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Codexx legal client is the 21st most innovative law firm in Europe

16th October 2008

The 2008 Financial Times Innovative Lawyers awards, held at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on 16 October, announced that Blake Lapthorn is now the 21st most innovative law firm in Europe. The firm rose 18 places in the rankings, from its 2007 position. The firm was commended for 4 project areas covering new services and ways of working including a new 'Life Coaching Offering' and 'FirmJam' an internal brainstorming week run on the firm's intranet. Alison McClure, Transformation Partner, said: "The team have done a really good job this year in implementing our various Innovation projects and it's extremely rewarding to see that all our hard work has received such great recognition in today's FT Innovative Lawyers report. We will continue to generate our Innovation projects, which play a key part in the firm's ongoing development." Codexx has provided Blake Lapthorn with ongoing consulting support since 2005, to establish their innovation process and develop new services and ways of working.

Re-engineer with New Vector

8th September 2008

Codexx has announced the release of its 'New Vector' re-engineering solution, based on over 15 years of re-engineering experience on client projects. New Vector has been developed to provide a time and cost-effective way of applying best practice re-engineering approaches for Services and Industrial companies. It uses a challenging and structured approach with a focus on strong involvement by client managers and employees. For more information, check our services.

Codexx Manufacturing client achieves World Class practice

27th June 2008

Codexx is pleased to announce that Grundfos A/S, the world leading pump manufacturer, has achieved a World Class level of manufacturing practices in its Danish factories according to the PROBE model. Alastair Ross, Director of Codexx, who led the recent benchmarking assessment at Grundfos said: "I have led regular best practice benchmarking assessments, at Grundfos since 1996 and have witnessed first-hand the major improvement effort and results achieved by their people. Their focus and sustained resourcing of improvement activities should be a lesson to all manufacturers. It has been a pleasure to work with Grundfos and apply methods such as benchmarking, world class manufacturing and Lean, to gain measureable and major improvement." Grundfos A/S won the EFQM award in 2006 and continues to drive improvements across its manufacturing operations.

Codexx certified as CENTRIM partner for 'Managing Innovation' training

17th January 2008

Codexx has been certified as a training partner for the 'Managing Innovation' training course developed by Dr David Francis of CENTRIM (Centre for Research in Innovation Management) at the University of Brighton and Barnes & Conti Inc. This unique course provides training in key skills across the innovation cycle. It is based on research conducted by Dr Francis with over 100 innovative organisations world-wide to identify common skills that were key to effective innovation. Alastair Ross, Director of Codexx said: " I am pleased that we are able to offer this excellent course to clients - as far as we know, this is a unique course, and complements our other innovation solutions. " Codexx has worked with CENTRIM on a number of innovation projects since 2002.

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Codexx legal client 'Highly Commended' in Financial Times innovation award

27th July 2007

Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons' innovation process, developed together with Codexx, has been Highly Commended in this year's Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards.  The FT's report comments that: "No one could accuse Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons of not taking innovation seriously. It has created a comprehensive management process, covering every element of the innovation cycle, from idea generation through concept definition and validation to development, pilot and launch, with clear metrics in place to monitor success."

Codexx open office in Second Life

12th July 2007

Codexx announced the opening of an office in Second Life, the fast growing online virtual community which is seeing increasing use by progressive businesses. "We will be using the office to provide an additional point of contact to Codexx services for businesses and more importantly to experiment with new ways of working, working with our clients and partners," said Alastair Ross, Director of Codexx.

The Codexx office is located in the Depo Business Hub. Pictures and further information about the office can be found in our Codexx Second Life PDF.

Launch of 'Innovation Leadership Training' course

12th March 2007

Codexx announced the launch of a new 1-day course on Innovation Leadership. Designed for managers and employees tasked with managing and leading innovation programmes or projects within organisations, the course provides education and training in best practices approach to innovation. The course covers innovation theory, models, tools and case studies, with the emphasis on enabling attendees to return to their organisations and be more effective in their innovation projects.

Codexx purchases supply chain solutions from Supply Chain Analytics

15th February 2007

Codexx announced the purchase of the supply chain strategy and assessment solutions business from Supply Chain Analytics Ltd. This includes the SCAN supply chain assessment solution. Alastair Ross, Director of Codexx, said: "This is a valuable addition to our existing range of best practice strategy and assessment tools and allows us to further extend our existing services in innovation and supply chain management."

