Sustaining Manufacturing Improvement : A study of sustainability based on the Engineering Employers Federation South Manufacturing Advisory Service Programme

This research in this report is built on the argument that deployment and sustainability are key aspects of improvingmanufacturing businesses. The research is based on eight case studies of companies that have usedthe Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) Lean production programme or intervention, delivered by the EEF South.The report concludes that:1 The EEF South MAS programme is a cost effective way of developing improvement in manufacturing companies.2 The programme is well defined and the advisors capable and effective.3 Although sustainability is often implicit and achieved, and much of the programme has been designedwith sustainability in mind, its delivery and assessment are biased towards the short term...