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AMUL – THE TASTE OF INDIA
CHAPTER-1
INDUSTRY PROFILE
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COMPANY PROFILE
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1. COMPANY PROFILE
Industry Profile
The Dairy Industry in the 1940s
The time line was 1940s. The focal point was Rural Gujarat. At this point of time, the life
of an average farmer in Banaskantha District was very much like that of his/her counterpart
anywhere else in India. His/her income was derived almost entirely from seasonal crops. The
incomes from milk buffaloes were undependable. Milk producers had to travel long distances to
deliver milk to the only dairy in banas – the banas Dairy. Often milk went sour, especially in
summers, as producers had to physically carry milk in individual containers.
Private traders and middlemen controlled the marketing and distribution system for the
milk. These middlemen decided the prices and the off-take from the farmers by the season. As
milk is perishable, farmers were compelled to sell it for whatever they were offered. Often, they
had to sell cream and ghee at throw-away prices. In this situation, the private trader made a
killing. Moreover, the government at that time had given monopoly rights to Polson Dairy to
collect milk from banas and supply to Bombay city in turn (about 400 kilometers away).
Hence, India ranked nowhere amongst milk producing countries in 1946.
The Dairy Industry in the Present
India with 134mn cows and 125mn buffaloes has the largest population of cattle in the
world. Total cattle population in the country is an estimated 313mn. More than the transition of
the Indian milk industry from a situation of net import to that of surplus has been led by the
efforts of National Dairy Development Board's Operation Flood. Programme under the aegis of
the former Chairman of the board Dr. Kurien.
Presently the market is valued at around Rs 7,00,000 million. According to FAO
estimates in last three years Indian milk production increased by 4% and world milk production
decreased by 2%. The milk production in India accounts for more than 13% of the total world
output & 57% of total Asia’s production.
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Launched in 1970, Operation Flood has led to the modernization of India's dairy sector
and created a strong network for procurement processing and distribution of milk by the co-
operative sector. Per capita availability of milk has increased from 132 gm per day in 1950 to
over 220 gm per day in 1998. The main thrust of Operation Flood was to organize dairy
cooperatives in the milkshed areas of the village, and to link them to the four Metro cities, which
are the main markets for milk. The efforts undertaken by NDDB have not only led to enhanced
production, improvement in methods of processing and development of a strong marketing
network, but have also led to the emergence of dairying as an important source of employment
and income generation in the rural areas.
It has also led to an improvement in yields, longer lactation periods, shorter calving
intervals, etc through the use of modern breeding techniques. Establishment of milk collection
centers, and chilling centers has enhanced life of raw milk and enabled minimization of wastage
due to spoilage of milk. Operation Flood has been one of the world's largest dairy development
programme and looking at the success achieved in India by adopting the co-operative route, a
few other countries have also replicated the model of India's White Revolution.
Today, India is 'The Oyster' of the global dairy industry. It offers opportunities galore to
entrepreneurs worldwide, who wish to capitalize on one of the world's largest and fastest
growing markets for milk and milk products. A bagful of 'pearls' awaits the international dairy
processor in India. The Indian dairy industry is rapidly growing, trying to keep pace with the
galloping progress around the world. As he expands his overseas operations to India many
profitable options await him. He may transfer technology, sign joint ventures or use India as a
sourcing center for regional exports. The liberalization of the Indian economy beckons to MNC's
and foreign investors alike.
India’s dairy sector is expected to triple its production in the next 10 years in view of
expanding potential for export to Europe and the West. Moreover with WTO regulations
expected to come into force in coming years all the developed countries which are among big
exporters today would have to withdraw the support and subsidy to their domestic milk products
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sector. Also India today is the lowest cost producer of per litre of milk in the world, at 27 cents,
compared with the U.S' 63 cents, and Japan’s $2.8 dollars. Also to take advantage of this lowest
cost of milk production and increasing production in the country multinational companies are
planning to expand their activities here. Some of these milk producers have already obtained
quality standard certificates from the authorities. This will help them in marketing their products
in foreign countries in processed for.
Factors responsible for growth of dairy industry.
Market demand factors
New technology
Low production cost
Proper utilization of capacity
Government policies.
Various steps taken by government
1. De – liciensing in 1991.
2. Milk and Milk Products order was issued in 1992 under Essential Commodity Act to regulate
production of milk & dairy products.
3. Introduction of one time license to private sector.
4. In 2003, restriction on setting milk processing & milk product manufacturing plants & also the
concept of milk-sheds were eliminated. The amended order emphasized on sanitary, hygiene,
quality & food safety of milk & milk products.
5. contract framing scheme in dairy sector & 10% reimbursement of funds invested by a
processor in strengthening the weak linkage, reduction in excise duty on processed foods &
reduction in corporate taxes.
6. primary dairy co- operative were exempted from paying tax, district & state level will pay
35% tax. In 2006 government reduced 10% tax for private dairy companies only.
