Case Studies | Page 9

Fold Hill Foods Ltd are manufacturers of dried pet food and have been producing pet foods for over 20 years. They have gained and maintained an enviable reputation for quality and for this reason are now the largest supplier in the UK of dry pet food for retailers’ “own brands”.

Essilor is the worlds largest manufacturer of spectacle lenses. Essilor has had a presence in Britain since 1881 when Société des Lunetiers opened it’s British operation in Hatton Garden, London. It maintained a presence in the city until 1975 when the company moved its offices and production facilities to Thornbury, near Bristol. The group employs 23,000 personnel world-wide, with around 400 people employed at Thornbury.

Preci-Spark is one of the leading suppliers of aerospace and gas turbine engine components. This involves high-tech fabrications and precision machining. The group employs around 400 personnel and 4 months ago Systems Manager, Ian Delom, was in search of a Time & Attendance system to remove the delays involved with their manual clock card system. He also wanted to make the section leaders job a lot easier by providing up-to-date information.

Johnston Sweepers’ production sites in the UK manufacture a wide range of municipal and contractor cleansing vehicles from the 4 tonnes GVM Compact series to chassis mounted units in excess of 18 tonnes GVM. State of the art engineering design facilities and manufacturing techniques ensure that the product range continues to be an industry quality leader, the company claims.

Direct Table Foods Ltd have two factories, one in Cuffley, Hertfordshire and one at Bury St Edmunds. The company slices and packs bacon; both their ‘own brand’ and also products for major supermarkets. Originally founded in the famous Smithfield market, Direct Table developed a fine reputation for sausages and other meat products and were one of first sole suppliers to the supermarket, Sainsbury’s.

Founded in 1919, Faiveley Transport delivers complete, state of the art braking and passenger access technology for 200 trains. Faiveley has solidified its position as the chosen supplier for rail manufacturers and operators worldwide by offering the market's widest range of products and systems. The Faiveley Group is present in 22 countries and operates on the global rail-equipment market.

West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in the country, covering an area of 348 square miles and serving a population of almost 2.6 million. The region sits at the very heart of the country and covers the three major centres of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It also includes the busy and thriving districts of Sandwell, Walsall, Solihull and Dudley.

Holywell Middle School is located near Cranfield in Bedfordshire where they educate pupils aged from 9 to 13 years old. In early 2009, the school's business manager, Colleen Dinner, was reviewing fire health and safety procedures after having been requested to do so by the acting head at that time.

Albany International Limited is a global business with a base at Bury in Lancashire and employs nearly 150 staff. Its primary business is supplying the expanding world paper industry with consumable, technologically sophisticated products called paper machine clothing. Paper machine clothing is used to produce all grades of paper from lightweight sanitary tissue to heavyweight container board.

Calders & Grandidge is one of the oldest established and respected names in the United Kingdom pressure treated timber sector with its own 46 acre site in Boston , Lincolnshire , and employs a workforce of more than 60 personnel. The company is the main supplier of wooden telegraph poles in the UK and their strategically placed depots are equipped to process, preserve and stock the large number of poles needed to serve UK and overseas markets.

March Foods Ltd is a privately owned business operating from an 11,000 m² (120,000 ft²) purpose built factory in March, Cambridgeshire. It employs 150 people at this site and is one of the UK’s leading Food Contract manufacturers and packing businesses, specialising in providing timely and high quality production services to customers.

Guhring manufacture the ultimate range of rotary cutting tools in HSS, carbide and diamond materials. Part of the German owned Guehring oHG Group, Guhring Limited manufacture, modify, regrind and recoat rotary cutting tools from their factory in Castle Bromwich Business Park, Tameside Drive, Birmingham. In mid 2003 Yvonne Clune, Finance & IT Manager, was looking for a computer system to provide better control of employee “in” and “out” times.