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Process Industry Overview Peer groups within the process industry manage flows and make-to-stock supply chains. They are heavily dependent on oil prices and agricultural commodities. From 2015 to 2024, 4.3% of companies in the process industries met the Supply Chains to Admire criteria. In the history of this report series, this is the lowest percentage in the process sector qualifying to make the Winners Circle. Process industries tend to be large and focus on manufacturing excellence. With a historic bias toward marketing and sales-driven processes, ironically, no company in the industry uses channel data well. The gaps between operations and commercial teams grew 3- 5X over the decade. In Table 30, we show the process industry averages.
Table 30. Overview of the Process Industry
FUNDAMENTAL SCORE
PRICE TO BOOK VALUE
INVENTORY TURNS
OPERATING MARGIN
RETURN ON INVESTED CAPITAL
AVERAGE REVENUE (M$)
YEAR- OVER-YEAR GROWTH
NUMBER OF COMPANIES
PROCESS
AVERAGE FOR 2015-2024
Beverages
20
$ 17,800
4.4%
4.84
18.1%
14%
4
4.89
Chemical
38
$ 11,692
0.7%
4.20
10.6%
9.0%
4
2.80
Consumer Nondurables
11
$ 23,461
2.1%
4.97
15.9%
16.3%
4
37.63
Containers and Packaging
17
$ 9,097
0.0%
6.15
10.8%
11.2%
4
3.37
Food Manufacturing
32
$ 18,934
3.3%
5.98
9.6%
3.1%
4
2.69
Pharmaceuticals
32
$ 41,768
5.7%
2.19
21.9%
15.3%
4
6.51
Personal Products
11
$ 9,642
1.9%
2.49
10.8%
14.8%
4
4.94
Averages
$ 18,913
2.6%
4.40
14.0%
11.9%
4
8.97
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