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    DECLARATION

    I, the under undersign. BHUVA HIREN J. the studentof T.Y.B.B.A. of Smt. M. T. DHAMSANIA COMMERCE

    COLLEGE. I here by declare that the project report

    presented before you is my own preparation and

    completed under the supervision of PROF. DR. MANISH M.

    THAKER of Smt. M. T. DHAMSANIA COMMERCE COLLEGE

    I also assure that this project work has not been

    submitted to any other university or examination

    previously.

    DATE :-

    PLACE :- RAJKOT

    (signature)

    Bhuva Hiren J.

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    PREFACE

    It is my pleasure & opportunity to present the projectreport of industrial training at GSFC Ltd., before you. As a

    part of our study of T.Y.B.B.A each student has to impart

    15 days practical training from good business concern, and

    prepare a project on it.

    Not only from examination point of view, but also

    from acquisition of practical knowledge aspect, suchpractical training helps a student a lot of improve and to

    be more clear about practice of management theories.

    It is really an opportunity when then unit is such a

    large and professionally managed one. Hence I chose

    GSFC Ltd., for my training. The company which has been

    continuously developing and expanding through

    diversification as well as modifications. Thus it incorporates

    various departments relating to various aspects of

    business. GSFC Ltd., has given most importance to

    training. It has well-established TRAINING INSTITUTE at

    companys head office premises and such environment

    becomes a supportive and motivating factor for trainees.

    Practical training has always been beneficial to the

    trainees as the concept change of a particular trainee after

    procuring training.

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    I am glad to present this report before you as theopportunity given by Saurashtra University, in such

    previous training for that I express heartily gratitude to

    the college for providing me this opportunity to under go

    this orientation-training program. I am extremely thankful

    to PROF. DR. MANISH M. THAKER for his excellent

    guidance and inspiration, which leads success in all aspect.First up all I am very thankful to my parents who

    gave opportunity to me to join in B. B. A. Course and

    gave permission to take industrial visit of GSFC Ltd., I am

    highly thankful to who permit me to take visit of their

    industry.

    The study matters is not important in only theory

    portion, but at a time practical aspects is much more

    important, I hold observed the total information and

    expressed in my own language. I am very appreciative to

    all of you.

    DATE :-

    PLACE :- RAJKOT(signature)Bhuva Hiren J.

    (3)

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    INDEX

    SR.NO PARTICULARS PAGENO.

    1. GENERAL INFORMATION 52. PRODUCT INFORMATION 21

    3.MARKETING

    DEPARTMENT 304. CHANNELS OF DIST. 40

    5. MARKETING RESEARCH 566. ANALYTICAL & FINDING 637. CONCLUSION 818. SWOT ANALYSIS 839. SUGGESTION 84

    10. LIMITATION 8511. FUTURE PLAN 8712. BIBLIOGRAPHY 8813. QUESTIONNAIRE 89

    (4)

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    CONTENT

    NO. PARTICULAR PAGE

    1. INTRODUCTION 72. GSFC BACKGROUND 93. PHASE WISE DEVELOPMENT 114. FORMAL INFORMATION 135. TIME KEEPING SYSTEM 15

    6. EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FACILITY 167. ACHIVEMENTS 178. ORGANISATION STRUCTURE 189. SIZE & FORM OF ORGANISATION 19

    10. CONTRIBUTION TO INDUSTRY 20

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    INTRODUCTION

    Fertilizer industries present the best example of aclose linkage between industry and agriculture. The growth

    of agriculture in India since independence has been

    synonymous with the rapid growth of fertilizer industry.

    Hence the need for fertilizer was found with more attention

    after independence.

    India is an agro-based economy & hence fertilizerindustry is the base for progress of India. Not only fertilizer

    industry, but with fertilizers chemical industry plays a

    dominant role in development of any economy.

    Fertilizers and chemical in general have become part

    & parcel of our day-to-day life. Fertilizers are the first

    necessity to increase the productivity of agriculture .Out of

    many ways of increasing agriculture productivity like soil

    conservation, fertilizers and irrigation; fertilizers are the

    most suitable for the framers. The framers get benefited

    through retention prices. As against the demand of

    fertilizers, the production is very less in the country,

    hence; fertilizer industry shall always be a growing

    industry. Fertilizer industry is a part of chemical industry

    hence the development of fertilizer industry depends on

    the development of the chemical industry. Not only

    fertilizer industries, but others like drugs, dye stuffs,

    paper, synthetic rubber, plastic polestar, prints,

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    petrochemical, detergent, etc industries are provided base

    by chemical industry.

    The company has varied products and diversification

    as well as growth strategy. It has been basic to Indias

    progress not only because of its inception immediately

    after independence. But on one hand it has helped in

    production of strong needed (ESSENTIAL COMMODITY)

    fertilizers as well as the chemical products and on the

    other hand has provided employment to thousands of

    people. Such employment is not only limited to companys

    own premises but all other industries whose growth has

    been fostered with development of this fertilizers &

    chemical company are benefited through if. On the one

    side farmers get easy availability of fertilizers through

    companys unique marketing network strategy, majority of

    chemical based industries are dependent on the production

    of GSFC Ltd. as well as it has been a specially desirable

    industry who serves the society in many ways.

