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A sporting chance
With UK manufacturing capital investment running at more than £1 billion below pre-recession levels, Colin Chinery asks how far this – along with tight credit and funding availability – could hobble a resurgent British manufacturing |
20/01/2010
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The dark ages
What happened to financial security at the end of working life? Annie Gregory finds out how industry is coping with the pensions black hole |
17/11/2009
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An inspector calls
You can have the safest workplace in the world, but that won't turn a profit or make you successful. To tick some of the other boxes you may need professional help, as John Dwyer explains |
22/10/2009
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Safe in the knowledge
Risk management can be a complex business – but next month's Health & Safety 09 event promises to help manufacturers cut a path through this complexity with a host of useful seminars, a conference, and an exhibition featuring many leading product and service suppliers |
22/09/2009
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Business without boundaries
They used to say export or die. They still do. Ken Hurst looks across the manufacturing spectrum to illustrate the growing importance of international trading |
17/06/2009
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At your service
If manufacturing isn’t what it used to be, what might it become? Ken Hurst finds out that the answer could be a blue and white collar hybrid |
20/05/2009
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A problem shared
Virtual teams, working together across engineering, manufacturing and supply chains, are trendy in concept, but what do you really need to make them work? Brian Tinham reports |
15/04/2009
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Staying alive!
We are where we are. Industry didn’t create the credit crunch, but we still have to find ways of surviving it. Annie Gregory finds out where the lifebelts are lurking |
17/03/2009
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Wholly matrimony
Are manufacturers rushing to the altar to share their worldly goods or did the cost of a wedding just get too high? Ken Hurst courts some newly-weds and some marriage guidance counsellors to find out |
18/02/2009
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A sporting chance
They’re magnificent men and women, but who’s behind the machines that make them fly? Ken Hurst looks at some of the leading edge design, innovation and product development that’s helping sportsmen and women towards their goals and golds |
21/01/2009
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Picking their brains
Academic institutions are powerhouses of scientific and technological
knowledge. Annie Gregory finds out how manufacturers can work with them
to transform their prospects |
18/11/2008
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Surviving the financial hurricane
There have been worse times to be in manufacturing than now. John Dwyer peers through the doom and gloom and finds plenty of reasons for optimism |
21/10/2008
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Dare you play R&D roulette?
Innovation needn’t be a gamble. There are ways of telling whether ideas will hit the jackpot and steps you can take to make sure you don’t back a loser. John Dwyer reports |
26/09/2008
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Entry-level knowledge
New immigration rules will impact migrant workers and their employers.
Vanessa Nicholls reports |
26/09/2008
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The inside view
What have consultants ever done for you? That’s the question Ken Hurst puts to a number of manufacturers |
14/07/2008
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Crisis, what crisis?
Where do you go when your business needs an injection of funds?
Annie Gregory investigates the options in today’s turbulent economic climate |
15/04/2008
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Planning makes perfect
How can a project of grand designs be achieved without disrupting production or service levels? Chris Rowlands finds out |
27/03/2008
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Law in your own hands
Vanessa Nicholls describes some of the forthcoming legislation that could affect manufacturing
employers across the country |
20/03/2008
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Personal choice
Consultants can be invaluable to manufacturers, helping them to drive through significant business change, or perhaps encouraging new thinking and new approaches. But how do you choose them – and then manage them? Is it common sense, or do you need a crib sheet? |
17/12/2007
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Work through the changes
Stuart Jones looks at recent changes to employment law and previews new introductions on the horizon |
17/12/2007
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Collaborate to accumulate
Supply chain collaboration is essential for fast, responsive customer service. But, asks Annie Gregory, how do you make it
dovetail with your push to go global? |
15/10/2007
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Controlling change
The motor sport industry, among others, is increasingly turning to PLM software tools to make that winning difference. Dr Tom Shelley looks at what’s happening |
03/10/2007
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No pain, no gain
Product management is about much more than PLM software. It’s about making sure you’re up for some tough decisions about your product portfolio. Harsh pruning can lead to new season growth, as John Dwyer discovers |
16/07/2007
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Box clever to minimise waste
Jenni Rosser looks at how manufacturers can make savings and improve their environmental impact by taking action on packaging |
18/05/2007
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