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INTRODUCTION
FFC occupies a special niche in the industrial and agricultural development of the country with a
successful track record of excellence business performance. The company moved from one high
level of achievement to other establishing records year after year and is now ranked as a top tier
player in the fertilizer industry with highest production capacity and market participation.
During the year, FFC acquired 100% management control. Of PSFL, a wholly owned subsidiary of
NFC, through competitive bidding on payment of RS.8.15 billion to the Privatization commission.
With the integration of PSFL, which now stands dissolved and merged with FFC effective july1,
2002, pursuant to a scheme of amalgamation approved by the Honorable High Court of Sindh, the
production capacity of our urea manufacturing facilities has more than tripled from 570 thousand
tones p.a. in 1982 to almost 2 million tones p.a. in this short span of less than 25 years of existence.
FFC now owns three mega plants worth over 1 billion dollars in terms of replacement value,
besides over 49% stake in FJFC.
2002 was a difficult year and business conditions were challenging because of the economic fall out
of the recent regional crisis. Uncertain economic and weather conditions, high natural gas prices,
global product oversupply, falling international urea prices and weak domestic demand contributed
to an extremely difficult operation environment during the year which created a downward pressure
on prices and margins.
These adverse factors are continuing since past few years and have created intense competition for
the industry players; however, once again our diversification has paid dividends and strategies
implemented over the years allowed the company to maintain solid financial foundation throughout
this prolonged downturn.
With a vision to acquire self - sufficiency in fertilizer production in the country, FFC was
incorporated in 1978 as a private limited company. This was a joint venture between
Fauji Foundation (a leading charitable trust in Pakistan) and Haldor Topsoe A/S of
Denmark.
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The initial authorized capital of the company was 813.9 Million Rupees. The present
share capital of the company stands at Rs. 3.0 Billion. Additionally, FFC has Rs. 1.0
Billion stakes in the subsidiary Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited (formerly FFC-Jordan
Fertilizer Company Limited).
FFC commenced commercial production of urea in 1982 with annual capacity of 570,000
metric tons
Through De-Bottle Necking (DBN) program, the production capacity of the existing
plant increased to 695,000 metric tons per year. Production capacity was enhanced by
establishing a second plant in 1993 with annual capacity of 635,000 metric tons of urea.
FFC participated as a major shareholder in a new DAP/Urea manufacturing complex with
participation of major international/national institutions. The new company Fauji
Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited (formerly FFC-Jordan Fertilizer Company Limited)
commenced commercial production with effect from January 01, 2000. The facility is
designed to produce 551,000 metric tons of urea and 445,500 metric tons of DAP. This
excellent performance was due to hard work and dedication of all employees and the
progressive approach and support from the top management. In the year 2002, FFC
acquired ex Pak Saudi Fertilizers Limited (PSFL) Urea Plant situated at Mirpur Mathelo,
District Ghotki from National Fertilizer Corporation (NFC) through privatisation process
of the Government of Pakistan. This acquisition at Rs. 8,151 million represents one of the
largest industrial sector transactions in Pakistan
Recently Fauji Fertilizers Company offered the highest bid of Rs 8.151 billion for the
Pak-Saudi Fertilizers Limited here on Saturday. Second highest bidder was the Dawood
Hercules that offered Rs 3.78 billion while the lowest bid of Rs 3.602 billion was
received from Engro Chemicals. In simple words Fauji Fertilizers Company offered Rs
4.50 billion rupees more than Engro and Rs 4.371 billion more than Dawood Hercules in
bidding for Pak-Saudi Company. Sealed bids for the privatization of Pak-Saudi Fertilizer
Company were opened by journalists on the request of Privatization Minister in the
presence of bidders, senior government officials and private sector representatives. Three
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companies, Fauji Fertilizers, Engro Chemical and Dawood Hercules filed bids for the
said company. Fauji Fertilizers offered Rs 135.85 for each share of the Pak-Saudi
Company, Dawood Hercules offered Rs 70 per share, while Engro Chemical offered Rs
66.70 for a share. Seeing a far high difference in the price offered by Fauji Fertilizers, the
other two bidders did not take interest in contesting privatization of the said company and
wished a good luck for FFC. Announcing price offers by the private sector, Minister for
Privatization Altaf Saleem declared the Fauji Fertilizers Company as the highest bidder
that intends to buy 100 percent shares.
NATURE OF THE BUSINES
The company is a public company incorporated in Pakistan under the Companies Act,
1913, (now the Companies Ordinance, 1984 and its shares are quoted on the stock
exchanges in Pakistan. The principal activity of the company is manufacturing,
purchasing and marketing of fertilizer, including investment in other fertilizer
manufacturing operations.
FFC HISTORY
FFC was incorporated on May 8, 1978.
Based Unit at Goth Machhi commenced commercial production in June 1982
with annual designed capacity of 570 thousand tones urea.
Based Unit up-graded in April 1992 to produce 695 thousand tones annually.
Expansion Unit at Goth Machhi commenced commercial production in March
1993 with designed capacity of 635 thousand Tonnes.
FJFC founded in November 1993 with initial contribution of Rs. 1 billion. The
company’s investment in FJFC now stands at over RS 4 billion.
PSFL acquired on May 31,202 and merged with FFC on July 1,2002. Situated at
Mirpur Mathelo the plant has annual designed production capacity of 574
thousand tones.
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The aggregate designed production capacity of FFC is three plants now stand at
almost 2 million tones annually.
Since inception to 2002, FFC has produced and marketed 21million tones of urea.
In terms of import substitution this has resulted in national savings of well over 3
billion dollars in foreign exchange.
Since inception the company has contributed Rs. 42 billion to the national
exchequer in the form of taxes and government levies.
The company earned a net profit after tax of over Rs. 3 billion for the fifth time
since inception, including 2002.
The company was the highest tax payer in the corporate Sector ub 1993/1994.
Since inception the company has sold/marketed almost 28 million tones of
fertilizers.
FFC is the only company providing Mobile Farm Extension Services at the
farmers, door-step since 1986.
FFC was the first company in fertilizer Sector to achieve in 2002 the highest ever.
FFC was the first company in Fertilizer sector to achieve ISO 9002 certification
in 1997.
FFC has been placed amongst the list of top 25 companies of PAKISAN BY KSE
for eight years consecutively, topping the list in 1997.
21.5 million Man-hours of operation without injury were achieved in 2003, the
highest ever.
The company’s annual Reports have been adjudged as one of the best reports in
the Chemical sector twice by joint committee of ICAP/ICMAP.
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Vision Statement
Vision Statement
FFC is focused on harmonizing its capabilities and maximizing its potential. FFC's vision for
the future envisages diversification and undertaking ventures at home and abroad in
collaboration with leading international partners.
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Mission Statement
FFC's mission is to sustain its role as the leader in industrial
and agricultural advancement of Pakistan by setting and
achieving new and higher goals, and taking initiatives. The
Company is committed to ensuring safe and conducive work
environment, providing high quality products and allied
services to its customers and profitable returns to its
shareholders.
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Objectives of the company
The broad objectives of the company are,
To sustain its role as market leader in urea production and marketing.
To deliver exclusive values and services to the shareholders and customers
through its strategies
To place great value on social responsibilities and welfare
To develop a culture based on principles of honesty, integrity, faireness and
respect.
To create the agricultural awareness in farmers through media and training.
To provide farmers technical services through technical services department free
of cost.
To hire and retain satisfied workforce
To play a vital role in agricultural development of the country
To provide the quality products
To set high standards for production and sale and achieve these objectives
To be environment-friendly organization
To promote education in the farmers community by awarding merit scholarships.
To help upgrade the capability of fertilizer research, extension and marketing
personnel in the transfer of fertilizer technology.
To provide a neutral common platform to resolve contentious issues in fertilizer
sector.
Vision 21
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FFC has progressed remarkably from its inception in 1978 till to date. Three projects in a
span of less than 20 years have been set up. Each of these have incurred an investment of
over 300 million US$ amounting to one of the largest investments in Pakistan. This
performance record is considered unparalleled in the country and matches high standards
any where in the world. At this point in time, the company is preparing to harmonize
itself with new century. Building on the foundations of the last 20 years, the company is
confident to take on the new challenges. FFC 's vision for the 21st century looks for
diversification and establishing projects beyond the territorial limits of the country in
collaboration with world famous international industrial holdings. The list of different
projects that are being evaluated at present are:
Oil Refinery
Paper Mill Project
Software Development House
Off-Shore Fertilizer Complex
Mineral Acid Production
Petrochemical
Revamp of existing FFC facilities
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QULITY POLICY OF FFC
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Company Manufacturing Facilities
The Company has three plants and is a shareholder in FFBL. It markets the whole production of
FFBL.
PLANT-I Goth Machhi, Sadikabad, Rahim Yar Khan
PLANT-I Goth Machhi, Sadikabad, Rahim Yar Khan
PLANT-III Mir Pur Mathelo
PLANT-IV Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited
Company Information
Chairman
Lt. Gen. Syed Muhammad Amjad, HI, HI(M) (Retired)
CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
Lt. Gen. Mahmud Ahmed, HI(M) (Retired)
Secretary Brig(Retd.) M. Akram Khan (Retd)
Registered Office 93-Harley Street, Rawalpindi Cantt.
Plantsite Goth Machhi, Sadikabad,
Rahim Yar Khan.
Marketing Division Lahore Trade Centre,
11 Shahrah-e-Aiwan-e-Tijarat,
Lahore.
Karachi Office D-143, Block-4, KDA Scheme - 5,
Kehkashan Clifton,
Karachi.
Auditors A.F. Ferguson & Co.,
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Chartered Accountants
BUSINESS AREAS OF THE COMPANY
Engineering
Manufacturing
Marketing
Engineering
After the successful start-up of the first plant in mid 1982, a group of selected engineers
was assigned to Technology Division-TD (then called CED) Head Office with the
objective of providing engineering and technical backup to the plant operations
Additional responsibilities that are assigned to TD, include monitoring plant
performance, development of new projects, handling capital investment projects, advising
management on technical matters and development of a technological base along with
consultancy functions.
Since 1982, TD has made tremendous progress in the field of Plant Engineering, Project
Management, Project Feasibilities and Project Development.
The development of TD was equally supported by the FFC management which has
recognized the need to promote research and technological development activities.
TD is manned by a team of highly trained project engineers, process engineers and IT
specialists. Nearly half of the strength is located at the plant to provide on-the-spot
assistance to the manufacturing units besides feeding vital plant data to the Head Office
for immediate processing.
TD is equipped with latest computing facilities along with engineering software from
world famous engineering designer M/s Haldor Topsoe of Denmark and other technical
software purchased from the engineering companies as well as in-house developed
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software related to engineering and other general purpose need of the company. This
technology enables TD to undertake detailed process/engineering design related
assignments and to provide most valuable assistance to other departments within the
company.
TD’s most significant contributions to date have been successful project management of
FFC Project 1 debottlenecking, FFC Plant Expansion Project 2 and the Fauji Fertilizer
Bin Qasim (formerly FJFC) Project. TD’s role in all projects starts from the conceptual
stage and concludes at the successful commissioning and handing over of the project to
the Operation Group. The success achieved so far by TD proves that FFC now possesses
requisite in-house capabilities to ensure successful completion of large scale projects
within allocated budgets and assigned project schedules.
Manufacturing
The largest urea manufacturing facility of Pakistan consisting of two ammonia/urea units
owned by FFC, is built at Goth Machhi in district Rahim Yar Khan.Goth Machhi is
situated at a distance of 2 kms from the main Lahore-Karachi highway and is adjacent to
the main railway line.
The two plants are based on natural gas from Mari Gas Fields and have an annual
designed production capacity of 1.3 million tons of urea.
Over the years, the plants have demonstrated an operational excellence which has
become a reference for the engineering companies whose process technologies are used
here. Delegations from China, Middle East and Far East keep visiting the plant site for
gaining first hand knowledge before deciding to purchase a new plant
Marketing Division, setup in July, 1978 is responsible for all marketing operations
including planning, distribution, sales, farm advisory services, field warehousing, finance
and administration. With the commencement of commercial production in June 1982, the
company started marketing its urea under the brand name "Sona".
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Marketing
The company markets not only Sona urea but also imported nitrogen, phosphate and
potash based fertilizers.
The Company is also marketing half a million tonnes of sona urea granular manufactured
by Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim (formerly FFC – Jordan Fertilizer Co. Ltd).
When FFC came into the market with its production in June 1982, the other
manufacturers namely Engro, Dawood Hercules and National Fertilizer Corporation were
already well established in the market. The brands of Engro (Engro) and Dawood
Hercules (Babber Sher) were considered premium brands in Sindh and Central Punjab
respectively. FFC had to face very tough competition from the beginning. This
competition coupled with the huge surplus of urea in the domestic market posed a great
challenge to the company in the initial years. FFC not only met the challenge by
capturing the desired market share but in the process, enhanced the brand image of its
product Sona urea which has become the number one brand. During the period 1983 to
1986 when a large urea surplus existed in the country, FFC pioneered urea exports which
not only helped in stabilizing domestic urea but also earned valuable foreign exchange
for the country.
The Government of Pakistan deregulated the trade and prices of phosphatic fertilizers on
21 August 1993. Subsequent to this decision FFC started import of these fertilizers and as
a result timely supplies were arranged. Farmers were thus provided with quality product
in bags with guaranteed correct weight and this brought about a very positive qualitative
change in the phosphatic fertilizer business in the country. The Marketing Division now
has the necessary expertise to handle fertilizer imports and exports.
FFC believes in selling a programme rather than just a product. For this, the company has
adopted a customer oriented strategy, marketing quality products backed by efficient and
effective support services with emphasis on developing the market through practical and
innovative farmer education.
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IT is a Joint Venture
Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) Group of Morocco and Fauji Group including
Fauji Foundation, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited and Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim
Limited, have entered into a Joint Venture Company in Morocco named “Pakistan Maroc
Phosphore S.A” with equity of 800 Million Moroccan Dirhams. The proposed project is
planned to be located at Jorf Lasfar , Morocco , where OCP already has a large chemical
complex. This Project will produce 375,000 MT Phosphoric Acid per year by consuming
1,300,000 MT Phosphate Rock and 370,000 MT Granular Sulfur. It is not a grass root
project and will utilize basic infrastructure and ancillary facilities already present at Jorf
Lsafar Site. The cost of the project is estimated at US$ 203 Million and is likely to start
commercial production by early 2007. It will meet total requirement of phosphoric acid
for the DAP production in FFBL plant at Bin Qasim.
Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited
Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited is a US$ 461 Million Project, one of the largest in
private sector in Pakistan, producing both DAP and Granular Urea for the first time in the
country. The project is sponsored by the largest and well known industrial group of
Faujis and Jordan Phosphate Mines Company.
Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited at a glance:
Capital Cost: $461 million
Joint Venture of Fauji Foundation and Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
Production Capacity: 1,670 metric tones per day of Granulated
Urea and 1,350 metric tones per day of Di-
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Ammonia Phosphate (DAP)
FFBL has the distinction of producing 13% of urea and 31% of Di-Ammonia Phosphate
of the country's total requirement.
Termination agreement with Jordan Phosphate Mines Company Limited (JPMC) was
signed on 24/06/2003, with the same JPMC is no more a partner or equity holder in the
Company.
A long term agreement for the Supply of Phosphoric Acid between Maroc Phosphore
S.A, a wholly owned subsidy of Office Cherifien Des Phosphates, Morocco was signed
on July 21, 2003.
DAP Plant recommenced its production on September 22, 2003 and supply of DAP in the
market started thereto.
Company History Of FFBL
By the early nineties, Pakistan was importing almost one million tons of urea and
800,000 tons of DAP per annum. At that time management of Fauji Fertilizer embarked
on the FFC-Jordan Fertilizer Project in order to make Pakistan self-sufficient in urea and
reduce the import of DAP.
After initial discussions with the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company, a preliminary
feasibility was undertaken in 1992. By 1993, the detailed feasibility studies was
completed and the Lake Charles, USA, ammonia plant was procured for relocation. New
plants of DAP and urea were installed and the first production of DAP commenced in
Nov 1998, followed by urea in April 1999.
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Vision Statement of FFBL
Our vision and overall corporate strategy is to:
Be a leading fertilizer company with a diverse product base
Gain excellence in operations
Ensure exemplary Business Ethics
Ensure Safety, Healthy and friendly environment
Exercise effective corporate governess
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Mission Statement of FFBL
To produce competitively priced, quality fertilizers and achieving sustainable and viable
growth rate through excellence and generating optimum profits to the total satisfaction of
all stakeholders
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PRODUCTS OF FFBL
Sona Granular
It produces 13% of total production
SONA Granular
SONA DAP
FFBL produces 31% of country’s demand. It is the sole producer of DAP
SONA DAP
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Fauji Foundation
Profile of a Welfare Organisation for Ex-Servicemen
AN ARMY OF BUSINESS INTERESTS
Institute of Management & Computer Sciences 1
College of Education 1
Intermediate Colleges 2
Model Schools 81
Vocational Training Centres 67
Technical Training Centres 9
Referral Hospitals 6
Rural Hospitals 5
Fauji Foundation Medical Centres 24
Mobile Health Units 2
Dispensaries 27
Wards in CMH 1 1 (CMH Mardan)
Fauji Corn Complex, Jehangiria
Fauji Cereals, Rawalpindi
Foundation Gas, Rawalpindi
Fauji Metals, Rawalpindi
Fauji Polypropylene Products, Hub Chowki
Fauji Sugar Mills, Tando Muhammad Khan
Fauji Sugar Mills, Khoski
Fauji Sugar Mills, Sangla Hill
Fauji Foundation Experimental & Seed Multiplication Farm, Nukerji, Sind.
Fauji Software Company, Rawalpindi.
Fauji Medical Transcription, Rawalpindi.
Fauji Institute of Information Technology & Medical transcription
Fauji Foundation Institute of Management & Computer Sciences, Rawalpindi
Fauji Oil Terminal Company, Karachi.
NIC Project, Islamabad.
Fauji Cement Company Ltd
Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd
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Fauji Jordan Fertilizer Company Ltd
Fauji Kabirwala Power Company Ltd
Mari Gas Company Ltd
OVERVIEW OF AN EX-SERVICEMEN’S
WELFARE ORGANISATION
An ex-serviceman who spends his life in an atmosphere of discipline - and fairplay finds
it rather difficult to adjust to the ‘cavy’ conditions. A large number of these simply
cannot adjust to the non-egalitarian environments - and some are simply baffled and
disillusioned.
It is unfortunate that the economic conditions - and monetary environments in the country
do not permit full social benefits to these otherwise potential human resources. it is here
that the Fauji Foundation comes in a big way in providing them social security and such
facilities as education for their children and health coverage.
Education
Colleges 2
Schools 64
Scholarships 1,30,942
Technical Training:
Technical Training Centres 9
Vocational Training Centres 66
Fauji Institutes of Comp. Sciences 2
Medical:
Hospitals 12
Day Health Centres 24
Mobile Dispensaries 48
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The data explains that some quarters thought that the Foundation was a rather
‘privileged’ outfit. Far from it, the Foundation pays its full quota of taxes, levies and
other liabilities as surcharges et al and is never a defaulter on any count. I went on to find
the sore point of employment of retired officers and for which a very large number of
applicants come up.
categorically that the number of vacancies with the Foundation is very small and now the
GHQ Welfare Directorate has also been associated with the process of finding work for
retired officers. But now some more vacancies have been created within the Foundation.
