CLAIM #42594 · 3M Company (MMM) · 2025Q2 earnings call · Jul 18, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2025
“For the year, we're expecting about the same and again, we're getting about 2% gross productivity, 2% net productivity on top of inflation.”
William Brown · CEO
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“asked the question in the spirit, right? The adjusted margins are moving up pretty nicely. We don't get an adjusted gross margin, for example. So how much of it is at the gross line, how much of it's kind of in G&A? And how do you see that playing out moving forward? William Brown: Okay, Jeff. So it's a good question, and I'll start and maybe I'll ask Anurag to jump in on part of this. So for the year, it's about $0.5 billion of productivity. More or less about half is coming out of G&A and about half is coming out of our factories out of our supply chain, which, as we translate it internally, is running about 2% net of inflation, which is about what we had expected. Inflation in the quarter. Q2 was a little bit higher than 2% and Q1 was at less than 2% for the first half, it's around 2%. For the year, we're expecting about the same and again, we're getting about 2% gross productivity, 2% net productivity on top of inflation. So it's actually been pretty good on the supply chain side. It's the elements that we've been talking about. I alluded to in some of my prepared remarks, of $40 million, $50 million coming out of reduced cost per quality, which has been a good trajectory that we've been on a long journey, a lot more to do. Good movement on procurement savings, net of any inflationary pressures from our suppliers. Really good cost controls on the 4-wall side, so within our factories as well as in the logistics network as well. So overall, about $250 million, really good progress on driving supply chain productivity. And I'd say the same thing on the G&A side, and I'll turn to Anurag to maybe say a couple of words on what's happening on the G&A side. But overall, about $0.5 billion, half G&A, half in supply”
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