MAY/JUNE 2020
MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT Incorporating Works Management
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Celebrating our heroes
8 Round-Up
This month’s biggest stories
12 CI Dilemma
Meeting madness
13 Opinion
Taxing times
14 Employment Law
Catherine Wilson of Keebles LLP
explores what to do when an
employee joins a climate protest
against his own company,
monitoring home working and
maintaining union relations
16 60 Seconds With...
Tim Paddison, MD, Ho mann UK
Cover Story
18 Print media
With the pandemic causing
disruption to supply chains
and requiring rapid action from
manufacturers, many have turned
to the power of 3D printing, as
Chris Beck discovers
Maintenance
22 Going deep
Manufacturers can embrace a
deep learning approach to help
avoid unplanned maintenance,
explains Rob Dalgety, industry
specialist at Peltarion
Cybersecurity
24 Breaching the perimeter
Lockdown has seen an
unprecedented spike in
cyberattacks on UK manufacturers,
leading to fears that the industry
may not be prepared for a breach
in its systems, Chris Beck warns
Digital Manufacturing
26 Digitalising lean
As the world recovers from COVID-
19, lean manufacturing techniques
– especially those incorporating
strong digital strategies – can fuel
growth in the sector, says Access
Group’s Lucy Pamment
Supply Chains
28 Pivoting for success
The COVID-19 pandemic could
be the perfect opportunity for UK
manufacturing to radically change
the way it operates, argues WMG’s
Prof. Janet Godsell
Leadership
30 Leading through a crisis
Jim Gri n, MD of Nottingham
SME, Interfl ex, shares his
experience of guiding
organisations through tough
economic times
32 IT in Focus
Leading ERP suppliers share
customer success stories from the
COVID-19 pandemic
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