It is not possible to present the entire budget of the Foundation in this presentation nor
even a glimpse of its entire gamut of activities. I have tried just to highlight some of its
more important facets.
Finally, one should think that Fauji Foundation is a unique outfit for the welfare of ex-
servicemen. It is both highly humanitarian and forward looking in its industrial planning.
One should hope that the present MD will continue with the good work of presenting the
activities of his outfit personally, as he did so admirably so far. He must be congratulated
for that.
Fauji Foundation (FF) may be singled out for its unique performance and operation. It is
run with vision and egalitarian purposes. Of course it must make money for its dual role
but as I have put it the outfit has much loftier overall goals which are humanitarian and
not purely money minting which any thrifty and miserly business house can easily make
notwithstanding the dubious means employed for this goal.
FF is unique in this respect that it looks after the welfare of a good over nine million ex-
servicemen who are invariably ignored by the other government agencies - and are
terribly oppressed and miserable once they shed their uniforms. These poor souls -
notwithstanding their expertise are misfits and it is FF which comes to their rescue - in
providing, health, education and re-employment facilities. FF in fact has a massive
mandate as it rightly claims to be ‘A charitable trust for the welfare of ex-servicemen,
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and their dependents.’ No other business house in the country has such a massive
egalitarian mandate - irrespective of the profits made by it.
FF is a bit of a miracle - and over a short period of time it has grown phenomenally - and
its present assets stand at over 9 billion which were just around Rs 18 million in mid-
fifties. Surely it is remarkable feat - and a real success story.
FF has earned a very considerable applause outside the country - and it also earned the
coveted ‘The World Veterans Federation Rehabilitation Prize’ in 1997 at Seoul (Republic
of Korea). The citation for this remarkable prize is worth quoting. It runs that the prize
was awarded ‘for its remarkable achievements in looking after ex-servicemen and their
families in providing healthcare, education, technical training, employment, artificial
limbs and other facilities for the rehabilitation of disabled ex-servicemen, thus enabling
them to be full-fledged citizens contributing to the welfare of their communities.’ Very
few like outfits or NGOs can boast of such a remarkable performance.
The performance of FF is more remarkable especially as the foundation is a self-
supporting entity in entirety. It is a charitable trust which receives no financial assistance
from either the Federal or the Provincial governments. It also does not get any donations
from any other source. It has to generate its own funds for the massive humanitarian
mandate.
FF beneficiaries include the following categories of service personnel:
Released, retired and discharged personnel of the Regular armed forces who are
citizens of Pakistan.
Legally wedded wives and widows of the above personnel.
Sons of ex-servicemen up to the age of 18 years - and beyond for education and
technical training stipends.
Unmarried daughters of ex-servicemen - and divorced daughters until remarried.
Invalid sons of ex-servicemen for medical treatment (No age bars.)
Cadets of service academies invalided out of service for disabilities attributable to
military service.
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This is a mouthful - and out of sheer necessity, the foundation has to do well in its
commercial ventures where it must invest wisely, and run the business shrewdly.
A very brief business profile of FF is indicated as below:
Fully Owned Projects include:
Fauji Sugar Mills Tando Mohammad Khan.
Fauji Sugar Mills Khoski.
Fauji Sugar Mills Sangla Hill.
Fauji Sugarcane Experimental & Seed Multiplication Farm.
Fauji Cereals.
Fauji Corn Complex.
Fauji Polypropylene Products Foundation Gas.
Shareholding Projects include:
Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited.
Fauji Oil Terminal and Distribution Company Limited.
Fauji Cement Company Limited.
Mari Gas Company Limited.
New Projects consist of:
Fauji Kabirwala Power Company Limited.
FFC- Jordan Fertilizer Company Limited.
It is through wise investment and expert management that FF has established a nitche in
the Private Sector. The industrial units/ projects have been set up with great care and
some of the factors which have been taken into account for this area:
Availability of raw material in the area.
Marketing prospects for the finished goods/products.
Preference given to declare tax free areas by the government.
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Geological and environmen
Parameters related to the project.
Availability of civic amenities, administrative facilities and infrastructure.
Setting up of profit earning intensive mega projects with foreign investors,
over labour intensive smaller projects.
Terms and conditions and at times restrictions imposed by financial
institutions - and the lenders.
At first glance it appears that the welfare projects have been established somewhat
arbitrarily, and many ex-servicemen who do not have such facilities located in their areas
feel that way. In fact it is far from it - and there is a perfect rationale for the location of
every such facility. And at some repetition the criteria for such locations has a perfect
reason. The main factors taken into account for each location are as below:
Proliferation of the benefits to the area which are densely populated by the ex-
servicemen.
Creation of a balance between the province and different regions within the
province by setting up of projects on the basis of percentage of ex-servicemen
residing in the area.
Setting up of the projects in areas with good communications and other
administrative facilities needed for the smooth running of these projects.
In fact as commonly - and rather erroneously thought there was no arbitrary consideration
for setting up of a particular project in a special area.
It is most confidence giving and interesting to see the pace of growth of welfare projects.
This growth is indicated in an inset. It will be seen that it is most accelerated in the
medical and education sectors especially in the current year.
Finally here we have an outfit which has set a pace both in industrial development - and
welfare sectors which is most confidence giving. And sure, the management of this outfit
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has been most prudent to have developed to such an extent from almost a scratch over
such a short time.
It is heartening that the foundation has in its pipeline still higher goals - and diverse
investment which I am sure will be equally profitable as the previous investments have
been.
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INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRY
About Fertilizer
Fertilizer is, simply, plant food .
Macronutrients
Plants need large amounts of three nutrients –
nitrogen ,
phosphorus ,
Potassium .
Just like the human body needs vitamins and minerals, plants need nutrients in order to
grow. Plants need large amounts of three nutrients -- nitrogen, phosphorus, and
potassium. These are commonly referred to as macronutrients. Fertilizer makers take
those three nutrients from nature and put them into soluble forms that plants can easily
use.
Minor nutrients or Micronutrients
There are a number of other nutrients plants need in small amounts. These are referred to
as the minor nutrients, or micronutrients.
These many nutrients are typically produced separately, but end up being mixed together
in varying amounts to match the needs of a particular crop. The analysis found on each
bag or bulk shipment of fertilizer tells the farmer or consumer the amount of nutrients
being supplied. States have a system of laws and regulations that ensure the fertilizer is
properly labeled and delivers the amount of nutrients stated on the bag.
Our world would be vastly different without commercial fertilizers.
Following World War II, new technologies allowed for the rapid expansion of fertilizer
production. Coupled with growing food demand and the development of higher-yielding
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crop varieties, fertilizer helped fuel the Green Revolution. Today, the abundance of food
we enjoy is just one way fertilizers help enrich the world around us.
While fertilizers provide many important benefits that are necessary for our way of life,
the improper use of fertilizers can harm our environment. In order to capture the
important benefits of fertilizer, we will have to work hard to ensure our products are
safe. We've used the most recent developments in science to study our products and
make sure safety comes first.
GLOBAL OVER VIEW OF FERTILIZER
World Fertilizer Use
Our world would be vastly different without agriculture and agriculture is impossible
without fertilizer. Around the globe it is produced and used. The following data is about
consumption and then production.
In thousand metric tons of nutrient, years ending June 30*
World Item
ConsumptionNitrogenous
Fertilizers
Phosphate
Fertilizers
Potash
Fertilizers
Total
Fertilizers
1961/62 11,588 10,931 8,664 31,182
1962/63 13,137 11,612 9,231 33,981
1963/64 14,760 12,929 9,999 37,688
1964/65 16,474 14,490 10,920 41,884
1965/66 19,097 15,799 12,106 47,003
1966/67 22,179 17,414 12,736 52,329
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Major 1967/68 24,210 18,140 13,928 56,277
1968/69 26,248 19,037 14,525 59,810
1969/70 28,471 19,801 15,210 63,482
1970/71 31,756 21,117 16,435 69,308
1971/72 33,536 22,435 17,340 73,310
1972/73 36,144 24,009 18,542 78,695
1973/74 39,204 25,870 20,401 85,475
1974/75 38,425 23,986 19,534 81,945
1975/76 44,420 25,609 21,370 91,399
1976/77 45,263 27,323 22,849 95,435
1977/78 49,120 28,549 22,938 100,607
1978/79 54,252 30,046 24,456 108,754
1979/80 57,223 31,196 24,054 112,472
1980/81 60,776 31,700 24,244 116,720
1981/82 60,452 30,946 23,749 115,147
1982/83 61,173 31,086 22,853 115,112
1983/84 67,117 33,177 25,410 125,704
1984/85 70,836 34,442 25,959 131,237
1985/86 70,354 33,463 25,673 129,490
1986/87 72,481 34,769 26,167 133,417
1987/88 75,811 36,291 27,374 139,476
1988/89 79,543 37,612 28,005 145,159
1989/90 79,115 37,568 26,685 143,368
1990/91 77,175 35,970 24,684 137,829
1991/92 75,633 35,241 23,732 134,606
1992/93 73,657 31,190 20,492 125,339
1993/94 72,388 28,962 19,131 120,480
1994/95 72,430 29,566 20,051 122,046
1995/96 78,357 30,663 20,661 129,681
1996/97 82,590 31,104 20,885 134,579
1997/98 81,317 33,293 22,577 137,188
1998/99 82,814 33,312 22,041 138,167
1999/00 84,917 33,288 22,096 140,302
2000/01 80,949 32,472 21,778 135,198
2001/02 81,970 33,050 22,711 137,730
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Fertilizer Producing Countries
Million metric tons, years ending June 30*
Country 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02
Nitrogen
China 20.2 21.5 22.8 21.5 22.1
India 10.1 10.5 10.9 10.9 10.7
United States 13.8 13.5 11.2 9.9 10.6
Russian
Federation 4.1 4.1 5.0 5.4 5.5
Canada 3.7 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.5
Phosphate
United States 9.0 9.0 8.5 7.3 7.6
China 6.4 6.7 6.4 6.7 7.4
India 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9
Russian
Federation 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.4
Brazil 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4
Potash
Canada 9.0 9.2 8.2 9.2 8.2
Russian |
Federation 3.4 3.5 4.0 3.7 4.3
Belarus 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.7
Germany 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5
Israel 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8
Source: Food and Agriculture Association (FAO)
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FERTILIZERS ISSUES
The core purpose of The Fertilizer Institute is to bring the viewpoints and interests of
members to bear on public policy issues. Here's a rundown on the position on some of
the hottest current issues.
Fertilizer and the Environment
The fertilizer industry is committed to producing and helping farmers use fertilizer in
ways that meets the environmental challenges of modern society. At both production
sites and across the world in daily working with farmers, we continue to improve our
environmental performance.
International Trade
As an internationally-traded commodity, fertilizer is an important part of the export
economy. Fertilizer manufacturers serve customers around the globe. The members of
The Fertilizer Institute support the removal or reduction of trade-distorting subsidies,
tariffs, and non-tariff barriers to trade. the members believe free trade benefits both
manufacturers and consumers of fertilizer products.
Methamphetamine
In some areas, thieves are stealing fertilizer products to manufacture the illegal drug
methamphetamine. This practice needs to stopped urgently.
Metals in Fertilizers
Some fertilizer products contain very small amounts of metals that are not beneficial to
plant growth. These metals occur in products because they occur in nature as part of the
ore bodies or in the raw materials used to make fertilizers. Three separate scientific
studies on the safety of these metals in fertilizers have all come to the same conclusion --
that they generally do not pose a threat to human health or the environment.
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Perchlorate
Perchlorate is a compound found in natural deposits and is also manufactured for various
industrial purposes, mainly as a propellant for rocket fuel. Perchlorate is also used as a
solid propellant for fireworks, road flares and air bags. Recent evidence also indicates
that perchlorate is naturally occurring in the atmosphere and in certain arid environments;
including in trace amounts in Chilean nitrate deposits. Chilean nitrate fertilizers represent
about 1/10th of 1 percent of the commercial fertilizer market. The primary manufacturer
of these Chilean nitrates has modified its manufacturing process to reduce perchlorate
contents below 100 ppm, and when blended into other fertilizers, the perchlorate content
is usually less than 10 ppm, and often undetectable. A joint TFI/EPA round robin study
published in 2002 indicated that commercial fertilizers in general do not contain
perchlorate.
Transportation
Fertilizer is transported from manufacturing plants and terminals by rail, truck, barge and
pipeline. Fertilizer transportation is regulated at both the Federal and state level. The
respective Boards hold jurisdiction over the railroads and over rail mergers, another area
of concern for the fertilizer industry. In the past, The Fertilizer Institute has worked to
monitor transportation issues -- whether hazmat or rail mergers -- on behalf of its
members
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PAKISTAN
Pakistan is a agricultural economy. The importance of fertilizer in agrarian economy is
above abord.
Population over 150 millons
Land 796096 km square
Population with agricultural profession 70 %
Domestic Production of Fertilizer by Products
Urea
(tonnes)
PERIODDawood
HerculesEngro
NFC
Pak-
Saudi
NFC
Pak-
China*
NFC
Pak-
Arab
NFC Pak-
AmercianFFC Total
Kharif Season
1989 153,672 130,600 312,218 57,219 57,004 0 312,162 1,022,875
1990 209,534 137,674 252,223 46,896 48,907 0 312,829 1,008,063
1991 142,856 133,378 286,475 52,021 60,710 0 311,973 987,413
1992 157,381 128,669 288,045 59,719 62,908 0 367,700 1,064,422
1993 212,243 124,484 281,767 58,546 45,865 0 650,900 1,373,805
1994 207,776 285,204 249,456 52,740 59,899 0 689,600 1,544,675
1995 225,203 290,565 271,347 60,372 38,622 0 700,100 1,586,209
1996 218,610 355,510 310,955 24,928 56,956 0 698,184 1,665,143
1997 217,334 322,589 329,352 9,116 52,559 0 729,866 1,660,816
1998 250,317 298,369 304,120 54,901 57,432 2,000 721,559 1,688,698
1999 249,641 385,416 320,062 56,054 54,451 115,778 816,157 1,997,559
2000 214,340 391,258 273,260 3,580 58,684 151,017 915,360 2,007,499
2001 197,006 375,207 292,752 0 58,250 176,963 1,007,834 2,108,030
2002 237,982 461.665 63,981 0 52,238 146,762 1,262,314 2,224,942
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2003 244,522 466,412 0 0 59,408 179,226 1,341,099 2,290,667
Rabi Season
1989-90 190,590 123,184 306,085 60,468 61,499 0 332,920 1,074,746
1990-91 182,769 134,057 291,643 53,603 57,486 0 295,474 1,012,032
1991-92 85,695 138,633 280,298 60,657 53,474 0 307,588 926,345
1992-93 186,090 136,026 256,157 53,228 44,930 0 413,100 1,089,540
1993-94 214,628 323,669 329,846 60,701 39,488 0 622,400 1,590,732
1994-95 173,918 333,221 271,287 48,989 40,313 0 610,800 1,478,528
1995-96 141,199 405,572 272,971 41,364 60,965 0 702,900 1,624,971
1996-97 167,263 350,150 241,602 31,501 62,685 0 765,793 1,618,994
1997-98 152,802 380,078 308,455 471 34,714 0 766,254 1,642,774
1998-99 161,446 416,320 299,734 41,322 39,925 69,747 701,967 1,730,461
1999-00 188,011 407,777 313,600 41,072 47,184 74,744 857,448 1,929,836
2000-01 193,780 416,597 309,571 0 50,852 57,933 903,140 1,931,873
2001-02 168,408 430,128 318,696 0 41,683 126,459 978,001 2,036,375
2002-03 190,094 413,140 0 0 47,776 136,775 1,356,952 2,144,737
2003-04 165,464 489,115 0 0 64,555 127,453 1,341,654 2,188,241
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Domestic Production of Fertilizer by Products
Urea
Fiscal Year
1989-90 402,906 251,168 602,222 112,568 114,880 0 625,121 2,108,865
1990-91 369,299 270,134 538,942 106,064 115,970 0 629,869 2,050,278
1991-92 218,064 264,686 562,026 109,276 118,188 0 630,054 1,902,296
1992-93 380,457 274,392 512,767 110,071 102,523 0 925,900 2,306,110
1993-94 424,677 544,913 617,095 123,020 87,649 0 1,306,500 3,103,854
1994-95 398,619 582,438 525,595 100,822 91,739 0 1,301,100 3,000,313
1995-96 360,223 731,396 565,120 72,620 111,487 0 1,417,200 3,258,046
1996-97 377,278 692,799 556,050 65,545 112,667 0 1,453,796 3,258,135
1997-98 384,721 663,364 618,383 26,986 92,104 0 1,498,610 3,284,168
1998-99 412,101 772,188 624,732 97,344 96,809 124,612 1,422,671 3,550,457
1999-00 435,962 818,374 602,676 73,070 101,750 200,124 1,736,195 3,968,151
2000-01 376,107 780,677 605,464 0 109,625 233,838 1,877,546 3,983,257
2001-02 397,704 871,960 517,327 0 98,720 300,600 2,073,518 4,259,829
2002-03 424,914 887,510 0 0 102,000 289,690 2,703348 4,407462
2003-04 411,663 855,836 0 0 122,590 310,717 2,734,028 4,434,834
*: M/S Schon Group purchased the plant operated for sometime and now is closed.
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MAIN FERTILIZER PRODUCER IN PAKISTAN
1. Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC)
2. Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim (Pvt) Ltd. (FFBQ)
3. National Fertilizer Corporation of Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
4. Dawood Hercules (DH)
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FERTILIZER PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN
Fertilizer Production Capacity in Pakistan 2002-03
000 Tones
S. No. Plant and Location Company Name Product Start Year Capacity
1
Lyallpur Chemicals and Fertilizer Limited,
Faisalabad
National Fertilizer Corporation of
Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. (NFC)12SSP 1957 0
Jaranwala NFC 12 SSP10 1967 90
2 Hazara Phosphate Pvt. Ltd. Haripur. NFC12 SSP3 1989 90
3 Pak American Fertilizer (Pvt). Ltd. Daudkhel NFC Urea1 1998 346
4 Pak Arab Fertilizer (Pvt). Ltd. Multan
NFC Urea4
1962
92
NFC CAN9 450
NFC NP 305
5 Pak. Saudi Fertilizers Pvt. Ltd. Mirpur Mathelo FFC Urea 1980 557
6Pak-China, Haripur (Presently not in
operation)Schon Pak-China Urea13 1982 102
7 Dawood Hercules, Sheikpura Dawood Hercules (DH) Urea5 1971 445
8
Engro Chemical Pakistan Ltd. Dharki
Engro Chemical Pakistan Limited
(ECPL)
Plant1
Urea81968 850
(Dahirki)
Plant2 Urea
111993
NPK 2001 100
9 Fauji Fertilizers Co. Ltd., Machi Ghot Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC)
Plant 1
Urea61982
1330
Plant 2
Urea71993
10 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi.Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim (Pvt) Ltd.
