UGC — The Unipart Group of Companies

Unipart Group (UGC) is a 3rd Party Logistics provider whose clients include Vodafone, Jaguar Cars, London Taxis International, Landrover Classic, The Boots Group, BSkyB, Airbus, Jessops, Halfords and Homebase. It is the UK's largest independent operator of motor factors for cars, vans and commercial vehicles through its Unipart Automotive division and has a significant role in rail network infrastructure and rolling stock parts supply through Unipart Rail. 3PL stands for third-party logistics provider, any firm that specializes in providing logistics services and which is independent from the manufacturers logistics division. ... Vodafone Group plc is a British mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England. ... Jaguar Cars is a British automobile manufacturer. ... Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC is an engineering company based in Coventry, England. ... Land Rover was the name of one of the first British civilian all-terrain utility vehicles, first produced by Rover in 1947. ... This article is about a former British company which has now merged to form Alliance Boots, as a result, information on this page may be out of date Boots Group PLC changed its name to Alliance Boots plc on 31 July 2006, following the completion of its merger with Alliance... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ... This article is about the airliner manufacturer. ... Jessops could be: Jessops (photographic retailer) The department store, Jessops of Nottingham This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Halfords Group plc (LSE: HFD) is a leading retailer of car parts, car enhancement, cycles and travel solutions in the United Kingdom. ... For the former US home improvement store, see HomeBase. ...

Unipart's consultancy arm provides consultancy to other organisations in a variety of areas. As well as supply chain and logistics consultancy it offers consultancy in lean principles across a variety of industry sectors and the public sector. Unipart's lean consultancy methodology is known as The Unipart Way; a system of tools and techniques with a guiding philosophy to reduce waste or activities which do not add value. Management consulting is the process of helping companies to improve or transform themselves. ... Look up Logistics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

UGC operates in Europe, North America, Australia and Japan, and its head office is based in Cowley, near Oxford in Oxfordshire UK. UGC is one of the largest privately held companies in the UK. World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Cowley is the name of a number of places: Cowley, London Cowley, Oxford Cowley, Wyoming, USA Cowley County, Kansas, USA Cowley is the name of some people: Cowley, Patrick This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...

The Unipart Way

"The Unipart Way" (based on learning from Honda, its own history and the Toyota Production System) is the name the company has given to its methodology. It involves a process of continuous measurement which is designed to lead to a reduction of wasteful activity, thereby ensuring the best deployment of time and resources. The Toyota Production System (TPS) (トヨタ生産方式) is the framework and philosophy organizing the manufacturing facilities at Toyota and the interaction of these facilities with the suppliers and customers. ...

The methodology is not without its critics. Most publicly, the work done at HMRC was censured by PCS general secretary, Mark Serwotka, who stated, "By reducing staff to nothing more than machines on the whim of consultants, the department is undermining the morale of staff who face imminent job cuts and office closures." ^[1] This is the second time lean has been publicly criticised: previously "The HMRC's Lean programme, which aims to improve efficiency, has already resulted in a work-to-rule and overtime ban among 14,000 civil servants." ^[1] Ensign of HM Revenue & Customs Her Majestys Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is a new department of the British Government created by the merger of the Inland Revenue and Her Majestys Customs and Excise which came into formal effect on 18 April 2005. ... The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is the sixth largest union trade union in the United Kingdom. ...

HMRC argue that Unipart's work has produced significant benefits for them. An HMRC spokesman said: "Lean is all about offering a better service to our customers and staff. It is a key element in HMRC's plan to provide improved service and meet efficiency targets. Staff are asked to organise their desks when shared with colleagues to avoid clutter and to make sure they have everything set up to do their job effectively. Any suggestion that staff are restricted to a pen and cup on their desk is simply not true. Rather than making work boring and repetitive, staff are being invited to work with their managers to improve the way tasks and systems are developed." ^[1]

UGC in the community

UGC has strong links with the local community and education, supporting many community initiatives and organisations. Unipart has a traditionally strong affiliation with motorsport. In 2006, the company teamed up with Nigel Mansell and his sons, Greg and Leo, in a sponsorship deal in support of Nigel's son's career in Formula BMW. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE (born August 8, 1953 in Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire) is an English racing driver who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). ... Greg Mansell (born 8 November 1987 on the Isle of Man, England) is an English racing driver. ... Leo Mansell (born 4 January 1985 on the Isle of Man, England) is an English racing driver. ...

Clients

Among Unipart's notable clients are:

• Jaguar
• Vodafone
• BSkyB
• The Boots Group
• Halfords
• Homebase
• Jessops
• Play.com
• HP
• 3
• HMRC

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External links

• Unipart Group Official site
• Unipart Group Official site (mirror)
• Unipart Logistics Official site

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Customs staff in desk clutter ban. Retrieved on Nov 15, 2006.