JULY/AUGUST 2019
MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT Incorporating Works Management
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6 Round-Up
This month’s biggest stories
10 CI Dilemma
Making change stick
11 Opinion
Reclaiming the Revolution
12 Employment Law
Helen Hughes of Shakespeare
Martineau answers legal dilemmas
around purchasing one’s own
workwear, unsanitary working
conditions and bereavement
leave following a miscarriage
14 60 Seconds With...
Nick Cowley, MD, Euramax
Cover Story
16 Robot revolution
The traditional warehouse
environment is changing, replaced
by a high-tech connected
environment that rivals the most
state-of-the-art shopfl oor. But
does this drive to automation risk
neglecting the human workers?
Additive Manufacturing
22 From 0-500 in two days
Airbus and the AMRC partner
to explore the benefi ts of additive
manufacturing on the shopfl oor
Automation
24 The land of milk and honey
Automation and dairy production:
Dewlay Cheesemakers and
Mitsubishi Electric show how the
two are nothing like chalk & cheese
The Interview
26 Where are all the
smart factories?
Steve Sands, product manager
at Festo tells MM why more needs
to be done by UK manufacturers
to fully embrace the Fourth
Industrial Revolution
Industry 4.0
28 Industry 4.0 on a shoestring
The University of Cambridge is
helping SMEs on the journey
towards digitalisation through a
ground-breaking project
Training
34 Avoiding robo-fl op
Make UK has launched a new
course to provide skills around
automation and technology
Automotive
37 Bucking the trend
As one of only a few sectors to
have gone against the grain
in terms of production decline, the
automotive industry has a few
secrets to its success
Engagement
40 It’s the little things
A CBI study has revealed the benefi t
of making small, positive changes
to the way we manage our people
43 Great British Factories
The history of AkzoNobel
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