Manufacturing Thursdays Seminars, Institute for Manufacturing Podcast
1) A juicy manufacturing story – The Evolution of Innocent Drinks
Steve Spall describes the changes in the manufacturing & operations arrangements that allowed Innocent to grow from a tiny business in West London to Europe's No1 Smoothie company in just over 10 year...Show More
2) Making a Management Buyout Work - Lessons from Coventry
Jonathan Duck, CEO of Coventry-based Amtico International, discusses management buy-outs, growing business in tough economic conditions and how manufacturing can compete with the Far East.
3) What does the future hold for Britain’s biggest manufacturing sector?
Julian Hunt of the Food and Drink Federation on the challenges facing the UK’s biggest manufacturing sector and how a unique collaborative project between IfM and the FDF has indentified some of the ...Show More
4) Collapse of the 'Funding Escalator' in the Greater Cambridge area
David Gill, MD of the St John's Innovation Centre, discusses issues surrounding the dearth of risk capital and venture funding required by the innovative, growth potential firms on which the Cambridge...Show More
5) What does 'open innovation' mean for the Cambridge high tech cluster?
The IfM's Dr Tim Minshall talks about the realtionship between open innovation and Cambridge, the nature of partnerships. In this interview he examines the nature of OI, the role of serendipity and th...Show More
6) Emerging Clean Technology Industries in the United States
Clean technology industries are emerging and attracting significant attention from policy-makers, entrepreneurs and investors. Dr. Gregory Theyel discusses the location and firm strategy decisions of ...Show More
7) Shaping research for industrial innovation
Professor Mike Gregory, Head of Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing, argues that a more integrated approach is required to manufacturing research.
8) The Natural Step: a unifying framework for sustainable development
Professor Robèrt, is the founder of the internationally renowned NGO The Natural Step explains how he developed a unifying framework for sustainability and how it has been implemented in industries al...Show More
9) Cut waste, boost revenue: Practical examples from industry
Waste is produced whenever more power, water or materials are used than is absolutely necessary. In this presentation, Dr Claire Barlow will take a broad definition of waste in manufacturing industry ...Show More
10) Configuring international supply chains: an integrated operations perspective - findings from research and practice
The design of the supply network, linking suppliers, producers, distributors with their customers is becoming ever more important. Globalization, new routes to market and rapid technology change have ...Show More
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