Inside a Factory 1: The New Mini

Synopsis: Alison Hammond goes inside BMW’s Mini factory in Oxford and explores the production process. The progressive phases of production planning, automated building of the basic framework, quality control, painting, just-in-time ordering of other parts from around the world, final assembly are examined as well as teamworking and health and safety.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2003
Year of production: 2003
Documentation: Support booklet including worksheets, stop-the-tape questions, discussion topics and background information is available separately - cost £25.00
Subjects: Business studies; Engineering; FE
Keywords: motor vehicle manufacturing industries; production engineering; quality standards; robots; team working

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