International Operations and Project Management at Vauxhall Motors

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Vauxhall Motors' international operations and project management strategies. It delves into the company's supply chain management, including material management, finished vehicle logistics, and custom and trade processes. The report identifies and analyzes the supply chain, flowcharting and applying various planning tools. It explores the process for providing international goods and services, including transactional cost analysis, channel coordination, and network prospects. Furthermore, the report outlines a project plan for a proposed new facility, considering costs and other essential factors. The report covers key aspects of the automotive industry, such as the impacts of e-commerce, AIAG's Material Management, and cyber initiatives. The report also discusses the significance of customer relationship management and the importance of total quality management in Vauxhall's operations. This report is valuable for students seeking insights into international business operations, supply chain management, and project planning within the automotive sector.

International Operations and
Project management

Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
The process or supply chain be identified, flowcharted, analyzed, and preparation of project
plans using various planning tools.........................................................................................1
Process for providing an international company's goods or services.....................................4
Produce a project plan for the proposed new facility.............................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
International production and operations management is the process through which the
production of good and the services in the international market and locations will get dealt. It
includes the process of management under which the local products and the services will take
into considerate in local market and the requirement of international customer will get fulfilled.
The project management is the practice that includes the planning, controlling, execution, closing
and effective monitoring of the work that get performed while working in a team and to get
ensure that target and objective will get accomplished within the particular period of time (Bari,
2018). It is the process in that the specific criteria of the project will get accomplished within the
specified period of time. It includes some of the primary challenges as well that is to get
achieved the associated goals of the project within the provided constraints. This report is based
on the Vauxhall Motors Limited that is the British manufacturer of automobiles and subsidy of
car manufacturer of French group PSE and they are based on Chalton, Bedfordshire, England. It
was founded in the year 1857 Vauxhall, London, UK by Alexander Wilson and having the
headquartered in Luton, UK. This report includes the different process of the supply chain
management that could be identified, analysed, flowcharted by using the various planning tools.
MAIN BODY
The process or supply chain be identified, flowcharted, analyzed, and preparation of project
plans using various planning tools.
The automobile sector has been played the vital role in the growth of the economy of the
country and as also be defines as the “Both a form and a function” as their products will includes
the higher level of innovation and engineering and in combine get positioned as the fashion
product. It is the industry that is also known as the “the industries of industries” as will make the
output of all the different manufacturing companies and get support the steel, mining etc as the
upstream and as the downstream as the insurance, finance etc in the market (Bjorvatn, 2018).
The automobile industries have replaces the mechanical design and get assemble it into the
steering, engine brake system and many other parts as well. These industries have made the
infusion of the technological advancement as like the actuators, sensors that is the incorporation
of the electronics. The process and the supply chain management is the procedures through
which the different significant challenges have been faced by the Vauxhall Motors Limited and
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they get manage that by measuring the scope, complexity and the scale. There are some of the
huge impacts of the ecommerce, finished vehicle logistic, AIAG’s Materials Management as its
purpose it to produce the quality products to satisfy the requirement of the customers (Supply
Chain Management, 2020). The major goal of this process is to improvise the visibility of the
data, to reduce the damage that will happen while in-transmit, to enhance the speed of
maintainers of the vehicle parts, the initiative to manage the AIAG Supply Chain by providing
the ultimate guidance, in order to reduce the complexity and develop more understanding the
training will provided to the employee (Gemünden, 2018).
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Material management: As per in today’s scenario, the manufacturing department has
faced the challenges while involve production and to make effective relationship with the
location of suppliers that is as by OEM’S (original equipment manufacturer). It includes the
logistics of the required material, sequencing, communication, requirement of transport items to
meet the demand of production. In this the Global Materials Management Operational
Guidelines and the Logistical Evaluation will induce continuous development in this the cost has
been reduced by removing the wastage and in parallel the efficiency and the affectivity get
developed (Kerzner, 2018). The electronic data interchange (EDI) rules will get followed by the
Vauxhall to endeavour the time consuming activities and standardise protocol will pursue.
