by Lavery Pennell | 31 Jul 2015 | business model innovation, cost reduction innovation, full blog, manufacturing, product & service innovation, sustainable innovation
You can now buy as-new remade office furniture for less than half the new recommended retail price, thanks to the circular economy. Used and recyclable have limits While used office furniture has always been an option, it has traditionally involved compromising on...
by Lavery Pennell | 9 Dec 2014 | cost reduction innovation, full blog, manufacturing
The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing and Sustainable Resource Groups yesterday released a new report presenting the economic, social and environmental potential of remanufacturing and recommending a range of government support measures. Drawing on evidence...
by Lavery Pennell | 30 Oct 2014 | cost reduction innovation, full blog, manufacturing
At the recent EPSRC Industrial Sustainability conference, Greg Lavery of Lavery/Pennell and Professor Steve Evans from the University of Cambridge spoke on recent developments and emerging themes in the field of non-labour resource efficiency. This included an...
by Lavery Pennell | 18 Jun 2014 | cost reduction innovation, full blog, manufacturing
This video explains the £1.9B p.a. energy saving opportunity available to UK manufacturers and how Nestlé has made substantial energy efficiency improvements. Despite ongoing improvements in energy use, the Next Manufacturing Revolution study* identified Energy...
by Lavery Pennell | 13 Mar 2014 | cost reduction innovation, full blog, manufacturing, sustainable innovation
A new report, co-authored by Lavery Pennell and the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing, identifies £920M p.a. in cost savings and 6.6 million tCO2e p.a. reduction that the UK Food and Beverage sector is now missing. Following two years of research,...
by Lavery Pennell | 27 Feb 2014 | business model innovation, cost reduction innovation, full blog, product & service innovation, sustainable innovation
The traditional response to earnings downturns is to hunker down and defend the status quo. But if the downturn is caused by a structural disruption this is the wrong response. This discussion presents a better response that finds opportunities within challenges – and...
