APPOLO TYRE

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APOLLO TYRES LIMITED

AN ORGANISATIONAL S TUDY IN

APOLLO TYRES LTD PERAMBRA

Submitted in partial fulfillment for te re!uirement for te a"ard of te

de#ree

MASTER O$ BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

M G UNI%ERSITY

&OTTAYAM

Submitted b'

Re#i(ter No)

Under te #uidan*e of

Mr+)$a*ult' Member

MBA Department, BSS IT MISSION T-YA.DU


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CONTENTS

INTRODU.TION

PRO$ILES)

INDUSTRY PRO$ILE

.OMPANY PRO$ILE

PRODU.T PRO$ILE

DEPARTMENTS)/

-UMAN RESOUR.E

PRODU.TION)/

PUR.-ASE

STORES

MANU$A.TURING PRO.ESS

0UALITY ASSURAN.E

PP.

ENGINEERING

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

$INAN.E

SYSTEMS

S1OT ANALYSIS

$INDINGS SUGGESTIONS 2.ON.LUSIONS

BIBLIOGRAP-Y

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The organizational study at Apollo tyres Ltd ,Perambra in Thrissur is

a humble eort to understand and !omprehend about the

organization" The organizational study is intended to a!!ess and to

a!#uire the $no%ledge regarding the un!tional as %ell as the

management aspe!ts o the irm"

Apollo tyres is one o the largest tyre manua!turing !ompanies

in &ndia "The !ompany %as in!orporated in '()2 and !ommen!ed its

produ!tion in '())" &t %as the irst !ompany to re!ei*e &SO (++'

a!!reditation in the &ndian tyre industry"

The organizational study is done in partial ulillment o the

re#uirement o the degree o aster o -usiness Administration"

OB3E.TI%ES O$ T-E STUDY

To get an organizational e.posure"

To understand the organizational stru!ture"

To understand the un!tioning o ea!h and e*ery department

To understand the a!tual un!tioning o the organization

To understand the basi! o depart mentation

To study about the employee / employer relationship

To ma$e an e*aluation o the perorman!e or the organization

To ma$e a S0OT analysis

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MET-ODOLOGY

The study %as !ondu!ted using the method o inter*ie% and obser*ation and

also made use o the primary and se!ondary data

Primar' data

Primary data is !olle!ted through obser*ation or through dire!t !ommuni!ation

%ith reoidentsin one orm or another or through personal inter*ie%s"

The ormal and inormal inter*ie%s %ith anagers and epartment

heads, employee

ire!t obser*ation

Se*ondar' data

Se!ondary data are those %hi!h ha*e been !olle!ted by someone else and

%hi!h ha*e already been passed through statisti!al pro!ess" The se!ondary data

%ere !olle!ted rom"

Company re!ords

ournals

Annual report"

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S.OPE O$ T-E STUDY

The study restri!ted to the un!tioning o, 5E& LT" The study gi*es a detailed

$no%ledge about the dierent un!tional areas li$e inan!e, mar$eting,

operations and their un!tions

The study !o*ers the *arious aspe!ts o 5E& LT the dierent un!tioning o

5E& LT "The main topi! in!lude the ollo%ing

Proile o the 5E& LT industry

Company proile

Produ!t proile

6un!tioning o *arious departments 6indings, suggestions

0OTanalysis

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INDUSTRY PRO$ILE

8istory o tyres

The most important appli!ation o rubber relates to the

transport se!tor o %hi!h tyre industry !onsumes o*er 7+9 o the

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total rubber produ!e" uring the last 2+ years tyre has been

*irtually rein*ented %ith most modern te!hnologies li$e steel radial

tyres, a milestone in the tyre te!hnology" Tyre se!tor is e.perien!ing

a rapid impro*ement %ith the ad*ent o ne%er te!hnologies"

The tyre industry begin to gro% in &ndia during '(3+:s"The

gro%th o tyre industry in &ndia may be di*ided into 3 phase" &n

the irst phase, multinational !ame to &ndia and started selling

tyres"The irst among them %as 6irestone ollo%ed by multinational

li$e ;ood year unlop et!"

