TABLE SHOWING STOCK TURN OVER RATIO OF THE COMPANY FOR THE 5
YEARS
A STUDY ON INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
COMPAMY PROFILE:
INTRODUCTION
Indias first Public Sector Unit (PSU) ITI ltd was established in
1948. Ever since, as a pioneering venture in the field of
telecommunications, it has contributed to 50% of the Present
national telecomm network. With state-of-the-art manufacturing
facilities spread across six locations and a county wide network of
marketing/service outlets, the Company offers a complete range of
telecomm products and total solutions covering the whole spectrum
of switching, transmission, access and subscriber premises
Equipment. ITI joined the league of world class vendors of global
system for mobile (GSM) technology with the inauguration of mobile
equipment manufacturing facilities at its mankapur and raibareli
plants in 2005-06. This ushered in a new era of indigenous mobile
equipment production in the country. These two facilities supply
more than nine million lines per annum to both domestic as well as
export markets.
The company is consolidating its diversification into
information and communication Technology (ICT) to hone its
competitive edge in the convergence market by deploying its rich
telecom expertise and vast infrastructure. Network management
systems, Encryption and networking solutions for internet
connectivity are some of the major Initiatives taken by the
company. Secure communications is the companys forte with a proven
record of engineering strategic communication networks for Indias
Defense Forces. Extensive in house R&D work is devoted towards
specialized areas of encryption NMS, IT and access products to
provide complete customized solutions to various customers.
ITI LTD AT BANGALORE PLANTStarting with assembling imported
parts of telephone and switching exchanges in 1948, the Bangalore
plant blossomed into a self contained manufacturing facility having
all infrastructural Changes, then progressed to crossbar type
exchanges and electronic era with manufacture of Electronic
switches in
Collaboration with M/S CITR ALCATEl, FRANCE and also
indigenously Developed C-DOT switches. In late 1990s as the
cellular and mobile technology revolutionized
The telecomm world, Bangalore plant went for CDMA WLL technology
in collaboration with M/S LG, KOREA. It also introduced in the year
2002-2003 as a manufacture of CDMA200-IX, The latest technology in
switching was been taken up with the collaboration with ZTE,a
global Mobile communication leader from china.
The telephonic instruments developed grew from assembly of
imported parts to complete Manufacture and assembly of various
types of instruments. From rotary dial phones with lot of
Mechanical part we are now in manufacture of PCs Decadic/pulse,
DTMF and switch able
Phones. The latest additions to these include ISDN, CLID, IP
PHONES & MOBILE PHONES.A separate division takes care of
specific needs of Defense communication. The equipments and Are
designed, developed and manufactured to rigid specifications for
defense needs like magneto Phones, head gear set, sound powered
phones, (navy) & dedicated phones for air force, field
Telephones model 5 band for army etc. transmission equipment for
defense include VST,TST ADM,MUX,DATASWITCH, DIG.M/W
On the quality front, the entire Bangalore plant Is certified
for ISO 9001-2000.the Bangalore Plant has in line with companys
image as a total solution provider, taken up TURNKEY projects Like
CIVICON for the ministry of home affairs and ASCON & CARNATION
for the army. Other measures on diversification include manufacture
of PCs marketing our space capacities In SMT, CTR, environment
protection & chemical / metallurgical testing labs, quality
assurance Related consultancy etc.
It has been the constant endeavor of Bangalore plant to accept
and face the challenges of changes in technology, customer
preferences, and economic scenario and reposition itself to
continue to retain the leadership in telecomm equipment
manufacturing in the country. Today having Equipment that go to
make up the communication network like CDMA-WLL,COREDECT, FWTs
INFOKIOSKS, ISDN and IP PHONES etc, as also handling of major
installation and Commissioning of all related facilities.
NATURE OF THE BUSINESS CARRIED:
Manufacturing of telephones. Defense Products like secrecy &
encryption. Railways-SCADA & PCM-MUXs. Police & internal
Security. Bharat sanchar nigam limited (BSNL) using the products
like OCB and SMPS. Indian space research organization (ISRO).
Mahanagar telephone nigam limited(MTNL)VISION MISSION AND CORE
VALUES
VISION:
Enhance shareholder value and will move up the value chain by
expanding Knowledge-based and service based businesses while
simultaneously leverage over manufacturing business.
