Manufacturing Thursdays Seminars, Institute for Manufacturing
by Cambridge University
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Description
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 Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). It is open to the local business community and all staff and students of the University of Cambridge. The presentations span all aspects of manufacturing processes, technology and management and provide networking opportunities over refreshments. The seminars take place on Thursdays during university term, between 5.30 and 6.30 pm (refreshments from 5.00) at the Alan Reece Building, 17 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, the IfM's home on the university's West Cambridge Site. Website: www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/thursdays
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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. | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 1/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 6/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 | 5/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 3/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 3/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadmapping for agile strategy - linking technology to business objectives | Technology roadmapping was originally developed by Motorolain the 1970s, as a means for aligning technology programmes with product developments. Since then it has been widely adopted widely, at firm and sector levels. Dr Rob Phaal looks at how roadmapping has been used to emphasise cross-functional strategic dialogue, decision making and action, providing a light-touch iterative approach for developing strategy. | 1/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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International design scoreboard: where the UK ranks and why it matters | Looking at the findings of a recent study led by the IfM, exploring international design capabilities. It provides the first attempt at ranking 12 countries in terms of their national design capability. | 1/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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50 years of lasers: working at the speed of light | 2010 marks half a century of lasers, Dr Bill O'Neill charts the rise of this fantastic technology and how it is being used across a range of industries and sectors. He also looks at the next steps in laser research and the potential applications. | 1/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The future of supply chain data management | Looking at the latest developments in supply chain research with Aerospace giant Boeing, including developing components with in-built intelligence which use the latest technologies to assess and manage their own service needs. | 12/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Implementing open innovation: lessons from multi-national companies | Dr Letizia Mortara looks at how multi-nationals have been approaching Open Innovation and the common themes that were observed by researchers across a range of industries following a two year IfM study of OI. | 12/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Contrasting attitudes to innovation support across industry and government | Finbarr Livesey, head of the IfM's Centre for Industry and Government, discusses his new research project investigating which points in the innovation process require which types of policy support | 11/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Servitization strategy of manufacturing firms: evidence from practice | This interview discusses the experience of a large European equipment manufacturer that has successfully moved into services. | 11/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Emergence of New Industries | This interview introduces the IfM's Emerging Industries programme and looks at how “emergence maps” can depict the growth of existing industries. The discussion will explore some of the recurring factors that have been found to promote or inhibit emergence. | 11/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ink-jet printing in micro-manufacturing: opportunities and limitations | Professor Ian Hutchings, GKN Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at the IfM, discusses the possibilities of using ink-jet printing technology for manufacturing very small things out of metal, ceramics and polymers. | 10/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Servitization of Manufacturing | Interview with Professor Andy Neely, discussing the impact of servitization on manufacturing, the reasons why it has taken hold and the potential barriers and challenges to its adoption | 10/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Cambridge Technology Cluster - a blueprint for the future? | Interview with Dr Elizabeth Garnsey, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of Cambridge's high tech cluster of companies and the potential for Cambridge's Silicon Fen to provide an industrial blueprint for Britain as a whole. | 10/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Through-life management of industrial assets | Dr Ajith Parlikad will discuss the key challenges in asset management and the role of emerging information technologies in improving the way in which assets are tracked and managed | 10/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 22 Episodes |
