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Dr Will Barton - Future Challenges, Foresight and the Role of Government Funded Centres
- 2. Dr Will Barton Managing Director, WillB Consulting Limited Chairman, Oxford Biotrans Limited Chairman Amalyst Limited Non-Executive Director NiTech Solutions Limited
- 3. Future Challenges, Foresight and the Role of Government-Funded Centres
- 4. Agenda • The importance of manufacturing • Some lessons from the past • Where are we today? • Some pointers for the future • How should / does government help? • Wrap-up
- 5. Manufacturing is Important to the UK • Represents a significant part of GDP (£139bn in 2012) • Companies more likely to do R&D (72% of business R&D) • More likely to innovate • Help UK to have highest total factor productivity in Europe • Major contributor to exports (53%) • Provides highly skilled jobs (employs 2.5 m) • Provides economic resilience
- 6. Agenda • The importance of manufacturing • Some lessons from the past • Where are we today? • Some pointers for the future • How should / does government help? • Wrap-up
- 7. Take Cost Out! • Change working practices • Improve processes – internal focus • conversion efficiencies / waste reduction • energy use reduction • automation / control systems – supply chain focus • MRP, S&OP, ERP, . . . • business process re-engineering • working capital reduction • delivery in full to customer first request improvement
- 8. Improve Quality (and cost comes with it!) • Total Quality Management – Crosby, Deming, Juran, . . . • Statistical Process Control • Lean • Six Sigma • Meet higher Safety, Health & Environmental Standards BUT THEN WE HIT THE LAW OF DEMINISHING RETURNS
- 9. So how did we compete? • Consolidation – close down surplus capacity and /or consolidate operations – sacrifice low margin business – focus on mega-plants in low labour cost countries – mergers & acquisitions • Innovation – new / improved products – new / improved processes – new business models
- 10. Agenda • The importance of manufacturing • Some lessons from the past • Where are we today? • Some pointers for the future • How should / does government help? • Wrap-up
- 11. UK Manufacturing has slipped down the table! [Manufacturing GVA by Country United Nations Statistics Division, Value Added by Country, US$bn, 2010]
- 12. But there are some bright spots • Aerospace industry remains No 2 in the world – sustained investment in their leadership position • 2 of the top 6 pharma companies are UK-based – Over £1bn of new plant investments in progress at present • Auto industry in the UK is resurgent – foreign ownership, but choosing to build here • Chemical industry is still a major exporter – organising to attract new investments (shale gas a major opportunity)
- 13. SME-base is recognised as key • We have some great start-up stories, e.g. – Polyphotonics – working with CPI – Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Ltd – working with MTC – Applied Graphene Materials – commercial plant built by CPI – OC Robotics – working with NAMRC
- 14. Agenda • The importance of manufacturing • Some lessons from the past • Where are we today? • Some pointers for the future • How should / does government help? • Wrap-up
- 15. Innovate UK - HVM Strategy • New HVM Landscape developed to address the questions: – how is HVM going to develop globally over the next 15 – 20 years? – what challenges and opportunities does this development create? – which of these could the UK be best placed to address? • 22 “National Competencies” identified: – invest in these and we are well placed
- 16. BIS / GOS Conducted the Foresight Study ( 2050) Key Characteristics of Future Manufacturing – Exposed to new market opportunities • emergence of BRIC + ..., changing personal wealth, incr. foreign ownership – Faster, more responsive and closer to customers • mass customisation, distributed production, digitised mfr value chains – More sustainable • eco-product demand, circular economy, greater use of regulation – Increasingly dependent on high skilled workers
- 17. National Competencies as pointers: • Design and manufacture for sustainability and through life • Design and manufacture for light-weight vehicles, structure and devices • Biotech, biological and synthetic biology processing • Design and manufacture for small scale and miniaturisation • Systems modelling and integrated design/simulation • Automation, mechanisation and human/machine interface • Smart, hybrid and multiple materials • Intelligent systems and embedded electronics • Flexible, adaptive, ‘plug and play' manufacturing • Additive manufacturing • New business models (e.g. distributed production, “power by the hour”, . . . )
- 18. Agenda • The importance of manufacturing • Some lessons from the past • Where are we today? • Some pointers for the future • How should / does government help? • Wrap-up
- 19. Role of Government • Create an environment where business can succeed – social – fiscal / monetary / trade – innovation • Sustain the excellence of UK university research – funding of our Research Councils is key for this • Ensure a supply of well prepared school leavers Mirrored by “Report to the President on Capturing Domestic Competitive Advantage in Advanced Manufacturing”, July 2012
- 20. Government-funded Centres • BBSRC Institutes – basic research to thriving incubator units (e.g. Babraham) • EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing – maximise impact of innovative research with clear business need • EPSRC Doctoral Training Centres – train engineers / scientists with the skills, knowledge and confidence to tackle today's evolving issues • Catapult Centres – helping business transform ideas into new products and services
- 21. EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing • Ultra Precision • Through-life Engineering Services • Photonics • Liquid Metal Engineering • Regenerative Medicine • Medical Devices • Laser-based Production Processes • Large-area Electronics • Intelligent Automation • Industrial Sustainability • Food • Emergent Macromolecular Therapies • Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation • Composites • Advanced Metrology • Additive Manufacturing
- 22. High Value Manufacturing Catapult NCC MTC AMRC NAMRC WMG CPI AFRC • £350m invested to date • £350m+ over next 5 yrs • 430+ industry clients • >1000 staff In place to drive the growth of the manufacturing sector by helping companies of all sizes incubate and develop new technologies through to commercial reality.
- 23. What is the HVM Catapult Business-focused consortium of centres that makes world-leading technical capability available to businesses to address their manufacturing challenges • Access to world-leading manufacturing technology & expertise • Capability to undertake collaborative R&D projects • Capability to undertake contract research • Access to the knowledge base for world-class science • A professional delivery ethos with a strong business focus • A critical mass of activity • Skills development at all levels
- 24. What does HVM Catapult seek to deliver? • Accelerating technology commercialisation – Combined skills and equipment helping new and existing businesses give commercial life to great ideas. • Cross sector capability – Differing industries working together to a common goal – New technologies benefiting many industries • Economic drive – Helping to rebalance the UK economy The result will be thriving UK manufacturing industries built on world-leading technology and invention
- 25. Agenda • The importance of manufacturing • Some lessons from the past • Where are we today? • Some pointers for the future • How should / does government help? • Wrap-up
- 26. We can grow Manufacturing again in the UK! • Be world class at the basics • Build on the innovation environment we have created – continuing dialogue with business re future needs – sustained investment from government – attracting MNCs to the UK – Growing our SME base • Learn to work collaboratively – business / university / Catapult – business / business
- 27. Questions?