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Jonathan

Factories of the Year


Thank you, Jonathan, and good morning, everyone. This year's search for the Factories of the Year has produced a bumper crop of outstanding winners, which is very welcome proof that the old economy isn't dead, but is emerging revitalised from its recent problems. As ever, we initiated our search for the best by sending each participating factory a questionnaire. This consisted of 14 pages and probably more questions than the recipients would have liked. From their answers, each factory was assessed on a basket of performance criteria. Some of these were immediately measurable, like handover times, which of course can have a big impact on productivity and which are showing a healthy tendency towards being shortened. Another was delivery reliability, a high score in which is essential for any customer-led organisation.