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Manufacturers can reshore production without increasing costs: Cutting long transit lead times helps businesses regain competitive edge
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- 01 Apr 2023
- Rajan Suri
- ISE Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work
The article focuses on ways to reshore production without increasing costs. It suggests implementing quick response manufacturing (QRM), a strategy developed over two decades through the University of Wisconsin-Madison's QRM Center partnering with manufacturing companies.
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Quality analysis
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- 01 Mar 2023
- Arthur Paim
- Food and Drink Technology
German chocolate brand Ritter Sport has managed to reduce overfills at production speeds by embracing automatic checkweighers. Ritter uses statistical quality control (SQC), which enables them to establish whether any process deviation requiring adjustment has taken place. Arthur Palm explains what SQC entails - and how food manufacturers can use it to save costs and enhance compliance.
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Confectionery market: high turnovers and highly competitive
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- 01 Feb 2023
An overview of the European confectionery industry market, which is one of Europe's most dynamic and largest sectors in terms of production and exporting. The feature also takes a look at the challenges of packaging chocolate at high speeds and creating sustainable confectionery packaging.
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Spirits Industry Profile: United Kingdom
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- 01 Jan 2023
- MarketLine
Annual MarketLine spirits industry profile covering the market size, competitive landscape and forecast data for market performance.
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Barnes Reports: Beer & Ale wholesale industry
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- 01 Jan 2023
- Barnes Reports
Annual Barnes industry report for the beer and ale wholesale industry, covering 62 countries and providing data on industry establishments, sales, and employment.
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That déjà vu feeling – the UK packaged food industry in 2023
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- 19 Dec 2022
- Andy Coyne
- Aroq Just-Food
Advice for UK manufacturers on how to cope with the current economic environment of inflation, as well as wage concerns and consumer resistance to price increases. Analysts also give their views on whether the tough market conditions will mean pressure on M&A activity in the UK food industry during 2023.
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2023 outlook – the beer industry C-suite has its say
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- 13 Dec 2022
- James Beeson
- Aroq Just-Food
Just Drinks has spoken to senior figures in some of the beverage sector's biggest names - Carlsberg, Asahi and BrewDog - to find out about their current challenges and insights into consumer demand. In this piece, some of the beer industry's major players have their say on what's to come in 2023.
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UK manufacturers are sitting on a £24 billion pile of unfinished goods
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- 01 Dec 2022
- Brendan Murray
- Bloomberg
UK manufacturers are sitting on almost £24 billion ($29 billion) worth of unfinished goods that can't be sold because of persistent supply shortages, a survey from Barclays Plc has found.
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SPC software: Enables real-time process management
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- 01 Nov 2022
- Paul Keller
- Quality
A statistical process control (SPC) control chart is a key process management tool, providing indication if a manufacturing process is predictable and consistently capable of meeting requirements. The article explains how SPC software can be used to construct and update the control chart instantaneously.
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Wine Industry Profile: United Kingdom
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- 01 Aug 2022
- MarketLine
Annual MarketLine wine industry profile covering the market size, competitive landscape and forecast data for market performance.
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Foodservice Industry Profile: China
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- 01 Aug 2022
- MarketLine
Market research report on China's food service sector, including 5 year forecasts to 2026.
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Foodservice Industry Profile: Asia-Pacific
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- 01 Aug 2022
- MarketLine
Market research report on the Asia-Pacific food service sector, including 5 year forecasts to 2026.
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Foodservice Industry Profile: United Kingdom
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- 01 Aug 2022
- MarketLine
Market research report on the UK food service sector, including 5 year forecasts to 2026.
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Foodservice Industry Profile: United States
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- 01 Aug 2022
- MarketLine
Market research report on the US food service sector, including 5 year forecasts to 2026.
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Foodservice Industry Profile: Australia
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- 01 Aug 2022
- MarketLine
Market research report on the Australian food service sector, including 5 year forecasts to 2026.
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Foodservice Industry Profile: Canada
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- 01 Aug 2022
- MarketLine
Market research report on the Canadian food service sector, including 5 year forecasts to 2026.
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Foodservice Industry Profile: Europe
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- 01 Aug 2022
- MarketLine
Market research report on the European food service sector, including 5 year forecasts to 2026.
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What's in the water at PepsiCo?
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- 01 Jan 2022
- Phil Wahba
- Fortune
The fizzy drinks manufacturer has also produced 16 current Fortune 500 CEOs. Phil Wahba has researched PepsiCo's highly developed system that identifies and intensively develops high performers within the company - known as "hi-pos".
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China's AI boom
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- 23 Aug 2021
- Mariah Espada, Kai-Fu Lee, Nik Popli, Simmone Shah
- Time
China's manufacturing industry is innovating, and that will upend production everywhere. The country's economic recovery from its short pandemic blip has been aided by its adoption of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Smart manufacturing: Five strategies for smashing silos
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- 01 Jun 2021
- Mo Abuali, Isaac Bennett
- Plant Engineering
Article on the importance for manufacturers of breaking down silo walls as part of the transition to smart factories. Strategies include focusing on the value of data, fostering a culture of innovation, establishing a smart manufacturing steering committee, empowering digital change champions and making internal communications a change management priority
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Management accounting systems and performance measurement at Lean companies
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- 01 Jun 2021
- Lawrence P.Grasso, Thomas Tyson
- Management Accounting Quarterly
Results from a survey of manufacturers interested in or actively engaged in Lean manufacturing and Lean production. The authors' research supports the common perception that Lean transformation of the accounting function lags behind other areas.
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The impact of Brexit
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- 01 Jan 2021
- Committee for European Construction Equipment
- Construction Europe
How will trade between the UK and the EU change for construction equipment manufacturers?
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Retail getting a tech reboot
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- 15 Dec 2020
- Cliff Saran
- Computer Weekly
2020 was the toughest year on record for brick and mortar retailers. Cliff Saran looks at some tech and manufacturing innovations that could help high street shops.
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Managing post-pandemic supply chains
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- 01 Sep 2020
- Willy C.Shih
- Harvard Business Review
After the Covid-19 pandemic, companies need to make their supply chains more resilient. Here's how.
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Negotiating the economic downturn
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- 01 May 2020
- Jonathan Hughes
- Supply Chain Management Review
Six supply chain strategies to help carry manufacturers through difficult times.
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The China electric vehicle industry: Applying management accounting methods can help navigate the expiration of subsidies in the Chinese EV industry
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- 01 Oct 2019
- Kip Krumwiede, Robert Liou
- Strategic Finance
How management accounting methods can help manufacturers compete in the electric vehicle market.
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The new lease accounting rules
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- 01 Jun 2019
- Evan Scarbrough
- Strategic Finance
The updated lease accounting standard IFRS 16 is likely to affect most small businesses that follow US GAAP or IFRS.
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Lean strategies drive automotive efficiency
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- 01 Jun 2019
A cloud-based lean execution system has boosted production quality at automotive supplier Autoliv.
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Stay connected
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- 01 May 2019
- Nick Boughton
- Automotive Manufacturing Solutions
Vehicle manufacturers should be better prepared for problems with IT and operational technology network security.
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What's on the menu?
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- 01 May 2019
- Markus Kuger
- Credit Management
An analysis of the UK restaurant and takeaway sector and the impact Brexit may have on its future.
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