The Comeback is stronger than the fall. As the manufacturing industry sees in the midst of Coronavirus, the industry PMI saw an increase for the third time running in August. And it doesn’t stop there with the UK then taking ninth spot for the largest manufacturer of global...
Read MoreMeet Trevor Codner the man with the plan. Trev is the ECMS Business Development Manager and no doubt you’ve spoken to him if you’ve worked alongside ECMS. We asked Trevor a few questions for you all to get to know. What were you doing before ECMS? I was...
Read MoreThe ECMS runs the UK’s only National Foundry Training Centre based in Tipton. This is currently used by many companies for training, also the base for training Dudley College Foundry Technician Apprenticeships that are delivered and supported by Foundry Training Services and The Institute of Cast Metals Engineers. Training...
Read MoreEffective and efficient stock management can substantially improve your manufacturing performance by helping to maintain high customer service levels and reduce costs. But reinforcing inventory management is not just a one-off project. Instead, it is a continuous requirement. How to Identify Areas of Opportunity Naturally, different types of...
Read MoreThe height of the pandemic has passed and the UK begins to resume back to the new ‘normal’ but that’s not without a few tweaks being made to the future way of working. The beginning of the month saw the return to work for many industries as the changes...
Read MoreThe UK begins to restore business but has COVID19 caused professionals to lack in confidence? LinkedIn Workforce Research conducted a survey on how confident UK professionals are in each industry in the following three core areas; Job security Financial wellbeing Career outlook The manufacturing industry was slightly down in...
Read MoreCALMERIC (Composites & Additive Layer Materials Engineering Research & Innovation Centre) CALMERIC is a specialist project being run by the University of Wolverhampton’s School of Engineering targeting small to medium sized enterprises in Staffordshire and Shropshire. CALMERIC works in collaboration with companies that don’t presently have full in-house...
Read MoreThe end is in sight as more businesses slowly return to work. Coronavirus has been a pain for most businesses, having to furlough, and redundancy, etc the list goes on. Not forgetting the shifts in needs and wants of consumers being unstable. As we return to work there is...
Read MoreMeet Victoria Millard (Vicky), if you go to the ECMS Hub at Springfield Campus no doubt you will have met Vicky, ECMS Administrator. What were you doing before ECMS? I used to be a Laboratory Technician testing samples of asbestos. How long have you been working for ECMS?...
Read MoreDuring my career in engineering, one aspect that interested me was ‘Lean Manufacturing’ yet I was quite surprised by how many foundries and businesses are unaware of this method of working. In any manufacturing business, two of the most expensive and most common types of problems have to...
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