Oh No! A Fragility Foretold,lean both ways. Most people today working in manufacturing industry, retail or distribution take lean manufacturing and the "just in time" system of stock control and material supply for granted.As far as they are aware its always been done...

In those far off days when The Royal Navy in oak built Frigates and Ships of the Line commanded by fearless and duty bound young men controlled the world’s oceans there arose a common saying amongst the cut throat crew below decks. – “don’t spoil the ship for a...

In 2020 the UK produced 1.8 million internal combustion engines in both diesel and petrol formats, the majority of which were exported back into the EU. As recently as 2017 Jaguar Land Rover opened its £1 billion state of the art engine factory in Wolverhampton. Since...

Europes latest Giga plant project is Italvolt, a 45 GWH lithium ion battery factory in Northern Italy. Described as a small contributor to the European supply chain for batteries, their vision is to produce sufficient units to power 550,000 vehicles per year initially...