Lean Manufacturing

Baxters Food Group planned to cut up to 80 jobs at its Fochabers site

Baxters Food Group to cut up to 80 jobs

By Michelle Perrett

Baxters Food Group plans to cut up to 80 jobs at its Fochabers site in Moray, as the firm implements a new ‘manufacturing transformation programme’. 

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Missed our lean manufacturing webinar? Listen here

By Michael Stones

Missed Food Manufacture’s lean and green food and drink manufacturing webinar yesterday? Don’t worry you can still register and listen any number of times for the next six months.

Food Manufacture's lean and green manufacturing webinar starts today at 11am

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Lean manufacturing webinar: starts today at 11am

By Michael Stones

Food Manufacture’s lean and green food and drink manufacturing webinar – featuring Marks & Spencer (M&S), Greencore and Lauras International – takes place today at 11am.

Lean and green manufacturing and evaluation processes will be the focus of tomorrow’s webinar

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Lean food manufacturing webinar: still time to register

By Michael Stones

Lean and green food and drink manufacturing and evaluation processes will be the focus of Food Manufacture’s free, one-hour webinar tomorrow (Tuesday April 26) at 11am and there’s still time to register ahead of the online event featuring Marks &...

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How Marks & Spencer does lean and green business

By Michael Stones

Marks & Spencer (M&S) is to set out its view of lean and green food and drink manufacturing and evaluation processes in a free, one-hour webinar at 11am on Tuesday April 26.

Don't miss your free place at the lean manufacturing webinar next Tuesday

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Lean manufacturing webinar to focus on four themes

By Michael Stones

Four key themes are likely to dominate Food Manufacture’s lean and green food manufacturing webinar, to take place at 11am on Tuesday April 26, according to Jeremy Praud, partner with Lauras International.

Don't miss Greencore's insight into lean and green manufacturing techniques

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Greencore’s tasty savings from lean manufacturing

By Mike Stones

Convenience food group Greencore will feature in Food Manufacture’s free, one-hour webinar, dedicated to lean and green food and drink manufacturing and evaluation processes, scheduled to take place at 11am on Tuesday April 26.

Weetabix has launched a new apprenticeship programme in its continuous improvement journey

Weetabix launches new apprenticeship programme

By Rick Pendrous

Weetabix Food Company, the cereals and snacks maker with operations at Burton Latimer and Corby in Northamptonshire, has announced a new engineering and manufacturing apprenticeship programme at Tresham College of further and higher education in Kettering.

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Lean and green manufacturing boosts Greencore

By Michael Stones

Greencore’s group technical director Helen Sisson will explain how lean and green manufacturing has boosted the convenience food manufacturer’s performance in a free, one hour webinar, which will take take place at 11am on Tuesday April 26.

Faccenda's Telford plant can currently process and supply 1.2M birds a week to customers

Faccenda ups efficiency with training and robotics

By Rod Addy

Faccenda has invested in robotics and training to increase production efficiency and slash waste at its new Telford factory, according to Catherine Gormley, general manager of the site.

Automating arduous and mundane tasks such as palletising can free staff up to focus on more valuable jobs

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Food firms could treble productivity with lean tools

By Rod Addy

Food manufacturers could treble their productivity with no new resources by applying lean manufacturing tools, according to Professor Peter Hines, partner at lean consultancy SA Partners.

Tighter working methods have helped reduce waste

Lexicon of lean

By Sue Scott

In lean times, making more from less is not a choice but a necessity, reports Sue Scott

DEFRA spends £200K on lean investigation

DEFRA spends £200K on lean investigation

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has commissioned an 18-month, £200,000 research project to get a better idea of how extensively lean manufacturing techniques have been adopted by companies in the food supply chain.

Here at last

Here at last

By John Dunn

The new Proficiency in Food Manufacturing qualification by Improve has been awarded to two UK companies – and not before time.

Firms love to learn lean

Firms love to learn lean

By Rod Addy

Lean techniques are nothing new, but the present climate is generating a much keener interest in them, says Rod Addy

LETTER

LETTER

Money is the turn-on when it comes to lean manufacturing

Royal thumbs up gets Bells ringing

Royal thumbs up gets Bells ringing

By Elaine Watson

Even the Queen was impressed when a certain enterprising baker from Lazonby went from zero to £3.5M quicker than you can say 'free-from'