(FFBQ)
Urea2 1998 550
DAP2 1998 446
Urea Total 4,272
Total All Products 5,753
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Product Wise, Domestic Production Of Fertilizer in Pakistan
Product Wise, Domestic Production Of Fertilizer
000 Tons
1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
Urea
Dawood Hercules 385 412 436 376 398 425
Engro 663 772 818 781 872 888
NFC Pak-Saudi 618 625 603 605 517 613
NFC Pak-China 27 97 73 0 0 0
NFC Pak-Arab 92 97 102 110 99 102
NFC Pak-Amercian 0 125 200 234 301 290
FFC 1,499 1423 1736 1,877 2,073 2,703
Sub Total 3,284 3,551 3,968 3,983 4,260 4,407
DAP
Sona FFC 0 46 298 325 67 0
CAN
NFC PAK-ARAB 315 339 386 374 329 335
AS
NFC PAK-American 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
NP
NFC PAK-ARAB 293 284 261 285 306 305
SSP
NFC LC&FL J.Wala 0 4 73 78 78 75
NFC Hazara Fert. 0 17 73 81 84 72
Sub Total 0 21 146 160 162 147
N:P:K 1 1 1 2 63 75
TOTAL 3,894 4,242 5,060 5,128 5,187 5,269
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Spot analysis
SPOT ANALYSIS OF FERTILIZER SECTOR
Number of Units
a. Public 4
b. Private 6
Total 10
Employment 7,563
Technology High Technology
Source of Machinery Italy, England, Denmark, USA, Japan, Local
Installed Capacities (000 Tons)
Public Sector 1,373
Private Sector 4,384
Total 5,753
Total Investment Rs. 87 Billion
Contribution to GDP 0.40%
Fertilizer Policy 2001
Fertilizer Policy has been announced with effect from 1st July, 2001.
In next 10 years Pakistan will need additional 2 million tons of fertilizers for
local consumption.
Salient Features
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Policy has four parts:
Existing Fertilizer Plants
New Fertilizer Plants
Existing Plants Planning for expansion and BMR
NPK Compounds.
For Existing Plants, annually gas prices would increase effective July 2001 to July 2006
@ Nil, 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 12.5%, 15% respectively.
The feedstock gas prices are frozen for 10 yrs in case of new plants but only for 7 yrs in
case of expansion / BMRE.
Thereafter the price is to be $ 1.10 MMBTU or prevailing Middle East price which ever
is higher.
Fuel Gas price will be same as for other industrial consumers in the country.
For new Investments the price of feed gas will be the Middle Eastern Price prevailing on
the date of signing of the GSA or $ 0.77/MMBTU which ever is higher and a discount
(less the discount of 10%)
Gas will be allocated to new fertilizer plants on the principle of first come, first served
basis.
Recognizing the expected growth in fertilizer demand, the government has decided to
dedicate the shallow reservoir of Mari Gas field to the Fertilizer Industry.
Custom duty of 5 % under SRO: 457(I)/2004 is leviable on import of plant, machinery &
equipments (not Manufactured Locally) for fertilizer Projects.
Second hand machinery/plant is importable at same duty as new plants i.e. 10%.
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Duty free import of raw materials for NPK production i.e. Di-Ammonia Phosphate,
Mono-Ammonia Phosphate, Triple Super Phosphate etc.
Selling price shall remain deregulated and benefit would be passed to customers. To
ensure this objective Ministerial Committee would meet when required.
Reduction in withholding tax on import of certain types of fertilizer from 6% to 1%, to
reduce the cost of fertilizer inputs.
Withholding taxes at the time of import of fertilizer shall be adjusted against assessed
income tax of the year in case fertilizer is imported by a manufacturer of Fertilizer.
Tax relief: First year allowance or Initial Depreciation Allowance @ 50% of Machinery
& equipment cost or as provided under income tax laws shall be allowed.
Concessions as per declining in concession policy for additional feed gas in the case of
expansion, BMR resulting in enhanced production capacity would be available for 5
years.
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A relief of Rs.100/- per bag in the price of Phosphatic Fertilizer.
Import of Fertilizers
000 Tons
Product 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
Urea 114 86 0 0
AS 21 15 32 17
DAP 819 773 919 1,124
NP 122 47 26 30
TSP 15 0 0 9
SSP 22 0 0 0
SOP 11 0 20 16
10:15:20 5 15 5 0
MOP 12 22 11 0
Total 1,141 958 1,013 1,223
Supply – Demand Projection
Year
Urea DAP
Supply Demand
Deficit /
Surplus Supply Demand
Deficit /
Surplus
2003-04 4,170 4,390 -220 292 1,069 -777
2004-05 4,170 4,499 -329 450 1,123 -673
2005-06 4,170 4,612 -442 450 1,179 -729
2006-07 4,170 4,727 -557 450 1,238 -788
2007-08 4,170 4,845 -675 450 1,300 -850
2008-09 4,170 4,966 -796 450 1,365 -915
2009-10 4,170 5,090 -920 450 1,433 -983
2010-11 4,170 5,218 -1,048 450 1,505 -1,055
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2011-12 4,170 5,348 -1,178 450 1,580 -1,130
National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC)
The National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC) was set up by the Government of
Pakistan (Planning and Development Division) in December 1977. After a brief period of
aid from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) it has been assisted by
the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations with Trust Funds
from Norway (NORAD) upto May 1981, and from the Netherlands upto December,
1997.
NFDC is a multidisciplinary research and development organization at the federal level
that integrates disciplines such as economic planning, pricing and subsidies, privatization
and deregulation, production and imports, marketing and credit, agronomy and soil
science, research, extension and training. In co-operation with the various federal and
provincial institutions, NFDC studies all fertilizer-related problems from the supply
source to the farmers' fields, with a view to helping in the formulation of Government
policies and their implementation and to give support to other institutions.
Bottlenecks in fertilizer imports and production, trade and use, agronomic efficiency and
impact on crop productivity are increasing both in frequency and intensity due to
increasing fertilizer use consumption in Pakistan crossed the 10,000 nutrient tonnes mark
in 1956, the 100,000 nutrient tonnes mark in 1966-67, 1,000,000 nutrient tonnes mark in
1979-80, 2,000,000 nutrient tonnes mark in 1992-93 and touching 3,222,000 nutrient
tonnes mark in 2004-05. Per hectare average fertilizer use for cropped area increased
from about 5 kg in 1964-65 to about 55 kg in 1981-82 and 147 kg in 2003-04.
The existence in Pakistan of a number of agencies and organizations, working on
different aspects of fertilizer production, trade, research, extension and use made it
desirable for the Government to have neutral institution with the objectives to provide a
common platform.
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OBJECTIVES OF NFDC
The current broad objectives of NFDC are:
To provide objective and comprehensive advice to all levels of Government, to
the fertilizer industry and to other parties as may be relevant, on all matters
related in any way to the fertilizer sector of Pakistan and its relations with the
international fertilizer community.
To conduct research studies on physical and economic returns on fertilizer use to
farmers, impact of input prices on crop output, deregulation/privatization of
fertilizer in order to facilitate policy decisions.
To conduct fertilizer use surveys at farm level to monitor fertilizer use by crops,
impact on crop productivity, crop responses to fertilizers and problems faced by
farmers.
To monitor the status of all aspects of fertilizer use development: production,
imports, consumption, prices and evaluate situation critically for the information
and action by the concerned organizations, so that timely actions can be taken to
effect improvement.
To promote efficient, balanced and environmental friendly integrated use of plant
nutrients for sustainable agricultural growth.
To help upgrade the capability of fertilizer research, extension and marketing
personnel in the transfer of fertilizer technology.
To provide a neutral common platform to resolve contentious issues in fertilizer
sector.
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To launch new initiatives in soil fertility and plant nutrition management.
PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES
NFDC's programmes are classified as core activities, special programmes and areas of
special interest and collaboration.
Core activities Constitute those regarded as the central functions of NFDC. These
include data base; demand forecasting; intenrational prices; fertilizer situation reviews;
(monthly, seasonal and annual); special technical notes; fertilizer use surves; crop
responses; fertilizer bibliographic updates; fertilizer esearch reviews, training courses
contributions to and participation in national and international fora and computerized
library documentation and retrival of literature.
Special programmes and areas of special interest and collaboration include:
Studies on privatization in the fertilizer sector
Fertilizer use development programme, e.g. integrated crop nutrition, balanced
fertilization and fertilizer use efficiency
Fertilization in horticulture (e.g. fertigation, investigations with new products
and application techniques)
Fertilizer advisory services
promotion of blends/compounds
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Assist soil testing laboratories
Establishment of a regional centre on pant nutrition management and
development.
ORGANIZATIONAL LINKS OF NFDC
National
NFDC works in close collaboration with the Federal Ministries and their executive arms
concerned with fertilizer use development. The most important among these are: Ministry
of Food and Agriculture, its Fertilizer Cell; Department of Plant Protection; Pakistan
Agricultural Research Council, Ministry of Finance and the credit institutions; Ministry
of Industries and Production and the National Fertilizer Corporation operating public
sector fertilizer plants, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, etc.
At the provincial level NFDC maintains liaison with the Provincial Governments,
agricultural universities and research institutes, soil testing and soil fertility laboratories
and extension and training organizations, pesticides associations, importers and
distributors, and testing laboratories, etc.
NFDC works in close liason with private sector fertilizer producers and marrketing
agencies. Some joint activities are being planned. NFDC is also represented on various
committees at national and provincial level.
International
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations : NFDC since its
establishment is getting financial as well as technical support from FAO. NFDC is
regarded as a pioneer institution of the FAO Plant Nutrition Management Service, Land
and Water Development Division and is termed as a `Centre of Excellence’.
Agricultural Economics Institute (LEI), Hague, Netherlands : NFDC and LEI,
Hague, the Netherlands have signed a memorandum of understanding for
technical co-operation between both the organizations.
Fertilizer Advisory Development and Information Network for Asia and the
Pacific (FADINAP) - ESCAP, Bangkok : NFDC is a technical liaison office for
FADINAP and jointly had carried a number of studies, training programmes and
information management/dissemination in the country.
International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) - Paris, France : NFDC is a
member of IFA and shares international statistics of fertilizer consumption,
production and trade in addition to studies on Plant Nutrition Management
World Phosphate Institute (IMPHOS), Morocco : World Phosphate Institute and
NFDC work jointly in promotional activities particularly on balanced fertilization,
establishment of soil test crop response calibration studies.
International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC), Muscle Shoals, USA :
NFDC has close technical collaboration with IFDC in human resources
development and exchange of technical know-how.
Egyptian Fertilizer Development Centre (EFDC), Egypt : NFDC has signed a
MOU with EFDC for technical co-operation in the field of fertilizer use
development activities.
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International Potash Institute (IPI), Switzerland : IPI and NFDC has close
technical collaboration and some joint studies on potash use development are
carried out in the country.
Other International Institutions : NFDC shares information with number of
national/regional institutions such as : Fertilizer Association of India, Fertilizer
and Pesticides Authority, Manila, Philippines, National Fertilizer Secretariat, Sri
Lanka and Arab Fertilizer Association, Cairo.
FERTILIZER INDUSTRY’S PERFORMANCE
Three leading manufacturers of urea in the country have recently released their accounts
for the first half of 2005. It was encouraging to note that urea off-take during these six
months increased by 18 per cent as compared to the corresponding period last year. But,
according to the manufactures, the demand has flattened out gradually. Still the off-take
was comparable with the consumption in the pervious two years. Indigenous production
of urea has improved requiring lesser import of the commodity. The demand for
phosphatic fertilizer took a quantum leap registering a 16 per cent increase.
Various types of fertilizers are used in the country but urea remains the commodity with
in the largest demand sector. The urea market is dominantly shared by three
manufacturers namely, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited, Dawood Hercules Chemicals
Limited, Engro Chemical Pakistan Limited . All the three are listed at the Karachi Stock
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Exchange. Fauji has the largest production capacity and contributed 46 per cent of the
total sale in 1997 followed by Engro 20 per cent and Dawood 11 per cent. The other
manufacturer controlling any significant market share is Pak Saudi Fertilizer. FFC-Jordan
Fertilizer Company Limited is a joint venture between Fauji Fertilizer Company and a
Jordanian company.
DEMAND VS SUPPLY
The demand for urea has been increasing consistently and significantly. This is due to
two factors: the government of Pakistan (GoP) besides offering various incentives to the
fertilizer manufacturers to keep the cost of production low also extending soft term loans
to growers for the purchase of various inputs. The manufacturers have been able to take
the fullest advantage of the GoP policies and have expanded the production capacities
over the years. This, on the one hand, has helped the country in achieving self sufficiency
in the production of urea and, on the other hand, has reduced the foreign exchange
expenditure on import of the product.
Consumption of urea is seasonal. In the past, during the peak consumption period, some
unscrupulous elements used to indulge in black marketing of the commodity. However,
with the enhanced availability of indigenously produced urea and an elaborate dealers
network the manufacturers have been able to minimise such incidence.
GAS SUPPLY
One of the factors responsible for phenomenal increase in the indigenous production of
urea is the policy of the government regarding supply of gas (feedstock) at concessional
rate. The policy has benefited the country.
When the first urea manufacturing plant was established in the country in 1967 by Exxon
Chemical, its installed capacity was only 148,000 tonnes per annum. The policy has
encouraged establishment of new units and expansion of installed capacities by the
manufacturers. The total installed capacity in the country now exceeds 3.2 million tonnes.
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This capacity will be further increased by one million tonnes by the end of this year when
the current expansion by ECPL and FFC-Jordan starts commercial production.
However, some of the analysts believe that the advantage of supply of gas at concessional
rates to fertilizer manufacturers is not being passed on to the farmers. In their views, at
present the international prices of urea are lower than its domestic price. And therefore,
they suggest that efforts should be made by the manufacturers to lower urea price. The
manufacturers do not agree with this. They say that they have been importing expensive
urea in the past and selling at lower prices – virtually subsidising urea sale — a
responsibility of the government. Therefore, if the price of urea has declined in the
international market, they should not be asked to lower the domestic price. In their views,
it is a temporary phase as there is an over supply situation in the global markets. At this
time the GoP must protect the local industry.
NEED FOR NITROGENOUS FERTILIZER
Since the lands in the country are deficient in nitrogenous material, urea has to be used to
overcome the deficiency. The urea sale is directly linked to the purchasing power of
farmers and the availability of credit to them. The cash flow to farmers is directly related
to the prices of agriculture produce and the yields achieved during the preceding year.
When there is a bumper crop and support prices are higher, the growers get more cash
inflow. During the last few years, the income of cotton growers was adversely affected
due to curl leaf virus (CLV) attacks on cotton crop.
Following the losses incurred to the cotton growers on various grounds, many of the
farmers, particularly in Punjab, in order to avoid further losses, switched over to
sugarcane cultivation. But, they could not get the similar income mainly because the
climatic conditions of the area were not suitable for the cultivation of sugarcane. The
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result was that per acre yield was low and recovery of sugar was also below than the
average recovery achieved in Sindh – the main sugarcane growing belt in the country.
The manufacturers also say that over the years, urea production capacity in the country
has been increased which has gradually lowered the import bill of urea. While many
other industries enjoying similar incentives have not taken the fullest advantage of the
GoP policies, it is most probably, the fertilizer industry, which has exploited the best
advantage of the policy. The country is almost self sufficient in indigenous production of
urea. The industry has achieved the stage of potential earner of foreign exchange for the
country. The export of surplus production can be done by the urea manufacturers to pay
for the import of DAP type fertilizer and completely free the GoP from its import. With
the commencement of DAP type fertilizer by FFC-Jordan the import bill of the
commodity will be reduced partly because the country will be importing a major portion
of the raw material from Jordan.
Some of the industry experts say that the country has exported urea in the past and,
therefore, concerted efforts should be made to make this a regular export commodity.
They say that by the end of this year the installed capacity in the country will be
increased by one million tonnes. Therefore, the country is expected to achieve surplus in
2007 — may be a temporary phase but the country must make the best efforts to exploit
this potential.
According to these analysts, during the last few years, the capacity utilisation of urea
manufacturing units remained low on account of load-shedding of gas.
To substantiate their point of view they quoted the example of Dawood Hercules. During
1997 the capacity utilisation was around 82 per cent. The plant has been running above
designed capacity in the past. They also said that while all the other urea manufacturing
unit had increased their installed capacity, Dawood Hercules had not been able to expand
its capacity in spite of increasing demand for urea in the country.
However, the other group believes that the industry is still to achieved the status of
potential export earner. The quantities imported over the year have varied sharply. While
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the total import of urea in 1994 was only 78,000 tonnes, and import of another 450,000
tonnes is expected before the end of the year.
LOGISTICS
During the peak demand period the three urea manufacturers, Engro, Fauji and Pak
Saudi, face serious logistic problems. This include availability of trucks and railway
wagons, heavy traffic and frequent traffic jams on National Highway as all these units are
located within a radius of 100 kilometers. The manufacturers have been demanding, for a
long time, of the government to expand the roads but the problem still persists.
Market Share
Fauji 60%
Engro 20%
Dawood 10%
Others 10%
Engro Chemical Pakistan Limited, formally known as Exxon Chemical Pakistan, was
established in 1967 with an installed capacity to produce 147,000 tonnes of urea
annually. The Company has already expanded the urea production capacity to 750,000
tonnes per annum. After the completion of current expansion programme, the annual
production capacity will be enhanced to 850,000 tonnes per annum besides improving
plant energy efficiency and strengthening the environment conservation measures. The
delay in manufacture and shipment of some critical equipment by an overseas supplier
has delayed completion of project from March 2004 to last quarter of the year. The
project cost due to the change in scope and delayed commissioning has increased from
US$ 59 million to US$ 72 million. However, according to the Company sources, the
project economics remain unchanged due to enhancement in gas utilisation efficiency.
After undertaking major expansions, ECPL is diversifying its operations. Engro Paktank
Terminal Limited, the 50:50 joint venture of the Company with Royal Pakhoed of The
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Netherlands was formally inaugurated in May this year. The jetty and chemical storage
facility at Port Qasim was built at a cost of US$ 65 million.
Engro Asahi Polymer & Chemical Limited (EAPCL) is a joint venture of ECPL with
Asahi Glass and Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan for the production of PVC resin. The
project is also being built at Port Qasim. It will have a capacity to produce 100,000
tonnes of resin annually. The project cost is estimated around Rs. 4 billion.
Dawood Hercules
Chemicals Limited has not been able to enhance its production capacity lately. The
Company operates on a gas network which is primarily domestic consumer oriented. Any
increase in demand for gas or reduced gas availability, due to the fault in the system,
immediately results in diversion of supply to domestic consumers particularly in winter
months. fertilizer plants in some other areas were able to achieve at least 10 to 12 per cent
production above the designed capacityindicating capacity utilisation at 85 per cent as
against a capacity utilisation of 76 per cent during the corresponding period in 2004. It is
believed that the average capacity utilisation for the year will improve to 90 per cent
provided there is no load-shedding of gas. However, to achieve capacity utilisation above
designed capacity the Company needs supply of gas at optimum level. This will not be
possible without improving the pipeline network.
