Author: 4pmanagement
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Quarter 3 – Update
I’m sat in the café at Wroclaw airport on bank holiday Friday in Poland (Independence Day) waiting for my Ryanair flight, drinking the second coffee of the morning and third croissant… the downside of travelling is too many snacks. In a post on Linkdin this week I mentioned how wine gums are a staple of
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Quarter 2 – Update
Every morning when I sit at my desk, I update my to-do list. Over the years this list has been in the back of my notebook, on post-its and in the far off days in my Filofax (remember them). I’ve also flittered with electronic notes on my laptop linked to reminders. At the end of
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Project Management Professional re-certification
I am pleased to show my PMP certificate for the next 3 years. The great thing with PMP is to maintain your certification you have to collect a certain number of PDU’s (professional development units). You achieve these by attending webinars, contributing to the PMI knowledge bank or mentoring. I have found it interesting, particularly
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The start of a new year – Quarter 1 update
Quarter 1 has been busy. The UK based petfood company I mentioned in my last blog commissioned my company to review its multi-packing operations and propose ways to increase output and improve productivity. For my client in Mexico, I have completed the initial design review. With the client’s team we have produced an action plan
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Quarter 4 – Update
I’m happy to report my 4th client. A large international agri-foods business who are moving into wet pet foods in Mexico. My company has been engaged to ratify the design and help to put in place the routines and processes needed for a successful start-up. If they engage me for all parts of the project,
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Quarter 3 – Update
Best laid plan’s….. my plan was to write this quarterly, but due to work commitments I’m only now getting round to summing up the last two quarters. I’m grateful for the trust my two clients have shown in my business. It would be easy for both to not have the hassle of engaging a “pet
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Quarter 1 – Update
Welcome to this quarter’s blog… not sure why this is called a blog, but my media advisor says it is! To me, it’s an update newsletter, bringing you up to speed on my first quarter’s trading of 4pManagment Ltd. In my LinkedIn post in December, I said one door closed and another opened, this referred
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Productivity Improvement Plan, UK
Following a major capital investment at this blue-chip food manufacturer in the UK, the management team was fighting the process and delivering very low productivity and high unit costs. I was brought in to reverse the trend and over an 18 month period identified structural weakness in the operational structure that lead to several key
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Greenfield Factory, Poland
This blue-chip food manufacturer wanted to expand production into Eastern Europe. After working with the senior leadership team to define the scope, budget and timescale of the project I managed the implementation of the green field factory end-to-end over a 3 year period. I worked closely with logistics teams to ensure incoming materials supply, the
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