In order to maximise performance a business must use all its assets to the full. However the “assets” of a business need to be considered much more broadly than just its manufacturing facilities. Businesses have three main groups of assets Their Brands Their Intellectual Property (Recipes, Processes, Technologies, Skills, Patents, Ingredients) Their Capability (Financing, People, …
Monthly Archive: September 2012
Sep 24
Starting a Chocolate or Confectionery Business
Starting or radically extending a business in chocolate confectionery is an exciting and challenging thing to do and extremely satisfying if it is successful. The purpose of this article is to highlight some of the important issues you have to consider, choices you may have to make and where it may be useful to seek …
Sep 21
Change is a Way of Life
We can’t go on like this!” Almost every manufacturing operation eventually needs to change. The reasons for this can include expanding or relocating production, manufacturing cost reduction, equipment which is worn out, processes which are no longer acceptable from a hygiene or labour point of view, expansion into a new market place and many others …