Author: 4pmanagement
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How to get the best ‘bang for your buck’
Payback & ROI (Return on Investment) When specifying a production line, understanding the total project cost is essential. There is no value in designing a solution the client cannot afford. Early in every project discussion, I focus on payback: Payback Period = Capital Investment ÷ Annual Savings or Incremental Margin Savings may come from: Many…
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Why You Need Professional Project Management
When a project idea first emerges, it’s common for the originator to share early thoughts with colleagues – seeking support, insights, or technical expertise. The concept develops organically and eventually receives the green light to move ahead. At this point, the traditional approach is to bring in a project manager, engineer, or director to implement…
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There is More Than One Way to Grow Your Petfood Business
Organic Growth vs. Acquisition: Choosing the Right Path for Your Pet Food Business Organic growth – while deeply satisfying as you steadily build your business is the traditional path to scaling up. It allows you to better meet customer demand and benefit from economies of scale. However, it can be a slow process, with maybe…
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What’s It Like Running Your Own Business?
I launched 4p Management in early 2021. For years, I had toyed with the idea of being independent, but like many, the security of a good salary in a blue-chip company kept me from making the leap. Then, in mid-2020, an opportunity came along that was simply too good to pass up. And so, in…
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Case Study: Can Line Re-location in 28 Days
The client’s brief was to move the existing canning line out and locate it in a newly acquired brownfield factory in another country, all within one month! Canning is an important part of the business and strategically the client wanted to centralise canning into one location leaving valuable room for another line in the doner…
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PMP certificate now up to May 2028
I am happy to report, I’ve completed my PDU’s and I’m re-certificated for the next 3 years. Using a tried and trusted project methodology ensures the project foundations are strong, stake holders are engaged & the project progress to successful completion. When you link the PMI process’s with an experienced project manager your improving your…
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Case Study: Wet Pouch Sealing Improvements
The client’s brief was to assess an existing wet pouch and to build an action plan to reduce the number of seal failures and decrease the time for incubation prior to the pouches being packed. Seal integrity is the Achilles heel of Wet petfood pouch production. Whilst the format is great for the purchaser giving…
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Q4 Update
I’m writing this on the plane back from Budapest, three days in Hungary for an existing client at a recently purchased company. I was tasked with reviewing the sites capabilities and working through the improvement options with the ex-owner of the business and my contact for the client. The two main tasks to complete before…
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2023 so far
Apologies to my followers, the blog output this year has been a bit poor in content, mainly about my trials and tribulations flying around Europe! Whilst business travel is important as there are somethings that can’t be done over MS Teams, particularly when you’re building petfood lines, the pain of travel is still one thing…
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Case Study: Treats Packing Line
The Brief We were asked to assess an existing semi-automated packing line at a recent acquisition, and provide guidance on how capacity could be increased whilst automating the manual elements of the line. After an initial site visit t was clear that the site team had a design they were keen for me to validate.…
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