Tesco to offer free electric car charging points

 

There is also a follow up to this with an article about electric cars that could be charged within 10 minutes:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43285885

 

Brexit - External Factors in Action

As PESTEC External Factors go this is the biggest issue facing UK businesses since the Second World War. Is that hyperbole? Brexit is the ideal External Factor example as it touches on almost every factor of PESTEC. It is obviously a Political Factor as it has been decided by a referendum and now implemented by the Government. But there are Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Competitive impacts on British firms.

 

After the result of the vote in 2016 the Pound crashed against the Dollar. What will happen if the Prime Minister’s proposed deal is voted down at the House of Commons?

 

 

 

Kellogg's to highlight nutritional content in UK

What will be the impact of this (if any) to Kellogg’s?

 

 

Quality Circles

 

A group of 6–12 people who meet to identify quality problems, consider solutions and recommend suitable outcomes to management.

 

Members are drawn from the factory floor but include engineers, quality inspectors and salesmen to offer different viewpoints. (Managers may or may not be included.)

 

Why use quality circles?

•      No-one knows production problems better than the workers.

•      Workers appreciate the chance to display their knowledge and skill.

 

The Future

I wonder how true or close to reality this old post from 2012 is?

 

“As I have said before it seemed that when the internet and the mobile phones came out, the world got smaller. It was a quantum leap in the way we live our lives and how we communicate with each other, not just everyday but across continents. Social Media like Facebook and Twitter mean that friends I have in far flung places such as Hong Kong and Australia are not out of sight. I probably communicate with some of them far more frequently than ones in my home city!

But I have a feeling that this next decade is going to be quite memorable in terms of innovation. We are on the cusp of a revolution both in terms of communication, manufacturing and transport.

So I’ve tried to tie together some of the interesting articles, ideas and products I have seen over the last year or so into tidy headings.

Manufacturing

3D Printers http://mrmcgowan.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/3D%20Printers

Communication

Project Glass http://mrmcgowan.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Google%20Project%20Glass

Google Now http://mrmcgowan.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Google%20Now

Transport

3D Coach http://mrmcgowan.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/3D%20Express%20Coach

Driverless Cars http://mrmcgowan.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Driverless%20Cars

High Speed Rail http://mrmcgowan.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/High%20Speed%20Rail

Skylon http://mrmcgowan.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Skylon”

Vertical Integration at Ford Rouge - Higher Business Management

Vertical Integration in action at the Ford Rouge plant in Detroit, Michigan. Good illustrative example for Higher Business Management and the Operations topic.

Henry Ford was famous for his control freak behaviour. For true backward vertical integration look up Fordlandia in Brazil.

 

 

 

Just in Time Delivery - Higher Business Management

Just in time delivery in action at the Ford Rouge plant in Detroit, Michigan. Good illustrative example for Higher Business Management and the Operations topic.

 

Ford Rouge Eco Garden

The Ford Rouge plant in Detroit, Michigan. The image below is of an eco-friendly roof garden to offset the pollution caused by the factory.

 

 

Our Black Friday Obsession

I never realised that Black Friday has been a thing since 2010. I thought it was more recent. The article below looks at the UK’s obsession  with the monster sales event.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46260739