Operations Archives

In the News: The Future of Europe’s Food & Drink Industry: What challenges and opportunities await in 2025?

Pete Hatfield, Director at 4C featured in Food Navigator’s latest article where he explores key trends and challenges shaping the sector in 2025

In the News: The Hospitality Landscape is Shifting: Are you Ready?

Labour’s new policies are set to significantly impact the hospitality and leisure sectors. In Katie Deem’s latest article for CLH News, she discusses how businesses can navigate these changes.

In the News: 5 Strategies for Retailers and Manufacturers to Maximise Profits over the Festive Period

Read 4C Director Pete Hatfield’s most recent article for Food Manufacture where he gives his top tips to supercharge your sales over the festive period. Pete shares expert advice on how to navigate the holiday rush, optimise operations, and boost your bottom line.

Integrated Business Planning Implementation

London Underground handles up to 5 million daily passenger journeys. With core operations to maintain and operate key assets like rolling stock fleet, rail tracks, signalling, stations and electrical and power infrastructure, they came to 4C for help with their end to end planning to address their budget challenges.

6 Practical Strategies to Break Down Silos in Consumer Products Businesses

In today’s consumer products industry, achieving effective cross-functional collaboration is essential. Silos between manufacturing, supply chain, and procurement departments create inefficiencies, limit innovation, and erode trust across an organisation. Breaking down these silos can unlock agility, promote end-to-end efficiency, and foster resilience, driving better outcomes for both the business and its customers. Based on insights from 4C Associates’ recent...

In the News: The Shifting Sands of Shopping

Our Head of Consumer Products, Katy Gallagher featured in November’s issue of FMCG CEO Magazine where she talks about changing consumer preferences in food and beverage.

The Importance of Building a Resilient Supply Chain in today’s Dynamic Business Landscape

Our Head of Operations, Robin Agarwal explored the importance of a resilient supply chain in his article for SupplyChain Strategy.

Adapting to Evolution (and Revolution): Is Your Operating Model Fit for The Constantly Changing Global Environment?

We live in an era marked by rapid technological advancements, geopolitical shifts, unforeseen black swan events and the ever-evolving and dynamic nature of business and customer culture. As a result of this, organisations often find themselves having to navigate a fluid, complex and unpredictable global environment. The considerable challenge is to develop sustainable outcomes for the long-term when faced...

Podcast: The Opportunities & Challenges of Growth

4C Associates' Managing Director, Jeremy Smith and Senior Manager Joanne Davies spoke to Tarka Talent about how we work alongside our clients to deliver practical, sustainable solutions even in the most challenging circumstances.

Roundtable Event Takeaways: Crafting a Global, Regional, and Local Organisational Model for Procurement of Consumer Products

Last week, the 4C Consumer Products team organised an engaging roundtable event. During this session, industry-leading procurement experts delved into the complexities of balancing global and local procurement requirements.

In the News: Are 3D-Printed Foods Ready for the Mass Market?

Peter Hatfield, Director at 4C Associates has been featured in an article from The Grocer, “Labs to supermarkets: How 3D-printed foods are getting ready for retail”. The article discusses the current state and potential of 3D-printed foods for mass market adoption.

Supply Chain Resilience – UK Regulated Infrastructure Organisation

Collaborating with a leading UK regulated infrastructure organisation to significantly enhance their supply chain resilience. Our project addressed their challenges in contingency planning and managing disruptions across key suppliers.

ChatGPT: Friend or Foe in the Pursuit of Sustainability?

We explore whether ChatGPT can help improve sustainability, examining the potential benefits and challenges of using AI to promote sustainable practices.

Transformational Change Programme

Helping our client transform their Central Services Division and the value it provides the wider organisation through successful delivery of integrated technology and business change.

Post-merger Restructuring

Working with a multinational foreign exchange company on post-merger restructuring and novation of supply contracts following the acquisition of a global business payments business.