Technologies that empower workers to do their jobs more effectively will be crucial in the battle for greater productivity and employee satisfaction. The manufacturing sector is currently
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facing a series of challenges - key issues such as Brexit, skills shortages and consistently sluggish productivity are squeezing profitability and contributing towards an atmosphere of uncertainty in the sector. However, according to Kronos, a greater focus on the deployment of technology in the workplace will offer advantages to manufacturers. Despite these evident challenges, the
manufacturing sector has not yet fully embraced these technologies. The Internet of Things, robotics and artificial intelligence may be coming to the fore, but despite these advancements, manufacturers should recognise that people will still be working behind the scene. This is where other solutions that are designed to help maximise the output of human workers, such as state-of-the-art workforce management tools, come into force.
Customer Insights Manager at Kronos, said: “Globalisation has been a key consideration of leaders at manufacturing organisations for decades. This greater focus on global interaction has had wide-ranging benefits, including access to larger and a wider range of markets to more cost-efficient resources (materials and labour) and more flexibility for supply chains. On the other side of the coin, however, there are a number of potential issues that globalisation poses, such as complying with local labour regulations, which need to be considered by businesses if they are to effectively manage their workforces, maintain employee morale and avoid high staff turnover. By placing greater emphasis on the
adoption of the most innovative workforce management technologies, Varlet believes that productivity woes can be tackled. He added: “People are the most
important element in creating a successful business... and empowering these employees through appropriate technologies is key.”
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When leading pharmaceuticals manufacturer Carbogen wanted to keep its manufacturing and storage facilities cool it contacted EcoCooling. The ECP external range of evaporative coolers has been used by a number of pharmaceutical companies to cost effectively cool their manufacturing and storage warehouses across Europe. Heat and fumes needed to be
extracted from both areas. Additionally, filtered replacement air had to be provided in order to slightly pressurise the area, this was to maintain high hygiene standards required in the pharmaceutical industry. To achieve this, ECP Small EcoCooler top-flow, wall mounted units with steam heater batteries were chosen, providing up to 3m3
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looking for a cost effective bakery cooling strategy for its Barnsley site. Evaporative cooling can guarantee cool supply air of below 25°C all year round in the UK, making it the perfect solution for those wanting to reduce temperatures in their bakeries. 12 down discharge EcoCoolers were supplied and fitted to 12 existing Air Handling Units (AHU’s) on the roof to provide cooling for the bakery. The packaging area is now solely cooled using the EcoCooling Evaporative cooling system.
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The UK Food & Drink Business Europe Conference and Exhibition will be held on 2nd October 2018 in the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. Over 3,000 food industry
professionals, 200 speakers and 170 exhibitors from the UK’s leading food processing, retail and food service industries will gather to participate in a range of seminars and panel discussions highlighting the key issues facing our industry. Key speakers for this year’s event include: Kathryn Davis, Head of Bristol Tourism, Jess Latchford, Founder, Wasteknot and Matt Wright, CEO, Check Your Food Despite it being a remarkable year
for food and drink due to extreme high temperatures recently, the UK maintains its position globally as a “big ingredients” country due to food production and processing levels.
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The emphasis on production and the knock on effect of the British heatwave will all play a key part in this year’s event. Recent figures from the Food and
Drink Federation show food and drink contributes £28.8bn to the economy. It also reveals food and drink is the biggest manufacturing sector in the country. “It’s been a hugely challenging
year for British farmers due to remarkable weather conditions. We will be bringing top food and drink producers together to discuss overcoming those challenges and the future of food production in tackling climate change,” said Colin Murphy, Organiser, Food & Drink Business Europe Conference and Exhibition. Entry to Food and Drink Business
Europe is free for a limited time only.
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