MTC Productivity Accelerator

The Productivity Accelerator is a fixed-price, six-week programme delivered by the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) to help manufacturing SMEs identify productivity improvement opportunities and produce an evidence-based roadmap. The programme combines industrial expertise with lean and operational excellence methods, working through stages including strategy alignment, current-state analysis, and identification of productivity enablers, culminating in an actionable roadmap intended to unlock capacity, improve flow and deliver measurable gains in throughput, efficiency, quality and delivery. Participating businesses invest £7,000, which MTC matches with a further £7,000 of support, though this match funding is stated to be available only for a limited number of applicants. The programme is delivered on a shop-floor-led basis and MTC cites case studies (e.g. Dufaylite, Chafer Machinery) describing output and productivity improvements achieved through similar engagements. The page states the programme is intended for ambitious SME manufacturers with strong market demand, typically with turnover around £5 million or more and roughly 30–50 employees, that have outgrown ad-hoc improvement activity and need a clear plan to remove internal constraints limiting growth.

Designed for ambitious SME manufacturers with strong growth ambitions and customer demand, typically around £5 million or more in turnover with approximately 30–50 employees, who have leadership time and funding capability to act on findings; match funding is limited to a set number of applicants.