Events | MAS-WM Events
MAS-WM events are open to anyone with an interest in manufacturing in the West Midlands. All are either free or heavily subsidised.
MAS-WM run a series of Workshops and Seminars covering Manufacturing Best Practice, Marketing skills and Purchasing skills. These workshops and seminars are available to all manufacturers and are free to attend. The workshops and seminars are part of a rolling programme which has been successfully delivered for a number of years and many companies attend more than one year with various personnel attending.
workshop/seminar Details For 2008/2009
Manufacturing Workshop Series 2008/2009
| Manufacturing Workshops | Date | Venue |
| Working Smarter through Better processes | May 2008 | Various |
| Driving Business improvements with visual Management and Effective workplace organisation | June 2008 | Various |
| Effective problem solving | July 2008 | Various |
| How to develop effective communications | September/October 2008 | Various |
| How to get more output from plant and equipment | November 2008 | Various |
| Team working that gets results | December 2008 | Various |
| Getting it Right First Time - How to improve process capability | January 2009 | Various |
| New product introduction | February 2009 | Various |
| Manufacturing Strategies for the 21st Century | March 2009 | Various |
| A roadmap to productivity improvements | April 2009 | Various |
Download PDF for actual dates and venues of Manufacturing Best Practice Workshops
Marketing Skills Seminar Series 2008/2009
| Marketing Skills Seminar | Date | Venue |
| Planning for success | September 2008 | Various |
| Targeting the right customers | October 2008 | Various |
| Researching domestic and overseas markets & buyer behaviour | November 2008 | Various |
| Winning at new products | January 2009 | Various |
| Routes to market | February 2009 | Various |
| Pricing & promotions | March 2009 | Various |
Download PDF for actual dates and venues of Marketing Skills Seminars
Purchasing Workshop Series 2008/2009
| Purchasing Skills Workshop | Date | Venue |
| An introduction to practical purchasing | September 2008 | Various |
| Purchasing tools and techniques | October 2008 | Various |
| How to get best value from purchasing | November 2008 | Various |
| Selecting and evaluating suppliers | January 2009 | Various |
| Effective Negotiation | February 2009 | Various |
| Managing supplier performance | March 2009 | Various |
Download PDF for actual dates and venues of Purchasing Workshops
How to Book
To book onto Manufacturing and Purchasing Workshops download the appropriate application fax back forms below return via fax to 02920 444 746, or post to:
Manufacturing fax back application form
Purchasing fax back application form
Enterprise Consulting Ltd
2 Regents Court
Nettleford Road
Cardiff
CF24 5JQ
To book onto Marketing Skills Seminars download the application fax back form and return via fax to 01763 852890, or post to:
Marketing Skills fax back application form
BeStrategic
Bayleys House
45 Station Road
Steeple Morden
Herts
SG8 0NW
Workshop/Seminar Venues:
The workshops and seminars are delivered at three venues in the region, from which you can select to attend the most conveniently located for your delegate. We are now taking new bookings for September 2008, they are very popular so to avoid disappointment reserve your place as soon as possible
| Venue | Address |
Stourbridge Rugby Club |
Stourton Park Bridgnorth Road StourbridgeDY 7 6QZ Tel. 01384 395000 |
Coventry Rugby Club |
Butts Park Arena Butts Road Coventry CV1 3GE Tel. 0871 750 9100 |
Cannock Cricket & Hockey Club |
Church Lane Four Crosses Hatherton Cannock WS1RR Tel. 01543 502424 |
Manufacturing Workshops 2008/2009
Facing increased competitive pressures and ongoing supplier cost down exercises, manufacturers throughout the West Midlands are continually being forced to maximise every resource in an attempt to remain a competitive and sustainable entity.
If we tell you that sharing manufacturing best practice could make a difference to your bottom line, would this interest you?