&n the se!ond phase multinationals started their produ!tion in

&ndia" Then they be!ome the irst generation tyre !ompany" unlop %as

the irst !ompany started the produ!tion"

The third phase o tyre industry began, %here &ndian

!ompany:s started produ!ing tyres ,%hi!h !ome to be !alled se!ond

generation tyres"The important among them are


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Companies

Segment

Tru!$ Light Commer!ial >ehi!le

Apollo Tyres ' 2

? Tyres 2 1


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.OMPANY PRO$ILE

The history o Apollo tyres !an be tra!ed ba!$ )+:s

%hen NC:s and &ndian tyre maor:s dominated the tyre industry"

Apollo Tyres Ltd a leader in the &ndian tyre industry and a

signii!ant global player, pro*iding !ustomer delight and enhan!ing

share holder *alue %as registered in '()2" The li!ense %as irstly

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group" The plant is situated at Perambra 4+ $m north o Co!hin" Total

area !o*ered %here () a!res %hi!h %as bought rom people %ho

stayed there by, at !heaper rate" At the starting time the produ!tion

!apa!ity %as 41 tones per day"

The Apollo tyre ltd o%ned by


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The ourth plant %as !ommissioned in '((7 at pune or

manua!turing tubes" The entire re#uirement o tubes or all plants

o Apollo is done rom here"

>&S&ON

DA leader in the &ndian tyre industry and a signii!ant global player,

pro*iding !ustomer delight and enhan!ing sta$eholder *alue"

The one %ord that symbolizes all that %e belie*e is .REATE"

.F CA


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Employee &n*ol*ement Cultural -uilding"


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r" Neera ?an%ar oint managing dire!tor

r ? a!ob Thomas ire!tor

r ose Cyria! ?erala ;o*ernment Nominee

r" < - Puna ire!tor

r Nimesh N ?ampani

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'()2 The !ompany:s li!ense %as obtained by r" athe% T"

arattu$alam, a!ob Thomas and asso!iates"

'()1 The !ompany %as ta$en o*er by r" enture %ith i!helin"

2++1 Laun!h o Apollo A!lereFH8: Speed


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Superior produ!t Muality"

Strong -rand E#uity"

Committed ar$eting Team"

8igh Consumer Loyalty

Produ!t Segmentation in Tru!$ Tyres"

-en!hed mar$ed or planning ei!ien!y parameters"

Po%er !onsumption"

Mui!$ response to mar$et needs"

6uel ei!ien!y"

Least s!rap generation"

8ighlights o Apollo Tyres Ltd

)th astest gro%ing Tyre Company in the %orld"

')th

largest Tyre Company in the %orld"

6irst Tyre Company in &ndia to obtain &SO(++' !ertii!ation or all

its operations"

6irst Company to introdu!e pa!$aging or tubes, t%o %heeler Tyres

and Car Tyres"

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TURNOVER OF APOLLO AS A WHOLE (IN TYRS)

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4+ TRU.&+

O*erload Te!hnology Loadstar Super"

Loadstar Super ;old"

Loadstar Super 8er!ules"

?aizen 4+L"

Load ileage Te!hnology GT)"

GT) ;old"

GT) 8aulug"

Amar elu."

