Free Manufacturing Review for South East Manufacturers

Manufacturing companies in the South East will be entitled to a free manufacturing review following a visit to the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) South East stand at Southern Manufacturing exhibition at FIVE in Farnborough, Hampshire on 10 and 11 February.

The MAS South East team will be on-hand at Stand J15 to discuss the practical support available, including an initial free review of shopfloor processes and overall layout in order to find bottom line benefits.

MAS South East will also deliver an exciting programme of seminars at the exhibition, including:

Building Competitive Advantage - a unique introduction to Strategy and Planning for Manufacturers
Stock Reduction and Materials Management - an insight into how manufacturers can have the right materials available at the right time without tying up precious stock
Lean Lessons
Supply Chain Improvement
Lean Design
Secrets of Low Cost Marketing
Six Sigma
Value Stream Mapping

David Caddle, Programme Manager for MAS South East, said: “Now is the time for manufacturers in the region to take advantage of the help available through MAS South East, ensuring the future success of the industry.

“Since its inception, MAS South East has delivered over GBP310m in added value to manufacturing businesses across the region, responded to over 20,000 initial enquiries, visited almost 3,000 businesses, arranged over 900 educational and training events and completed over 1,000 in-depth company support programmes.”

Companies call also get information about the MAS South East’s Lean and Green Programme - designed to reduce cost and enhance customer value by eliminating non value adding activity surrounding the consumption of energy and water and waste sent to landfill.

Details of the Environmental Best Practice Programme will also be available, a unique programme recently launched to encourage manufacturers to focus on low carbon and green issues using host companies that put responsible manufacturing at the top of their agenda.

For further information about MAS South East please contact MAS South East on 0845 609 2121 or visit www.mas-se.org.uk. For details of the Southern Manufacturing exhibition, including a full Seminar programme, please visit Southern Electronics 2010.

Monday, 25th January, 2010