Steve Spall describes the changes in the manufacturing & operations arrangements that allowed Innocent to grow from a tiny business in West London to Europe's No1 Smoothie company in just over 10 years.

Making a Management Buyout Work - Lessons from Coventry

Feb 28th, 2011 13m 29s

Jonathan Duck, CEO of Coventry-based Amtico International, discusses management buy-outs, growing business in tough economic conditions and how manufacturing can compete with the Far East.

What does the future hold for Britain’s biggest manufacturing sector?

Jan 21st, 2011 15m 38s

Julian Hunt of the Food and Drink Federation on the challenges facing the UK’s biggest manufacturing sector and how a unique collaborative project between IfM and the FDF has indentified some of the ways in which the industry needs to adapt in

Collapse of the 'Funding Escalator' in the Greater Cambridge area

Jun 25th, 2010 10m 1s

David Gill, MD of the St John's Innovation Centre, discusses issues surrounding the dearth of risk capital and venture funding required by the innovative, growth potential firms on which the Cambridge cluster has relied for 30-40 years.

What does 'open innovation' mean for the Cambridge high tech cluster?

May 14th, 2010 10m 33s

The IfM's Dr Tim Minshall talks about the realtionship between open innovation and Cambridge, the nature of partnerships. In this interview he examines the nature of OI, the role of serendipity and the role OI plays in getting ideas out of the

Emerging Clean Technology Industries in the United States

Mar 5th, 2010 12m 40s

Clean technology industries are emerging and attracting significant attention from policy-makers, entrepreneurs and investors. Dr. Gregory Theyel discusses the location and firm strategy decisions of companies in the wind turbine, solar cell, a

Shaping research for industrial innovation

Mar 1st, 2010 14m 53s

Professor Mike Gregory, Head of Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing, argues that a more integrated approach is required to manufacturing research.

The Natural Step: a unifying framework for sustainable development

Feb 17th, 2010 21m 12s

Professor Robèrt, is the founder of the internationally renowned NGO The Natural Step explains how he developed a unifying framework for sustainability and how it has been implemented in industries all over the world.

Cut waste, boost revenue: Practical examples from industry

Feb 12th, 2010 12m 10s

Waste is produced whenever more power, water or materials are used than is absolutely necessary. In this presentation, Dr Claire Barlow will take a broad definition of waste in manufacturing industry to include anything that does not directly c

Configuring international supply chains: an integrated operations perspective - findings from research and practice

Feb 5th, 2010 16m 25s

The design of the supply network, linking suppliers, producers, distributors with their customers is becoming ever more important. Globalization, new routes to market and rapid technology change have resulted in changing industry structures, of

Roadmapping for agile strategy - linking technology to business objectives

Jan 29th, 2010 10m 22s

Technology roadmapping was originally developed by Motorolain the 1970s, as a means for aligning technology programmes with product developments. Since then it has been widely adopted widely, at firm and sector levels. Dr Rob Phaal looks at how

International design scoreboard: where the UK ranks and why it matters

Jan 22nd, 2010 13m 23s

Looking at the findings of a recent study led by the IfM, exploring international design capabilities. It provides the first attempt at ranking 12 countries in terms of their national design capability.

50 years of lasers: working at the speed of light

Jan 15th, 2010 10m 43s

2010 marks half a century of lasers, Dr Bill O'Neill charts the rise of this fantastic technology and how it is being used across a range of industries and sectors. He also looks at the next steps in laser research and the potential application

The future of supply chain data management

Dec 11th, 2009 14m

Looking at the latest developments in supply chain research with Aerospace giant Boeing, including developing components with in-built intelligence which use the latest technologies to assess and manage their own service needs.

Implementing open innovation: lessons from multi-national companies

Dec 4th, 2009 11m 38s

Dr Letizia Mortara looks at how multi-nationals have been approaching Open Innovation and the common themes that were observed by researchers across a range of industries following a two year IfM study of OI.

Contrasting attitudes to innovation support across industry and government

Nov 27th, 2009 10m 45s

Finbarr Livesey, head of the IfM's Centre for Industry and Government, discusses his new research project investigating which points in the innovation process require which types of policy support

Servitization strategy of manufacturing firms: evidence from practice

Nov 13th, 2009 11m 51s

This interview discusses the experience of a large European equipment manufacturer that has successfully moved into services.

The Emergence of New Industries

Nov 6th, 2009 13m 4s

This interview introduces the IfM's Emerging Industries programme and looks at how “emergence maps” can depict the growth of existing industries. The discussion will explore some of the recurring factors that have been found to promote or inhib

Ink-jet printing in micro-manufacturing: opportunities and limitations

Oct 30th, 2009 14m 52s

Professor Ian Hutchings, GKN Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at the IfM, discusses the possibilities of using ink-jet printing technology for manufacturing very small things out of metal, ceramics and polymers.

The Servitization of Manufacturing

Oct 23rd, 2009 13m 28s

Interview with Professor Andy Neely, discussing the impact of servitization on manufacturing, the reasons why it has taken hold and the potential barriers and challenges to its adoption

The Cambridge Technology Cluster - a blueprint for the future?

Oct 16th, 2009 17m 57s

Interview with Dr Elizabeth Garnsey, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of Cambridge's high tech cluster of companies and the potential for Cambridge's Silicon Fen to provide an industrial blueprint for Britain as a whole.

Through-life management of industrial assets

Oct 16th, 2009 11m 24s

Dr Ajith Parlikad will discuss the key challenges in asset management and the role of emerging information technologies in improving the way in which assets are tracked and managed

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