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Triathlon Group’s Spring 2025/26 Industrial Report notes a good start to 2025, following a strong Q1. However, rising uncertainty in Q2 has made the outlook for the rest of the year more cautious. Still, expectations for 2026 remain positive, with forecasts pointing to stabilization and improved margins.

In today’s fast-moving economy, decision-making based solely on intuition is uncertain. Organizations that embed data into decision-making gain the clarity needed to navigate risks, seize opportunities, and drive sustained growth. Treating data as a strategic asset doesn’t just improve efficiency, it redefines how businesses compete and succeed.

Carbon Removal Certificates present new possibilities in sustainability and could be an opportunity in supporting companies to achieve climate neutrality.

Triathlon Group's annual Industrial Report shows that the Swedish manufacturing industry faces significant challenges during 2024. However, many companies are optimistic about a recovery and better market conditions in 2025.

Implementing a BI solution is an accomplishment, concurrently only the beginning. To fully grasp the benefits, BI maintenance and continuous improvements are required. However, an on paper improvement process is insufficient, as a truly efficient process requires organizations to manage the often-forgotten dimensions of ownership, linkage and solution harmonization.

Triathlon Group's industrial report (Verkstadsrapporten) highlights a challenging year for Swedish manufacturing companies, with expected decline in top-line growth, order intake, and workforce. For 2025, the companies show a cautious optimism for market recovery.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a catalyst for innovation in the   HealthTech domain, with the promise to enable faster, smarter and more effective care to people across the globe.

Cybersecurity involves measures aimed at preventing and safeguarding your digital infrastructure from cyberattacks. Ransomware, an attack particularly successful in disclosing confidential data, is a threat to companies of all sizes across all industries.

The requirements for Sustainability reporting have increased significantly during recent years, challenging companies’ processes for reporting. Implementing an automated reporting platform can significantly limit dependency on individuals, streamline manual work and reduce the risk of errors.

Business intelligence (BI) supports organizations to extract valuable insights from their unstructured and structured data to facilitate strategic decisions. However, unlocking this potential requires complex data to be managed through data engineering, including data ingestion, storage and processing, before it can be transformed into tangible values...

Triathlon Group's annual industry report (Verkstadsrapporten) shows a strong top-line growth during 2022 for Swedish and West Swedish manufacturing companies. Despite growing top-line, West Swedish companies express concerns regarding the possibility of passing on increased cost, which is expected to lead to reduced profitability...

Discover the untapped potential and key considerations of deploying generative AI in the thriving Swedish manufacturing industry. Deep dive into Triathlon's research which has summarized the advantages of, as well as the risks associated with, this groundbreaking technology.

Emerging and disruptive technologies such as AI, Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, and Autonomous Vehicles have unlocked untapped potential for Transportation Management Systems (TMS), creating new opportunities to reshape the transport industry. This article elaborates on the enablers and features of next-generation TMS, enhancements compared to traditional TMS, how to succeed in implementing next-generation TMS, and future trends.

Enablers and features of next-generation TMS
TMS are logistics platforms streamlining processes of goods movement by connecting various data flows being analyzed and validated to make strategic and tactical changes. The immense increase of computing power and...

Machine learning is revolutionizing businesses, through valuable insights, predicted outcomes, and facilitated decision-making. In healthcare, the models efficiently analyze patient data, identify anomalies and offload staff. But besides a reliable algorithm...

Executing an IT separation within a business carve-out can be a daunting task for leadership teams. However, by considering the following points, the transformation can be executed with greater efficiency and clarity...

Originating from game theory, co-opetition describes how competitors can cooperate to get ahead, or reach a common goal, by working together. Despite its benefits in the prevailing business climate, competitors are – as you might know – often hesitant to collaborate, and as a result, they miss out on favorable opportunities...

Organizations meet increased pressure to disclose their environmental impact. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a standardized methodology that quantifies this impact, providing data for organizations to address the increased demand.

Increased need to quantify environmental impact
Organizations are under increasing pressure to be transparent about their environmental performance. Firstly, the legal reporting requirements are becoming ever stricter, which is illustrated by...

Developed by Intel’s CEO Andy Grove back in the 1970’s, the goal and management method Objectives and Key Results (OKR) has since become the de facto methodology for many tech giants like Google, Amazon and Spotify and is spreading like wildfire across successful startups. The method enables companies achieve their goals by focusing on what is most important – at any given time...

The robust growth since the last global recession in 2008/2009 has reached its climax. We are now forced to face a stark new reality as a recession ominously looms in the not-so-distant future. It is hard to deny that the last two years have been challenging from a supply chain perspective, many were caught off-guard and supply chain inefficiencies were mercilessly punished...

The development of computing capabilities during the last decades has enabled organizations to gather and process large amount of data using advanced mac...

When companies extend offerings through product variants, they will face increasing costs and related challenges as the portfolio grows in complexity. Concurrently, variants generate deep customer value and justify higher price points, where mitigation strategies will enable improved lead times and profits gains...

Triathlon Group’s annual Industrial Report (Verkstadsrapporten) shows that the Western Sweden’s manufacturing industry have recovered after the pandemic. However, high inflation, higher interest rates, continued material shortages and increasing energy prices result in that companies are uncertain about the future demand...

M&A activity in Europe surged in 2021 with more capital spent on acquisitions than any of the previous seven years. After a relatively poor 2020, transaction volumes bounced back to pre-pandemic levels and more. Has the M&A market scaled new heights in Europe?  

The industrial sector is a key driver of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, and a significant share of these emissions comes from facility operations. As an example, natural gas is commonly used for space heating, contributing to carbon dioxide emissions. For industrial companies wanting to improve their sustainability performance, it is relevant to understand the environmental impact of their facility operations...

Have you ever read the comments field on an article posted on social media? Then you have probably encountered both hatred and the spread of disinformation. Wit...

Innovation is a key recipe for success, yet most organizations still struggle to generate and execute enough new ideas to the desired level of novelty. There are many aspects critical to innovation, but successful companies seem to share the common denominator of a visionary leadership and culture that facilitates innovation...

The long-awaited proposal for an EU Directive on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence has finally been released, following the increasing global momentum towards socially responsible and sustainable business. A topic that in times like these is ever more relevant.

United Nations’ 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) show the direction on how to make an impact on the world’s most urgent societal challenges. These goals aim to mobilize efforts and they call for action to organizations around the globe to use innovation and creativity to combat these challenges.

Triathlon Group’s annual Industrial Report (Verkstadsrapporten) shows that the Western Sweden’s manufacturing industry was initially hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but recovery has been rapid and forecasts for the future are positive. However, uncertainties exist on how the cost development of raw materials and transports will progress, which is indicated in this year’s report.

Project sales between businesses are complex and to succeed with a high hit-rate, the sales process needs to turn from a traditional selling with inside-out to an outside-in perspective. By identifying the unique buying points for the customer, new ways of selling are derived that can impact topline results.

Expectations on a new ERP-system are often high. However, once the system goes live, studies show that most businesses experience unachieved realizations of their expected benefits.

Heading into 2020, global M&A activity was declining, with both a deal value and deal count falling in 2019 compared to the all time high levels of previous years.

A sales force which has the skills to identify and sell value is necessary to meet the challenges with value-based sales.