Manufacturing Thursdays Seminars, Institute for Manufacturing

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Manufacturing Thursdays Seminars, Institute for Manufacturing episodes

May 24, 2011 A juicy manufacturing story – The Evolution of Innocent Drinks
Steve Spall describes the changes in the manufacturing & operations arrangements that allowed Innocent to grow from a tiny business in West London to Europe's No1 Smoothie company in just over 10 years.
21 min
February 28, 2011 Making a Management Buyout Work - Lessons from Coventry
Jonathan Duck, CEO of Coventry-based Amtico International, discusses management buy-outs, growing business in tough economic conditions and how manufacturing can compete with the Far East.
14 min
January 21, 2011 What does the future hold for Britain’s biggest manufacturing sector?
Julian Hunt of the Food and Drink Federation on the challenges facing the UK’s biggest manufacturing sector and how a unique collaborative project between IfM and the FDF has indentified some of the ways in which the industry needs to adapt in order to prosper in the future.
16 min
June 25, 2010 Collapse of the 'Funding Escalator' in the Greater Cambridge area
David Gill, MD of the St John's Innovation Centre, discusses issues surrounding the dearth of risk capital and venture funding required by the innovative, growth potential firms on which the Cambridge cluster has relied for 30-40 years.
11 min
May 14, 2010 What does 'open innovation' mean for the Cambridge high tech cluster?
The IfM's Dr Tim Minshall talks about the realtionship between open innovation and Cambridge, the nature of partnerships. In this interview he examines the nature of OI, the role of serendipity and the role OI plays in getting ideas out of the door
11 min
March 05, 2010 Emerging Clean Technology Industries in the United States
Clean technology industries are emerging and attracting significant attention from policy-makers, entrepreneurs and investors. Dr. Gregory Theyel discusses the location and firm strategy decisions of companies in the wind turbine, solar cell, and air and water purification industries.
13 min
March 01, 2010 Shaping research for industrial innovation
Professor Mike Gregory, Head of Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing, argues that a more integrated approach is required to manufacturing research.
15 min
February 17, 2010 The Natural Step: a unifying framework for sustainable development
Professor Robèrt, is the founder of the internationally renowned NGO The Natural Step explains how he developed a unifying framework for sustainability and how it has been implemented in industries all over the world.
22 min
February 12, 2010 Cut waste, boost revenue: Practical examples from industry
Waste is produced whenever more power, water or materials are used than is absolutely necessary. In this presentation, Dr Claire Barlow will take a broad definition of waste in manufacturing industry to include anything that does not directly contribute to making the desired product.
13 min
February 05, 2010 Configuring international supply chains: an integrated operations perspective - findings from research and practice
The design of the supply network, linking suppliers, producers, distributors with their customers is becoming ever more important. Globalization, new routes to market and rapid technology change have resulted in changing industry structures, often involving a fragmentation of the traditional supply chain. Dr Jag Srai details some of the exemplar models identified in recent research projects within the Centre for International Manufacturing.
17 min

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Podcasts of interviews with the presenters of the 'Manufacturing Thursdays' seminar series. Manufacturing Thursdays is a programme of free evening presentations organised by the University of…