Amar"

Commando"

?aizen 37L

?aizen ((< plus

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?aizen ))


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A!elere

Tubeless S5> 8a%$s

Tube type Amar

Amazer GL

Storm

8a%$s

Passenger Car eep -ias Armour

Panther

;ripper aha Trooper

7+ $ARM

Culti*ation ?risha$ Super

Sarpan!h

8aulage Po%er 8aul

ultipurpose 6arm ?ing K


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DEPARTMENTS

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-UMAN RESOUR.E DEPARTMENT

8uman


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To en!ourage inno*ati*e thin$ing"

To en!ourage transparen!y team%or$"

To de*elop leaders at all le*els %ith general management s$ills"

To !reate a learning organization"

To de*elop !ompeten!ies s$ills through training and

de*elopment"

To !onstantly raise le*els o employee produ!ti*ity"

To be a !hange agent

To !reate 8< brand

To %or$ to%ards attaining sustaining the best employer

status

STRU.TURE O$ -R DEPARTMENT

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The maor un!tions o this department areIF

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Sele*tion

'" anagement Sta"

Te!hni!alF -"Te!h, ;raduate Engineer Trainee"

Non Te!hni!alF CAB&C0ABS0B-ABA KP E.e!uti*e

Trainee

Ater training, they are absorbed as oi!er"

Criteria in!ludeI

a Consisten!y in a!ademi! perorman!e

b ;roup is!ussion

! Personal inter*ie%

2" Employee !hildren s$ill de*elopment s!heme

a One year training in produ!tion

b ependant o employees

! inimum #ualii!ationF '+thstandard

d Physi!al itness heightF'74 !m, %eightF4+ $g

Indu*tion Plan

0or$ers F 2 days indu!tion training

anagement sta F '4 days indu!tion

2" Training

The organization pro*ides training or both managers and %or$ers"

Training programme or managers !onsist o both internal and e.ternal

programme" The %or$ers ha*e internal programmes" The training system

in!ludesI

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a Need identii!ation

b >alidation o needs

! Annual training plan

d Sele!tion and preparation

e Post training programme

Training impa!t assessment

Area( *o8ered in*lude)

'" 6or management staI

a" Con!eptual

b" 6un!tional

!" CrossFun!tional

d" -eha*iour

2" 6or %or$ersI

e" Systems

" Te!hni!al aspe!ts

g" 0or$ !ulture

h" Spe!ialized training or trade union

The amount spend by the !ompany or the training o

their employees or a period o one year is i*e la$h rupees"

Trainin# pro#ramme(

Training on !ommuni!ation and interpersonal s$illF programmes

or asso!" anagers and managers"

Training on yothirgamaya or blue !ollared employees"

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Saety and ire training !ondu!ted or blue !ollared

%or$men" "

0ith a *ie% to de*elop multi s$ill among engineering

trainees ,they are gi*en e.posure to engineering, produ!tion

te!hni!al ields"

6+ INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

5nion management relationIF

utual trust Q 5nderstanding R Team%or$""

A good industrial relation e.ists in the organization" The

management and the employees ointly ind the solutions or the

problems" There e.ists a %ell relation bet%een employer and employees"

There are our main trade unions re!ognized by the !ompany areI

i" ATS0N KApollo Tyres Sta and 0or$er 5nion"

ii" ATE5 KApollo Tyres Employees 5nion"

iii" ATS KApollo Tyres azdoor Sangh"

i*" AT0 KApollo Tyres 0or$ers o*ement

7+ 1EL$ARE DEPARTMENT

The organization pro*ides good %elare ser*i!es to its employer" The

!ompany runs a subsidized !anteen on !ontra!t basis"


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lo!$er and %ashing a!ility, arts and sports !lub, %ell maintained library

are other a!ilities pro*ided"

A %ell transportation a!ility is gi*en to all the employees rom

dierent destinations or %hi!h they ha*e to pay a *ery less amount" All

employees dra%ing a salary belo%


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2" edi!laim

3" 8ousing loan interest subsidyF4+9

1" 2 %heeler loan interest subsidy F)+9

4" 6inan!ial assistan!e /!o Foperati*e so!iety

7" Periodi!ally medi!al !he!$up

:+ TIME O$$I.E

This is !on!erned %ith registering the time in and out o the

%or$ers" Other a!ti*ities related to payment o %ages, in!enti*es, lea*es

et!" dierent registers are $ept or dierent shits or the ee!ti*e

un!tioning" Apart rom it, a pun!hing system is maintained" Ea!h

employee has to pun!h his badge in the ele!troni! pun!hing system %hile

arri*ing or duty" The same is repeated %hile lea*ing the a!tory

premises"

