TASK: Answer the questions for the following case Case:
Wixons Ltd is a European company that manufactures two types of children’s bicycles. They have recently had increased orders from an existing client and new orders from a new client who plans to stock the bicycles in hundreds of its retail outlets.
Currently, Wixons has two factories on the same, large site. One site manufactures one brand of bicycle using batch production and the other site manufactures a different type of bicycle, both on production lines. There are 45 employees who rotate between jobs including laser cutting, assembly and packaging across the two sites. Staff turnover is high.
Wixons use 23 suppliers from across the world and keep their stock levels really high (including before the new orders) in case problems arose and production had to stop.
The managers are concerned that they will not be able to meet the orders from the new clients by the requested date? They are also concerned about the amount of waste and defect products that are currently being manufactured.
Guiding Questions:
Definition of lean production: It is an approach to production that aims to use fewer resources and reduce “waste’’ in production to increase efficiency.
Definition of operation management: Operations Management refer to controlling the fundamental activities of an organisation: what they do, what they deliver, how they produce goods and services that meet consumers wants and needs, getting the best end product.
1. Identify the problems

2. What advice would you give to Wixons on costs, quality, productivity, labour, efficiency

3. Suggest some more solutions