Scott-Grant’s specialist knowledge and expertise in improving productivity is all down to highly professional people
We supply productivity professionals with a wealth of experience in your business sector
We provide productivity analysts,
industrial engineers
Lean specialists
READ MORE »You can have these people on contract with you to supplement your teams.
Or you can have these people to undertake or manage productivity projects for you.
We select productivity professionals to work in your business who have appropriate experience in your business sector.
We have a team
of people who deliver
training courses.
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We run open and in-company training courses to introduce productivity awareness or techniques, through to professional productivity qualifications.
Find out more about our training here.
Our people can identify what you need to do to improve your productivity
Our Directors and Operations Managers have a wealth of industry experience in productivity improvement. We will discuss your productivity issues with you, usually visit your site to identify and discuss your needs and guide you in the best course of action.
An experienced Productivity, Business, Sourcing and Manufacturing Operations Professional with a successful track record of contributing to the growth and strategic planning objectives from a variety of manufacturing disciplines. Ian, also a trained Industrial Engineer, progressed to become a Manufacturing executive in the clothing industry for over 20 years before joining Scott- Grant. A proven manager with an attention to detail and passion for improving individual and team performance to positively impact on business performance. Ian is a qualified GSD practitioner, MOST Instructor, PADS Instructor and member of the IMS, and is regularly involved in key projects. Ian has been instrumental in developing and managing our training courses in addition to delivering training remotely and overseas.
His wealth of experience includes a multinational foods group, international commodity trading and many years in the personal computer and computer training industry. Jonathan has been responsible for steering Scott-Grant through a management buyout and a major financial restructure of the group. He’s responsible for all the finance, legal, IT and back office functions within the business.
Starting as area manager for South and East Manchester and now with over 30 years with Scott-Grant, his vast experience has covered every industry sector across the UK and beyond. His Industrial Engineering experience was initially in textiles and clothing. As operations Manager, Mark is responsible for client relationships, contractors, rating clinics and project management. Mark is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Services and is passionate about improving productivity and helping clients get more out of their business.
Starting out as a Work Study Engineer in the textiles Tracy has progressed through various management roles within manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, logistics, retail, waste/environmental, finance, and public sector. Applying effective process improvements throughout organisations and managing procurement procedures. Responsible for client relationships, contractors and project management, Tracy is a member of the Institute of Management Services.
A professional Industrial Engineer, with a time served engineering apprenticeship in special purpose machinery. More recently, he gained an in-depth level of experience working in warehouse, distribution and the food processing industry, applying a multitude of Productivity techniques including continuous improvement. Prior to that, he spent several years carrying out Productivity related consultancy in a variety of manufacturing and distribution operations. Steve has an HND in Mechanical Engineering, in addition to being a fellow of the Institute of Management Services and a qualified MOST practitioner, Steve is Scott-Grant’s longest serving IMS lecturer and has been instrumental in course progression, delivering remotely managed courses and involved in several substantial projects.
An Industrial Engineer progressing to roles in professional management, with over 24 years of experience in manufacturing at a senior level, followed by several years in the NHS. Steve has an MBA and an Institute of Management Services Diploma, with key strengths and skills including sales, leadership, man management and organising resources to achieve business goals. He delivers all our training courses, remote, in-company and in Manchester to customers from all sectors.
Having qualified as an Industrial Engineer through the Institute of Management Services courses with us Ben has developed a wide range of experience managing projects across a number of industry sectors. Particularly experienced in the MOST technique, Ben has recently become a certified MOST instructor. More recently developing into a role with commercial customer focus in addition to senior project responsibilities.
Before joining Scott-Grant Adele was in recruitment, gaining experience in dealing directly with clients and contractors. Experienced with systems, data bases and all aspects of administration she is responsible for training course bookings, quotations and scheduling, as well as supporting the project sales team.
How can Scott-Grant people help your organisation?
Use a productivity
specialist for a project
You could involve some of our people to undertake a project for you to help you become more streamlined, more productive.
We provide people experienced at various levels in productivity improvement, people to undertake independent investigation and analysis for you; they can also be in the form of a managed project team.
See examples of what Scott-Grant productivity specialists would do.
We agree our brief with you before commencement. We provide deliverables in the form of guidance or consultancy, obviously taking more than a basic contract responsibility.
Projects our productivity specialist would do
- carry out work measurement for time standards, outputs, targets, capacities and costs – to establish manning levels, line utilisation, cost reduction, line balancing, method and process improvement
- undertake mapping and in-depth investigation and examination – to identify actions to improve flow and eliminate waste
- provide Lean skills to supplement your own Lean initiatives, to address plant and workplace layouts
- provide project level input or consultancy to lead initiatives for you that may be at single or multi-site locations, drawing on a range of productivity experience and specialist skills
Have people on contract with you
We provide experienced people to undertake a variety of activities from basic data collection to a senior person at consultant level. These people would include productivity practitioners, industrial engineers, work study engineers, analysts.
Often supplementing your own in-house resource, they would work to your brief. We select the people best suited to the skill and knowledge base that you require and provide individuals, teams or team leaders on an hourly or daily rate to work to your budget and timescales.
Look at some of the benefits of using Scott-Grant contract resource.
If you need accurate data to help you determine the right way forward, we can provide cost-effective, experienced contract resource, whichever business sector you operate in.
Benefits of using Scott-Grant contract resource include
- you have an independent, objective presence to collect, record and analyse data
- it’s cost-effective because of its flexibility
- the people we provide have valuable experience in many business sectors.
Typical contracts could include
- developing time standards
- activity sampling
- method study
We need someone who knows about
Time and Motion.
Can Scott-Grant help us?
In a nutshell, yes! Time and Motion used to have negative associations with workforces being reduced in an effort to save costs. All motion takes time so Time and Motion, or Productivity is about reduced movement and reduced time. It’s not how it used to be – about working harder or faster. It’s about working smarter, making the work easier, quicker.
What to do next
If you need to improve capacity or reduce costs, or you need accurate data to determine how best to cope with change, we can provide the right way forward – cost-effectively. Remember that improving productivity is about making the better use of all your resources and vitally, making much better use of the critical ones.
Whichever business sector you operate in, the chances are we’ve helped people to address their productivity issues and improve the way they operate.
Scott-Grant can really help you improve your productivity and become more streamlined.
Contact us...
to help you understand more about
Productivity
to help you understand more about
Time and Motion
to identify problems or symptoms of
Low Productivity