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	<title>Manufacturing Times Blog</title>
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	<description>For people who are passionate about making things better...</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 14:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Manufacturing Rapid Results Programme</title>
		<link>http://manufacturingtimes.co.uk/2012/05/19/the-manufacturing-rapid-results-programme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 14:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you own and run a UK manufacturing business and you want rapid improvements but don&#8217;t have the time, resources or expertise in-house, the Rapid Results Programme from Nicholson Consultancy could be the answer.
It’s a proven way to solve specific problems quickly and effectively - without holding up the day to day running of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Value-Driven Manufacturing and Value-Driven Business</title>
		<link>http://manufacturingtimes.co.uk/2012/04/21/value-driven-manufacturing-and-value-driven-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Value-Driven Manufacturing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Benchmarking and Assessment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In response to recent queries - Value-Driven Manufacturing is an application of Value-Driven Business, in the same way that the Toyota Production System is part of the Toyota Management System. There&#8217;s a guide to &#8220;creating a business that&#8217;s more valuable, easier to run and built to last&#8221;, available as a free 10-page PDF download here: The Owner-Manager&#8217;s Guide to Value-Driven Business
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		<title>Leading the Value-Driven Business: Competence and Character</title>
		<link>http://manufacturingtimes.co.uk/2012/03/04/leading-the-value-driven-business-competence-and-character/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Value-Driven Manufacturing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Your ability to eilicit people&#8217;s best efforts depends on their trust in you - their confidence that they can count on you to do the right thing&#8221; *. In a previous blog post we talked about the fact that this trust is earned by Competence and Character. Let&#8217;s look at how you can incorporate these principles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading the Value-Driven Business</title>
		<link>http://manufacturingtimes.co.uk/2012/03/04/leading-the-value-driven-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Value-Driven Manufacturing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to share a couple of examples I&#8217;ve seen over the last week, that reinforce what effective business leadership is all about. They&#8217;re absolutely core to Value-Driven Business and Value-Driven Manufacturing. The first is from a Harvard Business Review (HBR) blog post - &#8220;Do your people trust you?&#8221;(http://blogs.hbr.org/hill-lineback/2012/03/do-your-people-trust-you.html) . &#8221;&#8230;your ability to eilicit people&#8217;s best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase factory output: Part 5 - Working Overtime</title>
		<link>http://manufacturingtimes.co.uk/2012/02/18/increase-factory-output-part-5-working-overtime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OK - let me say up-front where I stand on this: I&#8217;m not a big fan of overtime working, as it&#8217;s often practised. In my experience it&#8217;s often the wrong solution to the wrong problem. I&#8217;ve seen too much regular institutionalised overtime and it&#8217;s something that I&#8217;ve always tried to eliminate in every factory I&#8217;ve ever managed. When it [...]]]></description>
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