OUTLOOK
By the end of year 2005, approximately one million tonnes of additional urea
manufacturing capacity is expected to come on stream in the country. This would not
only improve the availability of the product but would also result into greater
competition. With the present downward trend in the international price of urea, the
ability to recover escalation in cost through higher prices will be limited. To remain
successful in the tough competition it will be necessary for the manufacturers to focus on
cost control and improved productivity.
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The policies of the government assign the highest priority to allocation of gas for the
fertilizer industry to boost agriculture production in the country. It is necessary that the
government abides by the policy and meets industry demand for allocation of additional
gas at reasonable price. To ensure availability of urea at competitive prices the
government must avoid any escalation in the gas (feedstock) prices in the near future as
the government intends to enhance production of food and cash crops in the country.
Besides, the industry has become a potential foreign exchange earner. Efforts should be
made to enable the industry to earn foreign exchange after freeing the country from its
import liability.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman
Lt. Gen. Syed Muhammad Amjad, HI, HI(M) (Retired)
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Lt. Gen. Mahmud Ahmed, HI(M) (Retired)
DIRECTORS NOMINATED BY
Dr. Haldor Topsoe Fauji Foundation
Mr. Qaiser Javed Fauji Foundation
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Brig. Arshad Shah, SI(M) (Retired)
Fauji Foundation
Mr. Tariq Iqbal Khan National Investment Trust (NIT)
Brig. Aftab Ahmad (Retired) Fauji Foundation
Brig. Ghazanfar Ali (Retired) Fauji Foundation
Syed Zaheer Ali Shah Government of Pakistan (GOP)
Mr. Khawar Saeed National Bank of Pakistan (NBP)
Dr. Nadeem Inayat National Investment Trust (NIT)
Mr. Istaqbal Mehdi
Pak Kuwait Investment Company
Brig. Munawar Ahmed Rana
(Retired)
Fauji Foundation
Responsibilities, Powers and Functions of Board of Directors
The role and responsibilities of the chairman and the chief executive officer are distinct,
clearly defined and documented and are carried out separately by the two officers. The
board exercise its powers to carry out its duties with a sense of object judgment and
independence in the best interests and the company has circulated a” statement of ethics
and business practices” to establish a standard of conduct, as a model corporate citizen ,
for the board and employees of the company. Each year, the director attend the
orientation coerces of their duties and responsibility to manage the affairs of the company
on behalf of the shareholders; these courses are also attended by the management of the
company.
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The board has also adopted vision and mission statements and an over all corporate
strategy for the company and formulated policies including risk management,
procurement of the goods and services marketing ,terms of credit and discount,
acquisition and disposal of of fixed assets and write-off inventories, bad debts, loans and
advances, investments and disinvestments of funds with maturity period exceeding six
months, borrowing, donations, charities, delegations of financial powers, transitions with
related parties, loans and advances, human resource management including succession
planning , healthy ,safety and environment . decisions on material transitions or
significant matters are documented through resolution passed at their meetings and
circulated for approval.
The board monitors the operations of the management through three standard
committees. Implementations of the decisions, policies and strategies along with
maintenance of their record have been delegated to the management under the
supervision of the Chief Executive and Managing Director of the company and is
executed and controlled through management committees.
Management
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Lt. Gen. Mahmud Ahmed HI(M) (Retired)
GENERAL MANAGERS
General Manager Technology & Operations
Mr. Abdul Waheed Sheikh
General Manager Finance (Operations)
Mr. Abid Maqbool
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General Manager Marketing
Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
General Manager Admin
General Manager HR
General Manager Technical Operations
Mr. Abdul Waheed
General Manager Industrial Relations
General Manager Plant (Goth Machhi)
Mr. Tahir Javed
General Manager Plant (Mirpur Mathelo)
Syed Iqtidar Saeed
COMPANY SECRETARY
Brig. Muhammad Saleem Suleman SI(M) (Retired)
Meetings of the Board.
The chairman presides over meetings of the board and encourages the participation and
contribution of executive and non executive directors. The directors meet at least once in
each quarter. Additional meetings are called upon when required. In 2004 a total of seven
meetings were held which were also attended by chief Financial Officer and the
Comp[any Secretary. The chief Financial Officer and the Comp[any Secretary are the
employees of the company and are not entitled to cast votes at the meetings. Written
notices of the meetings along with agenda and its details were circulated seven days in
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advance. Minutes of each meeting are recorded and circulated by the company within 30
days.
In these meetings the issues generally discussed are:
Approval of quarterly financial statements
Approval of half yearly financial statements
Approval of annual financial statements
Annual business plans
Annual budgets
Quarterly forecasts and annual forecasts
Cash flow projections
Performance monitoring
Internal audits reports
External audit recommendations
Agreements and contracts
Amendment of laws
Agreement with staff unions’ Collective Bargaining Agents (CBA)
Status of payments of debts and obligations and repayments of loans
The board, after each meeting, gives the recommendations to strengthen and formalize
the corporate decision making process.
Meeting of the Marketing Division.
All the heads of departments meet every Tuesday to
To present the weekly reports to GMM
To discuss the sales situation
To look at the competitors’ activities
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To monitor the performance against monthly and annual plans
To monitor fertilizer supply and demand situation.
Tries to devise strategies to over come problems if any.
In every month a monthly meeting is held in which reports for the month of all
departments are presented to GMM.
In monthly meetings the targets and plans for next month are also set.
In these meetings monthly sales of FFC against the same period of last year and monthly
sales of competitors’ are also analyzed.
Sales of all regions are rewieved.
Sales performance of all sales officers are compared with targets
Best sales officer of the month is selected and rewarded.
Expenses for the month are approved.
These meetings are presided over by GMM.
All these meetings are held at Lahore marketing office.
Annual meeting of all the managers of Marketing Division is also held.
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Marketing Network
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Departments in Marketing Division
Marketing Division Lahore contains the following departments. These departments are
listed according to the schedule of my internship schedule at the office.
1. Distribution
2. Warehousing
3. Administration
4. Human Resources
5. Industrial Relations and Welfare
6. Procurement
7. Finance
8. IT Unit
9. Technical Services
10. Planning
11. Sales Promotion
12. Sales North Zone
13. Regional Office Lahore
14. General Manager Marketing
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Introduction of All the Departments:
Sales Promotion
No of the executives 3
Department Head Mrs Nabila
Senior SPO Mr. Sultan Ahmad
SPO Mr. Iqbal Ahmad
No of the Staff 3
Total employees 6
Objectives
To create ,augment and maintain the demand of FFBL and FFCL products
To enhance and sustain brand image and corporate image
Improve company visibility in the mind of consumers
To safe guard company logo
To strengthen brand loyalty
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Sales North Zone
General Manager Marketing Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Senior Sales Manager Zia Mahmood Minhas
North zone contains these regions
Total No of Management Employees (lhr. Off.) 4
Regional officers 5
No. of staff Employees 3
Total Regions 5
1. Lahore
2. Faisalabad
3. Sahiwal
4. Peshwar
5. D.I.Khan
Functions of North zone
Conduction sale forecast for regions include in North zone
Monitoring sales allocation as per decided ratios
Monitoring daily sales
Studying competitors price structure
Co-coordinating regions included in North zone
Managing sales force of North zone
Checking and inventory
Coordination wit top management
Ensuring availability controlling warehouses
Monitoring of product
Monitoring and keeping record of turnover of productivity
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REGIONAL OFFICE LAHORE
General Manager Marketing Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Senior Sales Manager Zia Mahmood Minhas
Regional Manager Mr. Arshad Mahmood
Sales officer Lahore Mr. Masood
Technical sales Officer Mr. Zahid Nawaz
No. of staff Employees 3
The regional office Lahore is a front line department. It is actually involved with direct
sales of fertilizer and interacting with dealers. The regional manager, regional TSO and
the sales officer Lahore district are working with assistance of stock members .For three
days
Tuesday –Thursday the officers are on field visits and for rest 2 working days they
perform their office work. The districts included in Lahore region :
Lahore Region
1. Gujranwala
2. Sheikhupura
3. M.B.Din
4. Rawalpindi
5. Sialkot
6. Hafizabad
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Activities
Monitoring product wise /district wise achievement with respect to targets
Monitoring current market situation with respect to fertilizer industry
Monitoring competitors activities in detail
Managing warehouses, their sales and closing stocks
Appointing and terminating dealers as regard to their performance, literate goal is
to have a strong dealer network
Distribution Department
General Manager Marketing Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Senior Distribution and Warehousing Manager Mr.Shakeel Ahmad
Senior Executive Distribution Mr. Riaz Ahmad
Executive Distribution Mr. Afzal Mughal
Distribution Officer Mr. Salman Ali
No. of staff Employees 3
Distribution department is of the major department helping the sales force. The primary
function of distribution department is to ensure effective and efficient distribution of
product from plants up to the final customers.
Objectives of Distribution Department
Ship out entire production of FFC and FFBL plants and imported fertilizer in
accost effective manner(3.4 MT approx)
Satisfying 3580 dealers , 1632 direct customers and 169 warehouses.
Truck generation for 1556 sales points.
Plan and undertake self imports/exports and ensure prompt handling , quality
packing ,correct weight, timely delivery and documentation.
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Monitor packing availability and arrange safe storage of surplus production
during lean months.
Follow up of product quality complaints.
Coordinate with plant management to ensure smooth operations.
Maintain liaison with Pakistan railway , NLC, port authorities and suppliers.
Transportation Arrangements
Private trucking contractions
NLC
Pakistan railways
Dispatches 2004
Fig in KT
Road Rail Total Ratio
Ex Goth Macchi 1348 111 1459 92:08
Ex Mirpur Mathelo 652 73 725 90:1
Ex Bin Qasim 871 85 956 91:09
Ex Port 244 12 256 95:05
Total 3315 282 3397 92:08
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Customer served
Dealers 3580
Direct customers 1632
Total 5212
Warehousing Department
General Manager Marketing Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Senior Marketing Service Manager Mr. Asad Sultan
Senior Distribution and Warehousing Manager Mr. Shakeel Ahmad
Warehousing Manager Brig.Retd. Ghulam Rasool Sahi
Senior Executive Warehousing Mr. Riaz Ahmad
Warehousing Manager Mr. Ahsan khan
No. of staff Employees 3
The ware housing department is involved in completing the formality For hiring And
dehiring of warehouses (on need basis) , appointment of handling contractors, watch and
ward contractors. The record of inventories is maintained and physical inspection of the
warehouse and product are carried out to ensure safety and security. This department
works in collaboration with distribution department.
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Functions of warehousing department
Coordinating of warehouse department with regions regarding warehouse
selection, training of supervisors, planning capacity of warehouses
To conduct inspections of the warehouses on planned and surprise basis
Each warehouse is inspected around 17 time a year.
Warehousing department is considered with processing of
o Lease agreements
o Watch and ward agreements
o Handling agreements
o Watch and ward bills
Conduct the training of warehouse supervisors.
Preparing the operational , capital and revenue budgets on yearly basis.
Formulating warehouse plans.
Preparing weekly capacity reports.
Zone wise Warehouses and capacity
Zone Regions Warehouses Capacity MT
North 5 63 136700
Central 5 53 119400
South 4 49 78400
Total 14 165 334500
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Type of Warehouses
Strategic Warehouses
Permanent warehouses
Temporary warehouses
Purely temporary warehouses
s
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Administration Department
General Manager Marketing Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Administration Manager Col. Retd. Muhammad Khalid
Administration Esxecutive Maj. Retd. Khaani
No. of staff Employees 3
Administration department is involved with conducting the administration function of the
fauji fertilizers of the marketing division
Functions
Provision and maintenance of transport i.e. Cars, Jeeps and Poor vehicles
Ensure availability of utilities like gas, electricity, telephone, E-mail, and Photocopy
facility.
Under take protocol duties. i.e. reception, transport, and ticketing etc. For company
gussets and officers
Ensure the implementation of company policies and rules
Provision of uniform to entitle staff (Qasids, Chowkidars, electricians and drivers)
Ensure proper maintenance of the office premises and guesthouses
Take disciplinary action under the rules where necessary
Disposal of unusable assets of company
Managing three major types of transport system related to marketing division;
Company maintained
Company assisted cars/Jeep
Pool transport
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Transport holding
Holding of marketing division transport is as under
Company assigned cars 23
Company assisted cars 91
Company maintained cars 63 Total=177
Human Resource Department
General Manager Marketing Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Administration Manager Col. Retd. Muhammad Khalid
Senior Executive HR Col. Retd. Asad Sukhaira
HR Officer-I Mr. Qamar
No. of staff Employees 3
The FFC Management, acknowledging the importance of human resources has always
placed personnel management at the top of its priority list. The Human Resources
Department, therefore, right from the inception of the Company has played a vital role in
steering the Company through all its phases, operations and progress.
The functions of Human Resources Department vis-a-vis personnel management and
human resources development are going side by side and it is due to the progressive
approach and dynamic philosophy of the management that Personnel Management
remains abreast with the latest style of management ensuring high level of motivation and
satisfaction of the work force under varied situations. Personnel policies are kept updated
and are periodically modified to respond to the latest socio-economic changes and market
trends of the country.
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Hiring quality manpower, keeping them happy, satisfied and motivated are the pillars of
the Human Resources Department; justice, fair play and merit oriented treatment are
some of the ingredients of processing cases by the Human Resources Department.
For Human Resource development, another aspect which receives its due share is
training. The employees are exposed to various kinds of cross training, technical courses,
management courses, workshops and seminars both at home and abroad. At Plant site, the
Company has a Technical Training Centre, which is unique, and the only centre in Asia
having a true replica of the Plant for providing realistic training as far as possible, to the
employees.
Employees' welfare has all along received due consideration by the Management. A
number of agreements have been signed with CBA
Workers Union, resulting in handsome remuneration packages to employees. The
company, since its inception, has undertaken five salary revisions for Management
employees, to remain amongst the top paying organizations of the country. It is due to the
sheer sincerity, welfare oriented policies and concern for every single employee that there
has never been any strike, lock out or go slow in FFC.
Human resources department of the marketing division is responsible for the employees
related to marketing division. Maintaining their attendance and payroll of the staff while
officers and executives get their pay directly from head office.
Functions
Work out warehouse supervisor visor’s requirements in consultation with regional
manager and arrange recruitment and transfer activities according to head office
instructions.
1. Maintain up to date personal records, statistics including leave records , relating to
management and non- management employees.
2. Interpret company policy and provision of necessary ruling where required.
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Handling cases relating to following subjects
Employment/appointment of non management employees. Temporary / contract /
daily wages according to authorization.
Promotion of non management employees
Pay and allowances of non management employees.
Leaves (annual, causal, special, sick) are managed for all employees.
Transfer claims of all employees.
House/rent allowances advances
Also the House building loans
Industrial Relations and Welfare Department
General Manager Marketing Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Administration Manager Col. Retd. Muhammad Khalid
Senior Executive IR & W
No. of Staff Employees 2
The IR department in organization is formed under the IRQ 69 [industrial relation
ordination] of Punjab labor laws act and is under the approval of Management & joint
Labor Department of Punjab Govt .IR basically deals with the Labor laws implication in
an organization and has to negotiate legislatively with the CBA certified labor union at
the office .The criterion for formation of IR department is a office having at least 50
employees and its provisions given in the Punjab as well as GOP labor laws. The IR
department not only negotiates with the labor unions but also responsible handling with
the labor
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One of the functions of IR department at FFC to tackle with all types of court problems.
There are labor courts at regional level .At present there are 24 courts in Pakistan. Any
employee who may have a complaint about the management can go to the court so IR
department representative follow the case
Major Activities
Leave records of workers
Appointment records
Record of upgrading
Annual increment record
Vertical performance appraisal records
Staff no allocation
Procurement Department
General Manager Marketing Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Administration Manager Col. Retd. Khalid
Senior Executive procurement Col. Retd. Ghyoor
Manager Procurement
No. of Staff Employees 2
Procurement department at marketing is responsible for the purchases. Purchases for the
following offices are made by Lahore Marketing Division,3 zonal officies,14 regions,5
FAC,s,Finance and distribution offices at Goth Macchi ,Mirpur Mathelo distribution
office at FFBL port and head office requirements
GOALS “To procure quality goods at the most economical and competitive rat
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FUNCTIONS
Quality, Economical and timely procurement of items /spares for marketing
division and plants ensuring complete backup support /after sales services.
Price enquiry of different items to estimate the price so that the budgeted amount
may be endorsed on the PR before initiation
Disposal of obsolete /surplus/scrap material
Continuous updating of reliable vendors list for both plants and marketing
division
PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN PROCUREMENT STEPS
Raising of purchase request
Approval of PR
Request for quotation
Bid opening
Comparative statement
Placement of order
Delivery receipt of goods
Verification of bills against orders
Final payment
IT DEPARTMENT
General Manager Marketing Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Administration Manager Col. Retd. Khalid
Senior Executive IT Mr Sherazi
No. of Staff Employees
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Information Technology unit was properly setup in FFC Marketing division Lahore. IT
unit is one of the most important departments working at marketing division Lahore. The
Unit has to play a leading role in the marketing division in order to enable all the
department to perform all their functions effectively and efficiently .It enables the
management to make timely decisions.
OBJECTIVES OF IT UNITS
To meet computing needs of all the departments of all the departments of the
marketing divisions.
To design and develop, efficient, effective and user friendly information systems
To provide the maintenance services and proper updating of all these systems
To properly cope with the security and ethical challenges related to information
technology and information system
To design proper feed back and control procedures toward achievement of its
goals.
SYSTEMS DEVELOPED BY I.T UNITS
Sales accounting system
General accounting system
Order processing system
Regional information system
Sales promotion system
Distribution management system
Procurement system
Human resource system
Finance department
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The finance department working at marketing division Lahore is responsible for all the
sales collections either sales are made directly through plant or through warehouses. the
finance department is divided into two sections.
1. General accounting
2. Sales Accounting
Specific responsibilities of General accounting
Payroll of permanent and temporary staff employees
Deduction of income tax from payroll and deposition in govt. treasury.
Forwarding detailed of provident fund contribution of permanent employees
to head office.
Reimbursement of regional imprested/distribution imprested.
Forwarding of L/C opening request to head office for import of fertilizer.
Processing of export related documents.
Deduction of income tax from various supplies and deposit into government
treasury.
