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Becoming the sustainable enterprise
Rose Heathcote John opened his laptop to present the design of a new manufacturing plant. Several revisions behind the belt he was confident of CAPEX approval. He kicked off with a birds-eye view of the site moving on to capacity…
Reflecting on critical skills and how to build them
Rose Heathcote As one disruption after the next takes hold, we observe companies shifting into transformation-overdrive. They’re adapting their strategies and business models to deal with the demands from global crises, customers, competitors, governments and communities. There will always be…
Rose Heathcote, new Senior Lecturer in Operational Excellence and Head of Lean, School of Business
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Rose Heathcote to the role of Senior Lecturer in Operational Excellence and Head of Lean within our School of Business. Rose Heathcote was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. With a…
University of Buckingham help Bloxham School Students to Become Business Pioneers
The University of Buckingham has been working in partnership with Bloxham School to offer students the opportunity to study on the first Mini MBA with university accreditation. Modeled on the internationally recognised qualification of Masters in Business Administration (MBA), the…
University of Buckingham welcomes new signing, Clay Anderson from Milton Keynes Lightning Ice Hockey Team
A new member of the Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning ice hockey team will be starting an MBA at The University of Buckingham in September. Clay was a key member of the defence whilst playing for Harvard University during his…
Co-hosting the 21st QMOD-ICQSS Conference in Cardiff
This summer The University of Buckingham co-hosted the 21st QMOD-ICQSS Conference in Cardiff. QMOD is the largest international Quality Management and Organisational Development conference that attracts around 200 delegates. The main theme was ‘Challenges and Opportunities of Quality in the 4th…
World’s First BSc in Operational Excellence
The University of Buckingham’s Buckingham Lean Enterprise Department (BLEU), together with Reinvigoration Ltd have launched the World’s First Online Bachelor of Science in Operational Excellence. This programme is the brainchild of Professor Pauline Found, who has been working in collaboration…
Notes from a Small Island – “If you change the way you look at things”
Written by Ed Clements, Programme Director, MSc Lean Enterprise MODULE 4 – Demand, Capacity & Flow Part 2 “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Max Planck This is a quote from…
A student’s perspective of studying the MSc Lean Enterprise Programme – Tomato Wisdom!
“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” The renowned tomato quote from Miles Kington has won out as the best of the reflections from week two of the 2018…
Enterprising Buckingham students help launch new entrepreneurship guidance
A University of Buckingham student and a graduate talked about their experiences of entrepreneurship at the launch of new advice for students from the QAA. The new guidance captures the latest thinking on how to embed entrepreneurship and enterprise in…
Business School Newsletter: Summer 2012
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Business School Newsletter: January 2012 update
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Business School Newsletter: December 2011
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June 2011: Business School Newsletter
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May 2011: Supply Chain Management students make company visit
On Wednesday 4th May a group of 16 Supply Chain Management students made a visit to the DHL logistics operations facility in Bicester. This was an opportunity to see a real “logistics operation” in practice. During the visit we were shown how the organisation works, and shown both the goods receipting and storage processes, and forward logistics to the retailers. Read more