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7. Duty draw-backs at varying rate for export of some dairy commodities.
8. In 2007 government suspended export of skimmed milk powder due to domestic price rise and
milk shortage as reason. It resulted into losses & it was again permitted to export from October.
AMUL
COMPANY PROFILE
a. Background & Inception
In the 1940s, in the district of Kaira in the State of Gujarat, India, a unique
experiment was conducted that became one of the most celebrated success stories of India.
At that time, in Gujarat, milk was obtained from farmers by private milk contractors and by a
private company, Polson's Dairy in Anand, the headquarters of the district. The company had
a virtual stranglehold on the farmers, deciding the prices both of the procured as well as the
sold milk. The company arranged to collect, chill and supply milk to the Bombay Milk
Scheme, which supplied milk to the metropolis of Bombay, and to cities in Gujarat. Polson's
Dairy also extracted dairy products such as cheese and butter. Polson's Dairy exploited its
monopoly fully; the farmers were forced to accept very low prices for their products, and the
decisions of the company regarding the quality and even the quantity of the milk supplied by
the farmers were final. The marketing and distribution system for the milk was controlled by
private traders and middlemen. As milk is perishable, farmers were compelled to sell it for
whatever they were offered. Often, they had to sell cream and ghee at throwaway prices. In
this situation, the one who gained was the private trader.
Gradually, the realization dawned on the farmers with inspiration from then
nationalist leaders Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (who later became the first Home Minister of
free India) and Morarji Desai (who later become the Prime Minister of India) and local
farmer, freedom fighter and social worker Tribhuvandas Patel, that the exploitation by the
trader could be checked only if they marketed their milk themselves. In order to do that they
needed to form some sort of an organization. This realization is what led to the establishment
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of the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited (popularly known as Amul)
which was formally registered on December 14, 1946.
The Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Limited began pasteurizing
milk for the Bombay Milk Scheme in June 1948. By the end of 1948, more than 400 farmers
joined in more Village Society, and the quantity of milk handled by one Union increased
from 250 to 5,000 liters a day. The success of Amul was instrumental in launching the White
Revolution that resulted in increased milk production in India. It is officially termed as
Operation Flood by Amul. The breakthrough technology of spray-drying and processing
buffalo milk, developed by Mr. H.M. Dalaya, was one of the key factors that contributed to
the Revolution.
Purely by chance, in 1949, a mechanical engineer named Verghese Kurien, who had
just completed his studies in engineering in the USA, came to India and was posted by the
Government of India to a job at the Dairy Research Institute at Anand. Settling down in
Anand was hardly a part of his career plans; however, a meeting with Tribhuvandas Patel
changed his life and changed India's dairy industry.
What Mr Patel requested of Dr Kurien was hardly to bring about such a revolution.
All he wanted was help in solving various problems with bringing into working order some
of the equipment just purchased by his co-operative, especially the chilling and pasteurising
equipment. These items of equipment malfunctioned, leading to the rejection of large
quantities of milk by the Bombay Milk Scheme.
Dr Kurien's involvement with the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union
Limited (KDCMPUL; the registered name of the co-operative) grew rapidly. Initially he
merely provided technical assistance in repairing, maintaining and ordering new equipment
but subsequently he became involved with the larger sociological issues involved in
organising the farmers into co-operatives and running these co-operatives effectively. He
observed the exploitation of farmers by the private milk contractors and Polson's Dairy, and
noted how the co-operatives could transform the lives of the members.
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In 1954, Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union built a plant to convert
surplus milk produced in the cold seasons into milk powder and butter3. In 1958, a plant to
manufacture cheese and one to produce baby food were added. Subsequent years saw the
addition of more plants to produce different products. In 1973, the milk societies/district
level unions decided to set up a marketing agency to market their products. This agency was
the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF). It was registered as a co-
operative society on 9 July 1973.
On his visit to Anand in 1965, the then Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri,
was impressed by what he saw—a system that procured, processed and delivered high quality
milk to distant markets cost efficiently. Shastri could also see the difference that the income
from milk had made to the standard of living of farmers in the area. What impressed him the
most was that Amul had done all this without government assistance, in marked contrast to a
number of government sponsored dairy programmes that were doing poorly in terms of
procuring and marketing good quality milk and boosting farmers' incomes. Shastri asked Dr
Kurien to replicate Anand's success all over India.
A pattern similar to the Anand Pattern was to be built in other states of India. This
was carried out under a programme launched by the Government of India, entitled 'Operation
Flood'. The operation was co-ordinated by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB),
a body formed by the Government of India with this specific objective.