Maintenance of books of account including fixed assets ,supplies , employees
etc
Payment of telephone , electricity and medical bill
Payment in respect of bags and line for imported fertilizers
Clearing and forwarding charges in respect of import of fertilizer
Specific responsibilities of the Sales Accounting
Maintenance of dealership records
Processing and banking of sales and proceeds received from field force for
the sale of fertilizer
Transfer of data to plants for shipment
Transfer of funds to head office recording of invoices for sales ex-warehouses
Receiving data from plants for direct sales
Processing of bank Guarantees for secured credit sales
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Monitoring of unsecured credit sales to fauji sugar mills/forms
Preparation of pricing and discount structure for various fertilizers
Receiving data from plants for warehouse shipment
Recording of stock movement reports
Overall reconciliation of stock movement with intimation of head office
Follow up receivables for sale through rail
Recording of stocks receives from FFBL for sale on their behalf
Sending the information regarding dealers balance to field force for
recovery of receivables on various accounts
Annual Business plan of FFC
Review and development of
Historical data
Key assumptions
Inputs from regions
Review meeting
SMs/RMs/Deptt.Managers
GMM
Collation and submission to Head office, review by management, Board of directors,
approval
Budgetary control
Circulations to cost controllers
Quarterly budget variance reports
Monthly revised cash flow statements
Review of import requirements of fertilizer
FFC related statements/ reports
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Daily / fortnightly
Remittance status
Sales status
Monthly
Trial balance and related schedule
Receivables report along with age analysis
Revised cash flow statements
Finance dept progress report
Capital budget utilization statues
Progress report of sales and w/h dispatches
Stock report to insurance company and banks
Bank reconciliation statements
Tax deduction at source
Dealer network status report
Quarterly
Budgeted vs actual expenses comparison
Performance review of marketing operations
Yearly
Trial balance and related schedule
Proposed capital and revenue budget
Inputs for tax returns
Inputs for company’s annual reports
Technical Department
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General Manager Marketing Dr. Muhammad Sadiq
Technical Services Manager Mr. Riaz Ahmad
Technical Services Executive Mr. AurangzaiTechnical
Services Officer Mr. Naseem Ahmad
Technical department is providing support function to sales. Company is providing
technical services all over the country free of cost. Senior technical executive who is
reporting to SMSM heads the technical department. The 14 technical officers are serving
in 14 regions all over the country in coordination with sales officers.
Mission Statement of Technical Department
‘Help the farmer optimize utilization of his resources to rejuvenate farm productivity and
increase his income’
Objectives
Farmer education /training
Dissemination of latest and complete package of technology
Promotion of balanced fertilizer use
Focus on increasing farmers income
Counter fertilizer misconception
Enhancing crop yield/overall crop production
Supplement government effort for agricultural
Functions
Establish proper linkage sales and technical services
Increase and faces on farm management expertise
Professional development on personnel
Collaborative research
Farm Advisory Services
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Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited has been providing Agricultural Advisory Services to
the farming community throughout Pakistan since 1981, for increasing the agriculture
production in general and the farmers’ economic returns in particular. Our organization in
pursuit of its national commitment and moral obligation maintains regular contact with
farmers and Agricultural Institutions to ensure constant and efficient transfer of latest
technology.
The company is providing quality farm advisory services all over the country through its
5 Farm Advisory Centers and 14 Regional Technical Services Officers. Farm Advisory
Centers are located at D.I. Khan, Jhang, D.G. Khan, Mirpur Khas and Kasur. Each centre
has a team of five Agricultural Experts, providing multifarious advisory services through
crop demonstrations, field days, farmer meetings, village meetings, crop seminars, farm
visits and group discussions. All the centers are fully equipped with modern sophisticated
computerized Soil & Water Testing Laboratories and high-tech extension equipment.
Moreover, FFC has also established a micronutrient testing laboratory at Farm Advisory
Centre Jhang having Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer and other analytical
instruments. Soil Testing is a valuable tool to propagate appropriate and balanced use of
chemical fertilizers and to identify soil problems. Soil/water samples are collected from
farmers’ fields and analyzed in the laboratories. Fertilizer recommendations are
developed on the basis of soil analysis and recommendation reports are delivered to the
growers for proper and balanced fertilizer use. The soil/water testing and micronutrient
analysis facility is offered free of cost. Besides these five farm advisory centers, we have
14 Technical Services Officers based at 14 Regional Offices of FFC spread all over the
country extending these services in their respective areas.
To further strengthen our advisory services and facilitate our farmers, we also publish
crop, vegetable, orchard brochures, agro-grams, posters and pamphlets containing latest
information regarding production technologies of crops, and orchards grown in Pakistan.
For a stronger direct link and timely guidance of farmers, we publish a quarterly Urdu
News Letter “Zari Report” containing season specific information regarding crops,
fruits, vegetables, improved agronomic practices and articles on agricultural issues.
Following is the list of crop brochures available with us:
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Wheat
Brochure Cotton Brochure
Sugarcane
Brochure
Rice
Brochure
Maize
Brochure Potato Brochure Mango Brochure
Citrus
Brochure
Banana
Brochure Apple Brochure
Vegetable
Brochure
Guava
Brochure
Oil Seed
Brochure
Salt-affected Soils
Brochure
These brochures and Zari Report are also available in the Kashtkar Desk of our website .
To improve the fertilizer use efficiency and to obtain optimum crop yields, a “Fertilizer
Guide Book” has also been published containing comprehensive information on various
fertilizers available in Pakistan, their application methods and their economic use.
FFC has also adopted the pragmatic approach of telecasting crop documentaries on PTV
before the onset of sowing season of major crops. In these documentaries all the
components of crop production are covered with sufficient elaboration. Cotton, wheat,
sugarcane and rice documentaries can be viewed in the Kashtkar Desk of our website.
We encourage our farmers to get registered on our mailing list by sending a request in
writing or through e-mail at the following addresses to receive copies of our published
material free of cost. For any further information or agricultural advisory service, please
visit any of our nearest Farm Advisory Centers or Regional Offices closer to you.
Technical Services Department
(Marketing Division)
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Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
Lahore Trade Centre,
11-Shahrah-e-Aiwan-e-Tijarat, Lahore
Phones: 042 – 6365119
Farm Advisory Centre Farm Advisory Centre
D.I. Khan Jhang
Faqir Manzil, Dial Road, D.I. Khan Near Chenab College, Chiniot Road,
Jhang
Phone: 0961 – 741701 Phone: 0471 - 671118
Farm Advisory Centre Farm Advisory Centre
Kasur Vehari
Faqiriay Wala, 3 – km Khudian Road, 2.5 – km, Khanewal Road,
Kasur Vehari
Phone: 0492-671848, 0492-2003977 Phone: 067-3361913, 3360223
Planning Department
The planning department is the integral part of fauji fertilizer company. Senior executive
planning who is responsible to SMSM ,heads it. The department coordinate the activities
of all other departments within marketing division .Major responsibility of the
department is collection of information about competitors and analyzing their strategies.
Functions
Coordination and development of annual business plan
Provision of historical information to regions and senior sales managers for
developing sales forecast
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Finalizing sales forecast with coordination related sales force
Preparation of fertilizer data book
Monitoring international fertilizer price trend
Preparing Pakistan industry Urea market participation reports
Chairman’s report for board of directors meeting containing analysis,FFC
performance
And industry situation. These reports are prepared on need basis
Preparation of Fertilizer Industry Report
Reviewing FFC sales performance on quarterly basis
Develop plans for training of officers
Monthly analysis of FFC ex-plant road and rail fright analysis
Policy Formulation ProcedurePolicy Formulation Procedure
At FFC, polices are devised at the peak level. Board of Directors and Executive
Committee devise strategies keeping in view the vision, mission and the objectives of the
company. These strategies are executed according to the instructions of top level of
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hierarchy. Top management and middle management are given powers to carry out the
operations for the achievement of long-term objectives. They encourage the views and
suggestions of employees as well. It helps in the effective implementation of the
formulated strategies.
Corporate Governance Practices
Good governance has always been vied as an inspiration by the board in enhancing the
timeliness , accuracy, comprehensiveness and transparency of financial and non financial
information and the board endorses the practices contained in the code of corporate
governance of the listing regulations in performance of the board’s duties and
enforcement at all management and non- management levels.
Corporate responsibility for the overall strategy , assets management and operations of
the company and for identifying and overcoming any challenges , business and
macroeconomic risks faced by the company and devising business ventures for sustained
growth in long term profitability of the company aimed at enhancing the shareholders
returns.
Managerial Policies:
AUDIT PRACTICES
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A number of excellent manuals are available for the professional auditor or the member
of a director’s examining committee who wishes to familiarize himself with specific audit
techniques. Good auditing can be said to consist of substantial verification of the
accuracy and completeness of a FFC records and of the safety and efficiency of its
operations. In FFC most direct form of auditing is simple rechecking have a second
person redo what someone else has already done. In addition to this, some direct spot-
checking has an important place in the audit program even where controls are well
developed.
POLICIES FOR ATTRACTING DEPOSITS
Although management and directors of FFC do have absolute control over the level of
their deposits, they can never the less influence the amount the FFC hold. Because
deposits are so important to the profitable operation of FFC, the FFC tends to compete
aggressively for them.
Among the factors determining the level of deposits in a FFC are some that the FFC
usually cannot affect significantly, some of the leading are monetary and fiscal policy and
the level of general economic activity.
POLICIES REGARDING EMPLOYEES
Some of the policies adopted by the FFC regarding employees and personnel are as:
RECRUITMENT
The standards set by FFC when it first selects its employee largely determine the caliber
of the staff in the future. The FFC urges the recruitment of several young MBA’s at
competitive salaries.
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There is a known need for officer replacements in five or 10 years, it behooves
management to look for prospective employees who are believed at the outset to have
officer potential because of their education, aptitude, interest or previous experience for
clerical personnel, the FFC maintains close relationships with guidance directors of local
high schools and colleges it also encourages employees to bring in their friends and it see
to it that students have opportunities to visit the FFC and head about some of the
advantages of working there.
The FFC allows summer employment programs to allow college students to see the
challenges of fertilizer careers and are always alert for able and interested people
employed at other companies or in other fields.
TRAINING
The newly hired employee generally starts as a clean state on which nothing has yet been
written. The employee’s attitude towards the FFC and job are shaped by the first few
weeks of experience. In the process of learning the first few simple tasks the employee
grasps the relationship between what he is doing and the work of the department or the
FFC as a whole.
New employees have a fundamental need for a broad idea of their job- in short for
orientation.
As we can say, good training is an art if not a science and should be entrusted only to
those within an organization who have an aptitude for it or who have received special
training in the instruction of others. Thus FFC emphasizes both cases i.e. to challenge the
employees so that they will continue to be interested in FFC and will realize the need for
continued training as their responsibilities become greater.
SALARY (PAY SCALES)
The principal criteria for a well considered salary policy are, first, the relationship of the
FFC salary scale to salaries paid for comparable jobs in the community and the industry
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and, second, the relationship of the salary paid to one person to that paid to others for
jobs of comparable difficulty within the FFC.
The salary administration of FFC is reasonable as at many factors contribute towards the
working conditions job security, prestige and opportunity for advancement all enter into
the competitive package.
FFC provides fringe benefits to or better than those offered in other industries pension
plans, hospitalization, and group life insurance are the rules prevailing in the FFC. A
more effective incentive is a well designed profit sharing plan with benefits that vary
from year to year in direct proportion to the financial success of the FFC operations.
COMMUNICATION
A good deal of verbal interchange takes place in FFC each day. It is a two way street. The
competent officers discuss rather than directs, listens as well as interacts. The FFC makes
the communication channel more effective by staff meeting eventually it is an extent ion
of the conversational or discussion technique but embraces a larger segment of the
organization. Such meetings are regular features of efficiently operated FFC and take a
wide variety of forms, ranging from daily or weekly officers meetings to annual weekend
conferences.
The major portion of communication necessary for the day to day operations of a FFC
consists of simple person to person conversation more complex ideas, however, gain
clarity if they are put in writing. Thus the FFC is talented in the ability to write clearly
which is an invaluable management talent that needs constant practice and development.
EDUCATION:
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FFC focuses on the higher quality of education. The officers employed in the FFC are
mostly graduated from either foreign universities or some of the leading universities in
the country.
MOTIVATION LEVEL
Job design for motivation is another personnel approach that has been increasingly
emphasized in recent years. Job contents, methods and relationships are structured not
only to satisfy technological and organizational requirements but also to accommodate
human needs for meaningful and self-fulfilling work. Jobs are being designed to fit the
people who hold them in the hope that greater employee motivation (which is essential to
higher productivity) will result.
Sensitivity training and / or organizational development programs have been used to aid
in the broad development of Top executive talent and teamwork.
RETIREMENT
The FFC does not emphasis on having regular employees. Mostly the employees are
hired on contractual basis, making them feel insecure about their jobs. Therefore most of
the time the employees are interested in finding secure and more appropriate job.
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
FFC provides growth opportunities to its employees and officers, as it deals with many
leading institutions.
Major managerial policies, practices/stylesMajor managerial policies, practices/styles
FFC has the strong management system to run the business. Today FFC is one of the
most successful companies and its all due to its superb managerial policies. There are
many planned policies which are adopted by the company.
Human Resource PolicyHuman Resource Policy
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FFC has strong human resource policy. The management believes that their employees
are major assets of the company. Just because of this policy the company continues to
benefit from the efforts of its valuable people, who are actually, the strength of FFC
through training and development activities the human resource policies aim at the
improved working conditions all over the organization. The various personnel strategies
can be that the employees are chosen solely on the basis of merit and they are given
monetary rewards and incentives with a view to increasing the commitment and
motivation of the employees. Although the salaries are not really competitive if you look
at the market scenario yet the employees are quite satisfied as they are working in an
excellent environment and enjoying as an employee of a market leader.
Marketing and Sales PoliciesMarketing and Sales Policies
Marketing and sales departments serve as backbone in the company. FFC has fully
planned and organized marketing and sale policies. Meetings are held where decisions
are taken for the efficient functioning of the company’s marketing and sales areas
because the company depends a lot on its marketing and sale policies. Marketing budget
is carefully determined and sales people incentives and salaries are reviewed from time to
time. There are certain other essential things about the sales strategies. Products are sold
throughout Pakistan with no change in prices anywhere. In case of consumer products the
freight are born by the company. The customers are offered no discount and also products
are sold on cash basis. In case of industrial products freight are the responsibilities of the
customer. Moreover, the cost of change in design is charged to the customer. Marketing,
however, supports all these sales strategies by product development through the creation
of public awareness, promotion and customer contacts.
Backward Integration StrategyBackward Integration Strategy
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FFC follows the backward integration to support their business. They try to acquire the
related companies or part of business to give a boost to the business growth.
Financial PoliciesFinancial Policies
FFC has the well established rules for their financial transactions. One of the most
important strategies in this regard is of investment. Before making investment future is
seen rather than the present i.e. investment is made only in the projects, which will
increase the sales in the future.
Customer RelationshipCustomer Relationship
FFC adopts the strong customer relationship policy. They think customer as the king.
They are following 20 – 80 strategy in dealing with the customers.
Internal Strong RelationshipInternal Strong Relationship
Packages maintain a strong relationship between the departments. All departments are
interrelated. It is one of the main aspects of strategic management that all the various
functions performed in the company by the different departments must have interrelation
and collaboration if company wants to achieve success. Thus synergy is given a lot of
importance.
FFC has many other policies to run their business. These all contribute to the success to
the success of the FFC.
MANAGERIAL STYLES
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Management is process of utilizing material and human resources to accomplish
designated objectives. It involves the organization, direction, coordination and evaluation
of people to achieve these goals. The role of manager is to assemble the best work team
he can obtain and then to provide a supportive motivational environment to guide that
team to accomplish agreed upon objectives. The essence of management is the activity of
working with people to accomplish results. It involves organizing, motivating, leading,
training communicating with and coordinating others.
MANAGING THE ORGANIZATION
The management of the FFC focuses on some of the objectives that it wants to achieve.
The way managers treat and deal with their subordinates in order to accomplish the
multiple objectives of the organization is determined primarily by management system of
beliefs about the nature of man and about the determinants of cooperation in an organized
endeavor.
IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT STYLES ON EMPLOYEES:
MOTIVATION
The term motive implies action to satisfy a need. Motivation can be defined as a
willingness to expend energy to achieve a goal or a reward.
The management styles adopted by the FFC affect greatly, and employees are motivated
in order to enhance their performance and achieve the derived goals.
MORALE AND PRODUCTIVITY
The employees of the FFC possess high morale, and thus exhibit high productivity. The
employees are happy and are also productive workers. Job attitudes and morale are quite
positive for two reasons.
Firstly employees gain social satisfaction from interactions at the work place. Working
conditions and supervision good, secondly high morale result from high motivation to
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produce. In other words we can say, that management should put its eggs in the basket
that creates a high-motivated work force.
PROMOTION
FFC decisions about promotions are decided upon the basis of merit in one’s present
position and ability and potential to assume the impossibilities of higher level positions.
Sometimes other factors are considered such as length of service, education, training
courses completed, previous work history and the like.
The guiding principles for Recruitment The guiding principles for Recruitment
FFC encourages the recruitment of fresh graduates than experienced once, except for
high managerial posts where experience is must. The management believes in developing
the employees according to the requirements of the organization.
Recruitment and Selection CriteriaRecruitment and Selection Criteria
FFC has designed a sound but easy method of recruitment. When any department needs
an employee, it sends its requirement to the Human Resource Department, which in turn
advertises the vacancy in the leading newspapers and asks for the qualified people. In
case of the posts requiring some experience, only interview method is used to select the
best candidate.
Recruitment of WorkersRecruitment of Workers
Minimum qualification for the post of the workers is Matriculation 2nd Division with
science subjects. The workers should not be more than 21 years old and must be
medically fit. These are employed as "Apprentice Trainee". If the performance of the
worker is satisfied during the probation period, he is hired. Normally workers get
promotion after two years on the recommendation of their supervisors. This post is not
advertised.
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Recruitment of Executives
1) Job Identification
When any department requires an employee, it sends its requirement to the Human
Resource Department.
2) Recruiting & Hiring
For recruiting and hiring some factors are taken into consideration. These factors are as
follow:
Nature of the job; and
Time required filling the vacancy.
Keeping in view the time constraints, advertisements are given in the newspapers.
Otherwise if the vacancy has to be filled immediately, the Human Resource Department
contacts the authorized institutions, universities etc.
Budget constraints
Process
The recruiting and hiring process starts from the applications submitted by the degree
holders. They provide their CVs along with the applications. These applications and CVs
are screened out on the basis of:
Merit;
Institute; and
Experience etc.
After this, approximately 50% of the applicants are selected for the further process. Then
the H.R Department lists out the salient features of the CVs (only the accepted CVs).
Then the H.R. Manager takes a test based on:
English comprehension;
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Basic mathematics;
Data sufficiency;
I.Q. and
Some questions about the particular job, for which the applicants have applied.
After taking the test, the top 10, 20 or 30 applicants (according to the job requirement)
are chosen for the first interview. At this stage the selection of applicants also depends on
the H.R. Manager and the departmental head. Normally 30% of the applicants, who have
given the test, are selected for interview. Through telephone calls or letters, the selected
applicants are informed about the date and time of the interview. Normally two
interviews are taken. H.R. Manager and the departmental head take first interview. In this
interview they observe:
Alertness;
Confidence;
Leadership skills;
Relevant knowledge;
Social acceptance;
Interests;
Communication skills;
First impression; and
Maturity
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According to these observational factors rating or grading is made. Normally 5% rating in
each factor is acceptable. Then successful candidates are called for final interview which
is taken by:
General Manager
Deputy General Manager
Human Resource Manager
Departmental Head (sometimes)
Previous traits or factors are once again examined. After the final interview, the selected
applicants are sent for medical test and then the Industrial Relations Manager issues them
the appointment letters.
Training & Development*
Appointed persons are trained for six months; they are given the title “Management
Trainee”. In the Consumer Products Division after one year they are given the
designation of “Assistant Manager Sales”.
The trainee is given a brief view (orientation) of the company, various processes, rules &
regulations etc. this orientation is two months. After the orientation program, the
participants may ask to put forward a short report or presentation
.