MISSION:
To establish leadership in manufacturing and supply of new
technology telecomm Products and also to retain status of top
turnkey solution provider.
To be the leader in the domestic market and an important global
players in voice, Data and image communication by providing total
solution to customers, on core Competencies to enter new business
areasQUALITY POLICY OF ITIITI is committed to providing products
and services of consistent quality that will Lead to customer
delight.ITI will maintain leadership in the market with competitive
prices and professional Excellence through: Implementation of sound
quality management system.
Continuous innovation.
Continual improvement in every activity.
ENVIRONMENT POLICY:
ITI Limited Bangalore plant engaged in the manufacturing and
supply of telecommunication products, terminal equipments, IT
products and providing telecomm solutions, recognize the total
impact of our operations in the environment. Compliance to legal
and statutory improvement to preserve environment aspects
Prevention of pollution of environment it is water, air,
soil.
Minimizing waste and conversation of natural resources.
Control of significant impact of our activities on
environment.
Establishing and reviewing periodically environment objectives
and targets.
PRODUCT / SERVICES PROFILE
Product Division in Indian telephone industries:
Telephone Division:
This division undertakes the production of telephones in ITI.
The telephone Division assembles different modes of telephones.
This division manufactures
Around 5 lakhs telephones every year.
Transmission Division:
This division undertakes manufacturing of microwave equipment
satellite Communication equipment, optical fiber equipment and
defense products
Access Product Division Switching
Transmission
Defense
Access products
Rural
Terminal/subscriber end products
Information technology
Microelectronic & software
Other products
PRODUCTSTYPES
SWITCHINGLarge Switches
Medium Switches
Small switches
TRANSMISSIONMicrowaves
Satellite
ACCESSWireless in Local Loops(WLL)
Digital Loop Carrier(DLC)
Pair Gain
TERMINAL EQUIPMENTTelephones
ISDN Products
Video Conferencing
MICRO ELECTRONICSApplication Specific Integrated
Circuits (ASICs)
IT PRODUCTSComputer Telephony Integration(CTI)
DEFENSESCP VSAT
Military EPABX 128 Ports
OTHER PRODUCTSBank Mechanizing Products
Fire Alarm
SERVICES OFFERED
Turnkey project including installation
commission telecomm equipment
Customized software development
Development of ASICs
Repair of PCSs
V-SAT service licensable by department of
Telecommunication (DOT) government of India.
OTHER EQUIPMENTS:
Pulse coded modulation equipment Ground control equipment for
defense Equipment for railways electrification Electronic measuring
instrumentTelemetry & Telecomm control equipmentGEOGRAPHICAL
LOCATION OF THE ITI
ITI is consisting 700 acre of land Bangalore plant.
VARIOUS UNITS OF ITI LTD IN INDIA NAINI UNIT
This plant was setup in 1971 for the manufacture of transmission
equipment the major Products are optic fiber system of both PDH
& SHD and telephone instruments of various Types. It has an
R&D center and modern facilities for assembly and testing with
surface Mount technology. Environment lab, mental parts
manufacturing facilities and PCB plant Are part of the modern
infrastructure.RAEBARELI Raebareli manufacturing unit was setup in
1973 and boasts a world class infrastructure. Presently this unit
manufactures GSM network equipment and CDMA handsets. ITI Raebareli
has taken a leap tp enter broad band equipment G-PON and WIMAX.
This Unit in indias first telecomm equipment manufacturer to
conduct field of G-PON technology In India, and is all set to roll
out indias first lot of G-PON equipment.
MANKAPUR UNITMankapur unit was established in 1983. The plant
manufacture large digital switches & digital Trunk exchange in
technical collaboration with MIS ALCATEL the unit also products
state-Of the art technology of BTS (based trans receiver stations
for GSOY). A lean and highly productive plant by virtue of its
structure has the most modern facility for PCB Manufacturing
assembly and automatic testing facilities with SMT line environment
test labs.
