Manufacturers are facing the tenth successive year of rising energy costs, largely due to the increase in taxes, levies and network ‘non-commodity charges’ that now make up 60% of a business’ energy bill.
As we approach a new year and the Brexit deadline looms, many manufactures are concerned abou…
Change is undoubtedly a double-edged sword for businesses. While it can offer unprecedented opportunity to drive top-line revenue and improve efficiency, it can also pose big challenges for your core operations and infrastructure.
Change com…
UK discrete manufacturing is a success story. However, for its finance departments, it’s often a story of stress.
70 percent of the UK’s financial investment in R&D is made by manufacturers and the sector provides 13 percent of business investment. 2.6 million people are employed in the secto…
Kaeser Kompressoren is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and providers of compressed air systems and services, offering products, services, and complete systems for the generation, treatment, and delivery of energy in the form of compressed air.
Realizing the game-changing potential …
UK manufacturing is in a good place. Out of every pound the UK spends on business R&D, manufacturers spend 69 pence. Around one seventh of UK investment goes into the sector.
In addition, with 2.7 million employees, more people work in manufacturing than in local government.
The UK is the worldâ…
The long-awaited White House report on the state of the US industrial base finds that “all facets of the manufacturing and defense industrial base are currently under threat,” and warns that entire industries vital to national security are facing “domestic extinctio…
Digitalization is enabling a reinvention of manufacturing.
It’s a core component of a new Industry Renaissance—the merger of automation, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), business processes, big data and cloud computing.
It’s reshaping how manufacturers innovate …
Organisations today are looking for solutions that deliver benefits long after the implementation is complete.
As you explore the benefits of predictive maintenance solutions, it’s natural to look for the initial return on investment (RoI) and whether it justifies the cost.
While the most evid…
With new digital technologies and production models emerging to drive greater performance across the manufacturing and supply chain spectrum, organisations can increase earnings and customer value by unlocking the potential of the investments already made in the physical and digital value s…
In a recent study of services leaders at manufacturing and services businesses, almost a third of respondents (30%) strongly agreed that it was important to become a digital business.
Overall, 100% of service leaders agreed that it’s important to wade into the digital waters, but most are unsure o…
