Articles
Much ado about MBAs - Do MBAs cut it for nurturing management?
Is an MBA a top priority or non-essential CV accessory? Jane Gray talks to manufacturers and academia about the value of MBAs and alternative methods for developing management talent.
01 Aug 2010
Leaning towards consultancy
When a company whispers the suggestion of a new lean project it doesn’t take long for business consultancies to descend with promises of transformation.
Jane Gray finds out from lean consultancy providers and clients about what consultants need to consider before prescribing the right medicine and what manufacturers need to do to get the most out of their investment.
July 2010
Widening your horizons
With exports leading UK manufacturing’s revival, Mark Young considers the role of UK Trade & Investment in helping manufacturers taking advantage of opportunities abroad.
June 2010
Location, location, location
A manufacturer of spiral-wound tubing used in specialist electrical insulation applications, West Sussex-based Lamina Dielectrics is something of an export success story. Over 90% of the company’s output is shipped overseas.
Malcolm Wheatley investigates.
01 May 2010
Troubled car industry sparks into life
Mark Young explores the state of play for Britain’s ultra low carbon vehicle (LCV) proposition and finds out why the ambitious plan to become a world leader in LCV might just come off.
April 2010
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Interviews
Strategy For Success
Having arrived at the Technology Strategy Board last year fresh from Airbus, chief
executive Iain Gray is ideally placed to consider how technology and innovation can take manufacturing forward into a new age. Becky Done talked to him about a strategy that will help to redefine the sector for future generations
January 2009
Raising the bar
From apprentice to Scotland’s 10th richest man and owner and CEO of global group Clyde Blowers, Jim McColl has refined the process of success. Industry needs a new generation of good leaders, he tells Gay Sutton, ones with ambition, hunger, and the ability to think big
May 2008
From Russia with love
British van-maker LDV has gone through the mill, so how is it shaping up for the future? CEO Steve Young tells Gay Sutton about life under Russian ownership
November 2007
Pride of place
British manufacturing must do better at selling itself to a misinformed and sometimes sceptical public, Saint Gobain Glass managing director Alan McLenaghan tells Colin Chinery
October 2007
Knocking bloody doors down
If you thought quango chairmen were all ex bank managers seeing out the twilight of their careers, meet Nick Paul. He loves steam engines, ski-ing and his Morgan sports car, but Ken Hurst discovered something less glamorous that he’s even more passionate about. Manufacturing
May 2003
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Business Profiles
In the frame
The Dunraven Window Group has become one of Wales’ most dynamic family-owned businesses. Operations manager Keith Carter talked to Jayne Flannery about the company’s growing market share
01 Jun 2008
The clinical approach
Mike Skelt and Bob Galvin of Olympus KeyMed tell Debbie Giggle how the company is pushing up standards
01 Jun 2008
First flush
CME Sanitary Systems faces an independent future with conviction and confidence, as Robert Pols discovered when he spoke to CEO Brian Watson and
operations director Simon Peck
01 May 2008
Lean transformation
Scott Irwin, site leader of the Southend site of MK Electric, part of the Honeywell Group, talked to Jayne Flannery about creating a robust and sustainable UK manufacturing operation
01 May 2008
Package deal
After 25 years in business, Atlas Packaging is determined to move forward with a business plan based on agility, innovation and customer service, Clive Gamble told Ruari McCallion
01 May 2008
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