Company Profile

• Introduction • Production Efficiency • Technical Excellence • Design Innovation • Why Buy Bailey?

Production Efficiency

Good business practices such as improvements in efficiency and the reduction of waste have been fundamental to the Company's growth over the past decade. By focussing on these areas Bailey has been able to improve the quality and specification of its products without having to inflate retail prices.

State of the art production facility **BAILEY 1st**

Bailey has invested £8.5 million in the UK's first fully mechanised production line. This facilitates automatic movement of the caravans through out the manufacturing process, which makes more efficient use of an employee's time as they can concentrate on actually producing caravans rather than man handling them around the plant. The result is lower production costs and better value caravans.

Component Handling Facilities

Following the recent development of our component handling facility and the streamlining of our inventory control procedures, Bailey now holds a mere one and a half week's component stock (equivalent to 225 caravans) at any one time. By keeping our stock levels to a minimum we reduce the business overheads and the costs of our caravans. This level of efficiency means we turnover our stock 35 times a year (anything over 20 is considered "world class") which puts it on a par with some of the leading Far-Eastern manufacturers and is another reason why our products continue to provide market leading value for money.

Waste Reduction **BAILEY 1st**

Under a new initiative Bailey now re-cycles over 50% of its total waste products. Following a £100,000 investment in new waste processing equipment, commodities such as timber (in all forms), aluminium, ferrous metal, polystyrene, vinyl, paper, cardboard and plastic film can be now re-cycled. This not only minimises the negative environmental impact but also has a positive bearing on the overall cost of production, as by re-selling many of these re-cycled commodities, we can reduce our overall waste bill; which in turn leads to savings that can be passed onto the consumer in the form of better value caravans.

Multi-Skilled Salaried Workforce

Unusually for the caravan industry the Bailey workforce is salaried and is not financially incentivised to achieve volume targets (commonly known a 'piece rate' payment). Instead we have developed a team culture that encourages 'ownership' of the production process and encourages participation in the development of our products. This maintains staff morale and motivation, which is why our productivity levels remain the highest in the industry.

The work force is divided into zones and teams with a supervisor to staff ratio of 6:1 through out the company. Within each team all members can perform all tasks relating to a given section of the production process providing the expertise and flexibility required to a manufacture comprehensive range of sophisticated products.

• Introduction • Production Efficiency • Technical Excellence • Design Innovation • Why Buy Bailey?