Output up, but profit margins down?

Posted on 23 Apr 2012

Dr Peter Colman, senior director and Richard Greenwood, senior consultant, at Simon-Kucher & Partners discuss how manufacturers can manage the ‘margin squeeze’ through better pricing.

“Data from purchasing managers showing that the UK manufacturing continued its expansion in March is welcome news and implies that confidence is tentatively returning to a sector which suffered a difficult second half of 2011. However, the survey also reveals that input costs are now sharply on the rise and manufacturers will have to think…

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