After the 6 months training, the trainee goes to H.R. Manager and tells him what he has
learnt in this program. Some external courses may be offered not only to the existing
employees but also to the new trainees. These courses are held in,
LUMS
PIM
Intek Solution
British Council
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Informatics
Employers Federation of Pakistan
Performance & Appraisal
Performance & appraisal are two sides of a coin. Immediate officer appraises
performance. For the appraisal of the performance, there is a Performa, which is filled by
immediate officer. This Performa is named as (PPE) Performance Planning & Evaluation.
There are seven sections in this form. The particulars of the candidates are written on the
top of the form.
Plant Sites
The year witnessed exceptional performance at every level . plant operating efficiencies
surprised all previous records with large margins. Cost effective and professional solution
are adopted to address any major potential reliability threats.
Plants reliability improvements projects remained of prime importance and significant
progress has been achieved by addressing major unreliable areas and chronic problems.
System implementation through enforcement of FFC,s operational, maintenance, plant
monitoring, housekeeping and safety practices remained in the lime –light and
deficiencies were overcome utilizing the gap analysis approach.
The continued with selective investments necessary to sustain profitability , improve
operations and maintain its position at the leading fertilizer manufacturer in the country.
Plants Goth Machhi
Operational performance of the plants 1&2 Goth Machhi was excellent during the year
with a total “SONA” urea production of 1458 thousand tonnes. Plant 1 created a new
record of daily urea production this year.
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Annual maintenance turnarounds of both plants were carried out in the first quarter of
2004 and were executed safely and successfully within the stipulated time.
Comprehensive inspection and major overhauls of equipment and machines were carried
out in house . various modification jobs were also executed to improve operational
efficiencies. With on going efforts to improve plant reliability and performance,
maintenance turnarounds are now schedule on bi-annual basis.
The continious decline in natural gas supply pressure from Mari gas field poses a new
challenge with a direct impact on production . general water shortage in the country with
frequent canal closures and declining water fliw in the rivers in the past few years has
also put more strain on our water supply wells. Dedicated booster compressor have been
planned to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2005 to boost gas supply pressure and
further expansion of raw water resources and its optimization is currently under way to
meet water requirements.In our endeavour of self reliance in areas of critical maintenance
activities, refurbishment of old bimetallic stripped of plant 3 was successfully completed
in the fabrication shop which made this expensive equipment operational again at plant 1.
detailed engineering of energy revamp project of plant 1 Ammonia unit is under process
and commissioning is expected in 2006. this implantation would result in an energy
saving of 0.3 Gcal/ Met ammonia. Utilization of the safe natural gas would also result in
18 thousand tonnes of additional urea production.
]evaluation of existing BFW heat exchanger E-211 was carried out for vibration and
leakage estimation. The exchanger has completed its useful life and order has been placed
for a new exchanger with modified design.
Plant Mirpur Mathelo
Taping the potential of our recently acquired plant Mirpur Mathelo has resulted in a
noteworthy efficiency of 125% of name plate capacity with annual production 716
thousand tonnes, 14% in excess of last year output.
We are pleased to report that the company was able to achieve the required “SONA
urea” quality level for”FFC urea” produced by the plant 3, which was formally declared
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As “SONA urea” on March 2004. we are confident that benefits will continue to acquire
to the company by providing value added quality products to our customers.
To fulfil our commitment with the GOP for enhanced urea production, annual
maintenance turn around of the plant was deffered to 2006 after careful technical review
of efficiency maintained during tge period of meet the increase in demand.
To meet its commitment to the Govt . FFC has also planned de- bottlenecking of its plant
three for increasing nameplate production capacity to 725 thousand tonnes annually in a
normal year.
Almost all the piping isometrics of Urea Hydrdolyzer projects have been approved and
most of the piping / equipment erection work has been completed. The project is ready
for commissioning after turnaround 2006 and will help reduce NH3 contents of effluent
water and provide additional urea production of 17 MTPD. Cooling tower packing
replacement for another two cells shall be completed before the onset of next summer
season and is expected to yield a saving of Rs. 12.50 million per annum through
improved energy efficiency.
Information technology culture was successfully inculcated at the plant in order to reduce
and simplify routine workload and to keep pace with modern technology. the marks are
modern fiber optic network , new inventory management system and computer training
of all employees.
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MARKETING MIX
Marketing Mix consists of major components: Product, Place, Promotion and
Price. These components are called marketing decision variables because a
marketing manager can vary the type and amount of each element. One primary
goal is to create and maintain a marketing mix that satisfies consumer’s needs for
a general product type. Marketing mix often is viewed as “controllable” variables
because they can be changed. However, there are no limits to how much these
variables can be altered. They are not totally controllable.
Major components of Marketing Mix:
1. Product
2. Place
3. Price
4. Promotion
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1. PRODUCT:
It can be defined as every want satisfying attribute a consumer receives in making an
exchange, including psychological as well as physical benefits. It includes product
planning, product research and development; product testing; and the service
accompanying the product.
2. PRICE:
It is the value that one puts on the utility that one receives of goods and services.
It includes price determination; pricing policies; and specific pricing strategies.
3. Place:
It is the making available of products in quantity desired to as many customers as
possible and to hold the total inventory, transportation and storage costs as low as
possible. It includes selection. Coordination, and evaluation of channels; transportation;
warehousing; and inventory control.
4. Promotion:
It is used to facilitate exchanges by informing one or more groups of people about
an organization and its products. Promotion includes such areas as sales management;
personal selling; advertising sales promotional programs and all other forms of marketing
communications.
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Product
Sona Urea
Sona Urea is the most concentrated solid, straight nitrogenous and most widely used
fertilizer in the country. Mostly it is manufactured in the form of prills, but FFC is
producing in prilled as well as granular forms. Prilled and granular fertilizers are white in
color, free flowing, readily soluble in water and both contain 46% Nitrogen. Because of
its high solubility, it is suitable for solution fetilizers and folira application. Urea is the
best suited to our soild because some of the salient physical and chemical charecteristices
of Sona Urea Prilled and Granula are below.
Description
ActualStatus
Prilled Granular
Physical Condition Free Flowing Prills Free Flowing Granules
Nitrogen(%) 46 46
Moisture (%) < 0.30 < 0.30
Biuret (%) 0.80 ~ 0.87 0.80 ~ 0.87
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Fines (%) < 1.0 Dust Free
AV Prill Size (mm) 1.82 ~ 2.0 2.0 ~ 5.0
DAP
Sona DAP is the most concentrated phosphatic fertilizer containing 46% P2O5 and 18%
Nitrogen. From nutrients' concentration point of view, it has got the highest quantity of
total nutrients in a 50 KG bag i.e. 32 KG of nutrients / bag. The highest concentration of
plant nutrients i na bag helps saving costs of transportation, handling, storage and
application. It is the widely used phosphatic fertilizer in the world as well as Pakistan.
The solubility of DAP is more than 95%, which is highest among the phosphatic
fertilizers available in the country. Due to high solubility it can also be used through
fertigation as well as by foliar application. Its nitrogen to phosphoris ratio ( 1 : 2.5 )
makes it an idea fertilizer for Basal application to meet the initial requirement of most of
the crops. Having an ultimate acidic effect on the soil, it is well suited for our alkaline
soils. Its salient characteristics are listed below:
Sona DAP
Description Actual Status
Nitrogen(%) 18
P2O5 (%) 46
Crushing Strength (Kg) 6
Size (mm) 2 ~ 4
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Moisture (%) < 0.7
FFC SOP
This fertilizer is an important source of Potash, which is a quality nutrient for production
of crops especially fruits and vegetables. Potash is an important nutrient for activation of
enzymes in the plant body and helps increasing sugar and starch contents. Potash
improves the resistance of the plants against pests, diseases and stresses like water / frost
injury etc. FFC SOP contains 50% K20 in addition to 18% sulfur, which is also an
important nutrient especially for oil seed crops and it also has an ameliorating effect on
salt-affected soils. As readily soluble in water so it can be used through fertigation as well
as foliar application. SOP is well suited fertilizer for all types of crops and soil. Use of
potassic fertilizer in Pakistan is minimal, which needs to be promoted for qualitative as
well as quantitative crop production.
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Price
Sona Urea(P) Rs. 480
Sona Urea(G) Rs.485
Sona DAP Rs.1035
Sona SOP
Sona Boron
PLACEMENT
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The product is distributed directly from the plants. There is a great demand of fertilizers
in the country and company is having in advance orders. But to make the whole system
very smooth a company is having well structured distribution department. Which
coordinates with carriers both company and individuals, Because fertilizers is required in
all the parts of the country and FFC being a national firm takes it as it obligation that its
product is distributed trough out the country. The company also ensures that the prices of
the product do not vary in any part of the country because of transportation cost. For this
purpose company gives some discount to those dealers, who belong to far-flung areas.
The distribution department makes contract with private contractors to accomplish the
tasks. The contractors are responsible for any loss to the product on the way. The
management also pays surprise visit at different dealers shop to ensure that the quantity in
the bag, quality and price are the same as suggested by the company policy.
Distribution
Distribution department is of the major department helping the sales force. The primary
function of distribution department is to ensure effective and efficient distribution of
product from plants up to the final customers.
Objectives
Ship out entire production of FFC and FFBL plants and imported fertilizer in
accost effective manner(3.4 MT approx)
Satisfying 3580 dealers , 1632 direct customers and 169 warehouses.
Truck generation for 1556 sales points.
Plan and undertake self imports/exports and ensure prompt handling , quality
packing ,correct weight, timely delivery and documentation.
Monitor packing availability and arrange safe storage of surplus production
during lean months.
Follow up of product quality complaints.
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Coordinate with plant management to ensure smooth operations.
Maintain liaison with Pakistan railway , NLC, port authorities and suppliers.
Transportation Arrangements
Private trucking contractions
NLC
Pakistan railways
Dispatches 2004
Fig in KT
Road Rail Total Ratio
Ex Goth Macchi 1348 111 1459 92:08
Ex Mirpur Mathelo 652 73 725 90:1
Ex Bin Qasim 871 85 956 91:09
Ex Port 244 12 256 95:05
Total 3315 282 3397 92:08
Customer served
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Dealers 3580
Direct customers 1632
Total 5212
Zone wise Warehouses and capacity
Zone Regions Warehouses Capacity MT
North 5 63 136700
Central 5 53 119400
South 4 49 78400
Total 14 165 334500
Type of Warehouses
Strategic Warehouses
Permanent warehouses
Temporary warehouses
Purely temporary warehouses
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Promotion
Promotion is the backbone of the successful marketing network. But in fertilizer
industry in Pakistan companies need little promotion to achieve its objectives. And the
reason is because demand is greater than supply. But FFC does it for many good reasons
one of them is to protect its brand name, that is SONA Actually company wants that
whenever any former in the country thinks to use fertilizers the only name that should
come into his mind should be SONA.
Fertilizer industry is different from FMCG’s. IN fertilizer industry the users
mainly residing in rural areas. So, many problems including media and education level
arises. FFC in spite of all these hurdles take all the option to promote their product. As a
matter of fact, FFC is using different mediums to promote its product. Especially
promotion becomes crucial when company needs to introduce a new product.
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FFC marketing division Lahore has a sales promotion department, which is
working under marketing service department, is responsible all the promotional activities.
The department is using various ways to promote their products. These are
Different Medias used at FFC for promotion
Television
Radio
CCTV
Print media
Road side
Point of purchase
Electronic Media
Ptv
Ptv -world
KTN (Sindhi Language)
GEO
Indus T.V
ARY-Digital
Campaigns
Kharif campaign
Rabi campaign
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Radio
National radio channels
Add duration 10sec-60sec
All around the year
CCTV
Islamabad airport
Multan airport
Faisalabad airport
Lahore railway station
Multan railway station
Hyderabad railway station
Faisalabad railway station
Daewoo coaches
Daewoo lounges
Print Media
National daily’s
Regional news paper
International magazines
National magazines
Regional cultural magazines
Add size 108 pcm(standard size of add)
Road side Advertisement
Jumbo hoardings
Bill boards
Ware house boards
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Dealer shops boards
Plastic whole signs
Point of Purchase
Crop posters
Corporate posters
Crop booklets
Agro grams
Zari reports
Buntings
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Company Analysis in Terms Of:
Vertical Analysis (Common size statements)
Horizontal Analysis (indexed analysis)
Ratio Analysis
o Liquid ratioso Financial leverage / solvency ratioso Coverage ratioso Activity ratioso Profitability ratioso Du-pont analysiso Market ratios
Book values per share (with assumed changes)
Projections of income statement (with assumed changes)
Sensitivity analysis
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Balance Sheet
Balance sheet
SHARE CAPITAL & RESERVES 2004 2003share capital 2949703 2564959capital reserve 160000 160000reserve for issue of bonus shares 442455revenue reserve 8742749 8797753
NON CURRENT LIABILITIES2868403 4556886
DEFERRED TAXATION2407000 2522000
CURRENY LIABILITIEStrade & other payables 5831105 3356904interest & mark up accrued 74233 83562short term borrowings 100000 2972333current portion of long term
financing 2184088 1447011loan 1741 1740murabaha 83333 41667
taxation 598297 329910proposed dividend 384743
TOTAL LIABILITIES 26443107 27219468ASSETS
FIXED ASSETS (TANGIBLE) 2004 2003property, plant & equipment 9180716 9259008
FIXED ASSETS (INTANGIBLE)goodwill 1778464 1883079
LONG TERM INVESTMENTS5866999 7083151
LONG TERM LOANS & ADVANCES67328 63920
LONG TERM DEPOSITS & PREPAYMENTS
3492 3040CURRENT ASSETS
stores, spare & loose tools 1727309 1686980stock in trade 219180 681297trade debts 1407736 1876381loans & advances 86368 63982deposits & prepayments 24633 23111other receivables 560895 560526short term investments 4464157 2200845cash & bank balances 1055830 1834148
TOTAL ASSETS 26443107 27219468
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Horizontal Analysis
SHARE CAPITAL & LIABILITIESSHARE CAPITAL & RESERVES 2004share capital 15.00capital reserve 0.00reserve for issue of bonus sharesrevenue reserve -0.63NON CURRENT LIABILITIES
-37.05DEFERRED TAXATION
-4.56CURRENY LIABILITIEStrade & other payables 73.70interest & mark up accrued -11.16short term borrowings -96.64current portion of long termfinancing 50.94loan 0.06murabaha 100.00taxation 81.35proposed dividend -100.00
TOTAL LIABILITIES -2.85ASSETS
FIXED ASSETS (TANGIBLE) 0.05property, plant & equipment -0.85FIXED ASSETS (INTANGIBLE)goodwill -5.56LONG TERM INVESTMENTS
-17.17LONG TERM LOANS & ADVANCES
5.33LONG TERM DEPOSITS & PREPAYMENTS
14.87CURRENT ASSETSstores, spare & loose tools 2.39stock in trade -67.83trade debts -24.98loans & advances 34.99deposits & prepayments 6.59other receivables 0.07short term investments 102.84cash & bank balances -42.43
TOTAL ASSETS -2.85
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Horizontal Analysis of Balance Sheet
There is a decrease in cash and bank balance during 2003-2004, which
is of 2.85%. There is overall decrease in Total assets. Total liabilities
have increased by 14.61% which is due to increase in stockholder’s
equity increased by 46.3%. company is attracting more capital from
investors in order to expand its operations.
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HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS
LIABILITIES:
liabilities horizontal analysis
-150
-100
-50
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ASSETS:
assets horizontal analysis
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VERTICAL ANALYSIS :
Under vertical analysis of income statement each item is stated as a
percentage of net sales. Under vertical analysis of balance sheet each
asset is stated as a percentage of Total assets and each liability and
stockholder’s equity item is stated as a percent of Total Liabilities and
Stockholder’s Equity.
Under common size statements all items are stated in term of
percentages, as calculated in vertical analysis.
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Vertical Analysis
vertical analysis
SHARE CAPITAL & RESERVES 2004 2003share capital 11.1549 9.423252capital reserve 0.605073 0.587815reserve for issue of bonus shares 1.673234revenue reserve 33.06249 32.32155NON CURRENT LIABILITIES
10.84745 16.74128DEFERRED TAXATION
9.102561 9.265427CURRENY LIABILITIEStrade & other payables 22.05151 12.33273interest & mark up accrued 0.280727 0.306994short term borrowings 0.37817 10.91988current portrion of long termfinancing 8.259574 5.316088loan 0.006584 0.006392murabaha 0.315141 0.153078taxation 2.262582 1.212037proposed dividend 1.413485
TOTAL LIABILITIES 100 100ASSETS
FIXED ASSETS (TANGIBLE) 0.007579 0.007359property, plant & equipment 34.71875 34.01612FIXED ASSETS (INTANGIBLE)goodwill 6.725624 6.918133LONG TERM INVESTMENTS
22.18725 26.02237LONG TERM LOANS & ADVANCESLONG TERM DEPOSITS & PREPAYMENTS
0.013206 0.011168CURRENT ASSETSstores, spare & loose tools 6.532171 6.197696stock in trade 0.828874 2.502977trade debts 5.323641 6.893526loans & advances 0.326618 0.23506deposits & prepayments 0.093155 0.084906other receivables 2.121139 2.059283short term investments 16.88212 8.085555cash & bank balances 3.992836 6.738368
TOTAL ASSETS 100 100
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Vertical analysis of balance sheet
Vertical analysis shows that
There is an increase in the capital from year 2003 to 2004 which is
9.42 to 11.15; this significant increase shows that people are willing to
invest in the business of the company.
There is also increase in the reserves of the company due to which the
worth of the company has been increased.
Some of the current liabilities of the company are increasing with the
minor fractions but some of the current liabilities (trade payables,
murabaha, current portion of financing ) showing a little bit higher
increase ,which means these liabilities are increasing, but are backing
up the short term investments and some of the other current assets.
There is an overall decrease in the assets of the company in 2004 as
compared to 2003, including fixed and current assets, but some of the
current & fixed assets are also increasing at the same time . But the
company is using its assets productively in its operations.
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Income Statement
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
2004 \2003
sales 21027030 21034629
cost of sales 13157653 13701319
gross profit 7869377 7333310
other incomes 933762 457413
8803139 7790723
OPERATING EXPENSES
distribution cost 1766652 1851170
other operating expenses 560494 488206
operating profit 6475993 5451347
financial cost 372949 520838
NET PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 6103044 4930509
provision for taxation 2099000 1786000
NET PROFIT AFTER TAXATION 4004044 3144509
EARNING PER SHARE basic & diluted 13.57441 10.66044
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Horizontal analysis
2004
sales -0.03613
cost of sales -3.96798
gross profit 7.310028
other incomes 104.1398
12.99515
OPERATING EXPENSES
distribution cost -4.56565
other operating expenses 14.80686
operating profit 18.7962
financial cost -28.3944
NET PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 23.78122
provision for taxation 17.5252
NET PROFIT AFTER TAXATION 27.33447
EARNING PER SHARE basic & diluted 27.33447
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Horizontal analysis of Income Statement:
During 2003-2004 there is a significant decrease in cost of goods sold
by 4%. Financial charges have been decreased by 28% which is good
sign for the company and it is due to increase in the equity financing.
Net profit increased by 27% which is tremendous achievement for the
company.
