Acorn Industrial Components

02/06/2026

Materials Resource Planning (MRP) & ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). We help advise on the best software/hardware system frameworks to help better manage manufacturing process.

Materials Resource Planning (MRP) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) are essentially system frameworks to help better manage manufacturing process. The state of your current logistics functions and future requirements, the size of business and complexity of manufacturing process, informs which s...

01/06/2026

A 4-year high of 53.9 for Manufacturing PMI in May, but uncertainty remains.

– OEMs rebuild buffers

– Operating conditions becoming buoyant

– Input costs still climbing

– Continuity risk rises

PMI report ⇢ https://www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/ff794184ddee4d528d7fbb4c8c7216c2

29/05/2026

Taiwan is growing at 14% with astounding export figures. Yet this may be concealing a potential China shock.

A new Economist article diagnoses the boom as almost entirely driven by AI and chips. Take these out, and the rest of the industry is being hollowed out by Chinese overcapacity: Taiwan's other exports are down ~40% since 2022.

The lesson? Headline growth tells you nothing about suppliers two tiers down in your bill of materials.

Resilient-looking supply can be more fragile than you think if you haven't mapped your network out enough.

Read more ⇢ https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/05/27/japan-south-korea-and-taiwan-are-suffering-industrial-rot

28/05/2026

OEMs often overstock. Get better control with Acorn » https://www.acornic.co.uk/services-overview/inventory-management/
— Optimise warehousing space.
— Better shopfloor, and production line performance.
— Efficient tracking and auditing.
— Reduce stock wastage and obsolescence.

Controlling inventory and stock is crucial to effective manufacturing operation. Inventory Management & Analysis is essential for the best balance of stockholding, demand and sourcing processes to meet your manufacturing goals. Reach the best service level   Are you an OEM struggling with overstock...

27/05/2026

MAKE UK reports 46% of manufacturers believe the planning system is holding back growth.

Can't expand the building? For OEMs, that can mean moving more inventory control, kitting & sub-assembly off-site, freeing factory floor space.

More in the report ⇢ https://www.makeuk.org/insights/reports/unblocking-growth-fixing-planning-unlock-uk-manufacturing-investment

26/05/2026

Expert kitting and assembly services in an ISO-certified QA kitting centre with highly qualified staff. Extend your production capacity. Keep a lean inventory. »

Hand-picked, pre-packaged, pre-labelled and sub-assembled industrial components and fasteners ensure component quality and production efficiency. Simplify assembly and reduce production costs   By creating fully packaged kits at our centre you shorten the production process on-site for your company...

22/05/2026

An industrial tracker for UK manufacturing to drive change and monitor ambitious goals:

MAKE UK's initiative is a useful way to track industrial policy, funding and practical measures that help the sector.

But policy change and initiative funding are slow, and they don't relieve pressure on supplier visibility and operational control. Practical supply chain discipline does so, through VMI, kitting and off-site warehousing.

Check the tracker ⇢ https://www.makeuk.org/insights/publications/industrial-strategy-tracker-monitoring-progress-uk-manufacturing

21/05/2026

The best way to optimise customer experience, service costs, quality & lifetime value: explore how Acorn helps you lift final customer ROI with a high value aftermarket service. https://www.acornic.co.uk/services-overview/aftermarket-service-logistics/

Effective and efficient aftermarket service & logistics activities are of prime importance to OEMs as creators of high value products and equipment: extending the ability to enhance ROI for the final customer, maximising ongoing service as a multiplier of equipment/product benefit, ensuring customer...

19/05/2026

Top 5 warehouse challenges?

➊ Inventory Accuracy
➋ Location in Stores
➌ Space/layout utilisation
➍ Unwieldy picking technology processes
➎ Picking efficiency & optimisation

Learn how to maximise your warehousing ⇢ https://www.acornic.co.uk/services-overview/warehouse-consultancy/

15/05/2026

ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 are part of the operational infrastructure we've built to deliver the highest uptime, zero line-downs, and OTD performance.

We've been recertified in these quality management and environmental responsibility standards for 2026. ⇢ https://www.acornic.co.uk/iso-certification-2026/