Based on the case study information and your findings from producing Tasks 1 to 5, summarise the key points from these sections and provide a list of key recommendations for Safety First, presenting your recommendations in order of priority (highest priority recommendations and associated actions first), to provide the Company Owner-Manager with an at-a-glance To Do List for putting plans into action. Please use external sources (such as academic books, journal articles and professional websites) to support your summary and recommendations.

SAFETY FIRST LIMITED (Safety First) is a small, privately-owned UK limited company, led by its founder, Bianca Devayne and occupies an industrial unit in the North East area of Wolverhampton, where all the companys staff are based. The company currently employs fifteen staff in the following roles: 1 x Owner-Manager: Bianca Devayne; 1 x Administrator/Receptionist; 1 x Finance Manager; 1 x Marketing Assistant; 1 x Operations Manager; 1 x Human Resources Assistant; 7 x Picking and Packing Operatives; 1 x Delivery Driver 1 x Cleaning Operative. Safety First supplies businesses with personal protective equipment (PPE) for catering, childcare, health care and social care purposes. Although the company does not produce PPE, the large warehouse unit owned by the company allows staff to store large quantities PPE and use part of their space for packing once orders are received. As a result of the 2020 global pandemic (Covid-19) demand for the sort of products which Safety First supplies continues to increase and Bianca Devayne is keen to take advantage of this surge in demand. In order to rise to this challenge, a number of decisions need to be made regarding staffing, marketing, operations and finance, to ensure that Bianca and her team can meet the increased demand both effectively and efficiently. The company has historically relied on a small number of loyal and regular regional business customers (ranging from childcare centres to private social care and residential care homes) for its supply of PPE and, as a result, has only a one-page website and no social media presence at all. Continued on page 5... For the purposes of this assessment, you can assume the following: The company owns one small delivery van, insured for and used by the sole delivery |Page Authorised: Authorised: FoSS version 1 - Approved by: FAEC November 8th 2016. Ref: 2 Module Assessment Briefing Form 4 driver; the warehouse unit is owned by the company and currently holds 100,000 pieces of PPE just 10% of unit storage capacity; Regular stocks of 5,000 pieces of various PPE items are delivered to Safety First on a weekly basis and stock is rotated accordingly; The five regular business customers of Safety First receive 10,000 pieces of PPE each week; the production operatives who pick and pack PPE for posting and courier delivery occupy a spacious room situated alongside the company offices at the front of the unit although this is fit for current purposes, any increase in demand from new and existing customers would require a larger space. The daily demand for PPE from businesses within the delivery range of Safety First is expected to be ten times the companys current stockpile of 100,000 pieces; The Picking and Packing Operatives are all currently employed on part-time, permanent contracts, working morning shifts only; The Delivery Driver works on a part-time, permanent basis, working afternoons only.