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October 1, 2020    25 min read

The Ultimate Guide to Beer Profit Margins & More

With so many competitors in the beer industry, how do you make sure your brewery survives and thrives? Here we’ll tell you all you...
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September 24, 2020    8 min read

Covid grants and loans: Phil Oakley on options for...

We caught up with digital solutions provider Philip Oakley of Outserveweb about some of the grants and loans available to UK businesses navigating Covid...
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September 21, 2020    6 min read

The craft beer industry in numbers: 14 key stats

Beer drinking has changed in recent years with the emergence of smaller breweries creating bespoke beers. Collectively known as the craft beer industry, it...
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September 18, 2020    9 min read

13 things that kill labour productivity – and ho...

Improving labour productivity can be like dealing with a bubble under the linoleum: you push down in one place and it pops up in...
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September 11, 2020    12 min read

Practical ways to measure productivity – and imp...

To measure productivity you simply divide outputs by inputs over a set period of time. As a formula that’s productivity = output ÷ input....
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September 8, 2020    7 min read

10 Ways Manufacturers Can Reduce Manufacturing Cos...

The best way to reduce costs in a manufacturing business is to target the three areas in which costs generally fall: direct labour, materials,...
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September 1, 2020    10 min read

The Complete Guide To Calculating Total Manufactur...

To calculate total manufacturing cost you add together three different cost categories: the costs of direct materials, direct labour and manufacturing overheads. Expressed as...
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August 25, 2020    9 min read

The Top 4 Ways to Improve Manufacturing Productivi...

If you own a manufacturing business, chances are you will have a list of things you want to change to make your operations run...
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August 19, 2020    5 min read

A snapshot of the food industry in 2020: What the ...

How has the food industry managed the tumult of 2020? We pulled aggregated and anonymised performance data from Unleashed to get an early look...
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August 14, 2020    3 min read

The UK Vision-aries with a data advantage

‘All knowledge is power’, said someone sensible, once*, which UK Unleashed customers have been discovering afresh this month. With the powerful Vision business intelligence...
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August 13, 2020    8 min read

Vault City Brewing talk sour beer, brewery softwar...

Even as pubs start to reopen in the UK, and lockdown measures ease elsewhere, it seems the way in which people enjoy a beer...
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August 12, 2020    15 min read

How Food Manufacturing Software Drives Profit [w C...

Effective inventory management is crucial to reducing costs in any manufacturing business. This is particularly true in the food manufacturing industry, which characteristically has...
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August 4, 2020    5 min read

How to calculate profit margins [with examples]

Gross profit margin, operating profit margin, and net profit margin are three key metrics for any product-based business. They’re also strongly connected to gains...
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July 24, 2020    6 min read

Really hate running inventory reports? You need to...

Inventory reporting is the pits, right? The pits, as in, no one has ever said “I wish my inventory reporting wasn’t over for this...
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July 3, 2020    5 min read

New data: NZ manufacturers back at pre-Covid level...

The latest data shows New Zealand’s manufacturers appearing to shrug off the ‘80% economy’, reaching pre-Covid levels of activity at the end of June....
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June 25, 2020    11 min read

5 Tips to Improve Omnichannel Inventory Management

The world of commerce is an ever-changing one. Tech developments such as 5G and the Internet of Things are reshaping everyday life. And that...
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June 18, 2020    6 min read

Serial number tracking: Everything you need to kno...

Serial numbers or SNs have become ubiquitous in modern life: they’re on our phones, and in our software. They’re engraved on our cars and...
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June 9, 2020    6 min read

BI in Manufacturing: 3 Realistic Steps to Data Mas...

Industry 4.0 may sound exciting for manufacturers – with its IoT-enabled factories, all-singing all-dancing ERP software, and AI-powered insights – but frankly this is...
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June 4, 2020    5 min read

4 Ways to Lift Manufacturing Productivity: The MFP...

Over the past ten years, the issue of stagnating productivity in the United Kingdom has grown to seem almost unstoppable. Each report on the...
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May 26, 2020    7 min read

Beverage Sector Performance in 2020 – Unleashed ...

The beverage industry story has been particularly dramatic, with rapid expansion and growth in the last two years, followed by a turbulent ride through...
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May 20, 2020    18 min read

How To Start Your Brewery On The Path To Success

The craft beer industry has had an exciting ride, with a pre-Covid Compound Annual Growth Rate of 14.1% and a forecasted market valuation of...
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