On track: The rail industry is taking lessons from the automotive sector
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Railpart procures, stores and distributes rolling stock to the UK rail industry, and the company has looked to the automotive sector for help and advice in adapting the needs of the newly privatized rail industry. Many of the tools and techniques used by Unipart could be applied to the rail industry according to Railpart managing director, John Clayton. Communication was a key factor in the culture change, and that involved an internal magazine. Clayton also believes that training is important for progress, and it should be strongly led.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1999
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In good company
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Business enterprises are reaping the benefits of using teaching company scheme (TCS). The process involves using a single graduate who takes care of corporate problems ranging from product development to marketing. A specific example is Herga Electric's use of Paddy Nolan who conducted an examination of the production process. She changed the layout of two production lines and plans to rearrange the remaining eight lines. As a result, lead time has improved from five weeks to five days.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1998
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Leading questions
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John Golding, retiring managing director and chair of Hewlett-Packard's UK operations, gives his thoughts on leadership in the 21st century. He believes that leadership is becoming increasingly difficult, mainly because of increased customer awareness, intensive global competition and technical advances in computing and telecommunications.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 2000
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