Northumbria University’s Newcastle
Business School has entered into a strategic partnership with the Advanced
Manufacturing Forum (AMF).
A community of industry experts,
the AMF brings together
the North-East of England manufacturing and engineering sector to engage with
members and partners within the wider business community. A key remit of the
AMF is to exchange ideas and knowledge to generate business growth, share
opportunities and to champion advanced manufacturing in the UK.
The Marketing, Operations and
Systems (MOS) department within Newcastle Business School will be sharing
expertise in the areas of operations and supply chain management, data and
analytics, and marketing with AMF members to create research and knowledge
exchange opportunities. This will be beneficial to both AMF members and
Newcastle Business School as it allows current thinking to be disseminated
directly into industry, whilst allowing new questions and areas for
investigation to emerge.
As manufacturing evolves,
technologies become more complex, and sustainability becomes even more
important, manufacturers will need to be thinking more about how they can add
more value to the products and services they offer. By collaborating with
Newcastle Business School, manufacturers can understand the many ways this can
be achieved. At the same, academics at Newcastle Business School will be able
to publish the results of new research findings in this area making this a
great match between two committed organisations.
AMF Chair Richard Swart commented:
“As one of the fastest growing manufacturing and engineering membership
organisations in the North East, we are delighted to partner with Newcastle
Business School, one of the leading providers of business courses, support and
research in the region. We are committed to ensuring a most constructive
collaboration that can only benefit the constituencies of both and the North
East business community as a whole. This partnership should be particularly
helpful in this current period of seemingly endless and extraordinary
challenges”.
Dr Adrian Small, Associate
Professor of Operations Management (Director of Enterprise and Engagement for
the MOS department) at Newcastle Business School, added: “The manufacturing
sector is facing a multitude of challenges including the economic impact that
Covid-19 has left, current supply chain challenges, and skills shortages to
name a few. By collaborating with North-East manufactures, we hope to find
solutions to these and other problems and demonstrate how our research is
impactful and relevant”.
