Optimizing Product Assortment Without Complexity

Are you truly optimizing your product portfolio, or simply reducing SKUs without addressing the real drivers of complexity?

As manufacturers expand their assortments to meet changing market expectations, complexity grows fast. Adding SKUs to cover more customer needs often leads to predictable challenges: slow‑moving inventory, frequent changeovers, engineering time spent on minor variations, and procurement navigating fragmented supplier bases.

Cutting SKUs may offer short‑term relief, but it rarely solves the underlying issue. Complexity returns when the structure of the product architecture remains unchanged. The goal isn’t just to reduce variants — it’s to ensure each SKU has a clear purpose and complexity is intentional and justified.

The Product Complexity Scorecard helps you evaluate whether your current approach truly optimizes your product architecture or simply reduces numbers without addressing root causes.

Take the next step toward sustainable performance improvement and download the Scorecard today.