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How does freight rate volatility impact a company's ability to stay competitive? It makes overcoming tightening carrier capacity, longer transit times, and higher fees even more challenging. That's the situation a $17B consumer products company found themselves in before Catalant Expert Dirk Stammnitz, MBA stepped in to help. His team helped the client: ✅ Achieve $40.8M in savings through a revamped ocean freight strategy ✅ Transition from manual spreadsheets to a cutting-edge procurement platform ✅ Achieve seamless bid execution and transparency Read on to learn how: https://lnkd.in/eHK25YSD

It's one of our favorite events of the year - PEI Operating Partners Forum New York! We'll be in the front row for Patrick Petitti and Tony Buffum's panel discussion with leading operating partners on how using innovative solutions from Catalant and Upwork accelerated value creation within their portfolios. Will we see you there? Use the discount code below to save.

At the beginning of the year, we predicted M&A would rebound this year to reach post-pandemic highs. As Katherine Feeney pointed out, we were overly optimistic! Katherine, a Catalant Expert with deep expertise in private equity and M&A, indicated that while dealmaking levels have remained largely flat, deal interest appears to be up – her clients are identifying more targets and pursuing more deals than they were in 2023. Read the full report to see what else Katherine had to say, and let us know in the comments – how will the Fed's recent interest rate cut impact dealmaking through the rest of the year? https://lnkd.in/eDQhCrP4

Pricing quick wins -- pricing actions that deliver measurable ROI within 3 to 6 months -- can help manufacturers boost the top line. Recently, Catalant Expert Mohammed Zakir, a pricing pro for over 25 years, sat down with us to talk about five pricing quick wins that he uses with manufacturing clients to successfully improve top-line performance and lay a foundation for longer-term pricing excellence. Read on for a deep dive into these strategies and examples of how Mohammed applies them: https://lnkd.in/eeRtcN9F

Earlier this year, we predicted that companies would go from a defensive position – focusing on fixing their existing inventory management problems, to an offensive position – a focus on optimization, digitization, and innovation, while remaining operationally efficient. Does Ketul Patel, a Catalant Expert and supply chain practitioner for over 20 years, agree? He says 2024 is proving to be a transition year, where companies want to adopt offensive positions, but aren’t fully realizing the expected impact of those investments.   Read the full report to hear his commentary and reason for the rating: https://lnkd.in/eSmKZff5

How accurate were our 2024 predictions? In our latest Trends Report, Experts weigh in with their reactions and perspectives. Read it now >> https://lnkd.in/e4hfZtXf

ICYMI: Our Mid-Year Trends Report is out! (link to download it below) In addition to following up on the predictions we made in January about growth, AI, supply chain, investment activity, and brand influencers, we highlighted several incredibly talented new Catalant Experts: Yvonne Gyimah Nehal D. Nikolaas Rossillion Akshaya Gulhati Andrew D. Alex Nesbitt John Bogert Interested in working with these pros? Reach out to us for an introduction!