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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Opportunities for Supply Chains and Innovation in Lincolnshire
Katy Thomas
Team Leader
Research and Information Team
Lincolnshire County Council
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Introduction
• Gaps in knowledge identified through the Local Economic Assessment and Local Enterprise Partnership.
• Cross cutting themes recognised around supply chains and Innovation.
• 3 research projects conceived and commissioned through the LRO.
• Work carried out in the early part of 2012
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Research Programme
• Our Place in the Global Economy
• Opportunities for Greater Lincolnshire Supply Chains
• Opportunities for Innovation within the Greater Lincolnshire Traditional Industries
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Aims of the Research Programme
• To investigate barriers and opportunities for growth with an emphasis on key sectors, with cross cutting themes
• Building on available evidence bases such as the Local Economic Assessment
• To identify potential roles for the LEP (and other acting locally) in supporting existing priority sectors and emerging sectors and in enabling Lincolnshire to take advantage of future opportunities
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Key Findings – Our Place in the Global Economy
• Developing and utilising our natural resources
• Co-operation between key food hubs – importance of ancillary businesses
• Growth of Logistics - driven by development of infrastructure and maximising potential of location
• Potential of the ‘energy corridor’
• Importance of the potential of developments such as the engineering hub in promoting Greater Lincolnshire as a centre of excellence
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
• Consolidation of suppliers, issues associated with international ownership, access to the supply chain by SME’s
• Short-term contracts and influence of large retailers
• Issues of engaging with businesses
• Availability of skilled labour
• Funding for R&D
• Potential for further development of established clusters
• Opportunities in the fresh produce sector, emerging renewable energy supply chain, health and care
Key Findings – Supply Chains
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Key Findings – Opportunities for Innovation
• Re-active – driven by supply chain pressures, competition, environmental factors e.g. water shortages
• Uncertainty – impact of government legislation in some sectors
• Funding for R&D leading to polarisation of producers (innovation in large international companies)
• Issues of knowledge transfer in a competitive market place – potential for building knowledge transfer nationally, internationally and cross-sector
• Diversification to achieve greater return on investments e.g. renewable energy
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Cross Cutting Challenges
• Consolidation of suppliers
• Issues of international ownership
• SME access into the supply chain
• Availability of skilled labour
• Funding for R&D
• Gaps in local supply chains
• Issues around legislation
• Innovation is reactive
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Key Priority Sectors for the LEP
• Manufacturing and Engineering
• Agri-Food
• Renewables / Green Technologies
• Ports & Logistics
• Visitor Economy
• Health & Care
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
• Consolidation of suppliers
• International ownership
• SME access into the chain
• Availability of skilled labour
• Funding for R&D
• Gaps in local supply chains
• Legislation
• Innovation reactive
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Specific Challenges
Sector Specific challenge
Manufacturing and Engineering
Limited true clustering e.g. agri-engineering
Agri-Food International competition; influence of large retailers
Renewables / Green Technologies
Uncertainty around government legislation
Ports & Logistics Increasing transport costs
Visitor Economy External influences e.g. weather
Health & Care Supply chain dominated by large international companies; Influence of NHS Commissioning
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Cross Cutting Opportunities
• Potential for Greater Lincolnshire to be promoted as a centre of excellence
• Buying groups/ joint purchasing/ collaboration
• Immediate opportunities for growth in the sector
• Potential for business co-operation / knowledge sharing
• Strong links with other priority sectors
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Cross Cutting Opportunities
• Potential as centre of excellence
• Buying groups/joint purchasing/ collaboration
• Immediate opportunities for growth
• Potential for co-operation / knowledge sharing
• Links with other priority sectors
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Cross Cutting Opportunities
Sector Specific Opportunities
Manufacturing and Engineering
Build on current successes
Agri-Food Specialist providers of expertise exist in the area e.g. the Seafood Institute and National Centre for Food Manufacturing
Renewables / Green Technologies
Potential of the energy corridor; Potential for diversification from other sectors
Ports & Logistics Role of logistics in the energy corridor
Visitor Economy Fantastic natural resources; major development of some large sites taking place e.g historic Lincoln
Health & Care Growing demand from an ageing population; Already local growth in medical/dental practices, complementary health activities, and retail sales of medical and orthopaedic equipment
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Potential Cross Cutting Actions for the GLLEP
• Leading, influencing and lobbying
• Communication with our large producers/employers
• Dialogue with SME’s to understand, and help others to understand, opportunities
• Identification of emerging opportunities, driving partnership reaction, facilitating joint actions
• Promotion of Greater Lincolnshire and its priority sectors
• Identification and securing of LEP directed finance to support activities in Greater Lincolnshire
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
• Create common message on promotion of GL and its priority sectors
• Promotion of Greater Lincolnshire as a centre for excellence based on the engineering hub
• The need for R&D funding in particular sectors• Issues of transport infrastructure and fuel costs as a barrier
to growth• Impact of visa restrictions on availability of very specialist
workers and subsequently knowledge transfer into some sectors
• Changes to national policy (particularly agri-food, renewables)
Potential Leading, Influencing and Lobbying Actions
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Potential SME Actions
• knowledge transfer – business model innovation as well as technical, promotion of specialist providers of expertise (eg. the Seafood Institute and National Centre for Food Manufacturing) facilitation of networks
• accessing supply chains – facilitation of buying groups/joint purchasing/collaboration, promotion of emerging supply chains such as those in the renewables sector
• Encouraging engagement with support programmes and ensuring business needs are understood by providers
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Specific Opportunities in Agri-food
• Promotion of innovation and added value knowledge transfer, improving SME knowledge of programmes and initiatives that they could target
• Sector concentration through North East GL to South east GL – sectors very different but some similarities, specifically opportunities for ancillary businesses, need for workers and seasonal staffing, requirement for workspaces, transport and storage
• Facilitation of collaboration between large businesses
• Engagement of smaller ancillary businesses with large businesses and groups of collaboration businesses
• Identification and promotion of funding opportunities
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Potential for Building on Successes
Using the example of engineering:
• Strong sector with recent developments such as the engineering school, however limited true clustering for example in Agri-engineering
• How do we build on successful activities to make these sectors even better?
• Supply chain gaps/issues - dialogue with large and small businesses to increase awareness of local supply chains, understand needs and work with partners to support filling of local supply chain gaps
• Graduate level engineering skills – work with large and small businesses to understand needs and to influence provision and supply of skilled labour
• Facilitating collaboration and knowledge transfer on innovation to address international freight and national transport costs
• Lobbying government on issues such as transport and fuel costs as a barrier to growth and visa restrictions which impact on the availability of very specialist workers and subsequent knowledge transfer into the sector
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire
Potential Further Work
• Exploration of how the energy corridor currently functions and how Greater Lincolnshire could benefit
• Further consideration of the strategic importance of all ports in the area including Boston and Sutton Bridge along with the new freight facilities in south Lincolnshire
• Consideration to how Agri-engineering and innovation can
specifically be supported e.g. encouraging and lobbying for demonstration activities on farms, technical centres etc.
• Further understanding on issues of international ownership of businesses; impacts of ageing population.
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Opportunities for Innovation and Supply Chains in Lincolnshire