Smaller US manufacturers have a hard time keeping pace with their bigger brothers. How can they catch up? Our new research suggests that three factors make most of the difference: precision in manufacturing, the ability to handle geometrically complex designs, and throughput speed. Those are the core ingredients of McKinsey’s new Manufacturing Process Innovation Index.

The Manufacturing Process Innovation Index is a strong indicator of  ROIC performance.

To read the article, see “Manufacturing process innovation for industrials,” September 16, 2021.