Jari Paranko

Jari Paranko, PhD, Lead Expert – Profitability Management & Industrial Competitiveness Strategies

“If you can’t read the production numbers below the surface, you’ll never see anything new on the bottom line.”

Jari Paranko is the academic backbone of MexLink’s profitability- and competitiveness solutions. More than 30 years at Tampere University (formerly Tampere University of Technology) have made him one of the most seasoned industrial-business scholars—and, above all, a proven results-maker.

Examples of his knowledge capital

• Profitability surgeon – Led a Cost Deployment & Profitability project in heavy engineering that raised margin by +4.7 % in 18 months through process and product-structure optimisation.

• Data-driven decision making – Created the Throughput × Cost Matrix, enabling an electronics manufacturer to redirect investments; result: €10 million CAPEX savings and a shorter cash-conversion cycle.

• International playing field – Research exchanges and projects in Australia (UNSW) and Italy (Politecnico di Milano)—deep insight into cultural and cost drivers of global supply chains.

• Research → applications – 80+ peer-reviewed papers and industrial handbooks; methods adopted in metal, forest and energy industries.

• Leadership & networks – Headed dozens of national and EU-funded consortia where SMEs and large corporations co-created new profitability potential.