The Amul revolution was started as awareness among the farmers. It grew and
matured into a protest movement that was channeled towards economic prosperity. Hence it
set an example for other co-operative dairies across the country, which is why, India has
become the largest milk producer in the world.
b. Nature of the business carried
The Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd. was started in
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1946 with an aim of bringing together all the farmers of Gujarat to produce the best
quality milk and milk products with the right value for money. The basic nature, hence, of
AMUL as a whole is to produce milk products and procure milk from the farmers and market
it through Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation.
GCMMF Ltd. manages the brand name AMUL and it is an apex co-operative
organization. AMUL is jointly owned by 2.41 million milk producers of Gujarat. Hence it
solely depends on the farmers of Gujarat for procurement of milk to produce milk products.
Other than the above, it provides value added services like
Cattle Feed
Artificial Insemination
Mobile Veterinarians
Fertility Improvement Programme
Productivity Enhancement Programme
c. Vision, Mission & Quality Policy
i. Vision
a. To ensure availability and service of high-quality products at reasonable price.
b. To use the brand as a contract to be honored again and again.
ii. Mission
We, at KDCMPU Ltd. & GCMMF Ltd., endeavor to satisfy the taste &
nutritional requirements of the customers of the world through excellence in
marketing by our committed team.
Through co-operative networking, we are committed to offering quality
products that provides value for money.
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iii. Quality Policy
The co-operative structure ensures high standards of quality with the usage of
latest technology & innovations from all over the world to maintain stringent
norms and policies.
It has a dedicated Total Quality Management policy which leads to continuous
improvement through vision, mission, strategy & Human Resource
Development.
Each Dairy has a dedicated Quality Control Department, to update the
products and bring them to world class standard level though no Research &
Development department exists in any of the dairies.
d. Product Profile
AMUL is a brand developed by the farmers of Gujarat. The basic nature of the
business is to gather milk produced by the milch animals and brought in by the farmers and
to pasteurize it for selling and also to make it useful for producing milk products. Hence the
various diversified products are described below.
i. Milk Products
AMUL Gold – Full Cream Milk consisting of 6% Fat
AMUL Shakti – Standardized Milk consisting of 4.5% Fat
AMUL Taaza – Toned Milk consisting of 3% Fat
AMUL Slim ‘n Trim – Double Toned Milk consisting of 1.5% Fat
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ii. Convenient Long Life Milk
AMUL Gold consisting of 4.5% Fat
AMUL Shakti consisting of 3% Fat
AMUL Taaza consisting of 1.5% Fat
AMUL Slim ‘n Trim consisting of 0.2% Fat
iii. Infant Milk Food
Amulspray Infant Milk Food/Infant Milk Substitute – formulated on
guidelines set by Codex commission of WHO/FAO
iv. Dairy Whiteners
Amulya, the creamiest among dairy whiteners – contains milk fat, protein,
Lactose, Sugar & Minerals.
AMUL full cream milk powder with vitamins A & D – more milk fat
(27.5%) as compared to normal milk powders.
v. Refreshing Drinks
AMUL Kool and Kool Café in Chocolate, Strawberry, Pista & Vanilla
Flavors
AMUL Lassee – flavored homogenized heat-treated Lassi
AMUL Masti spiced buttermilk – free of color, preservatives, acids and
sucrose sugar
AMUL Stamina, Instant Energy Drink – contains milk solids, sugar, fruity
syrup acidity regulators and vitamin C
vi. Butter
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AMUL Pasteurized Butter – made from fresh cream by modern
continuous Butter Making Machine.
AMUL Lite Butter – for the health conscious, low fat, low calorie bread
spread with 26% lower fat and calorie content.
Delicious Table Margarine – Cholestrol free with 80% total fat, 2.5% salt
and fortified with vitamins A and B
vii. Cheese
AMUL Processed Cheese made from Cow/Buffalo Milk using microbial
rennet
AMUL Gouda Cheese – a traditional hard cheese with a sweet and fruity
flavor
AMUL Emmental Cheese – Cherry sized holes, Hazelnut Aroma and
Vacuum packed
AMUL cheese spread – made from soft cheese, cheddar cheese and
common salt in Yummy Plain, Patchy Pepper and Spicey Garlic Flavors
AMUL Pizza Mozarella Cheese – moist, soft and elastic texture and
ability to form strings when hot
viii. Other products
AMUL Fresh Cream containing 25% fat and no preservatives added
AMUL sterilized malai paneer – the only paneer which becomes soft on
thawing
AMUL Milk Chocolates, Fundoo, Bindaaz and Fruit & Nut Chocolates
Nutramul, the brown beverage powder – highest protein content and the
only one with BIS Certification Mark
AMUL Shakti, the health food drink, contains partly skimmed Milk
Powder, Sugar, Vitamins & Minerals
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AMUL utterly delicious Heat & Eat Pizza – ready to eat Pizza
AMUL Ice-creams made from fresh milk – 35% richer and creamier than
prescribed standards
AMUL Pure Ghee made from fresh cream – rich source of vitamins A, D,
E & K
AMUL condensed milk – Mithai Mate made from Milk Solids and sugar
AMUL Shrikhand in Badam Pista, Mango, Elaichi and Kesar flavors
AMUL Mithae, Khoa Gulab Jamuns – just heat and eat, which remains
good for 9 months at room temperature
AMUL Basundi for the perfect dessert-delight – concentrated milk based
product with added sugar, flavors and condiments
AMUL Yogi, flavored yoghurt, prepared from pasteurized tonned milk in
Strawberry, Mango, Pineapple and Mix Flavors
AMUL Masti Dahi the smooth flowing curds with smooth taste and
pleasant flavor consistency
e. Area of operation
Though AMUL is a brand name, it is a household name throughout India due to
its quality and value based products. The dairies across Gujarat State prepare different
milk and milk products and GCMMF Ltd. markets them across the country and the
world. So we can say, that though the operational level exists at the state/regional level,
the area of operation is on a Global scale. All the states of the Indian Union have been
connected to the logistical operations of AMUL and hence the supply chain management
is regarded as the best in the country.
