Calling all Northwest manufacturers aspiring to excellence

March 7, 2011 - PRLog -- However, if you are a manufacturer actually looking for exceptional business results and to create best value for your customers, then the one-day “Enterprise Excellence Challenge” being held at Haydock Racecourse on Thursday 17th March could be just for you.

Mike Price, former managing director of Shingo Prize and multi award-winning Ultraframe will be facilitating this one-day event to explore the established principles of achieving ‘enterprise-wide excellence’.

The day consists of a series of short presentations covering supply chain, customer relations, operations and culture & leadership.

Following the presentations, delegates will have the opportunity of facilitated discussions with the day’s powerful speaker panel, comprising of:

Tony O’Brien, Plan Director, The Kellogg Company
Steve Duffy, Senior Systems Design Engineer, BAE Systems Samlesbury
Dave McCombe, Head of Manufacturing, Crown Paints
Sian Howitt, Supply Chain Director, Ultraframe Ltd

The day promises the unique opportunity of hearing from inspiring manufacturers at the top of their respective sectors who are achieving exceptional results in key business areas.

They will help fellow manufacturers to assess where they are on their path to excellence and how to speed the process up. Not only will attendees gain a useful insight into their key areas of strength, but will also highlight the most appropriate opportunities for improvement.

If you wish to attend, please call 0800 458 9585, email ailsas@mas-nw.co.uk or book online at www.mas-nw.co.uk/events.

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NOTES TO EDITORS
1. The Manufacturing Advisory Service offers manufacturing companies with practical, hands-on support in all aspects of manufacturing to help achieve improvements in productivity and competitiveness. Since 2002, MAS North West, which is delivered in the region by The Manufacturing Institute, has helped manufacturers to generate financial returns totalling £739 million and to safeguard 8790 jobs.

The service includes:
• A direct helpline - 0800 093 9077
• A free manufacturing review
• A programme of factory visits and networking events
• Subsidised consultancy support
• Links in to other support organisations

2. The Manufacturing Institute (www.manufacturinginstitute.co.uk) is an independent charity - driven by manufacturers for manufacturers. For 15 years The Manufacturing Institute has helped transform manufacturing performance, working with over 4000 companies to gain competitive advantage from high impact skills building and productivity improvement programmes.

3. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) programme allocates funding to different regions throughout the European Union to boost economic development in less prosperous areas. ERDF North West is part funding the Manufacturing Advisory Service.

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Small and medium size North West manufacturers have access to a fully or part-funded manufacturing review to review to assess existing working processes and identify the best areas for improvement.