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Finished vehicle logistics: It is the division that comes under the AIAG and in that the
Vauxhall will work to maintain the standard and reduces the cost while improvising the process
of development of vehicle supply. There are some different members of the ALAG as like rail,
ocean carriers; truck and custom brokers to get operate the terminalisation. In this the claims
have been involved under which the Vauxhall have transport the vehicles that are handle by
electronically. In this the guidelines have been followed that inspect, record, transmit the damage
of the vehicle. In the connected system the Vauxhall will get use the internet access to their local
network in this the visibility will get connected by which the loss get reduced (Kerzner, 2019).
Custom and trade: In this the Vauxhall will manage the import and export of the
provided while protecting the information of the customer while avoiding the disruption. The
customer trade partnership against terrorism will get programmed by the custom to protect the
border transportation and it allows the Vauxhall to perform shipping as with the US custom
checkpoints provides cargo certificate. The supply chains help to meet the development on
continuous basis while matching the trends. The export compliance might be the tangible as like
sipping and transferring the good out of UK and includes the blueprints, drawings, engineering
specification, automotive parts etc. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) helps
to reduce the tariffs that will get originated in between the US, Canada, Mexico and under this
the certification will get provided for easy access.
Cyber initiative: Vauxhall get supported by the AIAG and in that the company must
have scan the purchase by the NQC with that the improvement will get affected and in that the
business get ensure that they manage the threat of security of different personalised data. The
company have performed the virtual audit by which the
Packaging and labelling: As per the recent international trends of the automobile sector
they must have followed the packaging pallets, container and other part with tracking labels and
identification guidelines (Madura, 2020). The Vauxhall have uses the AIAG bar code reader with
the single alphanumeric that is code 39 used by all the automobile industries. This code includes
the string that includes the part number, quantity, purchase order number etc. The global radio
frequency identification and it is the basis of the international standard as it is the method that
includes the item identification, traceability, verification, vehicle identification number.
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Process for providing an international company's goods or services
The international processes of the product and the services will have manage the by
following the different supply chain management that is based on the different theories to get
manage more sale and effective profit ratio (The Different Types of Supply Chain Management
Methods and Theories, 2019). The logistics will be the most effective method through which the
supply chain management will get managed by the Vauxhall Motors Limited that is as defined
below as:
Transactional cost analysis: It is the method that is more applicable as the financial
aspect in which the transaction has been managed and with that the Vauxhall Motors Limited
will get performed within the particular period of time. With the help of this process the different
products get sold and purchased with better prices (Meyer, 2018). In this the Vauxhall Motors
Limited could purchase the different parts as like bold, nuts, paint, Greece etc from the supplier
with fewer rates by which production rate will get more balanced.
Channel coordination: It is the process through which the logistic has been maintained
by which all the different supply chain management will get managed. In this the Vauxhall
Motors Limited must have look forward to make efficient supply by which the overall cost and
price will get reduced and it will also save the time as well. It is the practice through which the
Vauxhall must get realigning some of the different channel by which the company have meet to
the objectives of the customers. It is most briefly applied within the ordering and the inventory
department of the Vauxhall Motors Limited by which that they have supplied the products to
more adequate locations.
Network prospects: It is relative to the third party that provide the logistic to the
Vauxhall Motors Limited and with that they have reduce the wastage and manage the cost. It is
more helpful to the business with that they have developed the interaction with the potential
providers. It reflect more formal relation as it happen in between the businesses and it is more
essential for the Vauxhall Motors Limited to covers the largest market by which their
productivity will get enlarged.
Materials Logistics Management: It is the process of supply chain management in which
the Vauxhall Motors Limited also provide the online booking and diverse services as well as like
taking care of the fulfilment, shipping and the warehousing as well. As they have needed the raw
material and to save the cost the affordable options will get chose by the material logistic of
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Vauxhall. It is the processes that get deals with the sourcing, production, and distribution,
stocking, planning of the corporeal resources (Sirisomboonsuk, 2018). These all are more needed
for the business as with the help of the final and the better product will get produce that is more
favourable for the business and the customer as well.
Material Requirements Planning: It is the MRP that will dependent on the material
logistic management and in this the Vauxhall Motors Limited will possible lowers the cost as
from the warehousing. MRP will more get based on two functions as like independent demand
what is related to the finished goods as the production of the vehicles and the dependent demand
that will based on the different parts of vehicle as like steering, break, bonnet etc and both the
cost get associated within the MRP of the vehicles.