1or9in# our()

A F Shit 7 a"m" to 2 p"m"

- F Shit 2 p"m" to '+ p"m"

C F Shit '+ p"m" to 7 a"m"

F Shit ( a"m" to 4 p"m"

KTrainees %ill be generally put in the general shit

;+ SE.URITY 2 SA$ETY

Safet'

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The organization ollo%s all the pro*ision under the 6a!tories A!t

'(1@"The plant is %ell e#uipped %ith saety ma!hines and

dire!tions are gi*en or the same" Saety dire!tions are pla!ed at

noti!eable points in and around the plant premises" 6ire e.tinguishers

are pla!ed rea!hable points and employees are %ell trained to use

i ne!essary !omes" Those %ho %or$ in produ!tion departments are

gi*en mas$s, saety go%ns and shoes" &n Apollo ,a separate boo$ is

gi*en to ea!h employee, %hi!h pres!ribes !ertain rules and

pro!edures in order to !reate a %or$ing en*ironment ree o

a!!idents" No maor a!!ident %as o!!urred in the plant or past '+

years"

AB. of Safet'

Always

Be

Carefl

Se*urit'

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The se!urity is !on!erned %ith the physi!al mo*ement o men

and material" Se!urity sta headed by the !hie se!urity oi!er %or$s at

all the shits" To a!ilitate the se!urity measures, single point entry is

adopted to !ontrol *isitors" 6or materials, separate gate passes are issued"

E*ent managementIF

The se!urity department plays a signii!ant role in a!tory day,

saety day ,onam B Christmas !elebrations and plant *isit by

important oi!ials"

Attendan*e, Di(*ipline 2 De8elopment Pro#ramme

&ntrodu!tion o A programme ee!ti*e in ATL at April 2++7"

FAn eort to impro*e the attendan!e o !hroni! absentees"

FTo maintain !onsistent produ!tion

Operation( of te (*eme

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Chroni! absentees numbering '(2 are brought under small group o

4 person

'(2 %or$men are brought under 23 groups, under ea!h mentor,

dra%n rom pur!hasing and other inan!ial areas, on a daily basis

o*ersee attendan!e to ensure a*ailability o his group members or

%or$"

8 < department monitor the attendan!e and stops those %ho absent

rom duty !ontinuously or 3 days"

Ater '4tho ea!h month, attendan!e data o the group members are

generated and !ir!ulated among the groups"

8 < department publishes list o absentees during the ' st hal o the

month to gi*e them a !han!e or impro*ement during the se!ond

hal o the month"

&n the 'st hal o the su!!eeding month, the attendan!e or the

pre*ious month is published and !ommittee meets and de!ides the

!ourse o a!tion against deaulters"

Ad*isoryB%arning lettersBsuspension pending en#uiry, et!" are

issued based on the gra*ity o ea!h !ase"

&ndi*idual appre!iation letters signed by the mentors are sent to the

residen!e in !ases %here remar$able impro*ement is sho%n"

=b> S'(tem

i" aily ollo% up

ii" Three days / meet 8 Ta(9 $or*e

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i" '2 tas$ or!es or ''7 members

ii" Constitution K' 8< Q Line Personnel

iii" A!hie*ementsI '+ absentees %ere !on*erted to '++9 attendan!e

i*" &ndi*idual problem sol*ing

*" 319 habitual absentees sho%s impro*ement

Kd> Trainin# and *oun(elin#

2 days training module

i" &ndi*idual !ounseling

Ke> Lea8e Planneri" Lea*e planner

ii" '29 permissible limit or %or$ station

iii" 6esti*al lea*e plan

i*" Lea*e san!tioning and monitoring

Mentorin#

F8andholding e.tended to budding youngsters by senior

managers"

