production of cars at Sleek Motors

production of cars at Sleek Motors

Introduction

This paper will not only be necessary for discussing matters control in a business setting but also explain the primary reason why there should be a concern about the production of cars at Sleek Motors. The report will also make a comparison and try to contrast each branch that is in the department of production for the electric vehicle to the standards they are supposed to attain. The paper will also include any solution to the problems that need to occur. For instance, there is a need to interrogate the need for quality management at the organization and whether it is necessary for developing any solution that can be helpful to the issues that the company, Sleek Motors, is experiencing.

Controls

Control in a business setup refers to guiding the activities employees and the organizational processes to attain the set goals, prevent errors from occurring, and be law-abiding.

There are several styles, types, and levels of how an organization can control. An excellent manager is one who applies these elements combining them in the best way possible, depending on the needs and the culture of the company to be able to run the organization successfully. Control involves processes and procedures the help to guide, regulate, and protect the organization. One of the most commonly used powers used by most companies is financial policies because, in any organization, control begins with the management of cash. Sleek Motors needs to keen on the results of the production of the electric car because the company must be successful in the improvement of its creation. The vice president intends to achieve goals that are concerning the production of electric vehicles with the main aim of finding solutions to increase productivity and making it more efficient and achieve the organization’s set out goals. The vice president will evaluate each department involved in the production of the mini car. The target of this evaluation exercise is to find out the highest quality of the products which are meant to be utilized by the consumers and increase the ability of Sleek Motors company to compete well in the market.

Standard Specifications

The evaluation takes into consideration to factors that can be measured which include; total cost, manufacturing time to complete a single-vehicle, yield percentage, rate of defective, scrap rate, average production, time taken in training, shipping problems and damages, safety and issues related to health, the total number of cars that each production department produced and the utilization rate. The standards for each of the factors, as mentioned earlier was provided for intents and purpose of comparing the difference the standards that each department target to achieve and the actual performance of different branches of Sleek Motors company.

Corrective Action

Strategic quality planning is the process of formulating strategies that can achieve TQM in the organization. Some of the strategies that Sleek Motors can employ include; conducting training of the top management and other members of the management. Who include the executive, employees, the quality council seniors, formation of the improvement teams in each production department, and identifying the persons to be handling specific problems that arise at Sleek Motors. Using the appropriate quality management strategy is crucial in ensuring that the quality techniques are defined and the new standards that should be applied in the production departments, especially at the branch level, and there is also a need to check the rules that are used at the production level.

Officers in charge of checking the standard should be trained and allowed to benchmark at the top competitive motor company that seems ton efficient in its production process. There is also a need to update the quality standards, procedures, tools, and techniques that will be used at Sleek Motors. There are two quality methods that the company should ensure to employ. The process method should be applied at all times in all the production departments. This will involve the use of specialist tools and other techniques and ensure that there are calibrated controls and quality inspections will now be conducted earlier as opposed to doing it at the end of the production. There is also a need to increase the use of appraisal methods to ensure that the finished cars are assessed for completeness and fitness, and this can be done objectively by the specialist. The cost of manufacture per unit at the Georgetown branch is high and yet the number of units the branch manufactures per year is so low as compared to the rest of the branches. There is a need to ensure that the production downtime is reduced and the rate of those cars recalled should be reduced. This can be achieved by increasing the training time so that the staff in the production department are well and efficiently trained to be able to increase their production rate to increase the number of units that the branch manufactures per year. The Lingotto branch has the lowest number of cars that are produced perfectly to the specification during the first time without them being taken back to be redone. The branch also has the highest number of cars that are defective and has a high number of cars being returned to the company. This can be improved through hiring the best and highly qualified staff that is motivated to ensure that the defective rate reduces, the staff involved in the production also need to be trained.

Conclusion

In conclusion, there is numerous benefit that comes as a result of organizational control which includes; improvement of communication, increasing the financial stability, productivity, and efficiency. This is crucial for any company to enable them to meet the annual goals of the organization. Sleek motors should, therefore, ensure that the staff morale is improved and ensure that quality control is improved, especially in the branches that are underperforming Georgetown branch. Efficiency should also be checked, especially at the Fort Wayne branch, because the department takes a lot of time to complete a unit, which is way too slow. To fasten the production rate at the branch level needs proper training of the production staff and continuous training to be able to catch up with the rest of the branch. Control is necessary as it helps an organization to be able to avoid wastage of resources. When the management is paying attention to the employees and checking what the employees need, therefore, better morale for the employees means better productivity. Better control means employees get more freedom and responsibility at their production centers.