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    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lean Products service helps drive out product cost</title>
      <description>Lean Products service from Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) North West at The Manufacturing Institute can help businesses extend lean thinking to the design and development of products.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Enterprising school wins 'green' milk challenge</title>
      <description>Young North West manufacturing entrepreneurs from Bishop Rawstorne Language College at Preston triumphed in a competition to test student enterprise and initiative</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>The Manufacturing Institute</category>
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      <title>Masterclass unlocks people power to boost business</title>
      <description>The talents and skills of the best employees in the world are wasted if they're not all used to drive the business forward</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>The Manufacturing Institute</category>
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      <title>Masterclass unravels the mysteries of Six Sigma</title>
      <description>Six Sigma has been hailed as the most powerful manufacturing performance tool ever and is credited with driving huge performance improvements at companies such as Ford, DuPont and Motorola</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>The Manufacturing Institute</category>
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      <title>Apply now for six-star scholarship opportunity </title>
      <description>The Manufacturing Institute invites scholarship applications for its prestigious MSc in Manufacturing Leadership, which is run in partnership with the six-star Lancaster University Management School</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>The Manufacturing Institute</category>
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      <title>Lifting the veil on 'going lean' </title>
      <description>A two-day masterclass in Manchester next month will lift the veil on the mysteries of going lean, which top manufacturers confirm is a proven diet for success</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>The Manufacturing Institute</category>
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      <title>Manufacturers learn the meaning of 'Lean' </title>
      <description>Top manufacturers have given 'lean' techniques the credit for boosting their productivity - but what does lean actually mean? A two-day North West masterclass later this month will provide the answer</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>The Manufacturing Institute</category>
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      <title>Managing the supply chain: can you keep a balance?</title>
      <description>Hundreds of manufacturers are meeting in October to learn how to master the supply chain balancing act, from the experienced hands of international industrial, governmental and academic leaders</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>The Manufacturing Institute</category>
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      <title>Scholarships plug skills deficit</title>
      <description>North West manufacturers are being offered educational scholarships to combat the skills shortage that is a major threat to industrial success in the region</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>The Manufacturing Institute</category>
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