Performan*e Apprai(al

i" Employees de*elopment re*ie% KAprilF ar!h

ii" Three tier systems

iii" 8elps in setting indi*idualBteam goals

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Salar' Pa'ment

All super*ising personnel are re#uired to open an S- A!!ount %ith

the South &ndian -an$, Perambra and intimate the a!!ount number to the

a!!ounting department %ho in turn %ill remit the salary in !ase o non

super*isory personnel, !ash payment is done in the ollo%ing days

Ka Sta and ser*i!e sta F last %or$ing day o the month

KbProdu!tionBengineering %or$menF)th %or$ing day o su!!eeding month

No of emplo'ee(

anagement sta F 2)+

Permanent sta F'@'(

0or$men trainees F 21@

Contra!t %or$men F 143

Total F2)(+

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PRODU.TION DEPARTMENT

The produ!tion department has *arious

di*isions su!h asIF

4+ PUR.-ASE DEPARTMENT

The main un!tion o pur!hase department is to pro*ide

right material at right time in right pla!e at right #uantity"

This department is !on!erned %ith the pur!hase o both

indigenous and imported materials" &t !o*ers pro!urement o indigenous

Engineering spares, general engineering and mis!ellaneous items othern

than ra% materials" This department is headed by senior manager and

under him there are a number o oi!ers and sta" The department is

pro*ided %ith the latest !ommuni!ation a!ilities and !omputers"

The main items o pur!hase are

'" Engineering spares

2" Consumables

3" 6urna!e oil

1" iesel

4" Chemi!als

7" Lubri!ants

)" Some ra% materials

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The pur!hase may be !orporate pur!hase or plant pur!hase" 5nder

!orporate pur!hase the ra% material is pur!hased ater !onsidering

%hat the mar$et re#uire or the month" 5nder plant pur!hase ,

pur!hase may be o sto!$ item or o non sto!$ item"

Sto!$ items are pur!hased or regular use" They are ha*ing material

!odes" They are pur!hased ater !onsidering the reordering le*el,

reorder #uantity, lead time et!" 6or non sto!$ items their is no

regular pur!hase" ierent departments ha*e to prepare pur!hase

re#uisitions" The items pur!hased are Engineering item , oils

lubri!ants ,lo!al ra% material , import o spares et!"

5+ STORES DEPARTMENT

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Ra" Material Store(

Pro*e(( )/ arious ra% materials used in the manua!ture o tyres are as ollo%s

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'" PolymersI F natural rubbers, syntheti! rubber, KS-


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Engineering goods stores is responsible or storing

the ne!essary spare parts, !omponents re#uired or smooth

un!tioning o the plant" On re!eipt o indent rom produ!tion

department, the engineering stores arranges or its release" The

in*entory management te!hni#ue used is >E Analysis" Almost all

the a!ti*ities o this department are !omputerized" The pur!hase

department is initiated %hene*er re order le*el is rea!hed" A buer

sto!$ is al%ays maintained in the store"

ENGINEERING MATERIALS

At present, total number o item !odes in Engineering store

are 3@4++ appro.imately" Out o this 234++ items are spares and '4+++

items are !onsumables"

4+ .on(umable( =General (tore( item(>

Consumables K;eneral stores items are standard

engineering items Kbearing, belt, et!"

