How Much Does Complexity Really Cost?

EBIT reserves of more that €30 billion are just waiting to be tapped
Uncontrolled complexity is choking profits at too many companies. Because its effects are siloed in seperate departments, management often fails to see the relationship between complexity and costs across the value chain.

Yet a recent A.T. Kearney analysis finds that companies can increase their EBIT by 3 to 5 percentage points on average—if they make systematic, cross-functional improvements based on transparent complexity costs.