If successful, the adoption of industrial digitalisation solutions could, within 10 years, boost UK manufacturing by £455bn, drive sector growth by 3% and create 175,000 new jobs.
The Annual Manufacturing Report 2018, published by Hennik Research, says UK manufacturers are poised to take on the world, but are failing to pull the trigger on a bright future because of uncertainties surrounding the outcome of Brexit negotiations and the threatened shortage of skilled workers in the coming decade.
5S is an organisation system that prioritises efficiency and effectiveness within the work place. The principles of 5S originated from five Japanese words: 整理 (Seiri), 整頓 (Seiton), 清掃 (Seiso), 清潔 (Seiketsu), 躾 (Shitsuke), which have been translated into English roughly as ‘Sort’, ‘Set in Order’, ‘Shine’, ‘Standardize’, and ‘Sustain’.
As KFC stores across the UK begin to reopen following the chicken shortage, Tim Bound, director at Transtherm Cooling Industries, examines what manufacturers can learn from the fast food chain’s crisis.
By aligning Lean and Six Sigma with Industry 4.0 technologies, manufacturers can drive continuous improvement, maximise efficiency and enhance customer value.
Manufacturers are on the cusp of a technological revolution, the fruits of which could help address the long-standing productivity gap between the UK and comparable economies.
The Manufacturer’s Digital team produced more videos over the past 12 months than any other year. Here are the ones that manufacturing decision-makers engaged with the most.
Here are the features that manufacturing decision-makers most engaged with, found the most useful, shared with their networks and discussed with their teams over the past 12 months.
Motorsport brake and clutch company, Alcon Components, has announced a major continued investment plan focused on significant future expansion of its existing defence and security sector business.
