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Building a sustainability strategy for manufacturing: How the CoSIRI Framework Can Propel Manufacturing Leaders Forward

Executive Summary In an era where sustainability is no longer a choice but a necessity, manufacturers face a growing array of complex regulations across the globe. There is a growing need for building a sustainability strategy for manufacturing. From the EU’s detailed reporting requirements to the US’s stringent air quality controls, the challenge is formidable. …

The New Era of Industrial Strategies

We are excited to share that Nick Leeder & Co. has contributed to the new report The New Era of Industrial Strategies: Tackling Grand Challenges through Public-Private Collaboration in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, UNIDO and Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy. The background of the report looks at the impact on industrial strategies as the …

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Our predictions for 2024 priorities for manufactures…

Our predictions for 2024 priorities for manufactures is always tricky, but based on current trends and expert insights, here are 5 key trends likely to shape the manufacturing landscape in 2024: These are just a few of the trends that are likely to shape the future of manufacturing in 2024. As these trends continue to …

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Can Profitability and Sustainability go hand in hand?

Our interest was tweaked in a recent article called “The Directors Dilemma“, which looks at the complexity of financial reporting, the need for profitability and the seemingly competing need to continuing make progress with sustainability goals. So can profitability and sustainability go hand-in-hand? In the past, many people believed that businesses had to choose between …

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Circularity and Reuse…. It’s not all about Recycling

This is some Friday inspiration which we have seen doing the arounds from the Environmental Paper Network… Circularity and Reuse…. It’s not all about Recycling! How do we drive more reuse and remanufacture and build the systems to support this? When it comes to circularity of products and design, our minds spring immediately to recycling. …

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What CEO’s Talked About in Q3 2023

Another quarter and another excellent report from IoT Analytics on what CEO’s talked about in Q3 2023. So what’s my take from this quarters report? Industry 4.0: From buzzword to necessity In recent years, Industry 4.0 was seen as a buzzword or a futuristic concept. But not anymore. Today, it’s clear that Industry 4.0 is …

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What is Predictive Maintenance?

In the last article in the series we explore “predictive maintenance”. Why predictive maintenance you ask? In the earlier posts we looked at Industry 4.0, digital twins and the power of data. Predictive maintenance is a great use case where all of the three topics above come together in a practical and valuable example. What …

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Manufacturing Predictions for 2023

If 2023 goes the same way as 2022 it looks like another turbulent year for UK manufacturers.  We all know the making manufacturing predictions for 2023 is likely to go horribly wrong, but here goes anyway! Make UK/BDO made a forecast in their Q4 Manufacturing Outlook survey which shows manufacturing contracting by -3.2% in 2023. This comes …