Total Quality Management: It is the process through which the Vauxhall Motors Limited
not only works for constraints but also concern about the streamline supply of the products and
services in the market. It includes the overall process from staring of manufacturing to the end of
the process and in that the business get ensure that the customer will always get satisfied with the
vehicle of the Vauxhall Motors Limited.
Customer Relationship Management: In this the Vauxhall Motors Limited understands
and manages the requirement and the demand of the customers by which they will always get
satisfied with the supply of the products of the company. Thus Vauxhall have performed
marketing and fulfilment, retention and the loyalty, customer support and service, front and field
services etc in this the mutual relationship will get developed and maintained (Slack, 2018).
Produce a project plan for the proposed new facility
The Vauxhall Motors Limited wants to expand its facility in other country as in India and
that is to have the concern about the provision for the direct selling that all are based on one
location. The project team of the Vauxhall build the plan and consider different factor that is
required to get anticipate the full commissioned as in between the six months to one year. The
project management plan will get planned by which the different activities will get developed in
order to meet the achievable target within the timely manner. It includes some of the different
factors that are as defined below as:
 Cost: It defines the appropriate amounts that get associated while making the
expenditure. It is more required for the Vauxhall Motors Limited that the associated cost
must get analysed by which the adequate amount of profit will get analysed and measured
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by the company. It is more helpful for the business by which they get effective estimation
of the cost that is necessary to get required while managing the business in other country.
It has exerted more beneficial outcomes under which the approximate profit and costing
get analysed.
 Time: It will include the adequate amount of time that is taken while completing the
overall expands with more sufficiency. In this the Vauxhall Motors Limited has make the
decision to get expand the business in India and they are the oldest manufacturer of UK.
Thus it is required that the estimate time will get noticed that has required and assign to
the different activities that get associated or interlinked while making the appropriate
expenditure (Tonchia, 2018). The company needs the capital as where the best location
will get chosen, the labour force that get manufacture the products, adequate training and
development will get provided to the newer workers, the skilled and qualified candidates
get recruit, spreads more awareness in the market, perform marketing and promotional
activities at many other that all required about 5-6 months of time period.
 Scope: The market in which the Vauxhall Motors Limited wants to expand is India and it
is widest market space of Asia business. There are a lot of people that has huge interest
towards the automobile and with that more profit with better sales could have gain with
the company. The better scope will get gained by the Vauxhall if they make the combine
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result of the time, resource, cost, basic requirement, better supply, effective utilisation of
labour force etc.
 Quality: For the automobile industry to maintain the quality is more important and with
that it is more needed that the Vauxhall Motors Limited have make effectual outcomes
and for that have provide adequate training to the employee by which the better product
will get produced (Zhang, 2018).
 It is require for the business to get maintain the quality under which it is easy for the
company to grab the attention of the customers.
 Communication: It is the process through which the Vauxhall Motors Limited makes
their effective interaction with the India’s people by which they have known more about
the market culture and according to that have make appropriate changes and innovation.
In this Vauxhall Motors Limited uses the social media platform and from their spread
more alertness in the market. Risk: It is always came in parallel to the success and the growth with this the Vauxhall
Motors Limited will make more sufficient innovation by which the probability of the
sales will get enhanced. While making the expand there are a lot of risk that get linked
with the opportunity thus the Vauxhall Motors Limited ensure that customer get more
better quality services.
 Resources: It will include the different sources that are more needed for the Vauxhall
Motors Limited by which they have made adjustable changes within the business
(Zwikael, 2018). By making efficient exploitation of the resources as like labour, raw
material production, suppliers, dealers, customer etc. It generates more feasible ability by
which companies try to enlarge the profit and market share.
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CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that the international operation and the
project management will get used and promote by the different industries in order to generate
more profit with capturing the larger market share. Thus while operating the business on
international level the different function will get operated within the business. In this the
company must use the supply and process chain by which the effective supply of goods and
services will get maintained that is more easier to get attract the large customer base and
achieving higher sales. The company has expand the business in the Asia thus as from their lot of
opportunity will get developed with that the challenges also get more developed.
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