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2 Ways to Measure the Productivity, Effectiveness or Efficiency of your Machinery or Factory

With productivity being a hot topic at the moment it’s important to know how to calculate the productivity of your machinery and factory to enable you to implement and track productivity improvements. This article covers two productivity calculations.  The first … Continue reading

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Does Automation Really Wreck People’s Lives and Cause Unemployment?

There seems to be a lot of fear mongering, especially in the UK, when it comes to automation and the role it plays in causing unemployment, despite evidence that suggests the contrary. Throughout the ages, as humanity evolved, so has … Continue reading

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How to Increase Productivity in Your Factory with Automation

In a fast and ever developing world, factories need to be able to keep up with increasing demand and higher competition levels, whilst ensuring they improve their productivity levels in order to thrive. This is where automation can help you … Continue reading

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Theresa May Tackles Productivity to Increase Prosperity

What is productivity?  How do I increase productivity? These questions are the type of questions that many people will be asking themselves after the release of the governments ‘Building our Industrial Strategy’ Green Paper. With the policy open for debate … Continue reading

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The Key to Prosperity and Better Standards of Living

  Why is it that when our Great grandparents were young it was a luxury to own a car, and now it’s regarded as normal? Why is it that many more people were in back breaking manual work, and living … Continue reading

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Granta Automation Staff Reward – A trip to the Landrover Factory

Last Thursday Granta Automation’s staff were rewarded for their dedication and hard work throughout 2016 with a trip to the Landrover factory at Solihull, Birmingham.  The day included a tour of the Land Rover factory and an off-road driving experience for … Continue reading

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How do I prevent repetitive strain injury in the workplace?

First of all, let’s look at what causes repetitive strain injuries to happen. Repetitive strain injury (RSI) can be caused by: Repetitive movements made with the upper body that result in the overuse of muscles and tendons. Long shifts of … Continue reading

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KPIs, Dashboards and Scoreboards are Key to a Better Company culture

In today’s world, where competition seems to be higher than ever, as companies have to fight harder for their market share, having well-established KPIs (key performance indicators) is no longer just a ‘nice-to-have’ thing. If your company is serious about … Continue reading

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Granta Staff Treated to a Full ‘English Breakfast’

Yesterday morning Granta staff were treated to a full ‘English breakfast’ as a reward for their dedication and hard work.   As you can imagine, no one went hungry!

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Manufacturing PMI Reaches Highest Value Since June 2014

According to a recent article by Trading Economics, the UK Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) has reached a new high this September, at 55.40, representing the highest value achieved since June 2014, as some of the individual indexes used to … Continue reading

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