PROCEDURES USED BY PEPSI-COLA BOTTLERS AUSTRALIA
Executive Summary
The purpose of this report is to identify and explain the procedures used by the Coca Cola Company’s major competitor, Pepsi Cola Bottlers Australia (PCBA). These procedures include three of the four key business functions: Operations, Marketing and Employment relations. These business functions work together in order for the business to operate efficiently and achieve the business’s goals.
PCBA’s Operations
The Operations of a business is a key business function associated the activities and decisions through which businesses transform inputs into goods and services (outputs). In PCBA, Operations management ‘involves the coordination of the general operations of
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b) Acquisition
A key role of employment relations is to recruit potential employees who have the right skills and experience for the business to be as competitive and as profitable as it can. This process involves three main stages:
1. Identifying future staffing needs
In Pepsi-Cola, “Staff needs are determined on the basis of different departments, looking at what work needs to be done and the number of staff currently employed.”(Case Study) Job analysis is the second step within this process which Pepsi-Cola uses.
2. Recruitment of potential job candidates – which can come from within the business (internally) and from the outside through advertisement (externally)
If extra staff is required in the Pepsi-Cola factory, casuals are employed. This recruitment occurs externally through advertising in the local newspapers around Blacktown and Penrith and in the Daily Telegraph, through the Human Resources Department. It is an effective form of advertising within this location.
3. Selecting the best person for the job – affects efficiency and productivity.
The selection process in Pepsi-Cola ‘has been developed and modified to best suit the needs of the company and follows a simple step-by-step process,” Sarah Hampill, Human Resources Manager (Commercial). Instead of the step-by-step process, a selection approach would be more effective, by getting an overall
Recruitment is the process by which a business seeks to hire the right person for a vacancy. (BBC Bitesize).
External Advertisement is used for companies to attract talented applicants from external environment. Sainsbury’s usually attract managerial level of employees through external adverting at newspaper, magazine and informative advertising on media. They also advertise on Store Roles types of jobs at its local store notice board for external users.
The tour at the Pepsi distribution and bottling plant took place on March 31st, 2016. The tour started off with presentations by the Plant Director Alirio Birico and Supply Chain Planner Brian Tam. The presentation covered many interesting facts about Pepsico like the fact that it operates in 200 countries and produces 3,000 different products. 35% of Pepsico’s revenue comes from their new markets. Within Canada, Pepsico has 9,000 employees and distributes to 20,000 stores with their beverage and food sides of the company. Western Canada alone has 1350 associates. As Plant Director, Alirio is responsible for developing and communicating the vision for the future of the plant, which is comprised of many aspects like the direction of where the plant will go in the future and the goals of the plant overall. Alirio must convey strong leadership qualities over his plant and he must ensure the plant is ensuring the highest level of safety. When Alirio was asked what success looks like for him, he replied that having better cost per units is key as well as balancing environmental impacts with proper output.
Organizations can use internal recruitment and external recruitment activities to find the best employees for a position. Describe these two approaches and provide one advantage for using each approach. (4 Marks)
Advertisements are the most common form of external recruitment. They can be found in many places (local and national newspapers, notice boards, recruitment fairs).
The purpose of this research is to conduct a research analysis of PepsiCo Canada. Given its official website and the Ryerson Library resources available, it will help further understand the company better. I did my research by looking through all the websites that were available for this assignment. One by one, I mark the ones that have the most sufficient information that allowed me to pick my top two Ryerson Library Resources. PepsiCo Canada is one of the most recognized and respected brands all across the country. Their company employs approximately 10,000 Canadian workers that is organized into two businesses; one being the Beverages and one being the Foods. (PepsiCo Canada, 2011). Their business strategy is to have performance with purpose.
If internal recruitment is not an option / has been unsuccessful, companies will the need to advertise to a wider audience. An employer will need to decide which method of recruitment is most suitable for the role and organisation. Common recruitment methods include advertising on the company’s own corporate website, using internet based jobsites, recruitment agencies, local or national press, job centre plus or employee referral schemes. The CIPD resourcing and talent planning survey (2013) lists the top 5 methods of recruitment as,
This is a key tool for marketers to evaluate the progression of a particular product throughout its life. In 1898, Caleb Bradham who was a pharmacist in profession, developed a medicinal drink called ‘Brads Drink’. This was introduced by Caleb for aid digestion and consumers were interested in his product and then Caleb renamed the drink as ‘Pepsi-Cola’.
Operations processes refers to the acquisition of inputs which are transformed in a business through the addition of value into outputs of goods and services. Businesses use operational processes involving inputs and transformation processes to increase efficiency and output. The operations management focuses on carefully and managing processes to produce and distribute products and services based on the nature of the business. To achieve objectives in a business, the quality of products are monitored regularly using customer services and warranties. Both Qantas and McDonalds, utilise operation process in order to gain maximum efficiency and productivity.
Coca-Cola company recruits those candidates who have an ability to perform required tasks.Recruitment methods are the different ways in which a potential employee is attracted to an organization. There are various ways CCA recruits candidates.
There are many important considerations in the process to fill an opening within a company. Hiring managers and any committees involved have several important areas of concern to address. Making sure the process is legal and fair is a top priority, as is selecting the best person for the job (Hynes, 2010, p. 273). How can a company best accomplish the tasks involved in hiring key members of its team? This can be accomplished through good planning, collaboration and adhering to the highest legal and ethical standards throughout the process.
Operations management focuses on managing the processes of producing and distributing products and services. Operations activities often include product creation, development, production and distribution. It deals with all operations within the organization. Related activities include managing purchases, inventory control, quality control, storage, logistics and evaluations. The nature of how operations management is carried out in an organization depends very much on the nature of products or services in the organization, for example, retail, manufacturing, wholesale, etc.
The tour at the Pepsi distribution and bottling plant took place on March 31st, 2016. The tour started off with presentations by the plant director Alirio Birico and supply chain planner Brian Tam. The presentation covered many interesting facts about Pepsico like the fact that it operates in 200 countries and produces 3000 different products. 35% of Pepsico’s revenue comes from their new markets. Within Canada, Pepsico has 9000 employees and distributes to 20000 stores with their beverage and food sides of the company. Western Canada alone has 1350 associates. Alirio has worked with Pepsico for 8 years at 4 different locations. As plant director, Alirio is responsible for developing and communicating the vision for the future of the plant. This vision is comprised of many aspects like the direction of where the plant will go in the future and the goals of the plant overall. Alirio must convey strong leadership qualities over his plant and he must ensure the plant is enduring the highest level of safety. When Alirio was asked what success looks like for him, he replied that having good cost per units is key as well as balancing environmental impacts with proper output. Alirio explained what a typical day is like in his position. TOTAL PRODUCTS MONEY FACTORS. GAMBLE WALK. TALK WALKS MEET COMMITMENTS. Alirio bragged about Pepsicos growth as a company mentioning the high number of 72 plants in North America.
Pepsi is the recognized soft drinks have enjoyed substantial and sustained expansion since its inception in 1893. It has passed through various predictable stages of small business conferring to treat patients then turns into global growth. The key point of posting nearly thousand billion dollars in annual sales, up significantly from its first year when sales were projected employees rather than 4000000 thousand of employees around the world.
Operations refers to the transformation processes of business and may involve the production of goods or the delivery of services