On Thursday 14th November 2024 AddParts sponsored one of Industrial Plant & Equipment magazine’s series of webinars hosted by their Editor, Ed Lowton. AddParts Director, Tom Fripp was joined by clients Clifford Mann, Head of Technical Operations and Engineering at Ethypharm and Simon Preston, Operations Director at Chester Medical to discuss downtime, the cost of downtime, strategies to reduce those costs and their experience using the AddParts Pro service and additional benefits it has brought their businesses.
Tom also demonstrated the AddParts Pro virtual storeroom showing the features and information available to users.
Speaker biogs
Tom Fripp – Director, AddParts
Tom is an internationally recognised, award-winning design expert with over 20 years of commercial design experience and has overseen the delivery of over 1,000 design projects. He has a 1st Class BA (Hons) in Industrial Design and a Masters with distinction in design for 3D printing both from Sheffield Hallam University. Tom has been named on 7 granted patents including 4 novel 3D print processes, developed and patented 3D printed facial and ocular prosthetics technology in the early 2000’s and developed and patented the world’s first silicone elastomer 3D printing technology. He has delivered 3D print related projects in multiple markets including medical, packaging, consumer, FMCG, promotional, health and safety equipment, industrial and pharma. Tom has been responsible for delivering projects for customers that include the likes of G4S, Comic Relief, Boots, Smith & Nephew, Nestle, Galpharm, B&Q, Balfour Beatty, Sharp Lifesciences, Fellowes, P&G, Mondelez, M&S and Ethypharm not to mention hundreds of SMEs and inventors. Based in Sheffield, Tom now runs AddParts (addparts.co.uk), a highly innovative digital spare parts business specialising in supply for pharma and food manufacturers through reverse engineering, digital stockholding and industrial 3D printing.
Clifford Mann – Head of Technical Operations and Engineering, Ethypharm
Responsible for all engineering activities and facilities across our three locations. Responsible for setting and maintain the UK manufacturing Capex budget. Also, within my team we conduct all equipment validation and requalification, project management, process development and requalification, new product introduction, site calibrations, and technical support including serialisation. I have worked in the pharma and medical device industry for over 26 years covering technical, engineering, and operational roles at a senior level.
Simon Preston – Operations Director, Chester Medical
Simon has been at Chester Medical Solutions for 18 Years having previously worked for Unilever, United Biscuits, PepsiCo and Shell Petrochemicals. Simon’s career has always been with supply chain where he has worked across, Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics. Simon is an Engineer by profession and has trained in 6 Sigma, Lean & TPM.
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