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The Annual Manufacturing Report 2017 (AMR), published by Hennik Research, reflects a surprisingly resilient mood among UK manufacturers; surprising that is to those who haven’t been paying attention…

Servitization: variously defined, it essentially embraces the selling of services by manufacturers, as well as products.

At its simplest, those services can be simple aftersales maintenance and repair offerings, for instance. But increasingly, manufacturers – and especially …

Revolutions, it’s said, share a common characteristic. Seemingly impossible at the beginning, they appear inevitable after the event.

So too with Industry 4.0, dubbed ‘the fourth industrial revolution’.

To a manufacturer viewing the world through the lens of a decade or so back, the tran…

A fully Connected Factory can help a manufacturing business achieve greater plant utilisation and deliver a more resilient network of plant floor industrial automation equipment eg. robots, sensors, actuators, and drives.

See how it provides new, flexible plant-wide connectivity between machines, workflows, databases, processes, and people.

Build a Cisco Connected Factory, deploying PROFINET products in a scalable, validated architecture.

From lower automation integration costs, to greater operational awareness, to an overall reduction of risk; see how PROFINET provides a more secure end-to-end factory with improved performance.

As a branded manufacturer, do you sometimes feel like you’re adrift in the rising tide of e-commerce — unsure of which direction to turn?

Retailers have adapted to e-commerce at this point, and most sell their products online.

But for brands, it’s different. Each brand has unique needs and ci…

It’s a fact of life when it comes to business today you need to be prepared for continued pressure from your customers demanding lower prices. Now, it’s critical to understand each customer’s profitability and know where you can lower prices – not margins.

Growing sales and margins throug…

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The UK manufacturing sector is diverse, innovative and vibrant yet it is still seen as a dark and dreary industry. Published by Hennik Research, The Opus showcases the best of the best in manufacturing and the incredible work they have been doing throughout the year.

Produced as an attractive “co…