In consecutive issues of The Manufacturer Magazine, we’ve spoken with companies that have implemented a four day working week. What led this particular manufacturer down its current path? From shift patterns aligned to outdated bus timetables, to upturns in productivity and profits, Tom St John hears the story of Watford Control Instruments.
In our last issue of 2023, I interviewed Samantha Johnson, Founder of Avalon Home and the more recent owner of Pintail Candles. She spoke proudly of how her companies operate successfully on four day production shift patterns – Monday to Thursday. This time around, it’s Watford Control, manufacturers of voltage stabilisers, founded in 1947, and…
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