Category Archives: Innovation

Information waste in the office environment

  Information waste in the office environment   In my recent blog about “lean” I discussed the various ways that waste can be defined and how to identify non-value adding activities.   In my experience of lean the emphasis is … Continue reading

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The trials and tribulations of exporting and working overseas

    We are told that the way to salvation for the UK’s stagnating economy is for all businesses to export. Additionally it’s not just to our fellow members of the EU but also to the emerging markets around the … Continue reading

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The misappropriation of “lean”

One of the frustrating things about the “lean revolution” that has occurred in manufacturing and other sectors over the last 20 years or so has been the misappropriation of the term “lean”.   I have heard countless business leaders refer … Continue reading

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Secure your data- Protect your business

I pleased to say that in my capacity as Strategic Advisor- Manufacturing to leading law firm DMH Stallard we have recently published the third in our series of thought leadership reports into the issues affecting Technology and Engineering businesses in … Continue reading

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Data security and the cloud

We are currently in the final editing stage of the DMH Stallard report concerned with data security and the use of “cloud computing”. It’s been a very interesting study into how businesses manage their data and keep it secure when … Continue reading

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Data security and the “cloud”

I’m currently working on my new research project with DMH Stallard. This time we are looking into the problems manufacturing, technology and engineering business face when dealing with the avalanche of data they have to handle as the economy becomes … Continue reading

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Innovation through events

I’m really pleased that over the last few months our events at Iod Surrey seem to be hitting the mark and delivering value to members. Of particular note I was enthused that over 75 members and guests braved the traffic … Continue reading

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Patents are a Virtue

It is great to see that the DMH Stallard report concering how manufacturing companies manage their intellectual property, “Protect and prosper”, is still generating interest nearly six months after it was first published. I was recently interviewed by the Wall … Continue reading

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New Director for Surrey based “Lean energy” Business

http://www.ecopare.co.uk/company/press/release/?id=202 Very pleased to be joining the team at Ecopare.  

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Living in the “L” of the recovery

As we move through summer and wait for the recovery to take hold and the economy to begin to grow, it seems to me that most businesses are just going to have to get used to working as we do … Continue reading

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