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Using Contemporary Operations Management Paradigms (COMPS) to transform business performance

Prof. Mark Francis, Prof. Andrew Thomas, Dr Peter Dorrington, Prof. Claire Haven-Tang, Dr Rachel Mason-Jones


The Value Flow Centre (VFC) used £100k of competitive research grant funding to develop and apply Contemporary Operations Management Paradigms (COMPS) in aerospace, architectural, automotive, food and medical manufacturing businesses. This resulted in company savings of £32 million through enhanced business performance, a return on investment of 32,000%. This was achieved by assisting Make UK (Wales) to improve the business performance strategies of 319 companies, helping them to develop more efficient and collaborative supply chain networks.

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