Apollo Produits Du Soleil

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| 2011 | | Logistikprogrammet | [Apollo produits du soleil] | Apollo Produits du Soleil New product line Executive Summary Apollo is facing a deadline where they have to produce 1.145.000 units of a new product line, Which has to be completed in six months. They have no funds for increasing salaries or hiring extra personnel. Business has not been easy for Apollo Produits du Soleil since it was acquired by a German corporation four years ago. We recommend a solution where you introduce more LEAN thinking in the form of 5S and Kanban in the factory, together with some practical changes. These changes involve an efficient new two shift system with rotation between work stations. Through involving the personal in decision making, team working and job enrichment, we will hopefully motivate and give morale back to employees. Introduction This report will look at: * Background/sequence of events * Relevant facts * Evaluation/Conclusion * Recommendations * Calculations Methods * Internet * Compendiums * Pass Cambridge Book * Interview with Mr. Depardieu (Managing Director) Findings 1. Apollo Produits du Soleil started their production of tanning lotions and oils in the 1950’s and was a family owned company. In 2007, a German corporation acquired Apollo in a hostile takeover. None of the employees lost their job in the takeover and the Managing Director Mr. Depardieu kept his position in the company. 2. After the hostile takeover, the parent company started to take profits from Apollo and investing it in other parts of their corporation. The reason for this is that they were not interested and had no knowledge of the French market. They also made all decisions in Germany instead of making them in France. Aside from the hostile takeover there have been external circumstances regarding the public attitude

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