Author: 4pmanagement
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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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The end of 2022, and starting 2023
In my last blog, I estimated the number of working days to the end of the year as 158, my actual for 2023 was 164. I’m very pleased with this, and shows great commitment from my clients. I also underwent my second knee operation on the 2nd December, by the 5th was back at my…
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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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