MockExamQuestions RollsRoyce
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Rolls-Royce plc
Aerospace engineering multinational Rolls-Royce plc is one of the UK’s leading manufacturing businesses. It has a global workforce of 55,000 employees, 24,000 of whom are in the UK. The company's UK staff are employed at four locations in the East Midlands, as well as 1,500 at five sites in the North West and 2,400 employees at six locations across Scotland.
In November 2014 Rolls-Royce announced that it was planning to cut 2,600 jobs over the next 18 months. The company's chief executive John Rishton said: "The measures [job losses] announced today will not be the last, however they will contribute towards Rolls-Royce becoming a stronger and more profitable company.”
Company sources said that the job losses were closely linked to a general cut in global defence spending, greater productivity after investment in new factories and an end of the development phase of the new Airbus A350 and Dreamliner engines.
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In your opinion, can manufacturing businesses remain competitive in the long-term if they continue to locate most of their operations in the UK?
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Competitiveness of a business is often measured by various figures in their respective market. In one industry it may be market share while in others its volume produced. I personally would judge businesses competitiveness, especially in the manufacturing industry by the volume they produce and sell rather than revenue as manufacturing has a lot of costs associated with it.
In the case of Rolls Royce they have been as competitive as it gets in the markets they are associated with. Rolls Royce is known for its immaculate quality in the motor industry. This is their USP and what really differentiates them from the other competitors in their market. Adding to their competitiveness in the car manufacturing business is their ever-lasting fund for research and
Answer one question from this section
Read the item below and then answer the question that follows.
Rolls-Royce plc
Aerospace engineering multinational Rolls-Royce plc is one of the UK’s leading manufacturing businesses. It has a global workforce of 55,000 employees, 24,000 of whom are in the UK. The company's UK staff are employed at four locations in the East Midlands, as well as 1,500 at five sites in the North West and 2,400 employees at six locations across Scotland.
In November 2014 Rolls-Royce announced that it was planning to cut 2,600 jobs over the next 18 months. The company's chief executive John Rishton said: "The measures [job losses] announced today will not be the last, however they will contribute towards Rolls-Royce becoming a stronger and more profitable company.”
Company sources said that the job losses were closely linked to a general cut in global defence spending, greater productivity after investment in new factories and an end of the development phase of the new Airbus A350 and Dreamliner engines.
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In your opinion, can manufacturing businesses remain competitive in the long-term if they continue to locate most of their operations in the UK?
(40 marks)
Competitiveness of a business is often measured by various figures in their respective market. In one industry it may be market share while in others its volume produced. I personally would judge businesses competitiveness, especially in the manufacturing industry by the volume they produce and sell rather than revenue as manufacturing has a lot of costs associated with it.
In the case of Rolls Royce they have been as competitive as it gets in the markets they are associated with. Rolls Royce is known for its immaculate quality in the motor industry. This is their USP and what really differentiates them from the other competitors in their market. Adding to their competitiveness in the car manufacturing business is their ever-lasting fund for research and