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Introduction

In this age of cut throat competition, companies around the world are looking for that

one thing could give the edge. Over the period of time they have come to realize that the

advantage that they were looking for their employees.

This project deals with this factor of the corporate world. To keep the work force in

the best shape possible the keywords that come into play are training and development. It is

a critical requirement to train ones employees according to the demands of the job and also

employees stand in terms of their skills, can any organization decide upon what training

needs to be imparted to the employees.

This is where the competency matrix comes into the picture. Skill matrix is the most

basic terms defines the skills and skills level of each employee, thus determining their

competency as per his/her perception and also as per the supervisor/team leader/managers

perception.

The analysis done in this project is mainly manual. The idea again being finding out

areas of weakness and strength in each departments according to the benchmark levels set as

per the discussions with the supervisors/team leaders. The analyzed sheets are color coded so

that they can work as a tool for many purposes. Also the competency map is also made in a

manner such that it can be used as it is to help the organizational plan.


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Company Profile

Company name:Madras Fertilizers Limited

Business type:A public sector unit manufacturing fertilizers and agro products.

MFL was incorporated on December 8, 1966 as a joint venture between GOI and

AMOCO India incorporated of U.S.A (AMOCO) in accordance with the Fertilizer Formation

Agreement executed on 14.5.1966 with equity contributions of 51% and 49% respectively. In

accordance with the participation agreement between GOI, AMOCO and National Iranian Oil

Company (NIOC), an undertaking of Government of Iran, NIOC acquired 50% of the

shareholding of AMOCO in MFL on 22.11.1972. With this acquisition, shareholding of

AMOCO and NIOC were at 24.5% each, with the balance 51% being held by GOI.

Subsequently, on 22.7.1985, the shareholding of AMOCO was proportionately purchased by

GOI and NIOC. As a result, GOI and NIOC shareholding was revised to 67.55% and 32.45%

respectively. Subsequent to the issue of rights shares in 1994 for part-financing the project,

the holding of GOI and NIOC stood at 69.78% and 30.22% respectively. MFL had an initial

public offering of its shares in May 1997. After the allotment of shares to the public the

shareholding pattern is as follows:

Shareholders Percentage of Holdings

Government Of India 59.50

Naftiran Intertrade Co Ltd (Affiliate Of NIOC) 25.77

General Public 14.73

Total 100.00

MFL is engaged in the manufacture of Ammonia, Urea, Complex Fertilizers andBiofertilizers. MFL's activities include marketing of these fertilizers and trading in Agro

Chemicals in accordance with the corporate objective. MFL has been striving to develop and

maintain an Organizational environment, that motivates the individual, encourages personal

initiative, innovation and creativity. MFL has its plant facilities and head quarters located on

329 acres of freehold land at Manali, about 20 km north of Chennai city.


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MFLs Mission

Our mission is to achieve all round excellence in the spheres of manufacture and

marketing of Chemical Fertilizers, Biofertilizers, Agrochemicals paving way for increased

Agricultural production and productivity, maximizing Shareholders value and guarding

interest of all Stake-holders of the Company.

MFLs Commitments

MFL is committed to

Produce and distribute quality fertilizers conforming to the specifications. Timely distribution of our fertilizers to ensure consumer satisfaction Continual upgradation of Technology and Development of Human Resources Strictly adhere to the prescribed Safety, Health and Environmental Protection

Standards.

Keep the Personal and Business information disclosed to us confidential. Production and promotion of new generation Bio fertilizers.

The Plant

MADRAS FERTILIZERS LIMITED is a Central Public Sector Undertaking situated

at Manali near Chennai in Tamil Nadu, South India. MFL is an ISO-9001-2000 and ISO-

14001-2004 certified company.

