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September 2008. MCCR Associates have conducted in
excess of 600 MAS Manufacturing Reviews ( Diagnostics)
and undertaken some 260
Interventions to help clients improve their
businesses.
Case Studies are a
good way of seeing the variety of work we undertake.
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Wakefield Acoustics Ltd.
“The
grant-subsidised consultancy help that
MAS has given us to implement improvements to our
manufacturing operation has resulted in a 65%
increase in sales; and 25% improvement in
productivity in year one with further double digit
sales and profit growth in year two. Getting our
people behind the changes was critical and they have
given us 110% support. The feedback we have had is
that they now feel more involved and empowered.”
Jane Dawson, Managing Director
MAS
specialists
Stephan Matykiewicz and
Ralph Woodhead
began the project by carrying out a diagnostic
review of the business and undertaking a value
stream mapping process.
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Branova Ltd, Dewsbury.
“MAS consultant, Dean
Morgan of MCCR & Associates, carried out a
diagnostic report and advised us on setting up a
manufacturing unit from scratch and even sourced the
bottling machine for us. His advice was spot on and
we now have a 21stcentury manufacturing facility
which has enabled us to keep pace with the growing
demand for our products .”
Dominic Barnes, Managing Director
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Percy Hawkins &
Son Ltd. Kettering.
“Peter
Kroeger has been so good for us. He has provided
outstanding help to us, in defining a strategy and
developing a business plan, in raising us much
needed grant finance where he “took the problem
away” and did it all in an unfussy, practical and
efficient manner, and against a very tight deadline.
He arranged grant aided production consultancy and
ensured its success. He looked past just the capital
grant and ensured we have sufficient working capital
to handle the increased business, helped us find a
key employee and ensured we are legal in all things
HR related. We could not have done this without
help, and in Peter Kroeger (and his IIB network) we
found all that we need. I have no hesitation in
recommending Peter to any business owner who needs a
true business friend and a helping hand to do the
difficult stuff”.
Diane Grayson-Hawkins, Finance Director:
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KD Decoratives Ltd.
Huddersfield.
"I wish to thank MAS and
Dean Morgan for the hard work and expertise they
have provided to the directors and staff at KD
Decoratives. With their support our family
business has a more professional approach and has
provided us a greater awareness and ability to
manage our production times, operation costs, cash
flow and profitability. The project has
provided us with the right tools that we know we can
build upon".
Richard Kitchen-Dunn, Chairman
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Chapmans Ltd.
Sheffield. "We were
starting on a major change to the way we ran our
manufacturing plant when we were hit very badly by
Sheffield's 'Big Flood' of June 2007.
Most of the factory was under 3 feet of water.
We decided to take advantage of the period of clean
up and recovery to accelerate the planned change to
planning and production.
Thanks to the intense guidance and direction
activity by Neale Cook
of MCCR & Associates and the enthusiasm of our staff
we managed to bring forward the changes and complete
the training"
David Byers. Managing
Director
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Retail Loss
Prevention, Nottingham “We
were introduced to the GNP World Class Service
Company program through our bankers, Barclays, who
felt that we could benefit from external
professional support.
David Armitage of
MCCR & Associates who were delivering the GNP World
Class Service Company Program quickly identified a
number of areas in which the company would benefit
from assistance under the grant scheme, establishing
priorities and setting action plans"
Jackie Lambert, Managing Director
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Abacus Plumbing and
Heating
Geoff Jackson of
MCCR & Associates introduced Richard to the Greater
Nottingham Partnership World Class Service Programme
which enabled him to put together the major elements
in growing his business into the new markets.
"GNP’s World Class Service Programme has helped us
develop our business and marketing plans and
progress our request for the required finance to
grow our business into new markets. "
Richard Turner, Managing Director
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Bear IT. Nottingham
“The
support we’ve received from the GNP World Class Service
programme and Alison Richardson of MCCR & Associates has
helped us to gain a better understanding of our customers
and our business. It’s enabled us to consolidate our early
successes and put us in a great position to achieve our full
potential”
Mark Lambert, Technical Director
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Angus Macrae Interiors
Ltd, Nottingham
Simon Lamb has worked
extensively with Angus McRea. This is what they say
about his involvement. "We would recommend the
world class programmes of GNP delivered by MCCR to any
manufacturing or service company seeking to improve their
business".
Angus Macrae, Managing Director.
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Independent
Forging and Alloys Ltd. Sheffield
“MAS and
Neale Cooke
of MCCR has provided IFA with specialist assistance that has
enabled us to produce modern web-based reports and to
develop our proficiency in planning to support production.
We are now able to use our existing technology more
effectively and respond efficiently to our customer
demands”.
Craig Syson, Financial Director
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Franklin Windows, Yeadon Leeds
“MAS and MCCR have provided Franklin with
specialist manufacturing advice and support through
Dean
Morgan allowing us to expand our production capabilities at
a time when our products have gained great interest in the
market. Without their support, we would not have had the
expertise or capability to respond to our customer demands
over the last 12 months nor allowed us to undertake our
ambitious growth plans for the next few years".
David
Franklin, Director Sales & Marketing
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A I Materials Ltd
Sheffield
“An MD of
a small business can often feel that he has nowhere to turn
for really reliable help and advice with problems that he
just does not have the time to sort out himself. MAS
provide people with the skills and experience to step in at
a practical level and make a difference straight away.”
“Working with Mike Andrews and the team at MCCR has been a
real boost to our Company.”
Mark Burton, Managing Director.
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Speedwell
Reinforcement Ltd. Sheffield.
“We had been operating from our previous five
acre site for over forty years. We decided to relocate to
modern premises in the area, and wanted expert help to
organise our move.
MCCR Associate
David Brannock took on the
role of Project Manager. This included overseeing many
aspects of the move: layout of the new factory, liaising and
selecting contractors, working on planning schedules and
(together with Speedwell) organising the removal of plant
and machinery”.
Terry Moorwood, Managing Director.
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Barkston Plastics Engineering Ltd. Leeds.
‘This is an on-going success story and we are well on the
way to achieving all of the goals we set out when we started
working with MAS!
The suggestions from Abigail Levin the MCCR consultants
together with ideas from our employees led to an improved
factory lay out and additional key pieces of equipment”.
Roy Kirchman, Sales Director.
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