THOUGHT
LEADERS
IN YOUR
BUSINESS
DRIVING
MANUFACTURING
EXCELLENCE
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It is not the strongest of the species that
survives, not the most intelligent, but the
one most responsive to change.
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CHARLES DARWIN
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Research
Knowledge
Pre-Workshop Activity
Strategic Thinking and Analysis
Your Ambitions
Achieving operational excellence is a goal for
many ambitious manufacturing management
teams. Our work with the UK’s Best
Factories allows us to create a benchmark of
what constitutes a world class factory. Our
Your Workshop
Our industry renowned Thought Leaders,
Professor Marek Szwejczewski and Dr
Alan Cousens will work with your top
management team to share 20 years of
Cranfield proprietary best factory operational
data; revealing the current benchmarks and
highlighting what is achievable. Under Marek
and Alan’s tutelage and guidance, together
you will interrogate your performance
to date, identify areas for change and
experience is that while no one strategy fits
all organisations, we have found that there
are common themes and approaches that
will deliver significant improvements.
formulate a world class improvement plan
to deliver your strategy. If you need help in
rejuvenating your continuous improvement
programme, or your strategy is to reduce
manufacturing lead times, cut inventory,
innovate your processes, increase
responsiveness or improve the quality of your
products and services, then this two day
bespoke workshop will help fast track those
ambitions.
Your Thought Leaders
Professor Marek Szwejczewski is the
Director of Cranfield’s renowned Best
Factory Awards and co-author of ‘Learning
from World-Class Manufacturers’. Marek has
received significant public and private funding
for his research on factory performance
in the UK and has co-authored several
major reports. He is Director of the Global
Manufacturing Roundtable at Cranfield
which works with manufacturing companies
on projects to improve operational
competitiveness and performance. Marek’s
current research interests are
manufacturing strategy,
identifying customer
hidden needs, supplier
management, sustaining
change initiatives, and
new product portfolio
management.
Dr Alan Cousens is a visiting lecturer at
Cranfield University’s School of Management,
and a Principal Industrial Education Fellow
at The Institute for Manufacturing in the
University of Cambridge. Alan teaches at
degree level and also executive education,
working with managers from a wide range
of business, from start-ups to multi-national
companies. His interactive teaching reflects
his practical career experience and academic
work, and includes leadership, operations,
management of innovation, and industrial
economics. Before joining
Cranfield, Alan was Managing
Director in a variety of high
technology manufacturing
companies, all operating
internationally.
Action
Value
Making It Happen
Post-Workshop Support
Your Thought Leaders Package
Pre-Workshop Activity
As your workshop will be focussed solely around your business, you will need to provide:
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Operational factory data in advance of the workshop.
Day 1 - Strategic Thinking and Analysis
Day 2 - Making It Happen
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Factory visit to conduct operation audit
using a structural analysis tool
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Stakeholder agreement of key areas for
improvement
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Reviewing the aims of your manufacturing
improvement strategy and the issues you
currently face
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Application of best practice models to
generate leaps in performance
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Identifying opportunities for incremental
and breakthrough improvement.
Development of your rigorous Factory
Improvement Plan with stakeholder buy in.
Post-Workshop Support
To ensure you deliver the plan your Thought Leaders will continue to engage with the team
through a:
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4 week Factory Improvement Plan review via WebEx to help you overcome any initial
blockers
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12 week Factory Improvement Plan review to track progress and ensure you are working
through any issues
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Optional on-going support.*
Fee: £20,000 + VAT - For the top management team in your organisation.
Date: To suit your business priorities.
*Additional charges may apply.
THOUGHT LEADERS IN YOUR BUSINESS
Driving Manufacturing Excellence
Some organisations believe that their top management teams benefit from being removed
from their normal day-to-day environment during the workshop element of this programme.
If you wish, we can arrange to run your workshop at Cranfield School of Management.
Location:
Cranfield School of Management’s rural
setting in Bedfordshire allows you fully to
absorb yourself into this programme without
distraction.
Located about halfway between London
and Birmingham, and on the outskirts of
the rapidly developing city of Milton Keynes,
Cranfield’s location and travel links could not
be better. Junctions 13 and 14 of the M1 are
five minutes away and the railway station at
Milton Keynes is 20 minutes by taxi. London
Luton airport is just 30 minutes by car and
Heathrow and Stansted within 90 minutes,
offering superb connections to and from just
about anywhere in the world.
How To Book:
Our advisers are on hand to provide you with
more information and will put you in contact
with your Thought Leaders for an initial
consultation.
E: som.action@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 754570
W: www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/leaders