It operates/prepares/manufactures in the 25 dairy plants of 13 District Unions in
Gujarat and supplies on the national level to various retail stores across the country.
Their most prestigious customers are the Indian Army. It supplies to various countries
across the world like Gulf, SAARC region, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, The
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Philippines, Cambodia, Japan, Vietnam, China & Australia. It also exports to African
Markets like Sudan & Algeria.
f. Ownership Pattern
AMUL – Anand Milk Union Limited consists of a co-operative structure, with the
owners being the 2.2 million farmers of Gujarat. Hence though some people cite the
structure as bottom up i.e. the farmers decide who will be the Managing Director as well
as the board of directors of the company. The ownership selection process starts from the
village co-operative society level and goes on to the Board of Directors Level. The
process is depicted in steps as below:
i. The village dairy co-operative society is a voluntary association of milk
producers; anyone owning a cow/buffalo can become a member
ii. Every member is entitled to one vote in the society
iii. The managing committee of the village society is elected by the members by
taking their votes
iv. The managing committee so elected elects the chairman and hires employees to
manage the society and for milk collection testing for milk fat, sale of cattle feed,
etc. The total number of village societies in Gujarat hast touched 12,340 with 2.5
million members
v. Primary Milk Producers Societies i.e. the village societies are affiliated to a
district union for example, villages in the Kheda District are affiliated to the Kaira
District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd.
vi. The district union owns and operates a feeder/balanced dairy plant and their main
task is fixing milk prices for village co-operatives
vii. Chairpersons of village societies elect Board of Directors and the Board in turn
elects the Chairman of the District Union.
viii. The unions are managed by a professional team led by the Managing Director; the
number of district unions are 13
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ix. The final body is the national level federation which is the apex body of district
co-operative milk unions where their main task is to market the milk/milk
products of member unions
x. The chairmen of the district unions are the members of the Board of Directors
who elect the Chairman of the Federation.
xi. The CEO and the MD is thereby hired on a professional basis.
g. Competitors’ Information
There are various competitors to AMUL in various product lines; the most
fiercely competed being the butter and milk segment. Some of the most bullish
competitors are listed below.
i. Britannia Industries Limited
With the motto, “Eat Healthy, Think Better”, the biscuit major is a big
stumbling block for AMUL in the butter and cheese segment, with its cheese
products competing on the same level of AMUL. Though AMUL does not have
any biscuit product lines, the quality of Britannia butter can be compared with
AMUL with some critics placing the butter and cheese products high above
AMUL’s.
ii. Hindustan Lever Limited
With the mission, “to add vitality to life, meet everyday needs for
nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look
good and get more out of life”, this MNC is a thorn in the roses for AMUL. The
only competing product from their stable is the Kwality Walls ice-creams which
is actually much better than AMUL ice-creams.
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iii. Cadbury
With the vision, “Life full of Cadbury and Cadbury full of life”, this
chocolate major is a major competitor in the national and international markets for
chocolates of AMUL. Also, it has recently locked horns with Cadbury, for the
malt based drink Bournvita, though it is a long way for AMUL to gain ground to
come on par with Cadbury.
iv. Nestle
With the motto, “Good food, good life”, it has competed with AMUL on
the product lines of chocolates and beverages. Milo is a huge competitor along
with Bournvita, to Nutramul. Essentially all Nestle chocolates are liked along
with Cadbury to push AMUL out of the segment.
v. Dabur
With the motto, “Celebrate Life”, dedicated to the health and well-being
of every household, this is a major competitor in the baby care and beverages
segment with its baby care milk powder and its Real and Active juice products. It
is a known product all over the country and provides stiff competition in spite of
his questioned quality.
h. Infrastructural Facilities
AMUL is widely known for the updated and cut-throat technological machinery it
uses for its productive purposes. The following points depict the infrastructural facilities
right from the village level to the dairy level.
