The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) is urging English manufacturers to "go for growth" in 2013 and has released a ten-point action plan which it claims will help them become more efficient, reduce waste and increase sales.
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Hi-Tech Mouldings of Waterlooville, Hants, has been shortlisted to become a national champion for the UK in the European Business Awards.
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Top industrialists will reveal the secrets of world-class manufacturing as a prelude to the Best Factory Awards, taking place later this month in London.
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Pharma business Pfizer has doubled throughput and saved £1.5m at its Havant site after implementing a range of improvement measures.
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Turning continuous improvement on factory back offices could deliver far bigger productivity gains than focusing techniques on shopfloors, the Best Factory Awards Conference heard today (27 March).
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Making staff the key tool in information management – and not just computers – is the most effective way to avoid data breaches, say researchers from Loughborough University.
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Bandage and dressing manufacturer Mölnlycke Health Care has cut inventory and smoothed forecasting, following the successful implementation of a business improvement programme across the group.
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Manufacturing managers are being offered the chance to tour the UK's number one factory- Parker Hannifin in Birtley, Tyne & Wear- to pick up best practice tips.
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Indian workers are twice as likely as their UK counterparts to cheat time keeping systems in a bid to pocket extra pay according to a Kronos survey.
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Chemical manufacturer BASF is driving its asset utilisation towards world class to increase capacity and, in turn, boost productivity and profitability at its Antwerp site (pictured).
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One in ten manufacturing sites has witnessed workforce bullying over the past year, WM's People & Productivity report has revealed.
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Union chiefs yesterday welcomed the news that more than 1000 jobs had been secured and praised workers and the boss at Vauxhall's Luton plant following a decision by parent group General Motors than new generation Vivaro vans are to be built there. Vauxhall said the Luton plant would continue to be an important part of its manufacturing footprint.
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Dinamiks is offering a free 60-day trial of its software which is designed to help companies manage the new retirement regulations. The aim is to help companies adapt to the new retirement rules, which see the default retirement age of 65 being phased out from 6 April 2011.
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The food manufacturer Bakkavör is driving improvements in output and efficiency at two of its Lincolnshire operations in order to relieve the pressure the company had been put under by the economic downturn.
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Coaching schemes must be rigorously evaluated to show their impact on staff performance or they could be scrapped by recession-hit businesses, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned.
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Breakthrough performance data was today (1 February) hailed as "a great way to start the year" and "a shot in the arm for battle-hardened UK manufacturers". New monthly figures from the well-respected Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) showed output growth at a 43-month high, new orders rising at their steepest rate for six years, record export growth and an increase in employment for the first time in almost two years.
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A global lighting business that designs and produces 4.7 million light fittings a year for over 100 commercial markets around the world has been named Factory of the Year for 2009 at the Best Factory Awards (BFA) run by Cranfield School of Management in partnership with the magazine Works Management and sponsored by Barclays Commercial, DAK Consulting, The National Skills Academy for Manufacturing, Siemens, TBM Consulting and Unite the Union.
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For manufacturers aiming for the same kind of manufacturing excellence being achieved by the companies stepping onto the stage to collect their Best Factory Awards trophies this year, a special morning 'How to be a winner' session is to be hosted by senior awards judge Professor Mike Sweeney.
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EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, today (17 march) launched a three month campaign to help UK manufacturers combat recession.
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Productivity improvement specialist OptimumFX, working in collaboration with Cranfield School of Management, is looking for a site to take part in a six month trial of its LineView product.
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A new report published today (14 July) shines a bright light on UK manufacturing, exploding myths about its future being exclusively high tech or dependent on winning productivity formulae.
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A comprehensive guide to measuring productivity in the UK economy has been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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You have a lot to gain from entering the 2007 Best Factory Awards.
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