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EFFECTIVE STRUCTURED TRAINING WITHIN BUSINESS
The UK Government i is continuing to place a great emphasis on its objective to increase the number of students entering higher education.
"Clearly an important component within this process is the requirement for IT literacy in today's ever increasingly technologically dependant world. This naturally should include all age groups. However, adults in the workplace are often neglected despite their increasing dependence on technology to assist them in their various roles.<BR> Businesses need to place a gre
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KELLY'S - MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
"First established back in 1799 and published annually ever since, Kelly's has become synonymous with high-quality Industrial Product and Service information. "
"The new Kelly's product range builds on this success, offering comprehensive data and a powerful advertising medium. All advertisers gain maximum exposure by appearing in Kelly's, from traditional directories through to new electronic media - and more specifically the new search engine for industry, kellysearch.com. The Kelly's Industrial Pa
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ORGANISATIONS ARE FAILING TO KEEP PERFORMANCE ON TRACK
"Traditional budgeting methods involving year- on-year forecasts are failing to keep organisations' financial performance on track, claims ALG Software, a global provider of enterprise performance optimisation applications, following a survey undertaken at soft world 2003. "
"The Independent survey carried out by ALG asked 121 financial managers to indicate: <BR>a) the percentage variance between actual and budgeted profit for their organisations in the month of January 2003. <BR>b) the high
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THE INAUGURAL HUMBER GLOBAL GATEWAY CONFERENCE
Globalisation and the current economic climate presents a tough challenge to suppliers and distributors alike.
"Everyone is looking for ways which can enable goods to flow better, cheaper and faster on their journey from the supplier to the customer. And yet, 65% of deep sea container cargo landing in the southern ports of the UK. has to cross the congested south of England to reach customers in the North and Scotland. In addition, 75% of trade flows with the Republic of Ireland move through the South of England.
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MEASURE UP AND PROSPER
The team at PICME has secured fresh funding to assist <BR>companies in UK processing manufacturing
"'What doesn't get measured doesn't get done.' And nowhere does this old saying run truer to form than in the film and converting sector of UK manufacturing <BR> Since 2001, PICME - the Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence - has helped over seventy process manufacturers to save in excess of £60 million in unwanted costs; boosting manufacturing performance, company effectivenes
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SHARPEN YOUR FOCUS
In order to improve any converting process it is first essential to objectively measure the current production situation:
"Performance measurement might include the overall equipment efficiency of production machines and lines. This would include understanding where time is lost; why the equipment performance is below par and would also identify losses due to poor quality, waste, or general organisation and method of the shop floor. <BR> Other measures to focus on might include: Stock Turns; Value added per
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JUNE 5 - YOUR INVITATION TO MANUFACTURING FITNESS
"It's not often that a single day provides an opportunity to look and learn from eight different but relevant manufacturing operations but Industrial Focus readers will have the chance to do just that on Thursday, June 5, 2003 when the Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence, PICME, holds its second annual conference at the Cranfield Management Development Centre. "
"The PICME event is titled 'Manufacturing Fitness - making it happen, and sustaining the gains, and the June 5 conference w
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KEEPING YOUR BROADBAND CONNECTION SECURE
The UK business economy is undergoing a small revolution. Working practices have changed.
"Technological advancements like email and the World Wide Web have meant people can work from home and information between organisations can flow more freely. First came email, then the World Wide Web and now we have a host of options to enhance our speed, connectivity and access to the Internet.<BR> Broadband offers the chance to have the fastest and cheapest Internet connections. But at what cost? Many organisations
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MANUFACTURING RECEIVES BOOST FROM CHANCELLOR'S CHANGES TO R&D TAX CREDITS
"Gordon Brown has announced changes to the R&D tax credit scheme including a reduction in the minimum qualifying spend from £25,000 to £10,000, which should assist the hard hit manufacturing sector. "
"During the recent budget speech, the Chancellor indicated that manufacturing companies currently receive two-thirds of credit. <BR> Laurence Field, head of RSM Robson Rhodes' corporation tax practice in London, and who heads up the London office of the RSM National Engineering
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UNIVERSITY DESIGNERS TACKLE UNIVERSAL PROBLEM
Designers at Staffordshire University have come up with a solutions package with the potential to make life a lot easier for everyone.
"The university's Centre for Rehabilitation Robotics has spent more than a year involved in PACKAGE, a £15 million European Commission project concerned with making small changes to consumer packaging in a bid to improve ""openability."" <BR> Now after rigorous trials carried out throughout Europe, the Centre is hoping that the world's biggest fo
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Innovation for the nations
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Supposedly the construction
materials of the future, composites are increasingly seen in
applications where optimum efficiency is paramount including
aircraft construction and renewable energy. As two research
examples show in this video, composites really are the future
for efficiency.
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