Codexx completes study on innovation in major UK law firms

17th January 2007

Tanaka Business School at Imperial College London, hosted the presentation of the report on 'Innovation in major UK law firms', resulting from a joint study performed by Alastair Ross, Director of Codexx and John Bessant, Professor of Innovation Management at Tanaka Business School, Imperial College and supported by AIM Research. The audience comprised executives and partners from representatives of the 16 top 75 UK law firms who took part in the study. Alastair Ross said, "This unique study focused on an area of increasing importance to all law firms as they seek to compete in increasingly challenging markets."

Codexx announces new assessment solution for supply chain management

13th November 2006

To help Codexx industrial clients assess their supply chain operations and strategies against best practices, as part of an improvement programme, Codexx has made available the SCAN supply chain assessment, developed with its partner Supply Chain Analytics Ltd in conjunction with British Standards Institute and Nottingham University. SCAN enables a detailed assessment against key supply chain best practices. Further information

Codexx in government report on emerging markets in the environmental sector

10th November 2006

Codexx played a key role in the research behind a new government environmental report, "Emerging markets in the environmental sector - November 2006". As the consulting partner for UKCEED, who compiled the report, Codexx were responsible for defining and running fast-track scenario development and strategic road-mapping workshops with industry experts. Our work provided Case Studies and analysis for the important Contaminated Land Remediation and Environmentally Smart Buildings sectors. Full Report. Executive Summary.

Codexx launches Foundations for Innovation (f4i)

21st April 2006

Codexx Associates Ltd announces 'Foundations for Innovation' following the successful pilot of key components in an Industrial company and a Professional Services firm. f4i is a modular solution providing innovation auditing and the implementation of key foundations for an innovation system and supporting environment in an organisation.

Codexx Announces new SPARK assessment offering

7th March 2005

Codexx Associates Ltd announces the availability of the new SPARK (Strategic Practices Assessment) tool developed with the support of leading academics from Bath University, Cranfield School of Management, Imperial College London, Nottingham University and Southampton University. SPARK enables organisations to be assessed on how well their practices in the key processes of Innovation, Customer Management, Operations & Supply Chain and Leadership & People align with their strategic needs. SPARK enables the barriers to the delivery of an organisation's strategy to be determined.

Centre for Sustainable Engineering launched

5th January 2005

The UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development (UKCEED) announced the launch of the Centre for Sustainable Engineering. The Centre for Sustainable Engineering (CSEng) is a new national initiative established by UKCEED to support businesses developing innovative and more sustainable technologies. The Centre is designed to exploit the opportunities offered by significant predicted growth in demand for many sustainable technologies, both in the UK and internationally. Codexx is pleased to have been involved in the development of the centre. Reflecting on Codexx’s role in the project, Jonathan Selwyn, Executive Director, UKCEED said "Codexx played a key role in helping UKCEED explore the feasibility of its concept for the Centre for Sustainable Engineering. The consultancy also helped develop an outline business model which played an important role in securing public funding for the Centre."

For more information on the Centre, go to http://www.ukceed.org/cse.htm

Codexx Director becomes Chairman of IEE Manufacturing Professional Network

7th May 2004

Alastair Ross, Director of Codexx Associates Ltd, became Chairman of the Institute of Electrical Engineers Manufacturing Professional Network after accepting the nomination of the Executive Panel. He will lead the executive in working to improve the offerings to the manufacturing community served by the IEE.

Codexx agrees partnership with Supply Chain Analytics Ltd

19th December 2003

Codexx Associates Ltd and Supply Chain Analytics Ltd signed a collaborative agreement in the area of supply chain optimisation. This will provide for Codexx to market and sell Supply Chain Analytics offerings. Supply Chain Analytics provides technologies and methods to help companies optimise their supply chains. Their core offering is the Zemeter supply chain optimisation suite.

For more information go to Supply Chain Analytics website

Codexx signs agreement for new Innovation offering

27th August 2003

Codexx Associates Ltd signed an agreement with Richmond Consultants Ltd to market and deliver the 'House of Innovation' suite of innovation assessment tools. The 'House of Innovation' suite provides companies with the ability to assess their innovation practices in product & service development, process improvement and strategy.