Keyword: Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Markets & Companies

Steady in the Long Term Despite the Crisis

22.02.2021 -

For the report "Value Creation in Chemicals 2020: Bouncing Back from a Year of Adversity", Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analyzed the development of the global chemicals...

Strategy & Management

Disintermediation 2.0?

03.09.2015 - In mid-2015, BASF opened its first e-commerce store in China, using the Alibaba B2B marketplace platform. According to the company press release, with this step, “BASF is making...

Markets & Companies

How 20 Years Have Transformed the Chemical Industry

06.05.2015 - For the second consecutive year, the Boston Consulting Group has conducted a total shareholder return (TSR) analysis of the chemical industry. The top 10 chemical companies have...

Strategy & Management

Seven Steps to the Optimal Supply-Chain Organization

08.05.2014 - Look at the Big Picture - Supply-chain management is a widely discussed topic, and the chemicals industry is no exception. At some companies, this is because supply-chain costs -...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Adding Value

05.05.2014 - Robust Expansion - From 2008 through 2013, the worldwide chemical distribution market grew approximately 6.5% per year (corrected for exchange rate effects) to roughly €168 billion...

Sites & Services

Flexible Customers—Inflexible Supply Chain?

03.06.2013 - In chemicals, to an extent not seen in almost any other industry, increasingly differentiated customer demand is running up against a relatively inflexible supply chain. Studies...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Boston Consulting Group On Global Megatrends

27.07.2011 - Just A Word? - The word "megatrend" is a beloved buzzword - but what implications will these trends have on the chemical industry? The Boston Consulting Group's Udo Jung examines...