Vivek Prasad, Executive Director and Partner at Avalon Consulting, shared his views on the challenges facing manufacturing and industrial sectors amid rising input and operating costs, published in Smart Manufacturing and Enterprises.
He highlighted that fuel shortages, increasing raw material prices, and higher export access costs are emerging as key pain points, particularly for energy-intensive industries such as steel, aluminium, and chemicals, with ripple effects across downstream sectors including electronics and electrical products.
