MINI Assembly – Plant Oxford

Since the adoption of EFQM Assembly Hall Plant Oxford has continuously improved across all KPI’s. Year on year Assembly goes from strength to strength. Using the EFQM self-assessment process were able to identify areas of improvement and develop relevant enablers. This has led to fantastic customer results, the best Assembly has ever achieved.

Our assembly hall has a positive external image and we proactively engage with a wide-range of external stakeholders to demonstrate what we do. Our guided tours provide assembly with a great opportunity to improve upon this image, allowing thousands of visitors each year to witness the birth of MINI. We have won an award from trip advisor 3...

Our assembly hall has a positive external image and we proactively engage with a wide-range of external stakeholders to demonstrate what we do. Our guided tours provide assembly with a great opportunity to improve upon this image, allowing thousands of visitors each year to witness the birth of MINI. We have won an award from trip advisor 3 years running for best guided tour.

Supporting our plant objectives - such as Fundraising for charities, this year it's Macmillan Cancer Support. Funds are raised by engaging with our people, holding various events such as a bake sale. Every two years we interact and support a new charity and is chosen by our people.

Leadership

In MINI assembly, Plant Oxford’s leaders inspire their people and act as role models. Shop floor time for our leaders is an integral part of our overall strategy.
The ‘Leadership Development Programme’ supports the consistency of behaviours. Leaders are strongly committed to the strategy of our MINI Plant and...

Leadership

In MINI assembly, Plant Oxford’s leaders inspire their people and act as role models. Shop floor time for our leaders is an integral part of our overall strategy.
The ‘Leadership Development Programme’ supports the consistency of behaviours. Leaders are strongly committed to the strategy of our MINI Plant and assembly hall, and they live it through their actions.


People

Our people are the basis of our success. We promote ideas and capabilities.
We motivate by conveying our message and appreciating sustained performance.

We have mutually valued, performance orientated, interlinked partnerships. Our resource usage is optimised and sustainable. Our competitiveness is enhanced through effective implementation of innovations.

Processes & Services
We listen to our associates and through a continuous feedback loop we have achieved excellent processes and services, we maximise the added value to our excellent products.

Strategy
The delivery of our Business Plan realises our Vision in support of Strategy Number ONE > NEXT.

Processes & Services
We listen to our associates and through a continuous feedback loop we have achieved excellent processes and services, we maximise the added value to our excellent products.

Strategy
The delivery of our Business Plan realises our Vision in support of Strategy Number ONE > NEXT.

Communication
We have three communication experts striving for the best ways to reach the people on the shop floor to convey important information, news and to celebrate success stories.

Opportunities
We have turned constraints into opportunities through a ‘hands-on’ and ‘just do it’ mind-set that has led to simple, exceptional and often very cost-effective solutions. Examples of this are the increase of flexibility and productivity of the assembly line by numerous improvements in an old building that does not allow for a perfect installation along the value stream, as well as the integration of new models with remarkable low investment. Currently, we are the only assembly in the BMW Production Network daring to integrate the new electrical MINI by not investing into a new line but adapting the existing assembly line and producing these cars at the same time as current models.