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i. It has 12,340 village co-operative societies, with 2.5 million members bringing in
about 5.08 million liters/day.
ii. It has 25 fully functional dairies within the 13 District unions, with world class
milk chilling machines and other product manufacturing machines
iii. It has 3000 automatic milk collection system units for the village unions for
supply of milk twice a day
iv. They have a supply of mobile veterinarians, who reach the village for a sick
animal, faster than a normal doctor does for a sick human
v. They have artificial insemination units, which has so far succeeded in performing
the best practices due to which the progeny of buffaloes have increased thereby
leading to increase in milk production
vi. At villages they have bulk milk chilling systems to ensure milk does not get spoilt
by the time it reaches the dairy for further processing
vii. The total milk handling capacity is 9 million liters per day; there are 5 plants with
1 mlpd capacity; the milk drying capacity is 600 tpd; the peak milk handled is 9
mlpd; Cattle feed manufactured is 2000 metric tonnes.
viii. Huge cream silos at the Anand Dairy for making butter and storage of pasteurized
milk
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PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT AT THE KDCMPU LTD.
ix. They outsource milk from 9 dairies across the country for more milk production
and processing.
x. Each village has a small unit working depending on the size of the village, and
every morning and evening, there is a line of farmers/women standing outside the
unit to deliver the milk which goes into the cream remover and the pure milk goes
into the special truck to be delivered to the dairy.
i. Achievements/Awards
AMUL has a lot of achievements/awards to its credit, mostly for its
uncompromising quality and superb innovations. The kudos it has received has attracted
a lot of attention all over the world, and it has a subject of study at premier business
schools including the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and also as a case
study. The innovations include the following:
Producing Milk powder from buffalo milk was the biggest achievement AMUL
could ever have done, with it being the first to pursue the effort and succeed. V
Kurien and H M Dalaya were the people to do it before anyone in the world; at a
time when the top brass in the world was saying it was impossible
Brought in new machines, and updated machinery every time at the hour of need.
With such world class machinery, with the funding and support of the farmers,
AMUL is where it is now.
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AMUL has received various awards in recognition to its unerring commitment to
customers and farmers. They are as follows:
GCMMF Ltd. bagged the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award, 1999, in Best of
All Category
The IMC – Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award, 2003, for adopting
noteworthy quality practices for logistics and procurement
APEDA Export Award 2004-05 for best performance in exports of dairy
products.
j. Work Flow Model (end to end)
The work flow model i.e. how one step in the process leads to the other can be
aptly described by the diagram below. It describes the steps in the process of milk
procurement, processing and production of the milk products at the Kaira District Co-
operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd. otherwise known as the AMUL dairy, Anand,
Gujarat.
The steps can be explained as follows:
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WORK FLOW MODEL AT THE KDCMPU LTD.
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i. The process at the village level occurs with the milch animals, farmers and village
units being the main protagonists. The milk is taken from buffaloes and cows by
the farmers.
ii. The milk is delivered to the village bulk milk chilling system where it will be
stored to be put onto the special trucks
iii. The milk quantity is measured as also is the fat content in the milk and the price is
given to the farmer accordingly; the rate of one kilo of fat, is Rs. 255/-
iv. The milk is loaded onto special trucks with cooling facility to ensure it reaches the
dairy, on proper time and in proper condition
VILLAGE LEVEL PROCUREMENT OF MILK FROM VILLAGERS
v. The milk truck transfers the milk procured to the dairy and the logistical part
begins by unloading the milk
vi. The milk is unloaded, and sent it to the pasteurizer section to be pasteurized
vii. The milk is heated at 70°-80°C with the help of hot vapors
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viii. The milk is then cooled at 3°-4°C for one minute
ix. The next step involves separating the milk by sending it through the separator for
cream and powder preparation; here the process deviates into cream production
and powder preparation
x. After cream is separated from the separator, it is stored at the cream silo; half of
the milk without cream separated is passed through 119°C hot air and sugar &
vitamins are added; the other half of the milk is sent to the refrigeration section,
passed through ammonia gas and water, cooled at 3°-4°C
xi. The cream is sent to the butter blender where TATA salt and food color is added
for the yellow color of butter; milk powder produced for consumption due to hot
air pass and milk produced due to cooling process
xii. For butter, weighing & packing is done in 15 kilo capacity cartons or wrapped in
wrapping machine in terms of 100g/50g/10g/5g packets and 400g tins especially
for the Indian Army. For powder, it is done in terms of 1 kilo/500g/100g and for
milk, it is 500g pouches
MILK RECEIVING STATIONS AND THE CREAM AND MILK SILOS
AT KDCMPU LTD.
xiii. For all three products, price & batch numbers label pasted on all the wrapped
products by the pasting machine
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xiv. Later GCMMF Ltd. comes into picture, and along with the Federation it markets,
distributes and sells the products.
