The UK Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) and The Quorum Principle have announced a strategic partnership designed to provide MTA members with enhanced collaborative capabilities and deliver competitive edge in the global marketplace.<\/p>\n
The partnership comes at a critical time for UK manufacturing, which contributes \u00a3224 billion to gross value added (GVA), supports 2.6 million jobs, and accounts for 43% of the UK\u2019s R&D investment and nearly half of all UK exports. Despite this, however, the sector faces challenges in maintaining global competitiveness.<\/p>\n
The Quorum Principle seeks to improve manufacturing performance through a dual approach, which improves collaboration between manufacturers and their key solution providers by breaking down silos within manufacturers, and driving more collaborative working among solution providers.<\/p>\n
Under the partnership agreement, MTA members will gain access to The Quorum Principle\u2019s innovative training and consultancy solutions that create competitive advantage through enhanced collaborative capabilities.<\/p>\n
James Selka, DL, CEO of the Manufacturing Technologies Association, said: \u201cManufacturing in the UK faces a unique set of challenges to its ability to compete internationally and remain profitable.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Quorum Principle’s approach to breaking down internal silos and enabling better collaboration echoes the MTA\u2019s belief in the power of collaborative growth, and our goal of fostering a dynamic, competitive, and sustainable UK manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur members design, manufacture, and supply the advanced machinery and equipment that enable modern manufacturing, and this partnership more effectively equips them to seize emerging opportunities and to remove barriers to growth.\u201d<\/p>\n
John Robinson, Founder and CEO of The Quorum Principle, said: \u201cIt\u2019s now clear that the current business model in global manufacturing is no longer fit for purpose, and at the root of this systemic problem is how organisations work together, both internally and with their solution providers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile many global Industry 4.0 initiatives focus on technical interoperability, The Quorum Principle focuses instead on organisational interoperability, which is key to breaking the current paradigm and unlocking manufacturing\u2019s potential.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur partnership with the MTA recognises that UK manufacturing can gain a competitive edge on the global stage by adopting a qualitatively different approach to collaboration to that being taken elsewhere around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robinson\u2019s background includes senior roles at Kearney, SAP, EY, Atos, AVEVA, and Schneider Electric, together with more than a decade in manufacturing operations. This diverse experience enabled him to identify the collaborative approach that forms the foundation of The Quorum Principle in 2020.<\/p>\n
Through the partnership, MTA members benefit from enhanced collaborative capabilities, while the MTA strengthens its commitment to its members by increasing their access to cutting-edge technologies and sustainable practices.<\/p>\n
MTA members interested in learning more about The Quorum Principle\u2019s approach can find additional information at www.thequorumprinciple.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The UK Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) and The Quorum Principle have announced a strategic partnership designed to provide MTA members with enhanced collaborative capabilities and deliver competitive edge in the global marketplace. The partnership comes at a critical time for… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29597,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29595\/revisions\/29597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}