PALAKKAD UNITThis plant was set up in 1976, as the nations first
Electronic Switching System Manufacturing unit, to manufacture
large digital switches and digital trunk exchanges, in
Collaboration with ALCATEl. Today, they are the leading switching
equipment Manufacturers for the national telecomm network with a
capacity of producing over One million lines of fixed line switches
per annum. Over the years; they have diversified into various other
products and solutions.ITI limited, palakkad aims to become a
product Independent manufacturing line as well for providing total
turnkey solutions, in meeting the demands of the telecom industry,
worldwide.
SRINAGAR UNIT This plant was setup in 1969 with 5 employees as
an ancillary to Bangalore complex for the Supply of components
parts (initially different kinds of braided cords) to the main
plant. In the year 1981, the status of plant was upgraded to that
of a manufacturing plant for the Manufacture of telephone
instruments with an installed capacity of 1 lakh telephone
Instruments.
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND EXPORTS:ITI has exported products
such as ADPCM,C-DOT MBM / SBM Switches SMPS Power Plant, VRLA
batteries, CDMA WLL Equipments, FWTs, DG Sets, shelters, towers, MW
Radios, Rural Exchanges, telephones of different types, spare cards
for E-10B exchanges Single channel VHF Radio, multi Access rural
radio (Analog and digital both) and ASICs To countries in
Afghanistan, Asia,Africa and Europe. Besides various projects in
India, ITI Has successfully executed turnkey projects overseas.
OWNERSHIP PATTERN:
ITI is a public sector company where government provides 50% of
share to the shareholders. It welcomes co-operation in the areas of
Joint venture (Indian sitcom ltd..,ITI communications ltd., Fibcom
ltd)Transfer of technology from one country to other country
Consultancy Training to be provided to the people(buyer and
seller)Turnkey projectsIntegrated logistics supportExternal cable
plantCOMPETITORS INFORMATION:
1. AT & T: The world premier provider of voice and data
communications.2. Bosch: One of the Europes leading vendors in the
field of telecommunications.3. Apple electronics: An Italian
company, where value added network systems services Have always
represented the core business.4. Cosmat: the leading provider of
global service satellite and digital networking Services to
multinational enterprise.5. Infornet: Infornet Services Corporation
is a single source service of global.6. Kenwood: Kenwood is
refining key technologies that will give rise to dramatic
Innovation in home audio and car electronic equipment.7. Mitsubishi
electronic: with more than 75years of experience in providers and
Independent software vendors (ISV) to develop the solution that
service quickly Reliable and cost effective.8. Motorola: it is the
global leader in providing integrated communication solutions and
embedded electronic solution.INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES:
In house research and development
Network system unit capable of undertaking turnkey jobs
Self contained component evaluation centre
Fully automated assembly lines
In circuit tester (ICT)
Modern chemical, metallurgical labs
Mechanical fabrication/machine shops with modern CNC
machines
Moldings & die casting
Fully fledged state of the art tool rooms
SMT (surface mount technology)
Environment testing
Component approval center approved by BSNL
PCB manufacturing facilities
Mechanical fabrication/ machine shops with modern CNC machines
and finishing shop
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS:
The national safety awards were presented to ITI mankapur and
raebareli plants for the Performance year 2008
Three plants of ITI (Raebareli, palakkad and Bangalore) have won
the national safety Awards for outstanding performance in
industrial safety for year 2004.
Energy conservation award: ITI mankapur plant which saved energy
to the tone of Rs.384`lakhs during the last 3 years has won the
national energy conservation award 2004.
Mankapur chapter of the institute of electronics &
telecommunications engineering (IETE) has won the second best
center award for providing quality education to rural students at
cheaper costs.
ITI has received the prestigious ISO 9001-2000 certificate for
its excellence in product Quality.
ITI has also won award for its project ASCON
ITI won the third prize in fifth annual quality circle
convention 1991. ITI quality circle has won many awards for their
competing performance.
Confederation of India industry 10 state level quality circle
competition awards ITI Won first prize in the year 1997-98.