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Vertical analysis
2004 2003
sales 100 100
cost of sales 62.57495 65.13697
gross profit 37.42505 34.86303
other incomes 4.44077 2.174571
41.86582 37.03761
OPERATING EXPENSES
distribution cost 8.401814 8.800583
other operating expenses 2.665588 2.320963
operating profit 30.79842 25.91606
financial cost 1.773665 2.476098
NET PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 29.02476 23.43996
provision for taxation 9.982389 8.490761
NET PROFIT AFTER TAXATION 19.04237 14.9492
EARNING PER SHARE basic & diluted
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Vertical analysis of income statement:
There is a very slight decrease in the sales but as compared to that
decrease there is a huge decrease in the cost of goods sold, due to
which increase in the gross profit, at the same time increase in the
other incomes and decrease in the operating & financial costs leading
to a huge increase in the profits of the company.
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Ratio analysis
Liquid ratios:
Liquid ratios: 2004 2003
(i) Current ratio 1.076 1.036
(ii) Quick ratio 1.051 0.957
(iii) Cash to C. liability ratio 0.119 0.213
CHART:liquid ratio analysis
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CURRENT RATIO QUICK RATIO CASH TO CURRENT LIABILITIES RATIO
2004
2003
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INTERPRETATIONS:
(i)
Company has a sound current ratio in 2004 than 2003.
(ii)
But the quick ratio is better than the current ratio, and this
position has improved within the years 2004 and 2003, this means that
company can readily pay off its liabilities.
(iii)
The cash to current liabilities ratio is weak which means
company’s cash is more readily utilized, but the company must
maintain a specific cash position to improve its cash liquid position.
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Solvency / financial ratios
Solvency / financial ratios 2004 2003
(i) Debt equity ratio 0.195 0.324
(ii) Debt to total assets ratio 0.108 0.167
(iii) Total capitalization ratio 0.163 0.245
(ix) Debt to fixed assets ratio 0.261 0.409
CHART: solvency (financial leverage)ratios
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
0.4
0.45
DEBT EQUITY RATIO DEBT TO TOTAL ASSETS RATIO TOTAL CAPITALIZATION RATIO DEBT TO FIXED ASSETS RATIO
2004
2003
INTERPRETATIONS:
(I)
In year 2004 the company’s debt has been reduced against the proportion of the equity, due to payments of debts and increase in equity level the company’s position of debt to equity has a significant
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decrease in 2004 as compared to the 2003,there is a decrease of 13% in the debt equity ratios of 2004 and 2003.
(ii)
There is a 6% decrease in the debt backing up the total assets, in 2004, this is a significant sign that the company’s debt position is decreasing and it’s assets position is improving.
(iii)
In 2003 the debt portion in the capitalization is 24% while in 2004 it is 16%, there is a decrease in the debt portion of capitalization which is of 8%. Sign of increasing equity.
(ix)
Fixed assets were backed by 40% debt financing in 2003, but in 2004 this situation has reduced to 26%, showing trend of investment in equity.
Coverage ratios
Coverage ratios 2004 2003
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(i) Interest coverage ratio 17.364 10.466
Debt coverage ratio 3.645--
interest coverage ratio
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INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO
2004
2003
INTERPRETATIONS:
Although the interest expenses of the company are increasing but the interest covering capacity of the company is also increasing in 2004 as compared to the 2003, it is also due to the decrease in the cost of the
good sold and other operating expenses.
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Turnover ratios
Turnover ratios 2004 2033
(i) Debtors turnover ratio 14.9411.21
Debtors collection period (days) 24 32
(ii) Creditors turnover ratio 6.23 19.72 Creditors payment period (days) 58.54
18.51
(iii) Inventory turnover ratio 60.0320.11
Inventory over in days 6.08 18.15
(ix) Total assets turnover 0.7950.773
(x) Investment turnover 1.1961.131
turnover ratios
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INVENTORYTURNOVER IN
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RATIO
INVESTMENTTURNOVER
RATIO
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2003
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INTERPRETATIONS:
(i)
In 2004 there is a more rapid turnover of 14.94 against 2003 turnover which is 11.21, at the same time the debtors collection period has also decreased from 32-days to 24-days. This is healthy sign for the company point of view.
(ii)
The creditors turnover of the company is decreasing from 19.72 in 2003 to 6.23 in 2004, and the payment period is also increasing from 18.51 in 2003 to 58.54 in 2004. With this help the company is in a position to use its cash and different resources for other productive works.
(iii)
Inventory is showing a tremendous increase in the turnover from 20% to 60%, a tremendous increase of 40% from 2003 to 2004,but at the same time the company’s inventory turnover in days has decreased from 18-days to 6-days, which is a remarkable achievement for the company.
(iv)
Total assets are showing an increased turnover of 79% in 2004 as compared to 77% of 2003.
(v)
Increase in the investment in the form of equity is showing a gradual improve in its turnover from year 2003 to 2004.
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Profitability ratios
Profitability ratios 2004 2003
(i) Gross profit ratio 0.374 0.349
(ii) Net profit ratio 0.1900.149
(iii) Return on investment ratio 0.1510.115
(ix) Return on equity ratio 0.2720.223
profitability ratios
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0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
0.4
GROSS PROFIT RATIO NET PROFIT RATIO RETURN ON INVESTMENTRATIO
RETURN ON EQUITY
Series1
Series2
Series3
Series4
2004
2003
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INTERPRETATIONS:
(i)
Gross profit of the company is showing an increase of 3% from year 2003 to 2004, which is due to the decrease in cost of goods sold. This is a slow increase but we know that the sales are also decreasing.
(ii)
The net profit is improving from 14% in year 2003 to 19% in year 2004, there is an increase of 5%, this shows that the company’s other expenses are also decreasing although the financial cost is increasing.
(iii)
Investments are showing a constant and gradual improve in their returns improving from 11.55% to 15.14% in 2003 to 2004 respectively.
(iv)
Increase in equity also showing an improving trend in their returns from 22% to 27%.
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Du pont analysis:
Du pont analysis: 2004 2003
0.2723 0.2239
du pont analysis
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
DU PONT ANALYSIS
Series3
Series4
2004
2003
INTERPRETATIONS:
(i)
Du pont analysis shows that company’s position of sales, total assets, net profit and equity is improving from 22% to 27% in 2003 to 2004 respectively.
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Market ratios:
Market ratios: 20042003
(i) Earning per share 13.57
10.66
(ii) Dividend per share 10.96 8.69
(iii) Dividend payout ratio 0.81 0.81
(iV) Dividend yield ratio 0.091
0.087
(V) Intrinsic value per share 121.74
108.69
(Vi) Price earning ratio 8.84 9.38
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(Vii) Market price to book value
market raios
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EARNING PERSHARE
DIVIDEND PERSHARE
DIVIDENDPAYOUT RATIO
DIVIDEND YIELDRATIO
PRICE EARNINGRATIO
MARKET PRICETO BOOK VALUE
RATIO
2004
2003
ratio 2.41 2.1
INTERPRETATIONS:
(i)
Company’s earning per share is increasing from 10.66 in year 2003 to 13.57 in year 2004. This increase will strengthen the company’s position in the eyes of the present as well as the potential investors.
(ii)
Company’s dividend is showing an increase of Rs.3 separate from the quarterly announced dividends in the form of interim and other dividends, due to this position the shares of the company have huge market price from its face value.
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(iii)
Dividend payout ratio of the company showing almost no change from year 2003 to 2004.
(iv)
Dividend yielding capacity of the company is showing an increase of 1% from year 2003 to year 2004.
(v)
Intrinsic value of the shares of the company is increasing from 108 in year 2003 to 121 in year 2004. Showing a great market appreciation of the company’s shares in 2004.
(vi)
Price earning ratio is showing a slight decrease in the year 2004.
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BOOK VALUE PER SHARE
It is suggested that the company should raise its capital through debt financing instead of equity financing because through debt financing the company’s book value of the share increases while through equity financing the book value per share decreases as u can see from the calculations given.
PROJECTIONS
The projections of the income statement for year 2005 shows that if company raise its capital through debt financing then its earning per share increases to 16.38 while raising capital through equity keep the earning per share to 15.60. Therefore company must raise its capital through debt financing.
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
Sensitivity analysis shows that increasing tax to 40% and 50% will lower down the earning after tax to 3661826.4 and 3051522 respectively.
While increase in sales and decrease in cost leads an increase in the net profit after tax.
Increasing cost by 50% will lower down the net profit after tax to 4983721.
Decrease in the assets value at the time of liquidation leads to the liquidity value per share as 40.88/ share.
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SIX YEARS TRENDS OF COMPANY’S MARKET
year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004dividend payout ratio(before tax) 8 8 8.5 9 10 12price earning ratio 5.08 4.59 3.76 7.02 8.96 10.27market price to book value ratio 1.46 1.52 1.06 1.22 1.32 2.81dividend yield ratio 16.46 15.19 21.61 17.51 16.86 10.24market value per share 53.2 41.1 40.85 73.1 95.5 139.45
Dividend payout ratio (before tax) analysis:
02
468
10
1214
divdend payout ratio(before tax)
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Company’s dividend payout ratio is increasing constantly in the last five years.
Price earning ratio analysis:
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1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Company’s price earning ratio is showing a decreasing trend from year 1999 to 2001 and then increasing trend from year 2001 to year 2004.
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Market price to book value ratio analysis:
0
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market price to book value ratio
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Market price of the company was decreased from year 2000 to year 2001, but from 2001 to 2004 the market price in relation to the book price is increasing and showing a huge increase in 2004.
Dividend yield ratio:
0
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dividend yield ratio
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
The dividend yielding capacity of the company is showing a decreasing trend from 2001 to 2004.
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Market value per share:
020406080
100120140160
market value per share
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
The market value of the shares of the company is showing a constant increasing trend from year 2001 to year 2004
Training Programme
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During my internship at FFC my training programme was arranged in the
following manner by visiting these departments.
Departments in Marketing Division
Marketing Division Lahore contains the following departments. These departments are
listed according to the schedule of my internship schedule at the office.
1. Distribution
2. Warehousing
3. Administration
4. Human Resources
5. Industrial Relations and Welfare
6. Procurement
7. Finance
8. IT Unit
9. Technical Services
10. Planning
11. Sales Promotion
12. Sales North Zone
13. Regional Office Lahore
14. General Manager Marketing
Distribution Department
Distribution department is of the major department helping the sales force. The primary
function of distribution department is to ensure effective and efficient distribution of
product from plants up to the final customers.
Objectives
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Ship out entire production of FFC and FFBL plants and imported fertilizer in
accost effective manner(3.4 MT approx)
Satisfying 3580 dealers , 1632 direct customers and 169 warehouses.
Truck generation for 1556 sales points.
Plan and undertake self imports/exports and ensure prompt handling , quality
packing ,correct weight, timely delivery and documentation.
Monitor packing availability and arrange safe storage of surplus production
during lean months.
Follow up of product quality complaints.
Coordinate with plant management to ensure smooth operations.
Maintain liaison with Pakistan railway , NLC, port authorities and suppliers.
Transportation Arrangements
Private trucking contractions NLC Pakistan railways
Dispatches 2004
Fig in KT
Road Rail Total RatioEx Goth Macchi 1348 111 1459 92:08Ex Mirpur Mathelo 652 73 725 90:1Ex Bin Qasim 871 85 956 91:09Ex Port 244 12 256 95:05Total 3315 282 3397 92:08
Customer served
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Dealers 3580
Direct customers 1632
Total 5212
Human Resource Department
The FFC Management, acknowledging the importance of human
resources has always placed personnel management at the top of its
priority list. The Human Resources Department, therefore, right from
the inception of the Company has played a vital role in steering the
Company through all its phases, operations and progress.
The functions of Human Resources Department vis-a-vis personnel
management and human resources development are going side by
side and it is due to the progressive approach and dynamic philosophy
of the management that Personnel Management remains abreast with
the latest style of management ensuring high level of motivation and
satisfaction of the work force under varied situations. Personnel
policies are kept updated and are periodically modified to respond to
the latest socio-economic changes and market trends of the country.
Hiring quality manpower, keeping them happy, satisfied and motivated
are the pillars of the Human Resources Department; justice, fair play
and merit oriented treatment are some of the ingredients of processing
cases by the Human Resources Department.
For Human Resource development, another aspect which receives its
due share is training. The employees are exposed to various kinds of
cross training, technical courses, management courses, workshops and
seminars both at home and abroad. At Plant site, the Company has a
Technical Training Centre, which is unique, and the only centre in Asia
having a true replica of the Plant for providing realistic training as far
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as possible, to the employees.Employees' welfare has all along
received due consideration by the Management. A number of
agreements have been signed with CBA
orkers Union, resulting in handsome remuneration packages to
employees. The company, since its inception, has undertaken five
salary revisions for Management employees, to remain amongst the
top paying organizations of the country. It is due to the sheer sincerity,
welfare oriented policies and concern for every single employee that
there has never been any strike, lock out or go slow in FFC.
Human resources department of the marketing division is responsible
for the employees related to marketing division. Maintaining their
attendance and payroll of the staff while officers and executives get
their pay directly from head office.
Functions
Work out warehouse supervisor visor’s requirements in consultation
with regional manager and arrange recruitment and transfer activities
according to head office instructions.
3. Maintain up to date personal records, statistics including leave
records , relating to management and non- management
employees.
4. Interpret company policy and provision of necessary ruling where
required.
Handling cases relating to following subjects
Employment/appointment of non management employees. Temporary / contract /
daily wages according to authorization.
Promotion of non management employees
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Pay and allowances of non management employees.
Leaves (annual, causal, special, sick) are managed for all employees.
Transfer claims of all employees.
House/rent allowances advances
Also the House building loans
Finance department
The finance department working at marketing division Lahore is responsible for all the
sales collections either sales are made directly through plant or through warehouses. the
finance department is divided into two sections.
3. General accounting
4. Sales Accounting
Specific responsibilities of General accounting
Payroll of permanent and temporary staff employees
Deduction of income tax from payroll and deposition in govt. treasury.
Forwarding detailed of provident fund contribution of permanent
employees to head office.
Reimbursement of regional imprested/distribution imprested.
Forwarding of L/C opening request to head office for import of fertilizer.
Processing of export related documents.
Deduction of income tax from various supplies and deposit into
government treasury.
Maintenance of books of account including fixed assets ,supplies ,
employees etc
Payment of telephone , electricity and medical bill
Payment in respect of bags and line for imported fertilizers
Specific responsibilities of the Sales Accounting
Maintenance of dealership records
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Processing and banking of sales and proceeds received from field
force for the sale of fertilizer
Transfer of data to plants for shipment
Transfer of funds to head office recording of invoices for sales ex-
warehouses
Receiving data from plants for direct sales
Processing of bank Guarantees for secured credit sales
Monitoring of unsecured credit sales to fauji sugar mills/forms
Preparation of pricing and discount structure for various fertilizers
Receiving data from plants for warehouse shipment
Recording of stock movement reports
Overall reconciliation of stock movement with intimation of head
office
Follow up receivables for sale through rail
Recording of stocks receives from FFBL for sale on their behalf
Sending the information regarding dealers balance to field force for
recovery of receivables on various accounts
Annual Business plan
Review and development of
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Historical data
Key assumptions
Inputs from regions
Review meeting
SMs/RMs/Deptt.Managers
GMM
Collation and submission to Head office, review by management, Board of directors,
approval
Budgetary control
Circulations to cost controllers
Quarterly budget variance reports
Monthly revised cash flow statements
Review of import requirements of fertilizer
FFC related statements/ reports
Daily / fortnightly
Remittance status
Sales status
Monthly
Trial balance and related schedule
Receivables report along with age analysis
Revised cash flow statements
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Finance dept progress report
Capital budget utilization statues
Progress report of sales and w/h dispatches
Stock report to insurance company and banks
Bank reconciliation statements
Tax deduction at source
Dealer network status report
Quarterly
Budgeted vs actual expenses comparison
Performance review of marketing operations
Yearly
Trial balance and related schedule
Proposed capital and revenue budget
Inputs for tax returns
Inputs for company’s annual reports
Planning Department
The planning department is the integral part of fauji fertilizer company. Senior executive
planning who is responsible to SMSM ,heads it. The department coordinate the activities
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of all other departments within marketing division .Major responsibility of the
department is collection of information about competitors and analyzing their strategies.
Functions
Coordination and development of annual business plan
Provision of historical information to regions and senior sales managers for
developing sales forecast
Finalizing sales forecast with coordination related sales force
Preparation of fertilizer data book
Monitoring international fertilizer price trend
Preparing Pakistan industry Urea market participation reports
Chairman’s report for board of directors meeting containing analysis,FFC
performance
And industry situation. These reports are prepared on need basis
Preparation of Fertilizer Industry Report
Reviewing FFC sales performance on quarterly basis
Develop plans for training of officers
Monthly analysis of FFC ex-plant road and rail fright analysis
Technical Department
Technical department is providing support function to sales. Company is providing
technical services all over the country free of cost. Senior technical executive who is
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reporting to SMSM heads the technical department. The 14 technical officers are serving
in 14 regions all over the country in coordination with sales officers.
Mission Statement of Technical Department
‘Help the farmer optimize utilization of his resources to rejuvenate farm productivity and
increase his income’
Objectives
Farmer education /training
Dissemination of latest and complete package of technology
Promotion of balanced fertilizer use
Focus on increasing farmers income
Counter fertilizer misconception
Enhancing crop yield/overall crop production
Supplement government effort for agricultural
Functions
Establish proper linkage sales and technical services
Increase and faces on farm management expertise
Professional development on personnel
Collaborative research
Farm Advisory Services
Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited has been providing Agricultural Advisory Services to
the farming community throughout Pakistan since 1981, for increasing the agriculture
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production in general and the farmers’ economic returns in particular. Our organization in
pursuit of its national commitment and moral obligation maintains regular contact with
farmers and Agricultural Institutions to ensure constant and efficient transfer of latest
technology.
The company is providing quality farm advisory services all over the country through its
5 Farm Advisory Centers and 14 Regional Technical Services Officers. Farm Advisory
Centers are located at D.I. Khan, Jhang, D.G. Khan, Mirpur Khas and Kasur. Each centre
has a team of five Agricultural Experts, providing multifarious advisory services through
crop demonstrations, field days, farmer meetings, village meetings, crop seminars, farm
visits and group discussions. All the centers are fully equipped with modern sophisticated
computerized Soil & Water Testing Laboratories and high-tech extension equipment.
Moreover, FFC has also established a micronutrient testing laboratory at Farm Advisory
Centre Jhang having Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer and other analytical
instruments. Soil Testing is a valuable tool to propagate appropriate and balanced use of
chemical fertilizers and to identify soil problems. Soil/water samples are collected from
farmers’ fields and analyzed in the laboratories. Fertilizer recommendations are
developed on the basis of soil analysis and recommendation reports are delivered to the
growers for proper and balanced fertilizer use. The soil/water testing and micronutrient
analysis facility is offered free of cost. Besides these five farm advisory centers, we have
14 Technical Services Officers based at 14 Regional Offices of FFC spread all over the
country extending these services in their respective areas.
To further strengthen our advisory services and facilitate our farmers, we also publish
crop, vegetable, orchard brochures, agro-grams, posters and pamphlets containing latest
information regarding production technologies of crops, and orchards grown in Pakistan.
