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THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS LIMITED
Steve Collins, NMCL Automotive Programme Manager
National Manufacturing Competitiveness Levels (NMCL)
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NMCL
What is NMCL?
NMCL is a system developed by an ADS Group Limited (ADS) and Society of
Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT) led consortium, supported by industry
primes and OEMs.
The Consortium has established a national, quality assured, best practice
approach to improving the competitiveness of manufacturing supply chain
companies to:
• Raise workforce capability
• Increase productivity
• Boost UK economic growth
• Increase export levels.
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NMCL Automotive
NMCL Automotive is a programme that utilises the NMCL system to support the
automotive sector. The programme utilises £16m of Government funding to
engage with over 100 companies over three years.
The funding can be used to support improvement activities in the automotive
supply chain through training, coaching, mentoring and consultancy.
The equivalent programme that supports the aerospace and defence sector is
SC21 Competitiveness & Growth (SC21 C&G). This programme will use £10m to
engage over 70 companies over three years.
There is the potential for other sectors to develop their own NMCL based
programmes.
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NMCL Automotive
Who is Eligible for This Funding?
Manufacturers of one or more of the following products:
Vehicles. Cars, heavy, medium and light commercial vehicles, buses and coaches,
road tractors, trailers and semi-trailers, battery electric vehicles, agricultural and
industrial tractors and off highway vehicles, motorised and trailer caravans, motorbikes.
Components. All parts, tyres and engines used in the manufacture of the vehicles
above.
Accessories. Equipment, bodywork and materials for the purpose of being fixed to, or
used in the vehicles above.
Automotive Software. Any software, (or firmware or embedded software), related to
automotive industry specific products or services.
Production Equipment. Equipment designed to enable the manufacture of automotive
products.
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The NMCL Process
Company
Capability
Assessment
Approved
Provider Network
Customer’s
Competitiveness
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Company’s
Competitiveness
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Total Project Length 6-36
months
£50,000 - £200,000
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Assessment• The overall NMCL Assessment looks to
identify priority areas for development by
combining information from:
o The company’s own view of its
competitiveness.
o The views of 3-5 customers.
o A capability Assessment undertaken
by an assessment team.
• A detailed improvement plan is
developed in conjunction with the
Manufacturer’s Leadership team
identifying key areas for development,
likely costs, financial and non-financial
performance benefits, impact on key
financial ratios.
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The Assessment Schedule
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Identifying Work-streams
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Programme of Improvement
• Training, coaching, mentoring and consultancy is
provided to the beneficiary from a group of
approved Improvement Providers.
• The providers are approved by the Sector Board
to deliver their own material that satisfies the
NMCL requirements.
• The Beneficiary can choose who they want to
support them from a list of approved
Improvement Providers.
• Assessors, and their companies, cannot provide
improvement activities to support Beneficiaries
they have assessed.
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Approved Provider Network• A syllabus of 122 Improvement Modules has been
agreed by a broad panel of industry experts.
• The modules have been organised into four key
business areas.
• Only providers who have been approved can deliver
support through the programme.
• The recruitment, assessment and monitoring of
Improvement Providers is the responsibility of ADS.
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Re-assessment
• Competitiveness assessment is re-run to
determine the improvement and the tangible
impacts on the financial and non-financial
indicators.
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