Locate in Kent Presenting to Produced in Kent +44 (0)1732 520700 www.locateinkent.com
Introduction www.locateinkent.com
We are the official inward investment agency for Kent and Medway Ebbsfleet International www.locateinkent.com
We provide advice and support to businesses looking to start up, scale up or relocate to Kent. Nim’s Fruit Crisps, Sittingbourne www.locateinkent.com
Plus service offering: Property Funding advice Market insights Sector Specialists Local Knowledge Skills service Relocation support Partner network Manufacturing service High quality and effective account management from LiK www.locateinkent.com
Plus service – free and confidential support Skills service – our specialist skills adviser helps businesses make the most of the education and skills system in Kent, connecting Property and site selection you with the right organisations; finding the right people and skills With knowledge of nearly all commercial availability in the for your business. county, we advise on the best premises to suit your growing business needs, as well as supporting with planning, industrial office design and build options. Manufacturing service Kent based manufacturers are able to take advantage of the Funding advice expertise from our Manufacturing specialist, helping you improve A number of local, national and European funding initiatives are operations and achieve cost efficiencies. Our service can also help available to ambitious businesses, we can advise on what is set up or expand your facility, establish effective local supply appropriate and applicable to you. chains, or develop the skills of your workforce. Relocation support Market and industry insights With strong links to the local and national government as well as We can provide detailed information on the Kent landscape, the Department of International Trade, we can help make your including business climate, industry clusters, demographics, relocation and/or overseas transition, as seamless as possible. labour force and salary data to support a location decision and The team can assist, or connect you into the right networks, for help build your business case. support with visas, immigration, logistics, local recruitment, grants and incentives. Highly-skilled sector specialists Partner network With years of experience in specialist and key growth industries, We work with a wide range of first class, business services our experts understand the challenges you face and can direct providers who are on hand to offer, legal, accountancy, you to the opportunities available in the county. recruitment, marketing and public relations support. We will connect you into the right networks depending on the expertise you need. www.locateinkent.com
Funding service Locate in Kent can help you access loans, grants and other funding streams to support business growth. www.locateinkent.com
Priority sectors www.locateinkent.com
Our vision is to attract investment to Kent and Medway Insert that creates sustainable employment and growth. purchased image • Creative & Digital • Food & Drink • Life Sciences • Manufacturing Chatham Maritime www.locateinkent.com
Kent contributes £2.6bn of the UK’s food and drink industry Active pipeline of overseas owned businesses www.locateinkent.com
Sector summary: Food & Drink • Established cluster - with 2,500 food and drink related companies employing 18,000+ people. • Specialist in beverages - home to Britain’s oldest brewer Shepherd Neame, award- winning distilleries like Copper Rivet and globally renowned winemakers including Chapel Down and Taittinger. • Pioneering agri-tech research - NIAB EMR is an international leader for innovation and research in horticultural crops and plants. Image courtesy of Thanet Earth www.locateinkent.com
Case Studies www.locateinkent.com
The business is successful in growing market share and its customer base, but manufacturing capacity started to become an issue. Restricted by their current production site foot print and with no real option to move in the near future, the business needed to increase production output to match the growing demand. Following Mark Knowlton’s initial onsite diagnostic, the discussion with the MD resulted in a series internal workshops focused on the implementation of Lean manufacturing principles. 3 project teams were formed and each created a value stream map. From this, the teams were given guidance to designed new workflows, apply 5S principles and implemented visual controls resulting in an increase in capacity and improved workflow. Improved factory layout resulted in Capacity increase to meet growing sales demand www.locateinkent.com
This small award-winning food business is punching above its weight and has gained a significant following of loyal customers. The major challenge for the business was understanding how to match the growth in demand with its current operational capacity. The initial training workshop with the owners identifying unbalanced work flow and a bottleneck in the baking area. Quick wins were to relocate the rolling machine and some of the ingredients to reduce none value added activity. Investment in new ovens followed to remove the next bottleneck process. Improved workflow – bottleneck processes identified to highlight investment priorities www.locateinkent.com
Operationally the business was performing well, however, the initial onsite diagnostic still uncovered opportunities to improve team communication and delivery performance. The cold store and food preparation area were run by two separate teams with operational challenges around communication and workflow. The teams from both areas were brought together and involved in the Lean team building workshop programme which started with an interactive team development session. Following on from this the Lean training workshop culminated in projects to relay out the cold store to reduce waste. The second project , kicked off at the final session scoped out new Key Performance Indicators for the business. Reduced waste with improved team communication and workflow www.locateinkent.com
This business has grown from strength to strength, with Kentish oils and condiments sitting along side the successful Kent crisps brand. Oil seed rape was processed at a small inefficient unit in Wood church. Due to growing demand there was a need to consolidate the business on one new site. It was necessary to establish that the new processing equipment would be able to process the volume of oil seed required. Mark Knowlton worked with the company to map their current process flows, establish projected plant capacity and helped the business transition to its new facility. The move to new modern premises enabled improved workflow and increased capacity with the introduction of a new processing lines. Relocation to new site with new oil seed rape processing line to meet growing demand www.locateinkent.com
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Oost NL, EMR-NIAB and Locate in Kent Collaboration • International Collaboration between the two countries. • Focus is on creating opportunities for Kent and NL Food & Agritech businesses to make links, share knowledge, access markets, collaborate etc. • Planned visit to East Netherlands and Foodvalley in June 2020 for Kent businesses www.locateinkent.com
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