Mile stone: 1948 First public sector enterprise to be in post
independent India. With assembly of 25000 telephone instruments and
equal number of exchange lines in technical collaboration with
automatic telephone and electric company of England
corporate status as joint stock company
components manufacture plant at srinagar ( j & k )
1973 Telephone instrument plant in Naini.
1994 Manufacturing setup established at Delhi for SDH
transmission
systems through joint venture company PIBCON
The name changed to ITI ltd with new corporate identity
Turnover crossed Rs.1500cr ( US $ 350) 1996 Entered into V-SAT
services
1997 release of 40000 lines exchange to DOT
1998 ITI terms around after set back to economy VLSI 11 one
micro FAB facility inaugurated at Bangalore plant, ISO 9000
accreditation process completed for plants.
1999 ITI Alcatel, new technology agreement signed all time high
physical production performance.
2000 Manufacture of well equipment with collaboration of MS
lucent USA 2001 Production of latest switching exchange equipment
CSN- MM version.
2003 The company completed BSNL, GSM, phase one orders and
bagged phase to order of 682KL valuing Rs.74.5 crore joint
venturing FIBCOM India limited achieved a sale turnover, including
other of Rs.42 crores and recorded a net profit of Rs.12 crores
2004 Winning of top turn key services of company.
ISO 9000 accreditation process completed for all plants.
All time high physical production performance.
2006 winners of voice and data 100 top telecom turnkey service
company.FUTURE GROWTH & PROSPECTS:The domestic requirement of
telecom products projected in the 11th plan document is a total of
US $ 72.8 billion or about Rs. 327600 cr. The e-governance
initiatives of the government envisage a capital investment of Rs
23000 cr.
National ID card, USO infrastructure, comprehensive security for
railways are some of the mega projects of the government moving
with the times ITI has addressed many opportunities in telecom and
IT with acquisition of emerging telecom and IT technologies from
renowned technology partners.
ITI is exploring setting up of data center in its different
units (other than Bangalore) to encash huge market potential in the
area of secured data storing.
The estimated value of the project allocated to BSNL, Network
for Spectrum (NFS) by Ministry of communication for release of
spectrum for defense is Rs 10000 crore. ITI is also trying to get
orders for this project.
ITI is contemplating to be a significant contributor to the
Government ambitious solar mission (Jawaharlal Nehru solar mission)
ITI has plant to manufacture solar power equipment and fuel
cell
power systems for rural sites, which will help for better
penetration of mobile communication into rural areas where
availability of power is a major constraint.
Formation of Joint Venture Companies (JVCS) with equity
participation of 51% to 74% by the strategic partners who are
Global manufactures and balance equity by the Government with an
ambitious goal providing 100 million broadband connections in the
next 3 to 5 years.
ITI has also made for ways into the area of IT with
implementation of major turnkey projects for Campus network for
institutions Secure state-of-the-art networks for defense Smart
cards for students and staff Rajiv Gandhi University for health
science ITI has proposed a state wide wireless network Bihar police
for which order is expected.
FUTURE OUTLOOK; Communication for defense
Turnkey projects like NFS, NOFN etc
Smart card products
Data centre applications
Solar , LED lighting system
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF ITI LTD
INVENTORY MANAGEMANT IN ITI
PLANNING
It is the brain of management. A manager must plan before he can
organize, staff, direct or control because planning sets all other
functions into action. It can be seen as the basic function of
management.
Planning is part of business. It is difficult to think of
business without planning. It provides a framework within which the
different functions of management are undertaken.
In ITI, there are separate departments for the purpose of
planning in each and every stage. It may be a production line or it
may relate to the stores or for the purchase of materials etc.
By taking the planning procedures into consideration it involves
four departments.
1. methods
2. purchase department
3. production department
4. stores department
Once the design work is completed by the methods department it
would be sent to the purchase department and they assign the work
order. Firstly they are assigned to the stores department to find
out whether the materials are available in the stores or not. If
the materials are not available in stores then the purchasing
department will take necessary action to purchase the material.
PURCHASE PROCEDURES
Before purchasing any material from the supplier some procedures
has to be followed.
The use department will place the purchase requisition when
there is no stock of materials. This purchase requisition sent to
the stock control department to clear the dormant. Finally they
will decide as to what is the actual requirement.
After deciding, purchase requisition is the sent to the vendor
development cell. In the vendor development cell information
regarding the suppliers is maintained and is given a rating to
customers. To calculate vendor rating, the flowing information from
the customer profile are taken.
