There are a number of ways to help your business grow, including the development of new products, services, processes and new ways of working.
These are often the results of successful innovation and require a steady flow of good ideas, knowledge and resources. This could mean developing new products, services, production processes or other business processes that are more effective or reliable, offer more benefits or do the same job at a lower price.
Manufacturing Review
The Manufacturing Review is free and provides you with qualified and impartial feedback on the current state and potential opportunities within your business.
Free Manufacturing Review
Improve your layout
Using your space more effectively can speed up production and win new business. Learn how our free diagnostic review can benefit your business.
Improve your layout
Develop your workforce
An engaged, skilled and committed workforce helps you realise potential and seize opportunities. We can help you address barriers to growth as well as other challenges you may face.
Get the most from your people
Improve quality and delivery
Many manufacturers continue with their current work practices simply because they already exist and are part of their culture. We can help you focus on improving the quality of production, the end product and the delivery mechanisms.
Improve quality, cost and delivery processes
Streamline your business
Streamlining your business isn't limited to the factory floor. It applies across your entire business. We'll help you apply new thinking techniques to your office environment helping you meet present business challenges.
Streamline your business
Developing your strategy
Our team can help you develop a strategy that will determine what needs to be done now and in the future for your business to succeed.
Develop a manufacturing strategy
Product development
New products play a key role in business performance. Investing in their development is crucial to growth and profitability. We can guide you through how the lean process allows new products to be introduced in a structured way, thus reducing time to market.
New product development and introductions
Supply chain management
Our team will focus on your supply chain and logistics processes to ensure they meet current challenges and will take advantage of the coming upturn.
Supply chain management
Procurement and sourcing
Lean procurement and sourcing can greatly increase the profitability of your manufacturing business. Applying lean techniques to your procurement process can quickly drive benefit to the bottom line.
Procurement and sourcing
Funding
You can find information on funding and grants available for Scottish businesses in our ‘Fund your business’ section. It includes:
- Innovation and R&D grants, including SMART: SCOTLAND and our R&D grant
- Grants for investment projects, including Regional Selective Assistance (RSA)
- Scottish Investment Bank, whose equity and loan fund portfolio includes the Scottish Seed Fund, Scottish Co-investment Fund, Scottish Venture Fund and Scottish Loan Fund
- Other sources of general funding
Fund your business