Now that Kraft has bought the company, they are strategically looking to phase out many operations in Britain for cheaper areas of labor such as Eastern Europe and overseas countries.
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Headquarters in Uxbridge, England. The oldest and largest family-run businesses in the world In 1969, it merged with Schweppes Limited Third leading producer of soft drinks and fourth leading confectionery manufacturer in the World Around 65,000 Employees 35,000 direct and indirect Suppliers Direct operation over 60 Countries
Products of Cadbury:
1865: Cocoa Essence 1875: Easter Eggs 1897: Milk Chocolate 1905: Dairy Milk 1908: Bourneville Chocolate 1923: Crme Egg 1929: Crunchie 1960: Dairy Milk Buttons 1968: Picnic 1974: Snack 1983: Wispa (relaunched 2007) 1985: Boost 2010: Cadbury dairy milk silk, Dairy Milk Bliss
Cadbury Dairy Milk encapsulates an enormous breath of emotions, from shared values such as family togetherness, to the personal values of individual enjoyment. It stands for goodness. A moment of pure magic!
Specification
Going Green..
Purple Goes Green is the part of Cadburys Strategic Mission and Vision ( Objective: reduce 50 % Carbon Emissions & 10 % reduction in Packaging by 2020). Link with Singapores Sustainable Manufacturing Centre (SMC). Co-operation with United Nation Development Program (UNDP) and Government of Ghana, the Company promised to invest $ 87 million over next decade to support high-quality sustainable cocoa production Bournville (The birth place of Cadbury Company), is still the Greenest areas of Birmingham.
Process types
Managing process
Production processes
Packaging
Consumer trials
Modifications
Production
Product launch
Tasting
Manufacturing Process
Primary processing is a process of converting raw materials into "food commodities" or ingredients (at Cadbury, growing, harvesting and processing cocoa beans to make cocoa mass). Secondary processing is processing ingredients to make food products (at Cadbury, processing cocoa mass to make chocolate products).
Manufacturing Process
Process Mapping
Throughput efficiency
Throughput efficiency is a measure of material flow in production. Cadburys has reduced their throughput time to only a fraction of previous levels.
Cycle time
The length of work time, or operating time, that a product is available at each work station is the cycle time.
Work in progress
Material that has entered the production process, but is not yet a finished product. Work in progress (WIP) therefore refers to all materials and partly finished products that are at various stages of the production process.
Process variability
Variability can be said to be the inherent instability of a process. All manufacturing and measurement processes exhibit variation as it is not possible to be without some variation.
Layout
A layout essentially refers to the arranging & grouping of machines which are meant to produce goods. Layout types
Fixed Layout Product Layout Process Layout Cell Layout Combined Layout
Detailed Layout
Ergonomic factors
Ergonomics the science of matching the work to the worker; deals with the characteristics and limitations of people that need to be considered for proper workplace and job design. ergonomics in Cadburys a ranges in different areas including:
Packing line automation Task design, layout and equipment in a laboratory and a warehouse Helping employees with health problems return to work Training staff in ergonomics principles and noise prevention.
Job method
Job Design is the process of putting together various elements to form a job, bearing in mind organizational and individual worker requirements, as well as considerations of health, safety, and ergonomics. In Cadburys Job Methods can helps to determine: what tasks are done When and how the tasks are done how many tasks are done In what order the tasks are done Factors which affect the work Organization of the content and tasks
Quality management
Quality implies to the ability of a product or service to satisfy a stated or implied need. A quality product or service is free from defects and deficiencies. The some quality factor assured by Cadburys are
Market high quality, superior value products that consistently meet the specifications Create a passion for quality where success and achievement are communicated, recognized and celebrated.
Risk management
Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks. Risks can come from uncertainty in
Financial markets, Project failures, Legal liabilities, Credit risk, accidents, Natural causes
Material Management
Materials management is concerned with the planning, obtaining, storing and providing the appropriate material of right quality, and quantity so as to co-ordinate and schedule the production activity in an integrative way for an industrial purpose. The objectives of materials management are
Efficient materials planning Buying or purchasing Receiving Storing and inventory control Supply and distribution of materials Quality assurance
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