1. Quality rating
2. Delivery rating
3. service rating
These information are maintained by the vendor development cell
on the basis of vendor rating, the committee will then decide from
whom to procure the material; it is in case when supplier are
same.
If the materials which is for the user department is not in
stock with the regular supplier then they would go in for
tabulation to know what is the best for the company, for this they
will prepare a sheet known as a Tabulation Sheet after which the
purchase order will be raised by purchase department.
After receiving the purchase order, the supplier will then
dispatch the goods according to the purchase order. Terms and
conditions are followed and payment are made accordingly. Inward
goods department will receive the goods to the inspection
department once the goods are entered into the factory premises.
After inspection, an IGA document should be prepared and a copy
must
be sent along with. The person who is in charge of the stores
will verify and receive the goods. Another copy of IGA document
will be sent to all the sections to verify and pass the invoice for
payment. After verification, the voucher will be sent to the
cash/finance section to issue the cheque to the supplier.
OBJECTIVES OF PURCHASE FUNCTION1. To know the materials
requirement of all department in advance.
2. To supply right type of material at the night time.
3. To ensure the best negotiated price from the supplier.
4. To ensure the right quality of incoming materials.
5. Vendor relation.
BASIC PRICNIPLES OF PURCHASING1. Procurement of material when it
is required to maintain the buffer stock (i.e. safety stock)
2. Optimal Quality determination.
3. Procurement at lowest price possible.
4. To buy the material only from the competent vendors with
proven track record in respect to quality, price, delivery &
after sales service in case of capital goods.
STORES MANAGEMENT
The term stores is a very wide term and includes raw materials,
component parts. Tools, maintenance materials, consumable stores,
W.I.P, finished goods etc. The investment in materials constitute a
major portion of current asset, so there should be a separate
stores department to exorcise stores control. Materials to become
cash on the sale of finished products represent an equivalent and
well-equipped stores department to exercise an effective material
control.
WORK PROCEDURE
After inspection from purchase materials department, the
materials are then taken to the stores department. The stores will
receive the materials only with relevant document such as IGA,
material transfer Note, stores Return Note, Delivery Ticket and
SSU.
VERIFICATION
The stores personnel will check mid tally physically the
material received Vis--vis the detail given on the document for
correctness of code Quantity, packing, acceptance by IGI etc,
endorse the receipt on the relevant delivery document &
distribute the copies as per the respective delivery document.
Preservation or storage is another aspect of stores management
with proper management and co-ordination storage can contribute to
effective operations.
THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITEIS OF A STORE KEEPER OR STORE
INCHARGER
The effective and efficient stores management is under dire hand
of storekeeper with regard to stores management, certain duties
have to be performed by him. They may be listed as follows:
Receiving the stocks correctly.
Entering all receipt regularly in the bin cards.
Keeping every item of stores in its allotted bin.
Ensuring that materials are issued only to those which are
present and are duly signed on the requisition note and that the
quantitys issued are recorded in bin card.
Requisitioning from the purchase dept, when there is any need of
further stock.
Checking the bin card balances with the physical quantities in
the bins.
Preventing un-authorised persons from entering into the stores
etc.
ORGANISATION OF STORES IN ITI
The stores organization is responsible for the proper
functioning of all the stores in a division/unit o as to provide
satisfactory levels of service to the production departments.
Central stores with sub-stores in ITI divisions are situated at a
distance from the central stores. In order to keep the
transportation costs and handling charges to the minimum,
sub-stores are situated near production department. For each item
of materials, a quantity is determined and this is kept in stock in
the sub-stores in the beginning of any period. At the end of a
period the store keeper of each sub-store will send a requisition
to the central store the quantity of the material consumed to bring
the stock up to the predetermined quantity. This system of stores
is also known as the imprest system of stores control.
CONDIFICATION OF STORES
All items of stores, whether purchased or manufactured are given
different code numbers. These code numbers are recorded in all
stores documentation an this is especially important when the
documents are being processed on the computer. The code numbers
uniquely identifies the item and prevents the same item from being
stored in more than one location under slightly different
descriptions.
TYPES OF STORES IN ITI
Stores in ITI are broadly classified into two
i) Production stores
ii) Non-production stores
PRODUCTION STORES
Raw materials stores
Bank stores
Condenses
Frame work stores
Moulding stores
Relay stores
Telephone stores
Switch stores etc.
