Industrials Strategy and Transactions Consulting

What the EY-Parthenon Industrials Strategy and Transactions team can do for you

Industrial manufacturers today must contend with a range of challenges, from geopolitical and economic uncertainty to energy transition and digital disruption. EY-Parthenon teams can help you address your critical business challenges. 

Transformative strategy 

• How can we reimagine our growth and portfolio strategies to enhance long-term enterprise value? 
• How can we make improvements that enhance sustainability, agility, efficiency and supply chain resilience?
• How can we reimagine enterprise design to improve performance across a range of factors, such as cost to serve, employee experience and capital efficiency?
• How can we adopt an effective tariff strategy, including pricing, cost optimization and supply chain design? 
• How can we improve our aftermarket business through field sales and service, channel management, pricing and modernization?
• How can we identify new business opportunities or create new revenue streams? 

Transformative transactions 

• How can we acquire companies with an established market presence or product portfolio to facilitate entry into new markets?
• How can we use M&A to reduce manufacturing costs or mitigate the risk of disruption to create a more resilient supply chain structure?
• How can we integrate AI and advanced manufacturing technologies to improve operational efficiency and help optimize our product portfolio? 
• How can we use alternative transaction structures, such as joint ventures (JVs) and alliances, to drive speed to market, create economies of scale and access new customers? 
• How can we improve our business portfolio through divestitures, carve-outs and spin-offs? 

EY-Parthenon professionals help manufacturers develop agile strategies that are designed to help them prepare for future challenges, drive growth and create long-term enterprise value. 

Our mission is to help industrial clients reimagine the enterprise for increased resilience and sustained competitiveness. This often requires strategic collaboration with different service areas. EY-Parthenon teams regularly draw on EY advisors in tax, analytics, digital or technology transformation, human capital, cybersecurity, and finance and risk consulting. By involving our professionals from these areas, we can help: 

• Develop growth and portfolio strategies that address changing market demands and technological advancements while managing cost pressures.
• Make improvements to manufacturing processes and supply chain design, including implementing just-in-time manufacturing and sustainable practices, diversifying suppliers and enhancing inventory management.
• Reimagine enterprise design to improve performance across a range of measures, including cost to serve, employee experience and capital efficiency.
• Identify existing endowments within the business that can be developed to create new business models or revenue streams.  
• Identify transaction opportunities — including JVs and alliances, as well as traditional M&A — to improve product portfolios and help enter new markets.
• Strengthen the business portfolio through strategic divestitures, carve-outs or spin-offs.
• Integrate AI and advanced technologies to streamline operations, enhance product offerings and drive innovation across manufacturing processes.