MFL consists of production plants, Ammonia, Urea in single streams and NPK in

three streams, viz. NPK A Train, B Train and C Train. Utilities Plant is the service plant

supplying treated water, cooling water, off-site steam, instrument air, captive power and

emergency power. On November 1, 1971, MFL commenced commercial production of

Ammonia, Urea and NPK complex. The feedstock for Ammonia is Naphtha and it is being

supplied by the neighboring M/s Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL).The original Ammonia / Urea Plants were of Chemico design with the daily rated

capacity of 750 MT (247500 MTPA) and 885 MT (292000 MTPA) respectively. Initially


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there were only two trains to produce granulated complex fertilizers with a total installed

capacity of 360000 MTPA and in September 1976 on more NPK stream, namely C Train,

was added raising the installed capacity to 540000 MTPA, all by Hindustan Dorr Oliver. In

1991, the old Chemico converter of Ammonia Plant was replaced with the latest S 200 Radial

Converter.

Revamp

The company, to extend the economic life of the plants by another 15 years and also

envisaging improvement in energy consumption, undertook a major Revamp-cum-

Modernization and Capacity Enhancement of its plants at a cost of Rs 600 Cr during 1993-

1998. Production from the Revamped Plants commenced from March 3, 1998. Process

License and Basic Engineering from M/s Haldor Topsoe, Denmark for Ammonia Plant and

from M/s Urea Technologies Inc., U.S.A for Urea Plant was adopted with modern Distributed

Control System (DCS). The enhanced production capacities are 1050 MTPD for Ammonia

(346500 MTPA) and 1475 MTPD for Urea (486750 MTPD). With respect to NPK, Pipe-

reactor with Process License & Basic Engineering from M/s Grande Parroise, France was

incorporated in NPK B Train. By this and along with higher on-stream efficiency, the

installed capacity was raised to 2550 MTPD (840000 MTPD).

Post-Revamp

After overcoming initial teething troubles, the Ammonia & Urea Plants reached 87%

and 83% capacity utilization levels in 1999-2000. To improve product quality and bring

down product temperature before admitting into bagging streams, Prill Tower modification

was carried out by Monsanto Enviro-Chem (MECSI), U.S.A. and a fluidized bed cooler

(Prills Cooling SystemPCS) was put into service. Urea Plant achieved a record production

of 486750 MT in 2011-12 surpassing the previous best of 478834 MT in 2010-11.Specific

consumption of feedstock has also come down over the years after process stabilization.


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MFL Products

Chemical Fertilizers

Urea

NPK - Complex (17:17:17), (14:28:14), (19:19:19), (20:20:0:13)

NK Mixture (20:0:10)

MOP (Imported)

DAP (Imported)

VIJAY Urea

VIJAY Urea with 46% Nitrogen is an economical Nitrogenous fertilizer suitable for

all crops and all soil types. It can be used separately as a top dressing fertilizer or in

combination with other fertilizers also. It is suitable for foliar application also.

VIJAY Complexes

VIJAY complexes are granulated fertilizers containing Nitrogen, Phosphorous and

Potash. As the nutrients are present in balanced proportion, they are ideal for application as

basal fertilizers to all the major crops.

VIJAY 17:17:17, which was introduced in 1970, is our flagship product, which enjoys

high farmer preference, on account of its excellent performance leading to bumper yields. It

was the first balanced complex fertilizer to be introduced in Indian market, with all the three

nutrients available in equal proportion. The nitrogen in VIJAY 17:17:17 is in Amide and

Ammonical forms, making it ideally suited for early growth and vegetative phases of all

crops.

Biofertilizers

Azospirillum (Paddy) Azospirillum (Other crops) Azospirillum (Plantation Crops) Rhizobium (Groundnut) Rhizobium (Pulses)


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Phospho Bacteria (All Crops) NP Bio (All Crops)

A healthy soil alone can utilize the applied chemical fertilizers efficiently and lead to

high yields. The health of the soil is maintained by various factors, the most important being

the soil microbes. Continuous cultivation results in microbial population being depleted.

Inocculation of Biofertilizers in cultivated soil results in multiplication of the microbial

population. MFL, with a view to maintain good health and fertility of the soil, introduced

Biofertilizers under the brand name "VIJAY BIO".