NON-PRODUCTION STORES
Building stores
General stores
Wood stores
Chemical stores
Plant stores
Stationery stores etc.
STORE RECORDS
It is maintained on the perpetual inventory system where
receipts, issues and balances are recorded for each item soon after
the transactions takes place. The following perpetual inventory
records are maintained manually when the inventory transactions are
not processed on the computer.
BIN CARDIt is maintained in respect of each item in the stores
for recording receipts issues and balance, after each
transaction.
QUANTITY RECORDS
It is in respect of production, the stock control section of the
planning department keeps items.
VALUE LEDGER CARDS
The accounts department in respect of each item in each store
maintains the value ledger cards. The value of these items are
changed to appropriate expense heads at the time of purchase. Such
stores are: research stores, medical stores, transport stores
etc.
STORES DOCUMENTS USED IN ITI
11.Receipt document
Delivery ticketsProduction
ShopTo record delivery of manufactured items to stores.
12.Stores return noteProduction shop & other Depts.For
recording the, returns to stores of excess material both direct and
indirect
13.Inward goods adviseInward goods Departments T record receipt
of materials supplied by social organizations.
14.Material transferPlanning For recording the receipt of
material from other store.
15.Delivery ChallansPlanningTo record the recipient of material
supplied by social organizations.
16.Sales Return receipt note SKRNInward goods DepartmentRecords
the return of goods by customers to whom such goods were sold.
17.Issues Documents.
Store requisitionAll production/ non production department Used
for drawing materials from stores for production revenue or capital
orders loan or for other purposes.
18.Exchange notes planningTo draw good components sub-assemblies
from stores in return for items found defective on the assembly
line etc.
19.Shipping requisitionPlanning on the advice of salesFor
drawing materials from production stores to be shipped to
customers.
20.Material transfer notes (issue)PlanningTo record the transfer
of material from one store to another
21.Sales RequisitionSales DeptFor drawing material from sales
stores to be shipped to customers
22.Stock correction withdrawal advisePlanningTo withdraw
material from stores for rectification and return.
INWARD GOODS
It is the department, which receive raw materials from outside.
The goods are checked through a document called IGA, one of the IGA
copy will be sent to inspection and if approved would be sent to
the stores.
PLANNINGIn this document, the material requirement are planned
and prepared by the stores requisition against the shop orders.
This department prepares the material transfer note for transfer of
stores to other division of units.
PRODUCTION SHOP
Here, sub-assembled goods and final products are produced. For
producing the goods, they firstly receive the materials from stores
and start producing. If any surplus then occurs they retain the
product to the store with a stores return note, after producing the
final or sub-assembled products, they are returned to stores with a
delivery ticket.
INSPECTION PRODUCTION
Each and every material that is purchased or manufactured is
inspected in the department. If any defect in the material is found
they would issue an exchange note for defection parts to the stores
and issue the stock correction withdrawal advice for stock
correction.
STORES
From the IGA department they receive the materials and store the
material in a proper way. By receiving SR (Stores requisition) from
the planning department against the shop order, the stores will
distribute the materials to production shop. After producing the
sub-assembly or finished goods by the production shop, it will then
go to the stores with a DT (Delivery Ticket). Each copy of the SR,
MTN & DT will be sent to the material accounts to value and
sent to the costing.
SOURCES OF STORES
Sources
Purchasers
Manufactures
The sources of stores can be classified into 2
PURCHASES
Purchased material with purchase from outsiders. These materials
may be either raw-materials or semi manufactured items.
MANUFACTURERS
Manufactured items will be manufactured by purchasing
raw-materials or, semi-manufactured items. Finished goods of one
industry may be the raw-material for another.
These are the major sources of stores in ITI Limited.
FLOW OF MATERIALS
It is the continuous flow of materials from one store to another
store/assembly shop. If the materials are to be moved, them the
stores play a vital role. After the final stage of components, the
product will then be moved to the stores. In next process, this
component is required; so they have to move the materials to the
stores requisition from the stores. Stores will act as a mediator
between one process to another. If stores do not exist, then the
flow of material becomes very difficult and disturbed not only for
the flow of material but also in controlling the inventory.