k. Future growth & prospects
The milk procurement for 2006-07 was 6.7 million kg/day thus posting a growth
of 4.5% over the past year. The total sales was Rs. 42.77 billion thereby setting a growth
of 13.4%. Considering this, the following points are the future prospects of AMUL.
i. To increase the membership for farmers which is as of now 2.5 million and
increasing; this is being done to include all the villages
ii. A huge prospect is the development of pro-biotic products like ice-creams, etc
thereby increasing market share in health products
iii. Exploring prospects of offering traditional milk products such as khoa
iv. Ensuring sale of popular products in western India to other parts too, especially
South India, where availability of AMUL products are becoming less
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CHAPTER-2
McKINSEY’S 7S FRAME
WORK
AND
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE
McKINSEY’S 7S FRAMEWORK
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Mckinsey’s & Co.’s 7S framework provides a useful tool for analyzing the strategic
attributes of an organization. The Mckinsey’s consulting firm identified strategy as one of the
seven elements exhibited by the best managed companies.
MCKINSEY’S 7S FRAMEWORK
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The figure on the previous page illustrates the multiplicity interconnection between the
elements that define the organizations ability to change. The theory helped the managers thinking
about how companies could be improved. It says that it is not just a matter of devising a new
strategy and following it through nor is it matter to setting up new system & letting them
generate improvements.
The 7s model is an anthropological way to understand the culture. The model shows that
corporate success requires the development of both hard Ss (Strategy, System, & Structure) and
soft Ss (Skill, Staff, Shared value, & Style of leadership).
It helps the leader as a
Mental model to understand culture
Guide for change in management strategy
Tool to design initiative holistically
Reminder of hard & soft assets to integrate align & measure.
The 7s’s are
i. Structure –Strategy – the route that the organization has chosen for its future
growth, a plan an organization formulates to gain sustainable competing
advantages.
ii. System--the formal & informal procedure including Innovation system,
Quality control system, management information system, capital acceleration
system, that govern everyday activities.
iii. Style- the leadership approach of the top management and the organizations
overall approach. Also the way in which the organizations employees present
themselves to the outside world, to supplier & customer.
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iv. Staff – the organizations human resources refers to how people are developed,
trained, socialized, integrated, motivated & how their carrier are managed.
v. Skill- what the company does best, the distinctive capabilities & competencies
that reside in the organization.
vi. Shared value- originally called super ordinate goals, the guiding concept, &
principles of the organizations value & aspiration often unwritten that go
beyond the conventional statement of the corporate objectives, the
fundamental ideas around which a business built; the things that influence a
group to work together for a common aim.
MCKINSEY’S 7S FOR AMUL
A. Structure
i. Overall Organization Structural Details
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FUNCTIONAL AREAS
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF AMUL AND THE DAIRIES
ii. Departments
There are various departments across each dairy in the state. They
can be described as follows
Quality Control
o The main purpose is to design & develop product
o Also responsible for obeying government norms, label
designing, rules and regulations
o One person from Federation is always present at every
QC
o Check for quality problems in the prepared products
o Check Competitors’ products
o Checking entire chain of cold storage in market
o Checking of housekeeping in godowns, temperature,
quality of goods storage
o Helps in government liaison
o Presence of Prevention of Food Adulteration Nominee
Accounts
o To keep in compliance with accounting standards and
procedures at every stage at every level and at each unit
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o To oversee and collect and tabulate data regarding
collection of sales, billing, pricing, credit notes, debit
notes, payments, carry-forwards, etc.
o The people in charge are Depo Accountant – in –
Charge and Zonal Accountant – in – Charge
Administration
o Human Resource related activities are performed here,
including employees’ welfare, promotion, appraisal,
pay hike, leave, etc.
Marketing
o Deals with third party, logistics, distribution, sales and
marketing, promotion, pricing, etc.
Co-operative Society Department
o To increase number of co-operative societies in villages
o To educate farmers
o To support and provide animal husbandry
o To support and provide artificial insemination
Information Systems Division
o To control the ERP system called the Entrepreneur
Integrated Application System – EIAS
o Basically being the computer department; handles the
technical part of the entire organization
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Purchase Department
o Involved in purchasing of material, equipment and
machines and other basic physical machinery
requirements for daily running of the dairy
Production Department
o Involved in the pasteurization of milk, processing and
preparation of milk products like cream, powder, butter,
cheese, etc. by a refined process and updated machinery
B. Skill
The skills refer to how the training will be given to the employees. Usually the
training program lasts 2 months, depending on the requirement. At GCMMF Ltd., it
takes continuous training through the career. They use both on-the-job and off-the-job
training. They are described as follows.