VIJAY Bio-fertilizers come in two categories, viz., Nitrogen fixers and Phosphate

Solublizers. The Biofertilizer range is wide and covers the requirements of all crops under all

soil / climatic conditions.

Agro Chemicals - Neem based

VIJAY Neem - 300 ppm

VIJAY Neem - 1500 ppm


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MFLs Achievements

MFL has a creditable record of success in production, energy conservation, promotional

activities and as a responsible corporate citizen.

MFL bagged the prestigious award from Fertilizer Association of India forOutstanding performance in Production of Phosphatic Fertilizers during 1991-92

Received the Best Farmers Service Award for 1992 instituted by Gandhi Gram RuralInstitute, Tamil Nadu.

Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial National Award for Effective Implementation ofPollution Control 1992-93 and 1993-94.

Video Film on the use of Biofertilizers was judged as the best entry by the FertilizerAssociation of India in 1993.In 1994-95 also another film on Biofertilizers was

judged as the best entry for the second time.

Video Films on Paddy and Balanced Fertilizer Application were judged as the bestentries for the year 1988 and 1994.

A certificate of merit was awarded for the video film on Banana in 1991. MFL was conferred with Best Tax Payer Award for the year 1995-96.

MFL received Official Language implementation Award for the year 2003-04.

Environmental Awards won by MFL

S No Name of Award Year

1 Jawaharlal Nehru Gold award for Best Environmental &

Ecological Implementation

1992-93

2 J.N Gold award for best Environmental & Ecological

Implementation

1993-94

3 J.N Gold award for Best Environmental & Ecological

Implementation

1997-98

4 Lal Bahadur Sastri Memorial Gold Award for Best

Environmental & Ecological Implementation

1998-99

5 Millenium National Award for Best Pollution Control

Implementation Gold Award

2000


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6 International Greenland Society Award for Excellent

Environment & Ecological Implementation

2000-

2001

7 Indira Gandhi Memorial National Award for Best

Environmental & Ecological Implementation

2001-

2002

Energy Conservation Awards won by MFL

1 II Prize in National Energy Conservation Award

(instituted by ministry of Power)

1992-93

2 Best Energy Conservation Implementation Gold Award 1996-97

3 National Energy Conservation Award (instituted by

ministry of Power)

1996-97

4 International Greenland Society National Award for

Excellent Energy Conservation Implementation Gold

Award

1999-2000

5 J.N. Best Energy Conservation Implementation Gold

Award

2000-2001

Safety

Safety is a way of life at MFL. The Company has a unique distinction of achieving a

plant Safety Record of 3190 days (8 years and 9 months: 10-2-75 to 5-1l-83) amounting to

19.8 million man hours of operation without any disabling injury, a world record. MFL has

bagged 24 International, 25 National and 38 State Safety Awards.

Safety Awards

MFL has bagged three State Safety Awards from the Inspectorate of Factories, Tamil

Nadu for the year 2001 in the following categories:

Scheme II Prize for the highest reduction in the weighted frequency rate

Scheme III Prize for the lowest weighted frequency rate


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Scheme III - II Prize for the longest accident free period in million man-hours

The Honorable Minister of Labour Thiru Annavi presented the awards in the State Safety

Awards function at Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai, on the National Safety Day, March 4,

2005.

ISO 9001

MFL has crossed yet another milestone on its march towards Organizational

excellence. It was a momentous occasion when MFL earned the distinction of being the first

Public Sector Undertaking in the Fertilizer Sector to get the ISO 9002 accreditation effective

November 1, 1995. Presently MFL is having ISO 9001-2008 Certification valid upto

December, 2013. The much coveted International Quality Certificate is obtained inrecognition of MFL's endeavor of implementing Quality Management System Standards in

all the Areas of the Organization and also sustained efforts are put in to improve the quality

systems in accordance with the MFL Quality Policy. Now, MFL has ISO 9001:2008

Certificate valid upto December 2013.

