Harford Control
Integrated production solutions to drive performance improvement
News & Updates
Credit crunch squeezing profits
FMCG manufacturers squeezed between fixed output prices & increased input costs.
Date: 15.12.2008
Unlock hidden factory profits
Improve Yields, Minimise Downtime, Eliminate Coding Errors, Reduce Wastage
Date: 17.11.2008
Our Marketplace
We have seen radical change and an enormous increase in consumer pressure upon producers and packers over recent years.
Our customers are constantly under pressure to improve their performance and as their partners, we consistently stretch ourselves to help meet their needs.
Most of our customers supply supermarkets and in a fiercely competitive supply chain, supermarkets make increasingly strenuous demands for higher quality, greater consistency and competitive prices. These high standards, when compromised through non-compliance, often carry high penalties, in addition to the costs of rectification, re-work and scrap.
Because of the increase in customer choice, what has been good for consumers and supermarkets have often become a logistical and management nightmare for suppliers.
Increased choice means shorter production batch runs and more frequent product changeovers. Increased competition from Eastern Europe and beyond means that many supermarket suppliers have to manage a larger product database with more product changeovers, but with fewer people, whilst ensuring the delivery of consistently high quality products, every time at lower manufactured cost.
At Harford Control, we fully recognize and understand the challenging environment in which our clients operate.
As your partner, we can help you stay ahead, enabling you to minimize risk and cut costs whilst increasing efficiency and profitability.