On-the-job training
Here two skills are imparted to the newly joined employee which are
1. Salesmanship
This skill basically trains the employee on how to
approach, how to open/close calls and retailing skills. He should be
able to convince any retailer. The skill stresses on listening first as
a more important characteristic. It stresses on paying respect and
importance to indifferent people. It also pays attention for fast
decision making, competitors’ information and environmental
scanning
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2. Distributor Handling
This skill develops the inner characteristic of enforcing the
employee’s thinking, giving salespersons their space, motivate the
distributors and controlling them.
Off-the-job training
Here two programs are held to develop the skills employee like
presentations and data work. They are
1. AMUL Yatra
This Yatra is a basic training program and tour to any dairy
in particular for the employees to get a feel of belongingness to the
organization. This includes a visit to the village society and
interaction with the farmers to get a feel of the basic roots of the
organization.
2. Competency Development Program
This program develops the other skills like presentations
and data work so each employee feels he is treated as a valuable
asset to AMUL and not only GCMMF Ltd.
C. Style
McKinsey framework suggests that the style of working in each organization
depends on the information flow from top management to bottom level and vice
versa. The aspects of business most emphasized by the members of the top
management tend to be given no attention by people down in the organization
reporting relationships may also convey the style of the organization.
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At GCMMF Ltd. and KDCMPU Ltd., a transparency scheme is followed,
wherein each employee has access to all the records of the company, and all
information is shared across the wide levels of the organization. They follow the
following styles:
Top-Down Style
This style is followed at a point when information is needed to be
followed down the order, from the top brass/management to the
operational level. Hence this is applied in two cases. The first is when
there is a product launch i.e. a new product designed is entering the
market, and as such the entire organization is familiar with the new
product. The second case of the top-down style functioning occurs when,
expectations of the employees are looked into, and also the survey results
are tabulated and sent downwards to the operational level.
Bottom-up Style
This style is followed at a point when information is needed to be
shared to the top management about the working of the operational level
and the major problems outside the scope of the middle managers. It also
is followed when the demand of certain products, have to be known. The
production department sends an estimate of the number of units
manufactured and thereby depending on the sales and supply, the top
management makes a decision on the demand required.
Authoritative Style
This style is followed when there is aggressive participation of the
top management to ensure the rules and regulations are strictly abided by,
and when there is slow moving of products or when a particular product is
not selling well in the market.
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Participative Style
This style is followed in cases of problem-solving and feedback
when necessary. It is actively followed during meetings when there is a
major/minor decision to be taken amongst the employees to run
machinery/to capture new markets/ to launch a new product. Mostly the
operational level and middle level operates on participative style basis.
D. Strategy
The main and core strategy of GCMMF Ltd. and AMUL on a whole is
simply “Value for Money Products”. The reason for this is that AMUL stresses on
quality rather than gaining profits. When the co-operative society started, it was
clearly stated that all the profits belong to the farmers and other milk providing
members. This was due to Tribhuvandas’ commitment to the farmers, and his
unwavering maintenance of the fact that this would be an organization with quality as
the sole motto. As the motto reads, “The taste of India”, it stresses on the taste and
nothing else.
As far as certain product lines are concerned, like butter and milk, AMUL
is unrivalled due to its continuous research and quality control. It has so far ensured
the prices remain at a low rate, for even the basic consumer. The price for a milk
packet of AMUL Taaza of 500g is around Rs. 8.50 which is affordable for any level
of consumer. The popularity of the product solely depends on the quality hence
AMUL has a separate TQM policy of maintain records of quality control and working
in tandem with the QC department. The farmers are directly involved in the process,
which makes no flaw in the taste and experience.
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The AMUL ready-to-eat pizzas, were an instant hit in Ahmedabad and
various cities across Gujarat, when it was launched. At a rate of Rs. 10/- per pizza, it
penetrated the market fiercely and thereby edging out the local competitors, hence
leading to a price war. The strategy here was simple, value for money, as the pizza
was meant for stop-and-go food, and it was tasty. This was the same case with
AMUL ice-creams in the party pack and family pack segment. The rates were pretty
cheap compared to Kwality Walls and Vadilal’s ice-creams, which led to people
citing low prices and quality as picking AMUL for the ice-creams.
Another important product, was the cheese based one. The advertisement,
“Amul Cheese… Yes Please” was a national hit, and led to extensive rethinking of
strategies for the leading MNC’s including Britannia. This was because the value for
money was ensured to the consumers and the lingering taste invoked the consumers
to buy more of the same product.
E. System
The various systems developed in the course of the growth of AMUL have
been a source of inspiration for other co-operative structures or rather a good example
for them. Some of the important systems developed at AMUL are as under
i. Inventory Control System
ii. Order Execution System
iii. EIAS – Entrepreneur Integrated Application System
iv. Distribution System
Out of these, the distribution system was studied to the last detail. It is
described below.
