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Works Management's Features Directory provides reference editorial features classified into key industry sector topics. This includes business features, reference archive and specific magazine features and case studies on topics such as facilities / plant management, maintenance, people management and energy provision.
The latest 25 articles are displayed below.
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Deal or no deal?
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17/02/2010
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| Secondhand forklift trucks could be the answer for those companies seeking additional materials handling equipment without raising the budget. Laura Cork goes shopping for quality seconds |
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Smart decisions
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17/02/2010
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| Advanced planning and scheduling has been bounding up the IT rankings over the last couple of years. Brian Tinham talks to
manufacturers about what works best and where |
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Seamless supply chains
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17/02/2010
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| Not so long ago, significant trading losses, migrating customers and a dysfunctional supply chain
meant Coats' future was hanging by a thread. Ken Hurst discovers why it now has everything sewn up |
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Windfall or wind up?
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17/02/2010
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| The market for low-carbon products and services is predicted to be worth £4.5 trillion in five years.
Annie Gregory asks what these goods are, who's making them… and how real their prospects are |
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Layers of expertise
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20/01/2010
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| It's no easy task trying to manage several third party logistics companies. Some manufacturers, therefore, are looking to add another
layer to their logistics operation by introducing a specialist – a fourth party – to drive greater supply chain efficiencies. Laura Cork reports |
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Shaping up
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20/01/2010
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| Behind the scenes, ERP systems are changing – in terms of both scope and underlying technologies. Brian Tinham examines what matters and what enlightened manufacturers are implementing today |
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When the dust settles
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20/01/2010
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| In the second of a series of case studies of Britain's leanest manufacturers, Ken Hurst looks at how a UK offshoot from a 350-year-old French-owned industrial group mined lean success from a mess |
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A sporting chance
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20/01/2010
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| 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 |
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More luck than judgement
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16/12/2009
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| Even at sites which have stringent safety procedures, people and forklift trucks may still be on a collision
course, as Laura Cork discovers |
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The energy report
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16/12/2009
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| Energy management and its impact on the manufacturing sector |
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Vital statistics
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16/12/2009
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| Britain's best factory calls it the bedrock of its success. Annie Gregory finds out how the combination of lean and Six Sigma can transform manufacturing |
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Lean machines
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17/11/2009
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| In the first of a series of case studies of Britain's leanest manufacturers, Ken Hurst looks at how a machinery manufacturer with a long and proud history has embraced lean philosophies to meet tough strategic challenges and battle its way through turbulent times |
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IT Strategy
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17/11/2009
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| A definitive guide to IT for manufacturing operations |
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The dark ages
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17/11/2009
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| What happened to financial security at the end of working life? Annie Gregory finds out how industry is coping with the pensions black hole |
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Dedication: is that what you need?
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22/10/2009
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| Shared-user logistics has been around for quite a while. Even in its most basic form, it's a cost-efficient route but, as Laura Cork
discovers, greater collaboration is really starting to pay dividends |
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Pulling together
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22/10/2009
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| There's more to successful demand-driven manufacturing than lean thinking. Brian Tinham talks to companies that have taken a wider view |
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Breathe life into safety
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22/10/2009
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| Lists of dos and don'ts are only a small part of creating a truly safe workplace. Annie Gregory finds out how to breathe life into a safety culture |
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An inspector calls
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22/10/2009
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| 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 |
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Safe in the knowledge
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22/09/2009
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| 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 |
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Ownership or outsourcing?
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22/09/2009
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| On paper, it's cheaper and possibly more efficient for external specialists to maintain your production equipment. But, asks Annie Gregory, can you trust an outside supplier like your own people? |
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The trouble with S&OP
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22/09/2009
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| One man's meat is another man's poison – and so it is with sales and operations planning. The shape of successful S&OP is bound to depend somewhat on your industry and scale. However, the technologies you choose and the behaviours you enable are critical throughout, says Brian Tinham |
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