manufacturing
Passion for perfection: Ducati manufacturing in Thailand
Headquartered in Bologna, Italy, Ducati, the passionate motor bike manufacturer, expanded their operations to Thailand in 2011. On the fifth day of our study tour we visited their assembly plant that has a footprint of ...
‘Grill the Aspiring Geeks’ – Cranfield University stories from the Disruptive Innovation Festival
We recently took part in The Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF), a three-week-long online festival of 'disruptive' ideas (from November 6th to 24th 2017), which is free and accessible to everyone. The festival challenged us to think about ...
Do you know how green your car is? Why measurement of low-emission vehicles is misleading…
Why don’t we have energy ratings labels for our cars and other vehicles? We think we already do - via the checks on tailpipe emissions and CO2 that are backed up by Government legislation and ...
Ensuring lean transformation – how to guarantee success in the long-term
Transforming a company into a lean organisation does not just happen –the leadership team might have developed a detailed plan for the change but this does not mean the metamorphosis will be a success. Having ...
Manufacturing skills for the future
In recent years there has been a sea-change in how the UK public and government regard British manufacturing. From not believing manufacturing could create jobs and economic growth, these groups increasingly trust British industry to deliver ...
The rebirth of the manufacturing sector
When it comes to careers at the heart of the action in terms of world-changing technologies and wealth generation, then manufacturing is the place to look. In the shadow of ICT over the past 30 ...