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Distribution System
This system is applicable to the city of Ahmedabad on a whole,
and to some extent, the neighbouring districts of Vadodara,
Surendranagar, Himmatnagar, etc.
a. There are four godowns of AMUL at Ahmedabad namely,
Security, Bhoomi, Sachin & Padmavadi. Security is based at
Narol village, Bhoomi and Sachin at Aslali village and
Padmavadi at Naroda village.
b. Sachin and Padmavadi are cold storage warehouses storing
Butter, Cream and Shrikhand. Security and Bhoomi are warm
storage warehouses storing Cool Drinks, Tetrapack Milk, Amul
Masti, Powders, etc.
c. The Manufacturing date & date of expiry is necessary to be
considered.
d. GCMMF Ltd. gives an order to Godhra town warehouse; while
ordering Delivery Number is to be given, which comes from
Anand Headquarters
e. If goods are available, then an invoice number is made, and
goods are dispatched to Clearing and Forwarding Agents.
f. Goods are received till octroi post, where the octroi has to be
paid. Octroi is levied only on flavored substance. So for 1200
boxes, 3% octroi is levied.
g. Goods are received at Security warehouse. An entry is to be
made into the incoming register.
h. Any cases of defective products, the particular batch is not to
be sold, and the batch number is noted down
i. Requirement for Security is decided at GCMMF Ltd. and if it
requires 100 cartons, then a bill of 100 cartons is made.
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Information is given to Security and Bhoomi and transporters
are contracted.
j. Two duplicate copies of the bill is filed with Mr. Simon, the
warehouse-in-charge and C & F employee goes to take invoice
from GCMMF Ltd. transporter makes an Lorry Reciept.
k. Transporter reaches where the stock is more in accordance to
whom the bill is made
l. He pays octroi and goes to Security Warehouse with Lorry
Reciept
m. A duplicate copy is served to the transporter and the entry is
made in the dispatch register for outward dispatch.
F. Staff
The staff of AMUL as an organization is huge, concerning the 13 district
unions covering 25 dairies. The staff is described as under in the various levels.
CONSUMERS 2.5 MILLION
10 MILLION HH FARMERS
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THE STAFF/MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION
GCMMF Ltd. has 750 employees across the accounting, marketing,
personnel departments. It is such a vast organization and it is surprising to
know that only 750 employees handle the workload of 25 state-of-the-art
dairies across 13 district unions.
There are 13 member unions at the district level, with 10,000 employees
There are 3,600 distributors handling AMUL products and storing and
distributing them
There are 400,000 retailers selling AMUL products to 10 million
households
There are village co-operative societies in the number of 10,000 and above
5000 employees
The owners, the farmers are 2.5 million in number, and still increasing.
G. Shared Value
AMUL has so far always promised on its values and has delivered on
time, value for money products. The shared values can be described below:
Customer Orientation
AMUL always focuses on the customer, hence it has opened the AMUL
dairy at Anand from 3 P.M. to 6 P.M. solely for visitors/customers/farmers to
have a look at the world class dairies.
Commitment to producers
Quality ensured
Innovation all the way
o Creation of AMUL butter girl in 1966
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o Topical tone from 1967
o Starting Amul Preferred Outlets to come closer to the customer
Co-operative structure maintained
Excellence in production and delivery
Leadership maintained; no autocratic situations
Sense of belongingness maintained
Employees have pride in working for organization
Employee Satisfaction
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CHAPTER-4
SWOT ANALYSIS
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SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths
o Sizeable population of cows & buffaloes
o Huge domestic market for products
o Absolute Monopoly in traditional milk products
o Market leader in major milk & milk products like cheese, dairy whiteners & ice-
creams
o Availability of all kinds of machinery and equipment at most competitive rates in
the world
o Excellent network of Artificial Insemination Centres in the world
o Good infrastructural and institutional support for dairying
Weaknesses
o Co-operative structure - complexity
o Not more than 12% dividend
o Fights between district unions
o FIFO not handled properly
o Financial benefits not available
o Socio-cultural constraints on culling on less/non-productive animals
o Competition between man & animal for scarce land & water resources
o Government working is seen all departments
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Opportunities
o Global markets like Africa, South America
o Rural markets for sale of cheese and related products
o Potential for increasing the productivity of milch animals
o Scope for reforms by restructuring Animal Husbandry Departments in states
o Good scope for privatization of animal health care services in selected areas
Threats
o Unregulated competition from national and multinational private companies
o Dumping of cheap dairy products on Indian markets by developed countries
o Unethical practices by unscrupulous private dairy operators
o Inadequate public and private investment in modernization of the sector
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CHAPTER-5
FINDINGS
CONCLUSIONS
SUGGESTIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
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CHAPTER-6
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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wikipedia.org
www.amul.tv
www.amul.com
Case studies from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Online Resource Centre
The story of AMUL
Manthan – the movie
Mamooliram – the small big man, a movie about Verghese Kurien
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