by Yesim Tilley | Jul 5, 2026 | Latest Posts
Why I Focus on the 4 Foundations of Manufacturing Profit Manufacturers often hear the words efficiency and productivity and immediately think about producing more units. I see it differently. For me, productivity isn’t about making more products. It’s...
by Yesim Tilley | Jun 25, 2026 | Latest Posts
SMT Line Case Study: Fixing Manufacturing Product Costing When electronics printed circuit board (PCB) assembly manufacturer asked me to review its costing and operations, management believed they already knew the root cause of their financial and operational...
by Yesim Tilley | May 15, 2026 | Latest Posts
While medium to large manufacturing companies usually have robust ERP systems and cost-tracking processes in place, many smaller UK manufacturers still operate without a clear view of how much it actually costs to produce a single unit. In most cases, business owners...
by Yesim Tilley | Mar 22, 2026 | Latest Posts
Sales Are Growing but Profit Isn’t Growth should feel like progress. But for many UK manufacturing and engineering businesses, rising sales don’t translate into profit or cash. We see this regularly. Turnover increases, but margins shrink, cash flow tightens, and...
by Yesim Tilley | Mar 15, 2026 | Latest Posts
What Most Accountants Cannot See Inside a Factory Manufacturing businesses often struggle to understand their true cost of production. The problem isn’t a lack of accounting data, it’s that most accountants never see what actually happens inside the factory. Accurate...
by Yesim Tilley | Mar 8, 2026 | Latest Posts
Accurate costing is critical in printed circuit assembly (PCBA) manufacturing. One of the most important figures is the SMT machine hour rate, which determines the true cost of assembling a PCB assembly or PCBA circuit board. If the machine hour rate is wrong, the...
