??Productivity Bulletin - December Edition ??
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Welcome to the Manufacturing Productivity Bulletin - December Edition.
In this issue, we cover:
? UK Manufacturing Output in Q3
? Workforce Adoption of Digital Technologies
? 2025 Annual Wall Planners - Now Available
? Industry Set to Increase Investment in AI
? 2025 Manufacturing Show Dates
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The FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics Team
UK Manufacturing Output Increases in Q3 Despite Smaller Workforce, New Analysis Reveals
UK manufacturers produced goods and materials worth ￡150.9bn in the third quarter of 2024, according to our analysis of Q3 ONS data. This was ￡1.9bn more than in Q3 2023, an increase of 1.2% - achieved with a smaller workforce.
Our analysis, which informs our UK Manufacturing Productivity Index, reveals that the value of output produced this summer was 1.2% lower than Q2 2024. Much of this was due to a 0.7% decline in the price of goods leaving factories in September. Adjusting for price fluctuations shows that Q3 2024 production levels were broadly similar to Q2.
How Manufacturers Can Successfully Drive Workforce Adoption of Digital Technologies
In manufacturing, 70% of digital transformation efforts fail due to low workforce adoption rates. So, what separates the winners from the rest?
Our latest article explores real-world examples of manufacturers who cracked the code to successfully engage their workforce in adopting new digital tools and systems across their factories.
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2025 Annual Wall Planner - Now Available
Our smart tech may well be the best way to drive manufacturing productivity, but even the most digitised factories still rely on the tried and tested (some may even say loved) annual wall planner.??
Customers in the UK Mainland will shortly receive copies via post, but if you want to grab a digital copy to order extra copies, you can get the print-ready file via the link below.???
PS...If you've already received your FourJaw wall planners - feel free to send us a ?????
Industry Set to Increase Investment in AI – Make UK/Autodesk Report
Britain’s manufacturers are set to increase their investment in AI over the next 12 months. This is according to a Make UK report published this week in collaboration with Autodesk.
Nina Gryf, Digitalisation Lead at Make UK, said: “AI and automation are driving dramatic change in speeding up manufacturing processes and elsewhere in companies. Their potential to drive economic growth and reshape industries is becoming increasingly clear, and the manufacturing sector and its factories of the future have a central role to play. However, while the uptake of such technologies is increasing, the UK needs a step change in the use of automation otherwise it risks missing out on vital transformative productivity gains.”
Dates For your Diary - Manufacturing Shows 2025
It helps to be organised, so we've compiled a list of some key manufacturing shows happening in the UK in 2025.