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Upcoming Events. Inside the black box of manufacturing: conceptualising and measuring economic sectors.

Given the interdisciplinary nature of IP, this course brings together thinking from engineering, management, law and economics.

2017: San Francisco / Silicon Valley, investigating:. Compare and contrast technical, organisational, economic and social aspects of industrial companies in San Francisco and other companies elsewhere in the world.

those that will have the most significant economic and social impact.

Participants included representatives from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the World Economic Forum (WEF), the United Nations Conference on Trade and

We open with two articles on policy, featuring a recent high-profile IfM report on why manufacturing is significantly underestimated in economic size, as well as a report on the impact ... How much does manufacturing really matter to the UK’s economic

8th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Feb. 25-28. Austria. Mills, J. ... Gregory, M. J. (1993). "Integrated Performance Measurement - a review of current practice and emerging trends." International Journal of Production Economics

Assessing the Economic Impacts of the Higher Education Innovation Fund: a Mixed-Method Quantitative Assessment (2015). ... Innovating Places: Investing in Local Research and Innovation to Build Local Industrial Capabilities to Enhance Local Economic

In the UK, the government has placed manufacturing at the heart of plans for economic recovery.

A major challenge lies in the process of determining technical feasibility without demonstrating preliminary function and early test data. ... He believes that this stage offers the biggest potential to test concept viability, establish whether the

High speed laser cutting offers substantial economic benefits to the manufacturing sector.

8 Dec 2020: Major socio-economic challenges of national and global significance (e.g. sustainability or ageing). • ... collective, and institution-wide responses to strategically important innovation and economic development challenges.

Though the specifics of 5-axis machine tools may not have stood the test of time, the skills I developed in tackling problems and managing time, expectations and relationships have been

However, service companies account for 75 per cent of economic activity in developed economies, and even product companies incorporate elements of service into their business.

whether PSS align economic and ecologic behaviour). Project partners include the Institute for Innovation Research (Kiel University), Institute for Technology and Innovation Management (Hamburg University of Technology - TUHH) and the Centre

Rezvani, A., Jafari, M., Kemensis, W., Parlikad, A.K., “Towards Closing the Loop between Infrastructure Investments and Societal and Economic Impacts”, The Engineering Economist, Volume 60, Issue 4, pp. ... International Journal of Production

The project, which has recently held its final meeting in Cambridge, has explored how open innovation can be used to increase the social and economic value created from research. ... Co-coaching: workshops moderated by two facilitators: a knowledge

Universities and Business – investigates the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ability of universities to contribute to innovation through the crisis and into the economic recovery. ... Marshall continued: “Maintaining these types of innovation

To ensure economic viability, helium recycling was employed. CGDM process schematic.

In our news section, you can find recent updates, including our participation in the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos and some of our latest report launches.

Toggle navigation. Toggle navigation. Global supply chains. Global supply chains. In today’s globalised business world, there is a growing need for ethical supply chain practices. Manufacturing companies are facing complex challenges in modern

Ahn, J.M., Mortara, L and Minshall, T., (2014), 'Has Open innovation Enhanced Firm Performance in an Economic Downturn?

Make vs Buy Decisions: A Process and a Case. International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Ingls. ... H. Richards and M. J. Gregory (1998). "Testing Manufacturing Strategy Formulation Processes." International Journal of Production

InterAct is a £4.4 million, Made Smarter Innovation-funded, Economic and Social Research Council-led network that aims to bring together economic and social scientists, UK manufacturers and digital technology

Wider social, economic and environmental benefits of future-proofing are also important for infrastructure with high vulnerability and lower capacity to respond to risks (Godfrey and Savage, 2012). ... climate change targets) to support economic growth

Toggle navigation. Toggle navigation. Events. Projects. Project areas. Through an initial consultation with key stakeholders involved in developing government policies and funding programmes, a number of key project areas were identified, including:.

The delegation, led by Bruno Ferrari, Mexico's Secretary of Economy, stopped off in Cambridge en route to Davos for the World Economic Forum meeting. ... Finbarr Livesey explained how his research in industrial policy was shedding light on how regulatory

TfL’s West End Corridor (WEC) project provided an excellent opportunity to test this out.

Economic and Business Minister, Ian Pearson, and former Minister for Science and Innovation Lord David Sainsbury, both addressed the guests and praised the work of the IfM during its first 10

Validation tests. The validation test is normally conducted late in the development process to ensure that all of the product design goals have been met. ... Comparison tests. A comparison test may be performed at any stage of the design process, to

Complexity and Co-Evolution: Continuity and Change in Socio-Economic Systems.

In today’s uncertain and challenging economic environment, it has never been so true that innovation is key to growth.

Toggle navigation. Toggle navigation. News archive. IfM/World Economic Forum paper explores role of partnerships in circular transformation. ... along with members of the World Economic Forum Circular Transformation of Industries initiative, have

With increasing competition from emerging economies, such as India and China, the UK is being urged to address the issue of commercialising new technologies to support sustainable economic growth. ... A new report co-authored by IfM lecturer Dr Tim

Acute fever may be caused by a range of pathogens, but clinical symptoms may be too non-specific to differentiate the causative organism, so correct diagnosis requires pathogen-specific diagnostic tests. ... researchers to test treatments in anywhere

5. Durability. A measure of product life, durability has both economic and technical dimensions.

The research areas include:. economic requirements and business/contract models. design guidelines and material considerations which facilitate repair.

In the wake of the economic jolt of the coronavirus, Nazia Habib explains how policy simulation labs can help developing economies chart a path to recovery.

This might be a short report (e.g. 3000 words), or a group exercise culminating in a presentation, or a class based test.

Many people associate increasing sustainability with expense, but in fact, environmental and economic efficiencies are often aligned.

Kumar V., Perera S., Brintrup A. (2020) The relationship between nested patterns and the ripple effect in complex supply networks, International Journal of Production Economics. ... 2018]. Ledwoch A., Brintrup A. (2018), The moderating impact of topology

The proposed approach, test, tag and trace, if carefully implemented and properly communicated to employees, will enable businesses to re-open more effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Monday 15 January 2018. Dr Srai has written a blog, been interviewed for a podcast and guest edited the World Economic Forum's Agenda Weekly Expert Edition, sharing insights on digital

Toggle navigation. Toggle navigation. Confronting complexity: How systems engineering can be applied to healthcare, policy and industry. Confronting complexity: How systems engineering can be applied to healthcare, policy and industry. In this

Toggle navigation. Toggle navigation. The IfM 'Manufacturing Horizons' webinar series will cover the transformative potential of AI and its role within the broader context of manufacturing. Cost-effective, off-the-shelf technologies are helping

Thursday 11 February 2016. The new Alconbury Enterprise Campus in Cambridgeshire needed a clear vision to develop the economic potential of the exciting new facility.

Through this research project, students will broaden their knowledge of the emerging global economic superpower.

Adopt the new philosophy. We are in a new economic age.

Delegates also had a tour of the IfM’s robot lab where researchers design and test new automation systems.

Torben tries to address this problem by using market-based techniques, which use the principle of markets in economics.