MAS-WM hosts a rolling series of 10 best practice workshops to help make the most of your organisational potential. Delivered by experienced manufacturing practitioners the workshops introduce ‘best practice' methods and techniques and are supported by comprehensive class notes. The workshops are participative and reinforce learning through practical examples. Applying these techniques often leads to substantial business improvements. The workshops are ideally suited to managers, supervisors and owners who are committed to improving their manufacturing performance. Although priority is given to manufacturers who are small to medium in size, larger companies are not excluded.
You have the option of attending a workshop at Stourbridge, Coventry or Cannock. For more information on these venues you can visit their web site by following links above. All start at 9am registration from 8.30am and finish with a buffet lunch at 1pm ( Problem Solving workshop is 9am -3pm).
EnterpriseConsulting present the workshops with industry experienced personnel on behalf of MAS-WM. If you would like more information on the individual workshops you can contact EnterpriseConsulting, contact details are on the Fax back booking form or alternatively you can email Zoe Jones at EnterpriseConsulting.
Marketing Skills Seminars 2008/2009
Challenged by the threat of global competition?
Do you know why your customers buy from you rather than the competition?
How can you establish and maintain a competitive advantage?
Globalisation of markets and supply chains has been a two-edged sword, bringing both threat and opportunity to West Midlands manufacturers.
The threat has manifested itself most heavily on traditional, mass-produced products, where margins have been squeezed by multinationals with their economy of scale advantages, and by offshore competitors enjoying considerable advantages in labour cost.
The opportunity lies in the ready access to fast-growing overseas and domestic markets for the innovative, differentiated new products and processes with which West Midlands manufacturers must compete.
For many West Midlands manufacturers advantages such proximity-to-market and small-player flexibility are key, but to exploit these fully requires a close working relationship with key customers, enabling suppliers to anticipate and satisfy frequently changing needs and requirements.
By introducing basic marketing techniques such as market research, market segmentation, competitor benchmarking and product positioning, you will:
- better understand your competitive advantage and maintain it by tactical selection of new products and services
- ‘get the message across' better with smarter content and targeting of your business communications
- better identify new market opportunities
MAS West Midlands has developed this series of seminars to help local manufacturers develop their marketing skills. The seminars are delivered by an experienced marketing professional, and contain elements relevant to both domestic and international marketing. They are of a practical nature, best suited to those with senior, customer-facing roles, but assume limited prior knowledge, and contain many ideas readily adopted back at the workplace. Each delegate is issued with comprehensive reference notes.
Seminar attendance may be counted towards both internal-company and continuous personal development (CPD) programmes . At the conclusion of the programme certificates of attendance will be issued automatically to those delegates who attended a minimum of 3 seminars.
Although priority is given to small to medium size West Midlands-based manufacturers, larger organisations are not excluded.
To see full details download the PDF click here (Marketing) & for fax back booking form (Application)
Purchasing Workshops 2008/2009
For many West Midlands companies, expenditure on purchasing goods and services is a significant proportion of total business costs – often 60% or more. In view of this, an improvement in purchasing performance of only 5% can often deliver ‘bottom line’ improvements of 50%.......100% or more!
In its fifth successful year, to help businesses get the most from their purchasing function, the Manufacturing Advisory Service - West Midlands, in conjunction with Business Link Coventry & Warwickshire, has organised this series of interactive workshops for managers and other staff who have responsibility for purchasing but are not purchasing specialists.
Designed with small and medium-sized companies in mind, representatives from larger companies are also welcome to attend. Delivered by experienced practitioners, the workshops will introduce practical approaches to effective purchasing and outline how they can be put into practice to deliver tangible business benefits. Comprehensive reference notes will be issued to each workshop delegate.
EnterpriseConsulting present the workshops with industry experienced personnel on behalf of MAS-WM. Below is a list of workshop titles and dates, if you would like more information on the topic areas covered download the Purchasing Workshop PDF or contact Zoe Jones at EnterpriseConsulting 02920 444730
Demand for places will be high. Therefore, we strongly advise you to complete the fax back form as soon as possible if you wish to attend any of the workshops. There are still places available at all three locations.
To book simply complete the following Fax back booking form and return to EnterpriseConsulting.
Click here to download the purchasing workshops brochure