The Year When Less Could Mean More

by Paul Tate

Posted on Jan 20, 2009

As world manufacturing indicators continue to plummet over the first few weeks of the year, European companies are urgently rethinking their plans for the year ahead, focusing on technologies that will maximise what they have and innovating wherever they can to prepare for a better future.

“In the midst of this volatility, European manufacturers can seize the opportunity to explore new thinking about their business strategy, uncertainty, and corporate success,” says Hans Roehm, manufacturing industry global managing partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.