WM has teamed up with Dr Marek Szwejczewski to offer readers the chance to win a copy of the Best Factory Award judge's Learning from World Class Manufacturers book.
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Works Management has launched a new conference aimed at putting your maintenance team at the heart of your lean and CI programmes.
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Start fronting up to difficult employees or forget any hopes of becoming a world class manufacturing site, industry leaders have told the Best Factory Awards (BFA) Conference.
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The global consumer packaging company and former Best Factory Award winner, Rexam, claims that the application of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma made a significant contribution towards £26m in savings last year.
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The winners of the 2012 Best Factory Awards will reunite at the Best Factory Conference in Kenilworth next month (19-20 March), to share with others in the industry how they transformed their factories into showcases of lean excellence with empowered workforces and high-performance processes.
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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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Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced that its existing operational excellence programme is to be supplemented by "a new major change programme".
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The implementation of a new dedicated production line for volume manufacturing, the introduction of 5S and an ongoing project to deal with back office issues are among the initiatives helping Sheffield-based Exhausts UK towards fresh turnover targets.
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The Best Factory Awards (BFAs) will launch a new export category and an easy to use online entry form for 2013.
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A factory-wide commitment to lean manufacturing has helped Wetherby packaging manufacturer Inspirepac nearly double its turnover in four years.
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Seven-time Best Factory Award (BFA) winner, PP Electrical Systems has hired Six Sigma specialist Len Palmer to steer plans to double turnover to £50m by 2015.
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Top Continuous Improvement gurus will lead a coaching session on boosting the success of your improvement programmes at the WM Manufacturing Conference.
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Bath-based management consultancy Suiko has been crowned consultancy practice of the year at the CMI Management and Leadership Awards, which recognise excellence among UK managers and management teams.
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Aimia Food's Haydock manufacturing plant has been crowned Britain's top factory at the Best Factory Awards (BFA) 2012.
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Bombardier Aerospace will detail the continuous improvement tools that have supercharged productivity at its Belfast factory at the Works Management Manufacturing Conference (WMMC) on 14-15 November.
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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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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Triumph and Siemens will reveal how they've used continuous improvement to transform site performance after signing up for factory tours at this year's Works Management Manufacturing Conference (WMMC).
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The finalists for the Best Factory Awards 2012 have been revealed.
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The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) has announced that it is reinforcing its commitment to helping English manufacturers increase efficiency and growth with the appointment of a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with experience in the sustainable energy and aerospace sectors.
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A new £2.9million enterprise research centre that will help drive government policy for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is to be built in the UK.
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Top floor support and hiring a full-time facilitator are critical to continuous improvement success, Best Factory award winner Camfil Farr has said.
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Compressed air equipment manufacturer Atlas Copco has revealed energy efficient variable speed drive (VSD) compressors could save the UK industry 16.5 million kWh in 2012.
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Cutting down on unnecessary jargon could help manufacturers win workforce support for continuous improvement, the Best Factory Awards heard.
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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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