PROTECH PERFORMANCE PLASTICS

Protech Performance Plastics

Protech Performance Plastics

1 (a) Using the organisation in which you are employed, or any other organisation with which you are familiar, provide a brief overview of its business, size and structure as well as the industry in which it competes.

Protech Performance Plastics Ltd Provides designing, Development and manufacturing service to a range of blue chip Organizations, who in turn are industry leaders in technical development and innovation. It operates to the highest technological and technical based industry practices and standards, and is proud of the tradition of having a service to the customers of Ireland and overseas. Protech is a privately owned Manufacturing Company based in Little Island, County Cork, Ireland. The company employs 60 people at more than two states and has a turnover in Excess of € 10 million. The Principal activity at this site is Injection Moulding, with the inclusion of Clean Room facilities, and host of ancillary, with services including Printing, Ultrasonic Welding and Assembly. Protech Performance Plastics is an Ireland based company. It is amongst the best injection moulding company all over Ireland and United Kingdom. The company is known for providing high quality services across United Kingdom and Ireland. The high quality service is due to cost effective measures taken by the company, and the vast experience of the company in the industry.

The company treats each customer on an individual basis, and a project manager assess all the problems of each customer, who takes care of the customer and their needs and wants (Boulding, 1996, pp. 20-24). The company ensures high quality services to its client, and that is the reason behind its success. The company initiates various projects including Innovative Patented Designs, Materials developments, Supply Chain Solutions and Automation. It helped other organizations to increase their effectiveness, and reduce the cost of doing business. The company is renowned for its quality of service at minimum possible cost. It caters to a huge market of Ireland and United Kingdom. It uses just in time technology that helps the company to reduce its cost of production.

Q. With reference to the organisation which you have selected, identify and describe the main internal and external factors that affect purchasing.

In this section, we will discuss the factors that affect the purchasing decisions of the company. The company has toconsider internal and external factors before the purchase of raw materials and other necessary stuff. Cost and ease of availability is the most important factors that affect purchasing of raw materials and other products by an organization. The company assess whether it can acquire raw materials from domestic sources or external sources at affordable rates. Protech Performance Plastics concluded that it could get the resources at cheaper rates from Chinese market. The company in the recent past has become more customers oriented in the recent past, and tried to handle diverse needs and wants of customers. The company currently offers various services including Prototyping, Product Design, Tool Design, DFM, Mouldflow and complete project ...