2" Spare(

Spares are part o e#uipments""

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$ini(ed Good( (tore

RE.EIPT O$ $INIS-ED GOODS

All inished goods ater inal inspe!tion are $ept at the transerring

area in ea!h shit" The sta o inal inishing %ill prepare a inished

goods transerFnote in tripli!ate %hi!h %ill be !ountersigned by the sta

o 6;SBTT6 Ater *erii!ation, inished goods transerFnote %ill be

serially numbered and ha*e the ollo%ing details"

aterial !ode

es!ription

Muantity

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3"anua!turing pro!ess

PRODU.TION PRO.ESS

The entire produ!tion system has been broadly di*ided in to three

se!tions, namely i*ision A, i*ision - and i*ision C"

DI%ISION A

BANBURY

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Thread

-anbury mi.er

ills

Calendar

-ias !utter

-and building

Tyre building

Tyre !uring

Post !ure inlation

6inal inspe!tion

0arehouse

ualE.truder

Thread s$i*er

ip unit

-ead building

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All polymers are mi.ed %ith iller, pro!ess oil and other

!hemi!als to gi*e dierent grades o rubber !ompounds in the -anbury"

The mi.ed bat!h is then dropped on a bat!h o mill or urther mi.ing to

orm the rubber !ompound and then in to a sheet orm" The rubber in

sheet orm is then passed through a !on*eyor and sta!$ed on s$ids" Ea!h

type o rubber !ompound is spe!ii!ally !ompounded or tyre

perorman!e"

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The bead building ma!hine manua!turers beads or all types o

tyres" -eads !onsists o a number o strands o !opper !oated steel %ire

%hi!h is !oated %ith a layer o rubber !ompound and then %ound to

spe!iied diameter depending on ea!h tyre"

BIAS .UTTER

6abri! ater !oating rom the !alender is run through bias !utter,

%hi!h !uts the abri! to, spe!iied %idths and angles"

TYRE BUILDING MA.-INE

All the ne!essary !ompounds li$e beads, plies K!ord abri!,

brea$ers, treads, side%alls, !haer et! are brought to the tyreFbuilding

ma!hine"

The tyreFbuilding ma!hine has a turret or holding dierent numbers o

plies, brea$er abri!, !haer rolls besides tread applying !on*eyor" Tyre

building ma!hine itsel !onsists o a shat, %hi!h !an rotate at dierent

speeds

DI%ISION .

TYRE .URING

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This pro!ess !onsists o moulding the tyre on spe!ially designed rim and

inlating the tyre to the re#uired pressure %hile it is still hot or a period

o time in order to help inal pro!ess o *ul!anization and maintain a

proper shape"

TYRE INSPE.TION

All !ured tyres are then physi!ally inspe!ted or *isual dee!ts and

e.!ess rubber lashes are remo*ed" The tyre is then !he!$ed in the

balan!ing ma!hine" The tyre ater inspe!tion and !lassii!ation are ta$en

to %are house

Ma@or lo((e( durin# produ*tion

-rea$ do%n o ma!hineries

Loss o time or setting up o ma!hine

Loss due to the dieren!e o ma!hine speed

Loss due to stoppage o produ!tion

Loss due to mista$es and !orre!tion o mista$es

7+ 0UALITY ASSURAN.E

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Muality is the totality o !hara!teristi! o an entity

that bears on its ability to satisy, stated and implied needs" Muality is

reerred to as itness or use or itness or purpose or !ustomer

satisa!tion or !onorman!e to re#uirements"

MA is the %ellFplanned and systemati! a!ti*ities implemented

%ithin the #uality system and demonstrated as needed to pro*ide

ade#uate !oniden!e that an entity %ill ulill re#uirements or #uality"

0ualit' a((uran*e

Lab pro*e(( *ontrol 2 audit

Lab)/

Testing and releasing ra% materials and pro!essed materials"

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&n shits, all the produ!tion areas %ill be audited by

Muality Assuran!e" M A %ill !he!$ %hether the pro!essing is done

%ithin the re#uired spe!ii!ations " & any abnormality is noti!ed ,

ne!essary !orre!tions %ill be done and the dee!ti*e pro!essed

materials %ill be held up+

:+ PRODU.TION PLANNING AND .ONTROL

Pro*e((flo"

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&nput

ar$eting

pro!ess

K&nternal

supplier

A!ti*ity

Produ!tion

Planning

Control

Output

6inished produ!t

espat!h pro!ess

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The resour!es in terms o ma!hines , men ,material et! used in atyre plant run into se*eral !rores and it is ne!essary to ma$e best

possible use o these resour!es to a!hie*e ma.imum e!onomy in

produ!tion !osts"

