MINI COOPER 2018

MGT314- OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

ASSIGNMENT on
MINI COOPER MEGA FACTORY

Section# 20

Prepared for

Wasif Sayed Choudhury

Lecturer, Department of Management

Prepared by

Mahdi Hasan Khan Chisty

ID# 1520426031

North South University

School of Business & Economics
Date of Submission- 30th December, 2018

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Contents
Introduction...............................................................................................................3
Mini Cooper...............................................................................................................3
Production System.....................................................................................................4
Production Process of Mini Cooper..........................................................................4
Body in White............................................................................................................4
Painting......................................................................................................................5
Assembly...................................................................................................................5
Quality Management Practices and Technologies....................................................6

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Introduction
The word Mini has been used in car model names since 1959, and in 1969 it became a marquee
in its own right when the name "Mini" replaced the separate "Austin Mini" and "Morris Mini"
car model names.BMW acquired the marquee in 1994 when it bought Rover Group (formerly
British Leyland), which owned Mini, among other brands. Mini is Britain’s one of the most
selling Automobile. Mini was first launched in 1959 by British Motor Corporation. Mini rolls of
production line in every 68 seconds. In 1994 Mini came with World famous BMW car. The
company had produced a new car called Mini cooper which was their first two sitter sports car.

Mini Cooper
Mini Cooper is a car of Mini first introduced by John Cooper. It is the first two-seater sports car
of Mini which is powered by a 1.6-liter twin-scroll turbocharged engine with an impressive
acceleration kick at naught to 97 kilometer per hour in just 6.1 seconds. It’s sleek lightweight
with an angled roof helped to lower the center of gravity and increased speed. In 1994, BMW
owned Mini. Since then, it has become one of the world’s leading cars. When BMW took the
ownership of Mini, they increased the production of Mini and soon it reached a significant
milestone of producing two million cars. Today’s Mini has such a brand power that British Prime
Minister David Cameron came to mark the launch of this landmark car.

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Production System

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Production Process of Mini Cooper

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Virtual design studio, for the first time ever MINI uses virtually cutting edge computerized
design. Tom is in charge of Production in industrial facility. The virtual framework is to check
everything works. The virtual framework spares staggering time and virtual framework

The manufacturing of Mini Coupe is divided into 3 stages

Body in White
Body-In-White (BIW) Engineering & Manufacturing solution is developed specifically to
address the needs of body-in-white product and process engineers. Robots assemble 425
individuals’ body panels per car applying 1000 welds per hour for making the body shell
production almost automated..To take care of their anticipated demand Plant oxford need to
deliver a roadster in like clockwork with a tight due date for the body shop group. Creation
pioneer subside is in charge of building the car. Fundamentally Coupe implies two-doored
vehicle. The robots apply 4000 spots welds to each body shell. These outcomes in a solid
structure. The body shape producing is chiefly a joining innovation. When the centralized
computer of the car has been made, the following stage is for pro reviewer to spot check the
welds on arbitrary vehicle. A product apparatus, called Sonic's RSW which is utilized for
initiation. With the roadsters outline manufacture, it joins whatever remains of the body in white

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sequential construction system. The autos are then make a beeline for a mezzanine floor to
position them for conclusive advance , a strict quality control assessment, every vehicle is
reviewed through and through by physically, human hands and there is no activity for robot. In
the event that any issue distinguishes, the line director promptly redresses that. With this the first
step closes.

Painting
The next step is Painting. The paint shop is consist of over 60000 cubic meter. Each car will
travel 10 km before its makeover is complete. Before painting the car goes to a rigorous
preparation and cleaning process. It is called chemical bath and rinsing. Paint guns and Robots
both are used for painting purpose. After the paint is done an oven baked ensures that the coat is
dry. If there find any defect then marked the defect and then removing the defect by polishing
and wax. Once the painting process is complete, a final oven baked ensures the new coat is dry.
If any defects found they are marked and buffered out a last polish and wax is applied. By doing
all these, now minis are ready for the 3rd stage, which is assembly.

Assembly
The painted structures are then sent into the greatest creation zone in Oxford for amassing. This
progression is the most critical and tedious process among all. This incorporates 5 noteworthy
errands and profoundly talented specialists partitioned into two groups and every one of the
laborers are dispensed of 68 seconds to play out their errands. The specialists joined two

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thousand sections every moment. At that point they put wires through the entire vehicle and
different gadgets required into that. Every one of the things are fitted physically and a period is
settled for maintaining a strategic distance from bottleneck. At that point they create the most
imperative part the motor of the vehicle including 200 sections and fits that in vehicle with the
assistance of two men and one robot. Smaller than expected has 30 distinct kinds of wheels that
are anchored in a vault. All things considered these methods done they are combined.

Quality Management Practices and Technologies

 Using automated robots. It ensures everything is flawless.

 Manually Checking-Mini cooper check defects manually in every steps.
 Using Software- Tessonic’s RSWA to check welding nicely done or not.
 Virtual design studio-It helps to eliminate fault design.
 Visual control
 Mini built Cooper virtually using cutting-edge computer assisted design.

 They use virtual studio which allows them to bring together all computer drawings that
the engineers have done.

 Robotic technology is used in the cutting, welding and assembling process.

 Electronic scanning system is used to arrange the car parts in a correct sequence.

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 Use Test Sonic’s ‘RSWA’ as an inspection tool. The kit works by passing sound waves
through the metal sending the wave back to the crew.

 Customized paint job according to customer’s demand.

 Final test drive before leave the factory for market

 Assigning expert project manager and supervisor for monitoring each and every steps

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