Understanding accidents
Posted on 17 Feb 2014 by Tim Brown
With so much focus on health and safety at work, most people would be forgiven for believing that workplace injuries and fatalities should now be a rare phenomenon.
Columns
7 Principles of Lean Supplies
Posted on 12 Feb 2014 by Tim Brown
While many leading manufacturers have been practising Lean for years, there are still gains to be made – especially in overlooked areas like industrial supplies and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Back to Scuoler
Posted on 30 Nov 2013 by The Manufacturer
EEF chief executive Terry Scuoler asks manufacturers to make export growth their New Year resolution.
Back to Scuoler: Industrial Policy review
Posted on 20 Sep 2013 by The Manufacturer
Terry Scuoler, chief executive of EEF pinpoints the underlying flaws which could still nobble industry in the UK’s improving rebalancing act.
Policy point – Time to think horizontally
Posted on 1 Sep 2013 by The Manufacturer
Gordon Attenborough, sector head of design & production at the
Institution of Engineering and Technology calls for cross-sector innovation to optimise UK manufacturing competitiveness.
Roberto Priolo’s lean column: Lean on me
Posted on 10 Jun 2013 by
Roberto Priolo, editor of Lean Management Journal, challenges process improvement professionals to embrace the devil they do not yet know.
The naked engineer: The Tornado and the pox
Posted on 10 Jun 2013 by The Manufacturer
Fuel pump failures and personnel problems with chicken pox.
Back to Scuoler
Posted on 10 Jun 2013 by The Manufacturer
Terry Scuoler, chief executive of EEF sets out the manufacturing sector’s stall in the tax avoidance debate and urges government not to forget the need for growth when contemplating action.
Policy point: IET challenges engineering employers
Posted on 1 Jun 2013 by The Manufacturer
Are you doing enough? Dr Tony Whitehead, IET director of policy challenges engineering employers on their existing approach to skills.
The last word: Maintain vanguard
Posted on 8 May 2013 by The Manufacturer
This month’s Last Word is delivered by guest writer Hugh Scullion, general secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. He states the case for renewal of the UK’s Vanguard fleet of submarines as government prepares to publish its Trident Alternatives Review this summer.