Three leading car manufacturers have joined forces to reduce risks in their supply chains.
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Hitchin-based manufacturer Hermitage Sheet Metal has become one of the smallest engineering companies in the UK to secure a silver World Class Supply Chains for the 21st Century Award (SC21).
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Organisers of logistics and materials handling event IMHX 2013 have announced a line-up of supply chain experts for the free-to-attend conference running from 19-22 March at the NEC, Birmingham.
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The government has announced that the successful bids from round one of its £125 million Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) are projected to create or safeguard over 2,160 jobs supported by approximately £80 million of joint public and private sector investment.
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The recent rise in shipping fuel costs will push manufacturing industries, such as steel, back to the UK. But economic pressure on the industry at home means that companies have to be ready to tackle the challenges ahead, warns Ian Morrison (pictured), manufacturing adviser at Expense Reduction Analysts.
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End-to-end supply chain optimisation can deliver best-in-class service at half the cost. So says business improvement specialist Oliver Wight, which has released a white paper on the subject.
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Reshoring of manufacturing to the UK is faltering because of a lack of skills and capacity among smaller manufacturers, according to a report from Cranfield School of Management.
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More than one third of senior supply chain executives believe a market-driven policy is the most critical issue for supply chain excellence. That's the finding of a poll conducted by business improvement consultancy Oliver Wight.
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Manufacturers are being given the opportunity to find out how they can benefit from the government's Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) later this month.
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Thermacore, a Northumberland thermal management specialist, is setting its sights on new opportunities and says it is on course for new contracs worth £200,000 in the aerospace and defence sector after securing accreditation via a SC21 (Supply Chain 21) award.
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Improving access to finance, aggregating national demand and leveraging down the supply chain will boost automotive OEMs' £7.4 billion annual spend on UK sourcing, increasing the £4.8 billion value added from the supply chain to the UK economy.
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Carling and Coors Light brewer Molson Coors is making changes to its distribution structure following a year-long review of its supply chain which included simulating journeys to assess transport and delivery times.
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UKWA, the logistics industry trade association, has launched a new mentoring service for supply chain executives.
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The Oxo cubes to Mr Kipling cakes group Premier Foods is to embark on a £20m a year cost saving programme as it struggles to battle against slowing consumer spending and raw material cost inflation.
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Animal feed producer Wheyfeed has improved supply chain service levels and increased profitability, after a review of its UK-wide operations.
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The Irn Bru soft drink manufacturer A.G. Barr said today (28 March) that it had made significant progress in the 12 months of its financial year to 29 January, despite making significant operational changes including the closure of one plant, the development of another and revamping its logistics arrangements.
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The earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disasters in Japan are raising concerns that already stretched global supply chains – especially in Europe's automotive sector – will lengthen yet further as demand outstrips supply.
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UK manufacturing landed a treble from government yesterday (17 March) with the announcement of the country's first Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC), an extra £7million for the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS), and the establishment of nine new university-based Centres for Innovative Manufacturing.
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A report out today (2 March) sets out for the first time details of the manufacturing parts and products that car makers want to source from the UK, but are not currently buying here. The report identifies some of the reasons for this, where purchasing decisions are made and where the UK has the potential capability to meet this currently untapped demand.
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Announcing record profits today (23 February), the beverage can manufacturer and packaging group Rexam said that strong customer and supplier relationships and operational excellence were essential to its success and were underpinned by what it calls Rexam way values: continuous improvement, recognition, teamwork and trust.
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Umeco, the advanced composites manufacturing and supply chain services specialist in the aerospace & defence industries, today (7 February) confirmed press speculation that it is holding talks in relation to selling off its supply chain services arm, Pattonair.
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Snow-crippled pre-Christmas retail sales and a wobbly Chinese supply chain have derailed the hobby products group Hornby which today (25 January) used a trading update to issue a profits warning.
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Manganese Bronze, the leading manufacturer of the distinctive London taxi, said today (19 January) that it had successfully extended credit term with its part-owned Chinese supplier and that it is on course to return to profit in 2011.
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) today (7 January) issued a statement about the distribution of pasteurised liquid whole egg to the UK from the Netherlands that may have been made with eggs contaminated with dioxins, prompting a statement to the London Stock Exchange from the cake manufacturer Finsbury Food.
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In a trading update today (22 December) British Polythene Industries (BPI) said its 2010 sales and profit expectations were on target but it was under pressure on input costs from suppliers.
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