Category Archives: Innovation

Turning the tide?

My recent article on a South East manufacturers successfully “re-shoring” work from China – published on the DMH Stallard “Business Beanstalk” http://businessbeanstalk.net/2013/11/29/turning-the-tide/    

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The correct support for firms

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The importance of STEM to the economy

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Developing Acquisition Criteria: A Checklist for Identifying Target Companies

I recently interviewed a leading UK defence company on their views on the current M&A market and how they selected suitable companies to acquire. The findings are here. http://businessbeanstalk.net/2013/09/24/developing-acquisition-criteria-a-checklist-for-identifying-target-companies/

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South East Business

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New Blogs on the DMH Stallard Business Beanstalk

I’ve recently been blogging about lean and other things on the DMH Stallard Business Beanstalk   Please follow the links to get to the story http://businessbeanstalk.net/2013/03/21/a-lean-mean-business-machine http://businessbeanstalk.net/2013/03/28/a-lean-office http://businessbeanstalk.net/2013/06/11/i-dont-want-to-go-lean   More to follow…  

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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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