TELEPHONE DIVISION This division produces telephones, Telephones
specially used for defence. These phones have high resistance
capacity that should be suitable to any place for e.g. snow areas,
water places, summer land etc. the Raw-materials which are required
for the manufacture of telephones will first enter into the stores
department. From Tile stores it will precede to the concerned
stores, then it will be processed in the sub-assembly. After
sub-assembling the product, it will return to the stores. The
product will then go to the main assembly shop to be processed and
finally sent to the department for shipment.
INVENTORY IN ITI COVERS
1. Value of raw- material and production stores
2. Value of non-production stores
3. W.I.P Production
4. W.I.P installation
5. Finished goods
6. Tools and gauges (if treated as stores)
7. Advances paid for materials in transit
INVENTORY CONTROL TECHNIQUES
Inventory control techniques are employed by the inventory
control organization within the framework of one of the basic
inventory models. Different business concerns may apply different
inventory control techniques to meet specific requirement and
circumstances. It all depends on the convenience of the firm to
adopt any of the technique. In ITI, ABC analysis is followed
ABC ANALYSIS (ALWAYS BETTER CONTROL) ANALYSIS
One of the widely used techniques for control of inventories is
ABC analysis. The ABC approach is a means of categorizing inventory
items into three classes i.e. A,B & C according to the
potential amount to be controlled.
Once inventory is classified we have a firm base for deciding
where we will put our efforts, logically, we expect to maintain
strong controls over the A items taking whatever special action
needed to maintain availability of these items and hold stocks at
the lowest possible levels consistent with meeting demands. At the
other end of the scale, we cannot afford the expense of rigid
controls frequent ordering, expediting etc., because of the low
amounts in this area. Thus with C group we may maintain some what
higher safety.
Stocks order more months of supply expect low levels of customer
service, or all of the three. It is for this selective approach.
ABC analysis is often called the selective inventory control method
(SIM). Once ABC analysis has been taken the following board policy
the headlines can be established in respect of each category.
A itemsB itemsC items
Very strict ControlModerate controlLoose control
Frequent ordering or weeklyOnce in three monthsBulk ordering
once in six months
Weekly control statement Monthly control statement Quarterly
reports
Maximum follow-up expediting Periodic follow upFollow-up in
exceptional cases
Rigorous value analysis Moderate value analysis Minimum value
analysis
Accurate forecast materials planningEstimates based past
dataRough estimate
Minimization of obsolete & surplusQuarterly viewAnnual
review
Central purchasing and storage Combination
purchasesDecentralization
Minimum efforts to reduce lead timeModerate Minimum efforts
To be handled by senior effortsTo be handled by middle Can be
fully delegated
The following are the ABC classification of inventory of
production and non-production items.
1. A CLASS
About 10 percent of the items by numbers accounting for 70
percent of the value for the preceding year falls in A class.
2. B CLASS
Another 20 percent of items by numbers accounting for 20 percent
of the consumption by value falls into B class items.
3. C CLASS
The remaining 70 percent of the items by numbers accounting for
10 percent of consumption by value fall into C class items.
NORMS ON INVENTORY HOLDING 1. A Class items: imported- 2 months
of annual requirements.
2. B Class items: indigenous 1 months of annual
requirements.
3. C Class items: indigenous 6 months annual requirements.
IIWork in-progress:1.5 month of production
IIIFinished goods:1 month of sales
1. SHOP ORDER
A directive to the works department to make products and parts.
If given details of shop order number, quality, code of the product
and parts, to be made and the list of components required to make
those products.
2. WORK ORDER
It is the written instruction from the sales department to the
production-planning department. The order has then to be processed.
This document indicates consign details work order number, purchase
order number, delivery schedule, type of order and code of the
product.
3. SALES ORDER
Sales department gets order from customers, they will release
work order of the same. This work order will be given to production
shop along with the delivery schedule.
As work order is for a project of a product that consists
assemblies, sub-assemblies. Shop orders are released to have
control of the inventory control, materials can be drawn from the
stores against the respective shop orders only, once this project
is completed, shop orders are closed & materials should not be
drawn against the closed shop orders.
REASONS FOR INVENTORY BUILD UP IN ITI
The reasons for the build up of inventory/dormancy are as
follows:
Item left over due to discontinuation of a product
Abandonment of project/product.
