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Automation is the Future for UK Manufacturing: Here are 5 Considerations Before You Invest…

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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Production: Big Vs. Small Batches

Manufacturing 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

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