An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Techniques Used by the Business to Plan Production and Product Development.
A1 an evaluation of the effectiveness of the techniques used by the business to plan production and product development. Walkers will need to plan and develop new products within the market, therefore an evaluation of how effective the techniques used by Walkers to plan production and product development is necessary. Walkers crisps limited will need new products to survive, these products may be genuinely new or just redevelopments of older or existing products, this is one technique used by Walkers to plan production and product development. Walkers will also need to respond to the changing needs of their customers they will do this by developing flexible patterns of production in order for Walkers to achieve flexibility within the planning of production they will use certain tools: • Forecasting this will include time-series and moving averages
• Inventory control, lead times and safety stocks These are all the effective techniques used by Walkers to plan production, as these are flexible patterns. In relation to the product life cycle other methods used by Walkers to plan production and product development is to make sure that the product quality is of the highest standard. In order to achieve this Walkers crisps limited will use techniques such as TQM or Benchmarking. Walkers crisps limited will use TQM, as the aim of this is to improve the quality of everything, which Walkers and other organizations do, and to make sure that Walkers will meet the needs of their customers exactly. TQM has to be seen as the responsibility of everyone in the organization in order for it to work effectively and therefore it is a long-term change to Walkers and also any other organization with ‘nil defects’. Walkers believe strongly that if they are trying to achieve total quality there will be a need for a policy to try to encourage the development of the necessary culture. As Walkers crisps limited operate in a TQM organization it is therefore important that everyone
• Inventory control, lead times and safety stocks These are all the effective techniques used by Walkers to plan production, as these are flexible patterns. In relation to the product life cycle other methods used by Walkers to plan production and product development is to make sure that the product quality is of the highest standard. In order to achieve this Walkers crisps limited will use techniques such as TQM or Benchmarking. Walkers crisps limited will use TQM, as the aim of this is to improve the quality of everything, which Walkers and other organizations do, and to make sure that Walkers will meet the needs of their customers exactly. TQM has to be seen as the responsibility of everyone in the organization in order for it to work effectively and therefore it is a long-term change to Walkers and also any other organization with ‘nil defects’. Walkers believe strongly that if they are trying to achieve total quality there will be a need for a policy to try to encourage the development of the necessary culture. As Walkers crisps limited operate in a TQM organization it is therefore important that everyone