Your shop window – website design tips
Posted on 25 Jun 2013 by Malcolm Wheatley
For manufacturers, building an effective website to showcase the business can prove a challenge. Malcolm Wheatley searches out best practice.
Features
Measurable employee empowerment
Posted on 20 Jun 2013 by The Manufacturer
It is often said that investment in training helps with employee empowerment, autonomous decision making and, ultimately, productivity. Medical device manufacturer Owen Mumford has put a measure on this in more ways than one through its investment in metrology training.
R&D tax claim detected
Posted on 19 Jun 2013 by
TM looks at how Mineseeker Operations reclaimed over £125,000 in R&D taxes with the help of Wolverhampton-based tax specialist R&D Tax Claims. (Advertisement feature)
The allure of annualised hours
Posted on 17 Jun 2013 by
Annualised hours have come back into fashion somewhat, with the flexibility of the system becoming attractive to companies again. And its not just seasonal business that are seeing the benefits.
Sustainability: It’s not easy being green, especially for SMEs
Posted on 16 Jun 2013 by The Manufacturer
Reaching beyond flowery expressions of corporate values, Dai Morgan, research associate at the Centre for Industrial Sustainability, Institute for Manufacturing, investigates the practicalities of sustainability for manufacturing SMEs.
eBECS and AxPact: working with the best of the best
Posted on 12 Jun 2013 by Malcolm Wheatley
Businesses looking to implement or support Dynamics AX overseas now have an alternative proposition to consider, finds IT Contributing Editor Malcolm Wheatley
Increase safety and compliance while increasing output and eliminating waste…
Posted on 12 Jun 2013 by
Protect your employees and your bottom line with Apex’s point-of-work industrial vending solutions.
Sense and Sensitivity
Posted on 11 Jun 2013 by The Manufacturer
Making something from nothing is hard work, especially when you set up a manufacturing business in the UK, from scratch, with no engineering or production knowledge. Sarah Brown, CEO of organic skin care manufacturer Pai Skincare, tells Jane Gray how she did it.
Out and about: TM on the road again
Posted on 11 Jun 2013 by The Manufacturer
TM’s editorial team is out and about at a wide variety of industry conferences, debates and factory tours month in, month out. Let’s get a snapshot of the most interesting trips last month.
The energy emergency: energy rationing a real possibility
Posted on 5 Jun 2013 by Tim Brown
Over the next decade, unless something is done very quickly to speed up construction of energy generation infrastructure, there is a real possibility that energy may need to be rationed.