After an incredibly challenging couple of years for British manufacturers, the sector is finally witnessing a boost in growth prospects as output and orders pick up. This is according to Make UK’s ‘Manufacturing Outlook 2024 Q2’ report published in June 2024. It also states that business confidence has risen to equal its highest level in
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Eli Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a successful business management methodology which looks to increase flow and capacity in organisations. Goldratt articulated his philosophy in a series of books – the most famous of which being his bestseller ‘The Goal’, which is still featured on many university reading lists. ‘The Goal’ is highly recommended
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Eli Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a successful business management methodology which looks to increase flow and capacity in organisations. Goldratt articulated his philosophy in a series of books – the most famous of which being his bestseller ‘The Goal’, which is still featured on many university reading lists. ‘The Goal’ is highly recommended
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By Lauren Wiles, John Muncaster © 2023, Goldratt UK It has been a very difficult few years for the UK’s manufacturing industry and unfortunately there are still challenges ahead. MakeUK and PwC conducted a survey of over 200 senior manufacturing leaders which revealed that almost three-quarters of companies (70%) expect their energy costs to increase
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This article is the third in our four-part series detailing how to deliver on-time, every time. Click here to read a holistic article which will walk you through the 4 steps you need to take – in the best sequence – to achieve high OTIF (on-time, in full). For the first step in more detail,
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UK manufacturers seem set on accelerating the installation of automation and robotics in their production plants. As well as looking for efficiency gains, this seems to be a natural consequence of the labour shortages brought about by Brexit and various lockdowns over the last couple of years. This is driven by a strong desire to
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This article is the second in our four-part series detailing how to deliver on-time, every time. Click here to read a holistic article which will walk you through the 4 steps to take – in the best sequence – to achieve high OTIF (on-time in full). Click here to read the first step: ‘Release Dates
Read MoreThis article is the first in our four-part series detailing how to deliver on-time every time. Click here to read a holistic article which will walk you through the 4 steps to take – in the best sequence – to achieve high OTIF (on-time in full). The following instalments to this series will be uploaded
Read MoreManufacturing organisations have always faced the same dilemma over what is the appropriate batch quantity to manufacture – whether that is a Minimum Batch Quantity (MBQ) or an Economic Batch Quantity (EBQ) or quantities that match customer orders exactly. These terminologies can be heard in planning meetings around the world… This tells us there is
Read MoreIt doesn’t matter how good the quality of your product is, customers will not buy from you if you cannot deliver their orders. Very few – if any – businesses can deliver to their customers significantly late and maintain a good relationship. Reliability often translates to customer loyalty. What’s more, whilst companies are fighting fires
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