Understanding the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on UK manufacturing and identifying priorities for renewal through innovation

该项目旨在应对和缓解新冠肺炎疫情对英国制造业的社会和经济影响。这场疫情可能会对英国制造业造成毁灭性影响。如果我们要限制疫情对英国制造业未来的伤痕影响，就迫切需要采取行动。如果我们要“建设一个比以前更绿色、更安全、更健康的未来”(1)，提高制造企业内部和整个制造供应链的创新能力将是重要的。这个项目将：1。了解制造业的格局(在6个月前)。该项目将从收集新冠肺炎对制造企业和供应链影响的清晰画面开始。这将通过大规模的调查和较少的访谈来完成。识别漏洞并探索英国制造业供应链的情景(8个月前)。利用第一阶段的数据和对英国供应链的现有了解，研究小组将分析易受攻击的领域。然后，他们将与情景专家合作，制定一些对政策制定者有用的情景。提供有关发展创新能力的见解，以帮助确保英国制造业更强大的未来(12个月和18个月)。研究人员将利用他们现有的学术知识，结合第一阶段和第二阶段的数据，确定一些可以帮助英国制造业在公司内部和供应链中发展创新能力的有针对性的行动。参考文献1。Https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-research-and-development-roadmap

This project seeks to address and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK manufacturing industry. The pandemic could have a shattering effect on UK manufacturing. There is an urgent need for action if we are to limit the scarring effects of the pandemic on the future of UK manufacturing. Improving innovation capability within manufacturing firms and across manufacturing supply chains is going to be important if we are to "build a future which is greener, safer and healthier than before"(1). This project will:1. Understand the manufacturing landscape (by month 6). The project will start by gathering a clear picture of the effects of Covid-19 on manufacturing firms and supply chains. This will be done through a large scale survey combined with a smaller number of interviews.2. Identify vulnerabilities and explore scenarios for UK manufacturing supply chains (by month 8). Using data from phase 1 and existing understanding of UK supply chains, the research team will analyse areas of vulnerability. Working with scenario experts, they will then develop a number of scenarios that will be useful to policy makers.3. Provide insights into developing innovation capabilities that will help secure a stronger future for UK manufacturing (by months 12 and 18). The researchers will use their existing academic knowledge, combined with the data from phases 1 & 2 to identify some of the targeted actions that could help UK manufacturing to develop innovation capability, within the firm and also across supply chains. Reference1. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-research-and-development-roadmap