As a commitment to the Pollution Control & Environmental Protection, MFL has

initially obtained ISO 14001 certification by January 2001, during which period National

Productivity Council was providing consultancy to MFL for EMS Certification. Presently,

MFL has ISO 14001:2004 certificate valid upto May 2014.

Award Of ISO 14001 Certification To MFL

MFL has one more feather in its cap of obtaining Environmental Management System

certification (ISO 14001:2004) which is valid upto May 2014.

Initially, MFL had been awarded ISO 9002 Certification for the Quality Management

System in the year 1995 and this Certification is renewed five times between 1998 and 2010.

The latest QMS Certificate (ISO 9001:2008) is valid upto December 2013. MFL has

upgraded the latest 2008 version in the year 2010.

MFL has always been environmentally pro-active to make cleaner, greener and safe

environment with its motto of achieving better & still better productivity by energy savings

and sustainable growth.


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Since inception MFL has invested `73.5 crores for the installation of pollution

prevention and abatement facilities during earlier operations, modernization and during

capacity upgradation activities.

Significant among them is the installation of Tertiary Sewage Treatment and Reverse

Osmosis System to treat and desalinate the city sewage for reuse in plant which has resulted

in reducing the sewage flow into sea and releasing 8% of fresh water by Chennai

Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board for city use. In addition, during 1999

additional treatment systems have been installed at a cost of around `60 lacs. By these

activities 40% of effluents generated are being treated and recycled, thus making the

production facilities of Ammonia, Urea and NPK units a total Zero discharge plant.

Further, a sum of `.6.7 Crores had been invested to achieve a much cleaner

environment. In this connection, a treatment and recovery system is installed for cooling

water blow down which contributed recovering a further 40% of the effluents generated. A

10% quantity of effluents generated is supplied to a neighboring industry for their process

use. These activities have achieved a recovery and reuse of 80% of effluents and supply of

10% of effluent thus making the unit to march towards "a near zero effluent discharge" status.

The other schemes include continuous online stack monitoring system for Urea & NPK

Plant's stacks and upgradation of effluent handling systems. These are in line with MFL's

philosophy of achieving zero discharge of effluents generated.

Keeping all the above in mind and to provide a frame work and recognition for the

efforts put in this direction, MFL volunteered for ISO 14001 Certification. Accordingly, we

have demonstrated commitment towards Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection and

compliance per legal requirements. In this connection, MFL initiated proactive steps from

September 2000 onwards for obtaining initial ISO 14001 Certification. At present, M/s

Indian Register Quality Systems (IRQS) has been MFLs Certifying body for QMS and

EMS. MFL has always been committed to continual improvement on Quality Management

System and Environmental Management System resulting in Productivity conforming to

energy savings and achieving cleaner, greener & safe environment by keeping in view of

Corporate Social Responsibility. Further, with cooperation, involvement, trust and

understanding of all MFLers including Contract Workmen, the targets, objectives and

consequent profit maximization are achieved which contributes to the national economy,

productivity and prosperity.


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Review of literature

The skill matrix is a tool for determining a lot of skill related of the organization and its

employees. The skill matrix can be used to identify the following,

The skills required for working in any particular team or position. Identify the skill inventory of the organization. The level of skills (Ratings). The required/ preferred level of skills. The combination of skills that could be formed (competencies). The points where skill improvement is required. The people who could impart training on certain specific skills (Experts).The skill matrix can be designed in various ways as per the requirement of the

organization and the results that are expected out of the matrix. This specific matrix is

designed to scale each employee on the various skills that are chosen as per the departments

taken for the study at MFL-chennai.

The x axis of the matrix contains the code assigned for the employees of a particular team

while the y axis contains the names of the skills. There are two separate kinds of skill matrix

that are used in this project they are the soft skill matrix and the technical skill matrix. The

skills mentioned on both of these kinds vary. The theme of this project can be stated as

training need analysis. The major objectives of this project are

Finding out the skill and competency levels of the employees of MFL-chennai. Comparing with the bench marks and recording the data for further use. Analyzing training needs as per the recorded data.

