Bain uses cookies to improve functionality and performance of this site. More information can be found in our Privacy Policy. By continuing to browse this site, you consent to the use of cookies.

We have limited Spanish content available. View Spanish content.

Disponemos de contenido en español limitado. Ver el contenido en español.

Consulting Service

Performance Improvement

Today’s markets are unforgiving. Investors punish even small earnings misses. Competitors undercut your prices. Bain’s Performance Improvement practice equips you to grow earnings and outperform the competition.

Performance Improvement
  • Cost Transformation. Eliminate ineffective, nonessential spending, and redirect the savings to the investments that will power your growth. Whether you need a sustained cost transformation effort, want to explore the substantial advantages of zero-based budgeting (perhaps in tandem with zero-based redesign), or need to accelerate a transformation  to quickly achieve cash, cost, capital or revenue benefits, we can help. We can also work with you to drive down costs (and boost revenue) by tackling complexity so that you can devote more focus to customer needs.
  • Corporate Support. Raise the bar for your support functions, from a focus on efficiency to adding value. Transform finance, IT, HR, legal, facilities management and other functions into valued business partners that work together to provide a competitive advantage. If some of these functions are, or should be, centralized as shared services, we can help you maximize the speed, efficiency and quality of the work. And in cases in which it makes more sense to partner with third parties, Bain can guide you on choosing and working with the best partners so that your sourcing strategy complements your internal capabilities and serves your growth strategy.
  • Operations. From procurement and supply-chain efficiency to a range of core and cutting-edge manufacturing capabilities, we offer a broad range of experts with deep experience in operations. From the C-suite to the research lab to the shop floor to the customer service center, we can help you improve every component of your operations to boost the top and bottom lines.

Insights
Technology
Technology in HR Now Extends Far Beyond Cost Savings
HR leaders cite business outcomes such as speed, quality and accuracy as the primary reasons to invest in technology.
Snap Chart octubre 22, 2018
Performance Improvement
HR’s New Digital Mandate
Digital technologies have become essential for HR to engage top talent and add value to the business.
Brief octubre 10, 2018
Performance Improvement
Outsourcing Aims Higher on Cost, Performance and Innovation
A growing ecosystem of providers can improve cost and service levels—if a company redesigns its partnership strategy, metrics and sourcing management.
Brief octubre 01, 2018
Performance Improvement
Are Your Distribution and Transportation Costs Out of Control?
Redesign your supply chain for a competitive edge.
Brief septiembre 11, 2018
See more

Client Results

Healthcare

Clicking out costs with an Internet strategy
A brick-and-mortar pharmaceutical company with dominant brands but stagnant sales needed an Internet strategy. Bain recommended outsourcing certain functions and integrating the rest around an intranet linked to key suppliers and customers. Potential costs savings ranged as high as 20 percent.

Advanced Manufacturing & Services

Constructing a best-in-class global procurement organization
A global leader in the building materials industry had an ambitious goal for its purchasing organization: deliver significant savings to the company's bottom line within two years. Achieving the goal meant mobilizing 900 procurement employees in more than 50 countries worldwide to do their jobs in new ways. With Bain's help, the company built the organizational structure and capabilities it needed to reap savings of more than $500 million.
See more

Our Team

Hernan Saenz Partner Dallas

  • Global Performance Improvement practice leader; Expert in Operations, Organization, Strategy, Advanced Manufacturing & Services

Ray Tsang Partner Shanghai

  • APAC Automotive and Performance Improvement practice leader; Expert in Advanced Manufacturing & Services, Operations, Energy & Natural Resources

Vinit Bhatia Partner Hong Kong

  • APAC Performance Improvement practice leader; Expert in Private Equity, Operations

Véronique Pauwels Partner Amsterdam

  • EMEA Performance Improvement practice leader; Expert in Consumer Products, Customer Strategy & Marketing, Operations
See more

Want to continue the conversation

We help global leaders with their organization's most critical issues and opportunities. Together, we create enduring change and results

Contact Bain

How can we help you?

See all offices