JANUARY 2020
MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT I ncorporating Works Management
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Let’s get down to business
6 Round-Up
This month’s biggest stories
10 CI Dilemma
Culture vulture
11 Opinion
Beyond compliance
12 Employment Law
Catherine Wilson of Keebles LLP
looks at the disruption caused by
adverse weather conditions, making
adaptations for a disabled worker
and pub-based favouritism
14 60 Seconds With...
Peter Houghton, energy director,
Tata Chemicals Europe
Cover Story
16 Start of the deal
Could the election result fi nally
bring an end to Brexit uncertainty,
or will wider economic trends
continue manufacturing’s
struggles? Chris Beck
explores the fallout from a
turbulent few months
The Interview
22 Redressing the balance
The UK lags behind many of its
industrial rivals when it comes to
the uptake of automation. MM sat
down with Tom Bouchier, MD of
FANUC UK, to explore how the
onus is on management teams to
solve the problem
Management
24 Battling bias
Have you ever found yourself
favouring one employee over
another? Then you’ve been the
victim of an unconscious bias,
explains Kelly Paul, a team leader
at Air Products
Maintenance
28 Under pressure
High-pressure washdowns are
often used in manufacturing sites
due to their increased e ciency
and reduced costs. However, they
may be causing lasting damage to
your machinery
IT Infrastructure
30 Making the connection
Ian Poulett of Siemens explains
how implementing 5G technology
will provide benefi ts over and above
a speed boost for UK manufacturers
Manufacturing Management Show
32 A team sport
The Manufacturing Management
Show returns to a new home, with
a new partner event, for 2020
Make UK National Conference
34 Business intelligence
Make UK’s National Manufacturing
Conference, held on 25 February
2020, sees some of the leading
names from UK manufacturing
gather in Westminster
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