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Part of the equation
Laura Cork looks at how manufacturers are sewing up the issues of supply chain integration to ensure the right parts arrive at the right time. |
15/04/2008
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Style challenge
Lights, controllers, cushioned seats – all manner of bells and whistles, literally, can be added to forklift trucks
these days. But what price customisation? Laura Cork checks the small print |
15/02/2008
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Make a move to cut out damage
Modern handling systems such as cranes and conveyors can make a difference to the bottom line by minimising product damage within the factory and beyond. Laura Cork reports |
21/01/2008
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Strategic Moves
Can manufacturers beat logistics providers when it comes to managing a transport operation? Laura Cork climbs into the driving seat to find out |
17/12/2007
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Movers and makers
Laura Cork looks at examples of handling and storage solutions that are paying dividends for manufacturing organisations |
20/11/2007
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Manpower versus mechanics
Whether it’s pulling, pushing, lifting or lowering, it’s no longer sensible (or even legal, in some cases) to expect your workforce to take the strain. |
17/09/2007
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Uplifting technology
Getting your warehouse in the picture needn’t be the trial it once was. Brian Tinham assesses the opportunities from integration and newer technologies |
18/07/2007
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Back to basics
Automation is not always the most affordable or simple of ways to help reduce or eliminate manual handling risks. Steed Webzell suggests some cost-effective methods of achieving the same goal |
13/03/2007
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Exhausting-the-possibilities
The environmental tyre-print is under the spotlight. For all businesses, being seen to be green is no longer enough: it's zero tolerance on emissions for new forklift power sources. |
21/01/2007
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Not just flavour of the month
These days, few logistics firms offer only the vanilla option of transporting goods - their multi-flavoured services can add significant value for manufacturing customers. |
20/12/2006
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For safety's sake
What safety features can you expect to find on the modern forklift truck? And, more importantly, how can you ensure these features are employed correctly? |
01/10/2006
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Take the strain and make the gain
If muscle power is replaced by mechanical aids, it's not only workers' health that benefits, but productivity and efficiency, too. |
01/09/2006
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Special report: Lean and agile thinking - appropriate IT for successful manufacturing businesses
The application of lean concepts, methodologies and supporting tools, techniques and systems to whole businesses, not just to the factory – continues to grow in popularity. As manufacturers experience worsening competitive pressures from rivals in the UK as well as those around the world, management teams seem to be realising that, while ‘going lean’ is neither trivial nor short and sharp, it’s the only way they’re going to survive and hopefully revive their fortunes.
This report examines what’s working, how well, where and under what circumstances. It looks at current preferred lean initiatives across manufacturing industry and across different departments – the choices, uptake, barriers and outcomes – with statistics derived from a comprehensive online survey conducted for Manufacturing Computer Solutions. Importantly, it provides detailed analysis of relevant IT uptake, appropriate application and potential benefits. |
16/08/2006
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Good ERP should be centre stage
Far from a bit-part, CommaTECH shows why ERP should play a central role in your manufacturing. Annie Gregory reports |
09/06/2006
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Don't store up trouble
Technology and careful planning help to ensure that today's busy warehouse operates to maximum efficiency. |
01/06/2006
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Flagging up savings
There is far more scope for cost-cutting and business advantage using automatic sensing technologies than most realise. Look to your supply chain, urges Andrew Ward |
18/05/2006
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Distilling the secrets of a spirited success
Ian Macleod Distillers, the whisky producer, deserves its place in history not only for its products, which include Glengoyne and Isle of Skye among other brands, but because of an ERP implementation that has turned the company around. Or more accurately, turned two companies around, and already saved £500,000 worth of finished goods and materials stockholding – at least equal to the cost of the entire implementation – with another £1.5 million in savings still in sight |
01/02/2006
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The drivers of choice
Many factors play a part in the decision to change to another forklift truck provider - not least, of course, is the price. But there's more to it than financial factors, particularly if you involve your drivers in the decision |
01/01/2006
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Integrated business is key to success
When £42 million turnover Ossett-based Matthews Foods acquired the New Ivory business in Elland, West Yorkshire, it quickly found that its earlier investment in a food industry-specific ERP system paid off – even though operations there were very different to its own. But that was just the start of what’s turned into a major integration project that’s still ongoing, but is already successfully synchronising real-time production management, with product development, supply chain operations and business analysis and improvement |
01/09/2005
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Salad days: scheduling packs a punch
When Tilmanstone salads decided to drive its business from an advanced planning and scheduling system, it got much more than a bargain |
16/05/2005
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Scheduling puts it in the bag at Smurfit Ward
Leyland, Lancashire-based paper packaging materials supplier Smurfit Ward reckons it’s slashed sales and production planning meeting times while significantly reducing set-up times and waste across all work centres – despite small batches and more complex jobs – all as a result of scheduling software from Preactor |
01/05/2005
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