JANUARY 2019
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MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT Incorporating Works Management
CONTENTS
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A false dawn
6 Round-Up
This month’s biggest stories
10 CI Dilemma
Sticking to targets
11 Opinion
Wanted: a new breed of pioneers
12 Employment Law
David Beswick of Eversheds
Sutherland explores a managerial
cover-up, how to cater for an
employee with allergies and dealing
with poor references in an interview
14 60 Seconds With...
Chris King, Praxair
Cover Story
18 Meet the new boss
A report has identifi ed a breed of
manufacturing ‘super managers’.
Trouble is, they only make up 20%
of industrial leaders. What do the
rest need to be doing to avoid
getting left behind?
Interview
24 Power to the people
People will be at the heart of
manufacturing’s successful
adoption of AI, the CTO of
Microsoft UK tells MM
Skills
26 With the world at your feet
When children were asked what
they want to be when they grew
up, ‘manufacturer’ didn’t fare well.
Now, some are trying to change that
Automation
30 Beyond the buzzword
It’s high time for Industry 4.0
to move beyond a concept and
become a reality on the shopfl oor,
says Festo’s Steve Sands
Manufacturing Champions Awards
32 The winner takes it all
Discover who won what at the 2018
Manufacturing Champions Awards
Business improvement
36 Critical thinking
Managers should consider the
benefi ts of Business Continuity
Planning to build confi dence
throughout their organisation
Counterfeiting
40 Fake it ‘til you make it
Counterfeit goods continue to
be a problem in the UK, creating
signifi cant losses for manufacturers
43 Great British Factories
The history of Wall’s Ice Cream
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