within three to five years.

June 29, 2020 New research recently released by Chicago-based global management consulting firm Kearney, entitled “Strategic options to build resilience,” takes an in-depth at supply chain resilience, in light of the wide-ranging impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on supply chains.

April 22, 2020 Consumers expect businesses, not lawmakers or regulators, to be mindful stewards of the Earth by setting the highest possible environmental and sustainable standards for everything they bring to market.

April 22, 2020 With Earth Day Turning 50 today, a new Kearney research report indicates COVID-19 has not reduced consumers' demands for more sustainable solutions.

November 27, 2018 In a recent interview with Supply Chain Management Review, A.T. Kearney Partner Michael Hu discussed AI's impact on supply chain planning.

July 22, 2018 A.T. Kearney industry experts provide insights into blockchain's supply chain potential, and why, beneath all the hype, blockchain is a maturing technology that offers great promise.

July 5, 2016 It's being reported today that with the worldwide smartphone shipment growth slowing down, Apple has been cutting its existing upstream component suppliers' quotes and seeking new component suppliers to maintain its high gross margins.

June 22, 2016 It’s a buyer’s market for business logistics right now, but that is a fleeting condition subject to rapidly changing conditions in the $1.408 trillion U.S. freight sector, based on data in the 27th Annual State of Logistics Report.

March 18, 2016 U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s dreams to bring back lost manufacturing jobs such as those at Apple Computer manufacturing are just that, dreams, according to financial players.

March 16, 2016 The A.T. Kearney U.S. Reshoring Index has dropped to –115, down from –30 in 2014, and it represents the largest year-over-year decrease in the past 10 years.