The Manufacturer Forward Features List 2007

MONTH

Leadership and strategy

Design and

innovation

World Class manufacturing

Skills and productivity

IT in manufacturing

Logistics and

supply chain

Operations and maintenance

Energy business

Special focus

January

2007

Mergers and acquisitions

Customer focused design

Benchmarking

Salary report

Time and attendance

Global procurement

RFID v barcoding

Environmental building regulations

 

February

2007

Tax incentives

New product introduction

Process innovation

Age discrimination laws

Integration

Supplier development

Robotics 

Competition

IMHX

Preview

March

2007

International trade

Design for manufacturing

Performance measurement

 

Managing change

IT consolidation

Reducing inventory

Building regulations

compliance

Green fuels for transport

Maintec Preview

April

2007

Capital investment

Design software

Mass customisation

Training

Outsourcing IT

 

Aftermarket service

Risk management

Carbon trading

 

May

2007

Off-shoring

 

Intellectual property

Company-wide lean

Pensions and retirement

IT security

Materials handling

WEEE directive

 

Water usage

 

June

2007

Government and manufacturing

Manufacturing University collaboration

Agile manufacturing

Migrant labour

MES

Just-in-time delivery

Root cause analysis

Energy buying

 

July

2007

Reputation management

Design for end of life

Lean accounting

Managing return to work

Telecomms

Managing procurement

Planned maintenance

Cutting emissions

 

August

2007

Factoring

Lean innovation

Continuous improvement

Recruitment

IT for lean

Lean logistics

Materials handling

Government energy incentives

 

September

2007

Policy deployment

R&D tax credit

Six sigma

Continuity planning

Supply chain software

Palletised

Distribution

Environmental best practice

The EU energy market

Manufacturer  LIVE /Awards +  Power 50

October

2007

Leading edge leadership

Leading edge innovation

Leading edge

world class manufacturing

Leading edge skills

Leading edge

IT in manufacturing

Leading edge supply chain

Leading edge manufacturing operations

Winter power supply

 

November 2007

Insurance

Rapid product development

TPM

Staff retention

Mobile working

Supplier management

Compressed air

Renewables

Materials handling

December

2007

Risk management

Culture of innovation

Demand driven manufacturing

Health and safety

APS

Warehouse management

Waste management

Energy efficiency