The main obe!ti*e o produ!tion planning !ontrol is there

ore to ensure optimum utilization o those resour!es as %ell as

the !apital loo$ed up in %or$ in progress in*entory"

The maor a!ti*ities o PPC !ould be enumerated as ollo%sIF

'" S!heduling o ma!hines

2" To ensure that ma!hineries are bought out , re#uired !omponents

are ordered at the right time to it in %ith the plan o %or$

s!hedules or the shop loor"

3" To ensure that the proper man is doing the proper %or$ in

spe!iied time !onsuming spe!iied material at spe!iied #uality"

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;+ ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

This department !onsists o Ele!tri!al, e!hani!al and utility

di*ision"

UTILITY DI%ISION

The 5tility di*ision is the sour!e o steam, po%er, %ater and

!ompressed air" The main un!tions o this di*ision in!ludeI

DEMINERALISATION O$ 1ATER

The %ater pumped rom Chala$udy


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.-ILLED 1ATER PLANT

There are 1 !hillers and the medium used is 6


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maintenan!e"Spare $eeping un!tion also in!luded under pre*enti*e

maintenan!e"

7.INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Ob@e*ti8e

" The main obe!ti*e o this department is to plan, design,

implement and manage integrated produ!tion and ser*i!e deli*ery

systems that assure produ!ti*ity, #uality, reliability, maintainability and

!ost !ontrol to $eep Apollo globally !ompetiti*e"

$UN.TIONS

'" Condu!t %or$Fstudies, impro*ement studies in *arious e#uipment

and i.ation o norms"

2" Capa!ity !al!ulation in *arious e#uipment rom time to time

!onse#uent to *arious !hanges"

3" esign, &mplementation and ollo% up o in!enti*e s!hemes in

*arious zones"

1" Planning and assessment o manpo%er re#uirements o *arious

departments periodi!ally"

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4" Studying plant layout and material handling systems and

suggesting impro*ements"

7" E.plore the possibilities o !apa!ity e.pansion and prepare proe!t

reports"

)" Negotiations %ith unions regarding *arious issues li$e in!enti*e

s!hemes, produ!ti*ity, e.pansion and Labour issues

@" Analysis o !apital e.penditure re#uest rom *arious departments

and ma$e re!ommendations to Senior anagement Committee"

(" Prepare budgetary planning or !apital and !ash lo% re#uirement"

'+"Prepare do!uments or longFterm settlements, bonus settlements

et!" and represent the management in the meetings %ith the 5nions

BLabour epartments"

''">isit other &ndustries or getting inormation regarding LTS

methods, pra!ti!es and other de*elopments"

'2"Condu!t *arious training !lasses or %or$men, super*isors, otheroi!ers and ne% re!ruits"

'3"Apply *arious &ndustrial Engineering te!hni#ues su!h as ob

e*aluation, O KOrganization ethods studies, ?aizen, Line

-alan!ing et!"

'1"Suggest *arious !ost redu!tion programmes and implementation"

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'4"Asso!iate %ith proessional bodies li$e Produ!ti*ity Coun!il,

N&TT&E, and &nstitution o Engineers et!"

'7"Condu!t daily audit on manpo%er, produ!ti*ity, lost time, s!rap

details, absenteeism, o*ertime et!"

