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Spektar Coms LTD is Bulgarian company which is engaged in the production of different types of pasta. It is founded in 1991. The company has its own facilities located in the town of Kjustendil for the production and the storage of the products. The company has wide product portfolio. Spektar Coms products are known as of medium quality but of low cost on the market. Because of the low price, the products are preferred among the Bulgarian consumers.
However, in the beginning of 2008 problems occurred. The company has its own laboratory where the quality of the pasta produced is checked regularly. The results of several batches showed that there is something wrong along the whole process of production. The quality has decreased – the boiling time needed has increased from 15 to 25 minutes and the color of the pasta products has changed.
The company has identified its problems in the following fields:
1) Workforce
2) Supply chain
3) Facilities management
4) Quality management
Spektar Coms’ management has decided to evaluate the spheres of work that are mentioned above. After evaluating them and finding the problems, suggestions and recommendations will be given in order to improve the whole process of production. Spektar Coms realizes that this is of crucial importance for the company’s future because releasing low quality products on the market can have negative impact on the company in the long run and can destroy the good reputation that it has built through the years.
Workforce
Workforce efficiency and effectiveness is one of the major concerns of every company’s management. Well trained and motivated employees can boost productivity and profitability of every company. Poorly performing workers, on the contrary, can lead to high costs, losses, and bad production.
One of the reasons for the worsened quality of the products is the workers hired in the company. Few months ago the management of Spektar Coms decided to decrease the number of...