BUILDING UK MANUFACTURING RESILIENCE

摘要

The Resilience Index is a valuable reference for senior engineers responsible for increasing production, creating better and more innovative ways of working, driving competitiveness, and delivering commercial success. As the challenges of the last 12 months have clearly demonstrated, business resilience must look beyond the confines of financial stability. It should also incorporate a strengthened supply chain, ongoing investment in the latest processes, equipment, and products; engineer new and more productive ways of working and focus on having a safe, highly trained, and motivated workforce. The ability to withstand unplanned events that test the robustness of global supply chains such as generational weather occurrences, trade disputes or IT failures is one example of business resilience. Likewise, having the flexible infrastructure and appropriately skilled employees that can allow companies to pivot quickly towards new products and emerging market demand, are also key indicators as to whether a business can demonstrate all round resilience in the face of increasingly competitive local, regional, and global marketplaces.