')"6urnish *arious other management inormation reports to the top

management"

'@"E*ol*e best pra!ti!es and pro!esses through global ben!hmar$ing

in the !onte.t o global !ompetitions and intense !ustomer o!us"

'("Optimize in*entory le*els at *arious stages su!h as Engineering

Stores, %or$ in progress and inished goods"

2+"Continuous impro*ement o methods and e#uipments design

!ompatible to the best e!onomi! standards"

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6&NANCE EPA


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TURNO%ER AND NET PRO$ITS

Apollo T're( Ltd Turno8er Apollo T're( Ltd/ Net Profit(

Year R(+ in .r( Year R(+ in .r(

'((@F(( ''41"+2 '((@F(( 3'"+@

'(((F++ '37@")4 '(((F++ )7"+7

2+++F+' '14@")+ 2+++F+' 24"12

2++'F+2 ')'+"++ 2++'F+2 12"1+

2++2F+3 2+24"'+ 2++2F+3 '2+"+2

2++3F+1 23'1"3' 2++3F+1 )+"12

2++1F+4 2747"@ 2++1F+4 7)"73

2++4F+7 3++2"'2 2++4F+7 )@"')

2++7F+) 1)33"++ 2++7F+) '+)"++

.ATEGORY AND -OLDING

6oreign holdings 24"7)

;o*ernment or 6inan!ial institutions 2(

Corporate bodies Knon !o*ered abo*e 1"+)

ire!tors and their relati*es 32"13

Other in!luding &ndian publi! @"@1

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S=STES EPAirus

S!anning System and 6ire%all at the head oi!e K;urgaon, 8aryana"

8CL sol*e all the problems related to the net%or$ !onne!tion"

MAINTENANCE FUNCTION

The system department in the plant sol*ed net%or$ problems as

%ell as !omputer problems"


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S1OT Anal'(i(

STRENGT-S

4@


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Continued ar$et Leadership in the dominant industry segment

i"e" Tru!$ B -us tyres"

;lobal presen!e %ith a!#uisition o unlop Tyres &nternational

KPty Ltd in South Ari!a"


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Continuous thrust in road inrastru!ture and !onstru!tion o

e.press%ays national high%ays" Creation o road inrastru!ture

has gi*en, and %ill in!reasingly gi*e a tremendous illip to road

transportation in the !oming years" Tyre industry %ill play an

important role in this !hanging produ!t mi. o transport"

Leadership position in the !ommer!ial *ehi!le segment %ill enable

the Company to le*erage ne% and related business opportunities"

A!!ess to global sour!es or ra% materials at !ompetiti*e pri!es

due to e!onomies o s!ale"

Steady gro%th in *ehi!le produ!tion in the immediate uture

leading to gro%ing demand"

T-REATS

An in!rease in the lo% o tyres rom !ompetiti*e sour!es li$e

China" Cheaper imports on a!!ount o import rom !ountries %hi!h are

signatories to


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$indin#(

2

(u##e(tion(

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$indin#( A air %age system e.ists in ATL"

0or$ers health and saety are gi*en prime importan!e

A good !oordination e.ists bet%een dierent departments

Labour turno*er is *ery lo%"

Trade unions play a *ital role as bargaining agents" The

management is sometimes or!ed to a!!ept unreasonable demands

made by the unions"

The produ!ts o the !ompany are $no%n or its high #uality

standards"

Su##e(tion(

A bit more promotional a!ti*ities !ould enhan!e building brand

image

aintain a healthy relationship %ith trade unions"

0or$ers should be gi*en !han!es to e.press their ideas through

suggestion systems and #uality !ir!les"

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.on*lu(ion

Apollo tyres is the ) th astest gro%ing tyre

!ompany in the %orld" A air %age system pre*ails in ATL" The

!ompany pro*ides better %or$ing !onditions or employees" Proper

training to %or$ers and the ei!ien!y o the %or$ers must be

in!reased to in!rease produ!tion" The industrial relations %ith the

lo!al union is airly good "The !ompany is a!ing !ut throat

!ompetition in &ndian mar$et and international mar$et" espite o all

these !hallenges Apollo has done %ell in the past and %ith a booming

e!onomy and a o!used and progressi*e leadership at the top"

BIBLIOGRAP-Y

Biblio#rap'

Apollo tyres Company manuals

Apollo tyres epartmental manuals

Apollo tyres Annual report

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