Tharsus has come a long way from its beginnings in metal fabrication via advertising (really!) to become the advanced machines and robotics manufacturer of choice for Ocado and other discerning customers.
Intelligent use of real-time data is critical to successful industrial digitalisation. However, ensuring that data flows effectively is just as critical to success. Todd Gurela explains the importance of getting your manufacturing network right.
Given that the Brexit debate has been fixated on issues such as the backstop, customs union and single market, businesses have perhaps overlooked one particular element of our relationship with the EU that may cause them a headache right now. Intriguingly, government seems to have overlooked it as well.
81% of manufacturers experience problems recruiting new staff and yet
barely 11% of engineers are women. Resolving that would make recruitment easier, reduce the skills gap and increase profitability. Maddy White reports.
The price of plastics is volatile – not only because it depends heavily on the price of oil, but also because it’s affected by other market conditions.
For centuries, Stoke-on-Trent has been regarded as the ceramics heartland of the world. To keep pace with the demands of today, the city can’t rely on its industrial pedigree, it needs to offer cutting-edge technology and manufacturing excellence.
Modern British manufacturing is hailed around the world for its design and build quality. But so too are those parts of British manufacturing whose roots lie far in the past, and bear little or no relationship to the modern age.
The leaders of seven manufacturing businesses recently gathered to discuss the challenges faced by SMEs and the external support they use, or have used, to achieve their growth ambitions.
Recent research paints a conflicting picture of manufacturers’ adoption of artificial intelligence. We spoke to António Alegria, Head of OutSystems research lab - outsystems.ai - to see what lessons manufacturers might learn from the realm of software development.
Increasing numbers of industrial businesses are replacing their rigid, protracted innovation strategies with a ‘fail fast, fail forward’ framework, and the gains are clear to see.