Study conducted on UKAN skills by Paul Mayes, University of Teesside

The main aim of the project was to produce demonstration versions of online Skills

development maps for a range of different approaches to skills development. The project

was collaborated with Janet A. Hale of curriculummapping101.com and Rubicon

International to use Rubicons Atlas online curriculum mapping software to host the skills

development maps as well as demonstrating such software to a British audience.


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Study conducted on Skills Mapping and Skill Development for

Employability: The case of Cuttack by Annop.K.Satpathy,

Jimuta.P.Mishra, Nishith Prakash.

(faculty member in economics, assistant professor, ohio university) states that the

impact of globalization on society and economics is encapsulated in its effects on the labor

market. It has accentuated the skill components in labor. In order to evaluate the impact on

globalization the search for social specifies is imperative. There is a need for an analysis of

the labor market at a disaggregated level with a focus on: a) the skills training infrastructure

available in each locality, and its effectiveness in nurturing employability, b) the importance

of partnership between training institution with other social actors. In this regard paper

attempts to examine the case of Cuttack District in Orissa. A description of the types of

industries and the means of acquisition of skills is also given in order to gauge the growth

pattern and the likely demand for skills in the district.

A Study on Information Skills Provision: Mapping the Informational Skills

of Cambridge undergraduates and induction/ training provision across the

university prepared by Lizz Edwards-Waller.

This report summarizes the result of the IRIS project: an eleven-week research

exercise undertaken as part of the Arcadia Fellowship Program. The IRIS Project aimed to

map both the provision of library inductions and training for students at the University, and

the information skills amongst undergraduate students.

A Study on Skill Mapping: Assessing Australias longer term requirements

for Professional Skills by a discussion paper prepared by Professions

Australias Education Committee.

The paper discuss about the mapping Australias longer term requirements for

professional skills will provide the data and research necessary to better managing the supply

and demand for professional skills. It will also ensure we are maximizing the outcomes from

investment in professional skills accumulation, and facilitate a shift from the current ad hoc

arrangements to a more coordinated national to professional workforce planning and policy

development.


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Aim

The aim of the study was to identify the skill level of the employees at MFL-Chennai.

Scope of the study

The project was performed for the employees of MFL-Chennai. The employees were chosen from the four functional departments of the company. To identify the various areas where there is certain need of training. The two main matrix that are to be covered for all the employees are soft skill matrix

and the technical skill matrix.

Objective of the study

To understand the employees level and performance

To understand the employees own perspective of the skills that he/she possesses.

To understand the training need for the employee.

Research methodology

Research refers to the systematic method consisting of enunciation of the problem, collecting

the facts or data, analyzing the facts and reaching certain conclusions either in the form of

solutions towards the concerned problem or in certain generalization for theoretical

formulation. An effective research strategy is the framework of the research process. This

will detail the most suitable methods of investigation, nature of the instrument, sampling plan

and types of data.

Research design

A research design constitutes the blue print for the data collection measurement and analysis

of data. The MFL-Chennai was interested to know the skills level of their employees.

Sampling design

The sampling design adopted in this study is stratified random sampling technique.


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Sample size

The sample size is 60% of the total population in the department.

Source of data

Primary data

Primary data was gathered from employees of MFL-Chennai. The data is of the primary

nature since the respondents were asked individually to answer in person directly through

questionnaire.

Secondary data

The secondary data is readily available data. It is collected previously for other purpose but

can be used the immediate studies as a reference only.

Employee recordsThe primary details of the job description, responsibilities and performance

review details are collected through files available in the organization.

Performance and potential review formThe performance appraisal form available in the company.

Reference books. Websites.

Limitations of the study

The period of research is limited. Hence all the data and their temporal context wouldbe limited to a particular period only.

The results depends upon the information furnished by the employees and hence theinformation is subjected to personal bias.


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