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Shine on, you crazy diamond
In this fast-changing and challenging web-driven world, IT professionals with business savvy are in pole position to direct success |
12/09/2007
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So you think you can change the world?
Getting a grip on ‘change’ is notoriously difficult but, to succeed, we must. How you do that from an IT perspective is today’s big question, and it looks like the industry has answers. Brian Tinham looks at SOA (services orientated architecture), wireless -- and introduces the Best of British Manufacturing IT 2007 Award winners |
06/07/2007
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It’s time to get passionate about IT
None of us wants to join the statistics of failed UK businesses revealed in the 2007 Findlay Census of UK Manufacturing. Avoiding that means a personal crusade for better IT |
22/03/2007
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Time to challenge your assumptions
When the chips are down we all need to think and act fast – and that’s when we most need to know that what we ‘know’ is right. In 2007, ignorance will be no defence |
12/01/2007
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The art of the possible, the science of reality
What do these three have in common: interest rates, lean yet active bananas and manufacturers fixed in the belief that IT's purpose is cost reduction? And what's the message from them all for 2007? |
28/11/2006
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Business enabler or cost of business?
Manufacturing business leaders have to shrug off the shackles of thinking of IT as a cost. For as long as we depend on IT for competitiveness, we better invest in getting it right |
24/10/2006
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On the shoulders of manufacturing giants
The Best of British Manufacturing IT Awards were conceived not only to recognise excellence but to promote best new practice, best systems and best opportunities for us all. Brian Tinham examines the common threads of achieving business success through IT |
26/09/2006
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Platflorm one for the lean bandwagon
You’re going to need all the help you can get if you want your lean business transformation to go well. Book onto the Best of British Manufacturing IT Conference now |
17/08/2006
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Looking out for the art of the possible
ICT (information and communication technology) is too diverse and fast-changing to take for granted. Brian Tinham romps through the state of the art for manufacturing and engineering companies – and some of the implications for IT strategy |
04/06/2006
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Business seen from a different perspective
There is little as frustrating as a failed good idea, particularly when what got in the way was not just the people you employ but your own assumptions and understanding |
24/05/2006
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A new landscape for our IT by 2020
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Foresight 2020 study sheds useful light on the shape of manufacturing businesses to come – and their IT and application environments |
10/04/2006
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Productivity is not the only end game
A successful manufacturing business strategy isn’t only about stripping out ‘waste’ as per lean thinking. It’s a great start, but for our own good we need to do much more |
01/03/2006
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Best of British manufacturing IT
If you missed last month’s MCS Best of British Manufacturing IT conference, this issue is devoted to telling its compelling stories, and providing the lessons and experience |
01/02/2006
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£250 million for UK manufacturing?
The announcement last month that the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) is to deliver a further £250 million worth of ‘added value’ to UK manufacturers over the years to 2008 provided an apparently welcome end to a year most notable for rather less than good news. ‘Apparently’, because £250 million doesn’t mean £250 million: it actually means £34 million of public money, half from the DTI and the rest from the Regional Development Agencies in England and their equivalents in Wales. The £250m is merely the improvement in total ‘gross value added’ (GVA) manufacturers who take MAS assistance might expect to notch up |
01/01/2006
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Get a steer from the best of British
With the Christmas season upon us, it’s time to determine exactly how we’re going to build a better future for our businesses in 2006. Accept a helping hand from MCS |
01/11/2005
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So for 2006, your what should new dawn bring?
As we stare 2006 in the face, and wonder what the hell happened to 2005, there are some important issues to resolve and priorities to set – and that work needs to be done before the Christmas festivities bring sane thought to a grinding halt. We’re talking business strategy, but also then the operational stuff. The work we put in now to getting all that as right as possible will determine the scale and speed of our success or indeed failure over the next year or two |
01/11/2005
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Isn’t it time we learned to let go?
With the pressure on manufacturers to improve business competitiveness and efficiency, while relying on existing systems to perform well, we have to look for external help |
01/10/2005
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A problem shared is a problem halved
If ever there was an idea that went in cycles of popularity, it is IT outsourcing. In the early days, uptake was forced by the technology’s costs and limits; then it waned as minicomputers and client/server systems changed the cost and data access model. Then outsourcing grew again as fashion dictated a view of IT as non-core, only to fall away as companies found problems with going too far |
01/10/2005
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Factory systems to take centre stage?
IT for improving shopfloor operations is starting to see a resurgence as manufacturers realise that these are becoming the barriers in the way of supply chain initiatives |
01/09/2005
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We’ll only have ourselves to blame
Latest CIPS/NTC Research figures for UK manufacturing performance don’t make entirely comfortable reading. But some of the solutions are within our grasp |
01/07/2005
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How to choose and implement an ERP
This should be mandatory preparation for anyone about to embark on upgrading, changing, or installing a new ERP system – or indeed any substantial business IT project. Collected here is comprehensive advice on everything from system definition to selection and implementation – from consultants and IT vendors serving your community, and your peers doing it |
01/07/2005
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You’d better believe it: it’s down to you
Whether you believe the returned Labour government is chastened and more focused on the UK or not, the tools for transforming manufacturing industry are in your hands |
01/07/2005
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You’ve never had it so good?
Government support for manufacturing industry has never been its strongest suit, whatever the shade in office. Don’t expect too much to change very soon |
01/04/2005
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No time to reminisce, only time to change
This special issue of MCS celebrates 10 years of publishing – but what matters is what you do this year and next. Here are some thoughts and predictions |
18/01/2005
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