Change in design for improvement due to field problems.
Quality problem on components and some subsequent banning of
approved sources.
Extra coverage upto 10 percent on various items while
ordering.
Projected annual requirement being generally more than
consumption.
INVENTOURY VALUATION
Inventory valuation is done foe two items:
1. Purchase items
2. Manufactured items.
1. PURCHASED ITEMS
The purchase items can be valued at different methods. They
are:
First in First out (FIFO)
Last in First out (LIFO)
Weighted Average
Simple Average
Periodic Weighted Average
Periodic Simple Average etc,
In ITI., the purchase items are valued at Weighted average rate
method.
Under Weighted Average Method, process is calculated by taking
into account both quantity and value of materials in stock. The
weighted average price is calculated at the time of each receipt by
dividing the total amount of values by the total quantity.
2. MANUFACTURED ITEMS
The manufactured items are valued at production cost.
The production cost is evaluated as follows:
The production cost: material cost + labour cost + overhead
cost.
1. Bill of material for equipment / assemblies.
2. Process sheet for component with this information, the
materials cost is worked out.
The labour cost: labour hour X sub-acerage rate.
The overhead: over labour cost, overhead percentage is added to
work out the overhead value.
DORMANT ITEMS IN ITI
Dormant items are those which are not required for the current
production and not required further, due to production
discontinuation / absence of market of a product / change in
design.
Dormant items are different from scrap items. The dormant items
can be classified into 3 groups.
i. D1 items (Dormant-1)
Items in the stock as on 31st march of a financial year in
respect of which there were no issues during the preceding one
year.
ii. D2 items (Dormant-2)
Those items for which there was no issues during the
Preceding 2years or more.
iii. D3 items (Dormant-3)
Those items which are of slow moving. Items in which the stock
is more than the previous year consumption. The list of dormant
items under the above 3 categories are prepared and these are
reviewed by the review Committee in the Planning Department. The
committee after satisfying itself, will have no further use in any
of the division/units of ITI, they will declare the item as
dormant.
REASONS FOR DORMANT
1. Cancellation of orders from Customers. After placing an order
by the customer, the manufacturing process will start immediately
over a period of time, if the customers cancels the previous order
and places a new one for the same items (i.e., by changing small
items like colour, design etc.) the product manufactured earlier
will be then be forced to be dormant.2. Minimum order Quantity
(MOQ)
when placing an order, it should be restricted to the minimum.
The standard minimum quantity by the supplier will be fixed. The
purchase must be made such that, there is no further order placed
in short period for a certain period.
Ex: If we require 150 NOs of X component, the MOQ may be 200.
the purchase must be made for 200 numbers only. But not less than
200. the balance of 50 will then be dormant.
3. Change in Technology Now-a-days with the growing of new
technologies, the products are coming out with less and good
performance. Therefore, the manufactured goods or material are
purchased for main assembly, earlier for the production having old
technology will become dormant.
Ex: Before 70s and 80s the telephone instrument were heavier,
bigger in size, more costly, but now, the technology improved, the
telephone are very light in weight, less cost therefore the
materials which were used earlier has become dormant.
DISPOSAL OF DORMANT AND SLOW MOVING ITEMS
Dormant and slow moving items should be disposed as early as
possible. The longer the material remains in the stock, the lesser
will be its market value. A standing committee appointed by the
plant head should decide the disposal of dormant items.
The following steps may be taken before disposal of the surplus
and dormant Inventory.
1. The list should be circulated to all divisions and plants
so
that they may meet the requirements of their items without
resorting to fresh purchase.
2. The dormant items may be separated physically from active
stock and stored separately in a store identified for disposal.
3. The committee on dormant and surplus items should explore the
following possibilities.
Examine the PRs of production divisions and in for the concerned
planning section on the availability, if any of the items required
by them in the dormant stores.
Manufacture certain sub-assemblies of products that could be
sold.
Separate raw-material from manufactured position so that the raw
material may be sold.
Activity participation in the quotes that may be arranged
through various disposal agencies like material stock exchange
etc.
Small value manufactured items that cannot be sold as such, may
be scrapped and sold through metal trading corporation.
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