Category: Blog
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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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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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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 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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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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