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The principles of lean manufacturing and on-the-job employee training have been combined by logistics group Unipart as a core part of its strategy to improve productivity.
It's always worth tuning into Wake up to Money on BBC Radio 5 Live and this Friday didn't disappoint. The featured discussion considered the effect that cuts in interest rates in countries such as...
A new product selling into a new market. That sounds like the Apple Watch might be a strategy of diversification for Apple, or at the very least related diversification. For the first time, Apple...
What happened to McDonalds?
McDonalds is currently facing stiff competition all over the world....
The Vehicle with the Built-in Bike!
Ford has shown off its new ideas for inner-city travel. A van with a built in folding electric bike.The idea behind this new prototype is to allow couriers, who would normally drive a van into...
Telecoms Takeovers - BT Buys EE in the Battle for Market Leadership
In one of the most significant takeovers in the UK in recent business history, telecoms group BT has agreed a £12.5bn takeover of the mobile phone operator EE.
UK Manufacturing: Not Really a March of the Makers - More of a Limp
The UK economy is growing again. But. it's not the manufacturing sector that is driving this growth. Manufacturing output hardly changed in 2014 and it is the service sector that is behind the UK's...
UK Manufacturing - Rolls Royce Takes Steps to Improve Operational Efficiency (Competitiveness)
Competitiveness - and specifically the need to be cost-effective - is at the heart of a significant announcement by one of the UK's most significant manufacturers Rolls Royce.
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