For a stronger direct link and timely guidance of farmers, we publish a quarterly Urdu
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News Letter “Zari Report” containing season specific information regarding crops,
fruits, vegetables, improved agronomic practices and articles on agricultural issues.
Following is the list of crop brochures available with us:
Wheat Brochure
Cotton Brochure Sugarcane Brochure
Rice Brochure
Maize Brochure
Potato Brochure Mango Brochure
Citrus Brochure
Banana Brochure
Apple Brochure Vegetable Brochure
Guava Brochure
Oil Seed Brochure
Salt-affected Soils Brochure
These brochures and Zari Report are also available in the Kashtkar Desk of our website .
To improve the fertilizer use efficiency and to obtain optimum crop
yields, a “Fertilizer Guide Book” has also been published containing
comprehensive information on various fertilizers available in Pakistan,
their application methods and their economic use.
FFC has also adopted the pragmatic approach of telecasting crop
documentaries on PTV before the onset of sowing season of major
crops. In these documentaries all the components of crop production
are covered with sufficient elaboration. Cotton, wheat, sugarcane and
rice documentaries can be viewed in the Kashtkar Desk of our website.
We encourage our farmers to get registered on our mailing list by
sending a request in writing or through e-mail at the following
addresses to receive copies of our published material free of cost. For
any further information or agricultural advisory service, please visit
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any of our nearest Farm Advisory Centers or Regional Offices closer to
you.
Technical Services Department
(Marketing Division)
Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
Lahore Trade Centre,
11-Shahrah-e-Aiwan-e-Tijarat, Lahore
Phones: 042 – 6365119
Farm Advisory Centre Farm Advisory Centre
D.I. Khan Jhang
Faqir Manzil, Dial Road, D.I. Khan Near Chenab College, Chiniot Road, Jhang
Phone: 0961 – 741701 Phone: 0471 - 671118
Farm Advisory Centre Farm Advisory Centre Kasur Vehari Faqiriay Wala, 3 – km Khudian Road, 2.5 – km, Khanewal Road,Kasur VehariPhone: 0492-671848, 0492-2003977 Phone: 067-3361913, 3360223
Farm Advisory Centre
Mirpur Khas
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162-A, Ali Farms, Gulshan-e-Hussain,Hyderabad Road, Mirpur KhasPhone: 0233 – 860760
Industrial Relationship Department
The IR department in organization is formed under the IRQ 69 [industrial relation
ordination] of Punjab labor laws act and is under the approval of Management & joint
Labor Department of Punjab Govt .IR basically deals with the Labor laws implication in
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an organization and has to negotiate legislatively with the CBA certified labor union at
the factory .The criterion for formation of IR department is a factory having at least 50
employees and its provisions given in the Punjab as well as GOP labor laws. The IR
department not only negotiates with the labor unions but also responsible handling with
the labor
One of the functions of IR department at FFC to tackle with all types of court problems.
There are labor courts at regional level .At present there are 24 courts in Pakistan. Any
employee who may have a complaint about the management can go to the court so IR
department representative follow the case
Major Activities
Leave records of workers
Appointment records
Record of upgrading
Annual increment record
Vertical performance appraisal records
Staff no allocation
Negotiation legislatively with the union
Follow up of all types of cases of labor court
Advertising and Sales Promotion
The major function of the advertisement and sales promotion department is to enhance
the corporate and brand image of SONA products.
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Objective
To create ,augment and maintain the demand of FFBL and FFCL products
To enhance and sustain brand image and corporate image
Improve company visibility in the mind of consumers
To safe guard company logo
To strengthen brand loyalty
Different Medias used at FFC
Television
Radio
CCTV
Print media
Road side
Point of purchase
Electronic Media
Ptv
Ptv -world
KTN (Sindhi Language)
GEO
Indus T.V
ARY-Digital
Campaigns
Kharif campaign
Rabi campaign
Radio
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National radio channels
Add duration 17sec-35sec
All around the year
CCTV
Islamabad airport
Multan airport
Faisalabad airport
Lahore railway station
Multan railway station
Hyderabad railway station
Faisalabad railway station
Daewoo coaches
Daewoo lounges
Print Media
National daily’s
Regional news paper
International magazines
National magazines
Regional cultural magazines
Add size 108 pcm(standard size of add)
Road side Advertisement
Jumbo hoardings
Bill boards
Ware house boards
Dealer shops boards
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Plastic whole signs
Point of Purchase
Crop posters
Corporate posters
Crop booklets
Agro grams
Zari reports
Buntings
Mobiles
IT DEPARTMENT
Information Technology unit was properly setup in FFC Marketing division Lahore. IT
unit is one of the most important departments working at marketing division Lahore. The
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Unit has to play a leading role in the marketing division in order to enable all the
department to perform all their functions effectively and efficiently .It enables the
management to make timely decisions.
OBJECTIVES OF IT UNITS
To meet computing needs of all the departments of all the departments of the
marketing divisions.
To design and develop, efficient, effective and user friendly information systems
To provide the maintenance services and proper updating of all these systems
To properly cope with the security and ethical challenges related to information
technology and information system
To design proper feed back and control procedures toward achievement of its
goals.
SYSTEMS DEVELOPED BY I.T UNITS
Sales accounting system
General accounting system
Order processing system
Regional information system
Sales promotion system
Distribution management system
Procurement system
Human resource system
Medical control system
Technical support system
Procurement Department
Procurement department at marketing is responsible for the purchases. Purchases for the
following offices are made by Lahore Marketing Division,3 zonal officies,14 regions,5
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FAC,s,Finance and distribution offices at Goth Macchi ,Mirpur Mathelo distribution
office at FFBL port and head office requirements
GOALS“To procure quality goods at the most economical and competitive rates”
FUNCTIONS
Quality, Economical and timely procurement of items /spares for marketing
division and plants ensuring complete backup support /after sales services.
Price enquiry of different items to estimate the price so that the budgeted amount
may be endorsed on the PR before initiation
Disposal of obsolete /surplus/scrap material
Continuous updating of reliable vendors list for both plants and marketing
division
PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN PROCUREMENT STEPS
Raising of purchase request
Approval of PR
Request for quotation
Bid opening
Comparative statement
Placement of order
Delivery receipt of goods
Verification of bills against orders
Final payment
REGIONAL OFFICE LAHORE
The regional office Lahore is a front line department. It is actually involved with direct
sales of fertilizer and interacting with dealers. The regional manager, regional TSO and
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the sales officer Lahore district are working with assistance of stock members .For three
days
Tuesday –Thursday the officers are on field visits and for rest 2 working days they
perform their office work. The districts included in Lahore region :
LAHORE COMPETITORS
Gujranwala DCL
Sheikhupura Engro
M.B.Din NFML
Rawalpindi Jaffer Brothers
Sialkot Ali Akbar groups
Hafizabad PVT importers
Activities
Monitoring product wise /district wise achievement with respect to targets
Monitoring current market situation with respect to fertilizer industry
Monitoring competitors activities in detail
Managing warehouses, their sales and closing stocks
Appointing and terminating dealers as regard to their performance, literate goal is to have
a strong dealer network
Checking sales performance of all the products and calculating percentage achievements
with respect to that month and in comparison with cumulative previous months.
SALES NORTH ZONE
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Fauji Fertilizer company has divided Pakistan into three zones North, South and
Central .These zones are further divided into fourteen regions and further districts. The
allocation of districts is different from civil districts. There are five regions in North zone
Lahore
Faisalabad
Sahiwal
Peshwar
D.I.Khan
FFC North zone competition
DCL
Engro
Private importers
Functions of North zone
Conduction sale forecast for regions include in North zone
Monitoring sales allocation as per decided ratios
Monitoring daily sales
Studying competitors price structure
Co-coordinating regions included in North zone
Managing sales force of North zone
Checking and inventory
Coordination wit top management
Ensuring availability controlling warehouses
Monitoring of product
Monitoring and keeping record of turnover of productivity
Providing product on secure credit
Preparing market participation reports
Challenges
Equitable distribution in short supply situation
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Cost control
Competition
Brand image
Strategies
Quality operations/ethical selling
Rationalization of warehousing capacities
Judicious utilization of secured credit sales
Improvement in dealer network
Emphasis on customer service effective utilization of technical
services
Human resources development
Administration Department
Administration department is involved with conducting the administration function of the fauji fertilizers of the marketing division
Functions
Provision and maintenance of transport i.e. Cars, Jeeps and Poor vehicles
Ensure availability of utilities like gas, electricity, telephone, E-mail, and Photocopy
facility.
Under take protocol duties. i.e. reception, transport, and ticketing etc. For company
gussets and officers
Ensure the implementation of company policies and rules
Provision of uniform to entitle staff (Qasids, Chowkidars, electricians and drivers)
Ensure proper maintenance of the office premises and guesthouses
Take disciplinary action under the rules where necessary
Disposal of unusable assets of company
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Managing three major types of transport system related to marketing division;
Company maintained
Company assisted cars/Jeep
Pool transport
Transport holding
Holding of marketing division transport is as under
Company assigned cars 23
Company assisted cars 91
Company maintained cars 63 Total=177
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Ware Housing
The ware housing department is involved in completing the formality For hiring
And dehiring of warehouses (on need basis) , appointment of handling contractors, watch
and ward contractors. The record of inventories is maintained and physical inspection of
the warehouse and product are carried out to ensure safety and security. This department
works in collaboration with distribution department.
Functions of warehousing department
Coordinating of warehouse department with regions regarding warehouse
selection, training of supervisors, planning capacity of warehouses
To conduct inspections of the warehouses on planned and surprise basis
Each warehouse is inspected around 17 time a year.
Warehousing department is considered with processing of
o Lease agreements
o Watch and ward agreements
o Handling agreements
o Watch and ward bills
Conduct the training of warehouse supervisors.
Preparing the operational , capital and revenue budgets on yearly basis.
Formulating warehouse plans.
Preparing weekly capacity reports.
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Zone wise Warehouses and capacity
Zone Regions Warehouses Capacity MT
North 5 63 136700
Central 5 53 119400
South 4 49 78400
Total 14 165 334500
Type of Warehouses
Strategic Warehouses
Permanent warehouses
Temporary warehouses
Purely temporary warehouses
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SWOT Analysis
Strengths
FFC is the market leader in the fertilizer having 60% of the market share.
FFC is using a single brand name SONA for its products like SONA urea,
SONA DAP helping farmers to remember the name.
Company being the market leader sets standards for the industry
FFC devotes considerable time and efforts to promote awareness regarding
good farmers techniques and methods among growers community
The company continues to enhance the facility of providing farmers free farm
advisory services through farm advisory centres. Currently company is having
5 FACs all over the country.
FFC peruses an innovative education oriented advertising policy utilizing
electronic/ print media and road side advertisement
FFC is only fertilizer company in the industry conducting seminars on core
agricultural issues. Inviting local and foreign luminaries
In 2004 FFC had record urea production of 2174000 tons from all the plants
Company is having strong dealer network all over country that helps in proper
availability even in far-flung areas.
FFC has developed a well [planned network of 170 field warehouses to ensure
that fertilizers is available to the farmers uninterrupted
Company has employed well-trained, disciplined and motivated workforce to
facilitate to achieve desire targets
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Company is fully automated having the extensive information systems for the
plant site as well as the marketing division
FFC is offering best package of salaries to its employees comparable with any
multinational organization
FFC is among one of the top taxpayers in country
FFC is introducing Farmer Friendly Culture
SONA being the farmers first choice
ISO certification
Countrywide location of plants
It has product range
FFC is experienced in production and marketing of product.
Weakness
Size of the company is very large which produces administrative problems.
The promotion of the management employees is made after the period of three
years.
Sales force has to face a tough time when moved to far- flung areas equally in
other provinces.
Transfers are made after the period of three years , which cause the lack of
performance of policies.
The high differences between the salary packages of the executives and the
employees.
The ideas from the bottom are not welcomed; for the most part orders are
assigned from higher authorities.
Lengthy organizational hierarchy.
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The insufficiency of technical sales orders.
Non- availability transport during peak season.
Dumping of fertilizer by the dealers.
Opportunities
Having a strong financial position company can start production of the new
product line.
Adding some new unit can enhance the production capacity of the plants.
Company is in a position to set up a new plant in the country.
FFC can participate in the acquisition of their companies being privatized by
the government.
If FFC decides for the export of Urea it can earn much better revenues.
Being an agriculture country and due to increasing awareness about the
balanced use of fertilizer, demand for the fertilizer will increase.
Company can start over sea investment like that one of PAKISTAN MARCO
PHOSPHORSE-SA.
The increasing governmental support for meeting the demand pf fertilizer in
the country.
FFC can export Urea to Afghanistan and other neighbouring countries.
Availability of natural gas from Iran can helping setting up a new Urea plant
in that vicinity and thus meeting the demand of Urea in the country at cheap
rates.
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Threats
Natural gas
Farmer’s liquidity
Weather conditions
Future fertilizer demand
Availability of raw material
WTO challenges
Fertilizer supply in remote areas.
Dumping of under priced imported urea in local markets
Inconsistent governmental policies
Importing urea due to rising demand
Changing fertilizer prices
Difficult coexistence between public and private fertilizer
producer/importer
Lack of education in grower community
New competitors in the industry
Long of gas supplies
No availability of railway wagons
Unbalanced use of fertilizer
Phenomenal increase in the prices of basic feedstock’s
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Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix
KEY INTERNAL FACTORS
Internal Strengths Weights Rating Weighted Score
1. Larger fertilizer Producer .05 3 . 15
2. Highest Market share .04 4 . 16
3. Growing Sales .10 3 .30
4. Countrywide location of plants .05 4 .20
5. Goodwill in market .05 3 .15
6. Strong Financial Position .03 3 .09
7. Corporate Culture .05 3 .15
8. Strong Distribution Channel .03 4 .12
9. Wider Product line .09 4 .36
10. ISO Certification .10 3 .30
Internal Weaknesses
1. Dumping of the fertilizer by dealers .04 1 .04
2. Insuffiency of technical sales officers .04 2 .08
3 The administrative problems due to large size
of the company
.03 2 .06
4. Centralized authority .05 1 .05
5. Non availability of transport during peak
season
.05 2 .10
6. Low advertising campaigns .10 1 .10
7. Sales force has to face tough time in remote
areas
.03 2 .06
8. Very frequent transfers .04 2 .08
9. Lengthy hierarchy .03 2 .06
TOTAL 2.61
0.0 = Not Important 1.0= Important
1 = Major Weakness 2 = Minor Weakness
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3 = Minor Strength 4 = Major Strength
External Factors Evaluation (EFE) Matrix
KEY EXTERNAL FACTORSExternal Opportunities Weights Rating Weighted Score
1. Adding some new units can increase the production capacity of the plants
.08 4 .32
2. having strong financial position company can introduce new products
.07 3 .21
3. the increasing govt support for meeting the fertilizer demand in country
.05 2 .10
4. Opening new marketing office in foreign countries to improve the marketing campaign
.05 3 .15
5. Advertising in international media and magazines to increase the market share
.06 3 .18
6. Increasing sales by implementing the credit policy strategies
.04 1 .04
7. WTO in 2005 (no quota Restriction) more chances of export
.10 3 .30
8. Strong demand of products in future .05 2 .109. Increasing the customer satisfaction by
improving the quality of products.03 3 .09
10. Availability of gas from Iran can increase the production of plants
.05 3 .15
External Threats1. Natural gas prices .10 3 .302. Domestic Competition, entry of new
and well financed organization in fertilizer sector
.05 4 .20
3. Farmers liquidity .03 3 .094. Per unit cost in increasing, reduction in
profits.06 2 .12
5. Instable political situation in country .03 2 .066. WTO challenges .03 2 .067. Availability of raw material .02 2 .048. Weak economic structure of Pakistan .03 2 .069. Weather conditions .05 3 .1510. Increase in prices of raw material .02 1 .02
TOTAL 2.740.0 = Not Important 1.0= Important
1 = Poor Response 2 = Average Response 3 = Above Average 4 = Superior Response
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Competitive Profile Matrix
Sr. #
Critical Success Factors
FFC Engro NFC
Weight Rating Score Weight Rating Score Weight Rating Score
1Customer Loyalty
.20 3 .60 .20 3 .60 .20 2 .40
2 Market share .10 4 .40 .10 3 .30 .10 3 .30
3Price Competitiveness
.10 3 .30 .10 3 .30 .10 3 .30
4 Management .10 4 .40 .10 4 .40 .10 2 .20
5Financial Position
.15 4 .60 .15 3 .45 .15 2 .30
6 Advertising .10 3 .30 .10 4 .40 .10 2 .20
7Global Expansion
.20 4 .80 .20 1 .20 .20 2 .40
8 Product Quality .05 3 .15 .05 2 .10 .05 2 .10
Total 3.55 2.75 2.50
The Rating values as follows:1= major weakness, 2= minor weakness, 3= minor strength, 4= major
strength
Interpretations
The Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM) identifies the firm’s major competitors and its particular strengths and weaknesses in relation to the sample firm’s strategic position.
From the CPM provided above we see that loyalty and the global expansion are the most important critical success factors as indicated by a weight of 0.20 the quality of FFC product is superior as it has a rating of 4; customer’s loyalty is very high.
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SPACE MATRIXRating Total Average
Financial Strength (FS)
1. Net Income
2. Leverage Ratios
3. Liquidity Position
4. Return on Equity
+3
+3
+2
+2 +10 +2.5
Industry Strength (IS)
1. Pakistan largest producer of fertilizer
2. Increased Demand of products
3. Quality products
4. Bigger market share
+3
+2
+2
+2 +9 +2.25
Environmental Stability (ES)
1. High Inflation Rate
2. Political stability
3. Demand Variability
4. Barriers to Entry in New Markets
5. Competition
-4
-3
-2
-3
-3 -15 -3
Competitive Advantage (CA)
1. Highest production
2. Technological Advancement
3. Control over Suppliers and Distributor
4. Customer Loyalty
-1
-2
-2
-2 -7 -1.75
Conclusion
FS Average = +2.50 IS Average = +2.25
CA Average = -1.75 ES Average = -3.00
Directional Vector Coordinates: x-axis: (CA: IS) -1.75 + (+2.25) = +0.50
Y-axis: (FS: ES) 2.50 + (-3.00) = -0.50
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ISCA
FS
ES
(+0.50, - 0.50)
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The Internal – External Factor (IEF) Matrix:
2.61
2.74
Interpretations
The Internal – External matrix is based on the key dimensions of: the IFE total
weighted scores on the x – axis and the EFE total weighted scores on the y – axis. It
can then be divided into 3 major regions that have different strategy implications.
In the above matrix it can be seen that both the Products in the sections relating to
Grow and Build. Thus intensive strategies (market penetration, market development
and product development) or integrative strategies (backward integration, forward and
horizontal integration) can be most favorable.
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E T
otal Weigh
ted Score
IFE Total weighted Score
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
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The Grand Strategy Matrix:
II IFFC
III IV
Since FFC has rapid market growth and strong competitive position so it lies in 1st Quadrant of GS matrix .
So it must follow the following strategies Market development Market penetration Product development
Since FFC have also excessive resources
Forward integration Horizontal integration
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Weak
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