Achieve business growth by increasing value to your customers
Synopsis "Have you ever wondered why some businesses fly and others fail? The answer isn’t better marketing or sales, but in understanding value and delivering more of it to your customers. Learn how identifying, creating and providing increased value in your business will improve your bottom line". Value by Design Presentation Aimed at sharing insight to stimulate action, this [...]
New Year’s Resolutions – Are They Resolute or Destitute?
It’s that time of year to look back and review if all the good intentions created at the end of last year are still standing the test of time. Is the new mind-set of going to the gym, eating healthier, or managing a better work-life balance still holding strong? Hopefully the answer is yes! But can the same be said [...]
NE Advanced Manufacturing Forum – SMED/Quick Changeover Examples Presentation
Presentation Slides Part 2 - Applications This inaugural event was held on February 23 at Newcastle University and examined how lean methods can support customers’ aspirations, as well as exploring the Single Minute Exchange of Dies methodology - a lean production method for reducing waste in a manufacturing process - and how this can improve productivity. Established by the private [...]
Innovation is Great, but What Does it Really Mean?
‘Innovation’ features on many agendas today and is used more than ever by business leaders. However, considering the attention grabber that it seems to be, is its meaning or how to achieve it really understood? According to ‘The BusinessDictionary’, innovation is … the process of translating an idea or invention into a good or service that creates value for which [...]
NP Supporting 2017 Apprentice Week
New Potential was very pleased to support national Apprentice week last Friday by delivering an introduction to process improvement thinking to Rotary Power Apprentices. This complimentary session provided apprentices of the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne based company, which is part of the British Engines Group, the chance to learn more about lean process thinking. Process Improvement is such a key business skill and [...]
Identify and Create Value in Your Business
Value by Design When we’re asked – What do you value? Certain answers spring immediately to mind. Time with our family, our home, friendships or perhaps even particularly meaningful posessions. In business, however, the answers are often not so clear. In these rapidly changing times for both the manufacturing and service sectors, understanding the true nature of value is key [...]