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    GSFC BACKGROUND

    On formation of a separate state of GUJARAT in 1960.Fertilizer producing plants went to the Maharashtra &

    Gujarat States had no plant producing chemical fertilizers.

    State of Gujarat was deficit state in agriculture production.

    Hence a need was found of chemical fertilizers producing

    unit in Gujarat itself. Fertilizers being agro industry has

    ample chances for growing & developing. Further by whenoil & gas were discovered camebay & ankleshwar region in

    the state & Gujarat refinery was set up producing Naphtha

    & other petroleum products, the basic raw materials

    required in fertilizer production.

    With the availability of raw materials and other

    infrastructure facilities Govt. of Gujarat decided to set up afertilizer plant But it is all the control in the hand of central

    government.

    Accordingly GSFC Ltd. having registered office at

    fertilizer nagar, District VADODARA was incorporated on

    15th February 1962 in joint sector viz. government of

    GUJARAT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION and farmers

    participating in it.

    In 1964-65 works partying to the acquisition of land

    & building were done on turkey basis. A contract was

    signed with a JAPANESE company for foundation the

    companys infrastructure. If started supplying used D.A.P.

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    (DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE) to farmer. Within a very short

    time on 5th June 1967.

    The use of IDBIs assistance judiciously and excellent

    performance of first phase plant laid sound financial base

    for company. GSFC Ltd.s total investment for first and

    second phase programmer was round 63 crores.

    It was initially to make intended only fertilizers so the

    name was GSFC Ltd. but it has now diversified into a king

    industrial & chemical product like carbolated, Nylon,

    Ammonia, Argon & many types of acids. So its name was

    changed along with its diversification programmers on step

    1996. It was now named GUJARAT STATE

    FERTILIZERS & CHEMICALS LTD .

    GSFC Ltd. is country is first fertilizer unit to be

    assisted by IDBIs development assistance found.

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    PHASE WISE DEVELOPMENT

    GSFC Ltd. has got phase wise development. Since itsfirst phase plants it has been expanding and developing

    continuously.

    PHASE 1

    The phase - 1 fertilizer plants (both nitrogen &

    phosphorus) were established in June 1967 having

    capacity of 103200 MT Urea 148000 MT Ammonium

    Sulfate (AS) and 108000 MT Di-Ammonium Phosphate

    (DAP) at capital cost of Rs.40 crores.

    PHASE 2

    Within a short period the co expanded its activities

    and phase 2 fertilizer plants were commissioned in June

    1969 at Rs.22 crores with capacity with capacity of 264000

    Mt Urea. In August 1974, the co diversified its activity by

    establishing arolactum plant of 20000 MT at an investment

    of Rs.34 Crores.

    Further diversifications were resorted when purge gas

    recovery plant was established in December 1980 at Rs. 8crores, Nylong-6 plant in December 1981 at Rs. 13 crores,

    Melamine plant in December 1982 at Rs. 15 crores, new

    sulfuric acid plant in December 1981 at Rs. 5 crores and

    oxen synthesis Gas plant in August 1982 at Rs. 4 crores.

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    GSFC - PCGL MERGER

    From 1-1-1983 to company look over POLYMER

    CORPORATION OF GUJARAT Ltd. (PCGL) and PCGL

    government in 1979 at the cost of Rs. 16 crores. Based on

    know how of M/s Mitsubishi Rayon corporation of Japan,

    the PCGL plant produces methyl methacrylate monomer.

    In December 1986, GSFC established costal DAP

    plant at Moti-khavadi near Sika; district Jamnagar at the

    cost of about Rs.95 crores. In March 1989 the co.

    established generation 1 plant producing steam & power at

    the cost of Rs. 32 crores.

    The company has taken over Gujarat Nylon ltd. (GNL)

    situated at Surat from 1- 4 -1990. While GNL is termed ascompanies fiber unit.

    The company has undertaken massive expansion

    phase-1 of 50000 MT caprolactum Expansion and phase-

    2 of 50000 Mt new Ammonia plant of 1350 MTD. Melamine

    expansion.

    The caprolactum expansion phase-1 is presently infull swing.

    GSFC Ltd. has also contributed 40% share in equity

    capital in Gujarat power industry ltd. In setting up 120

    M.W. power plant near Baroda.

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    FORMAL INFORMATION

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    P. K. LAHERI (CHAIRMAN)

    Dr. MANJULA SUBRAMANIUM

    SUDHA ANCHALIA

    BALWANT SINGH

    N. R. KRISHNAN (UTI-NOMINEE)

    R. S. AGARWAL (IDBI)

    S. R. VENGSARKER (ICICI-NOMINEE)

    A. K. LUKE (MANAGING DIRECTOR)

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

    C. R. RAO

    A. K. VIJAYKUMAR

    GAUTAM SEN

    COMPANY SECRETARY

    V. D. NANAVATY

    STATURY AUDITORS

    M/s. GHIYA & CO., JAIPUR.

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    BANKERS

    BANK OF BARODA

    STATE BANK OF INDIABANK OF INDIA

    ICICI BANK

    CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA

    DENA BENK

    PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK

    INDIAN OVERSEAS BANKHDFC BANK LTD.

    VIJAYA BANK

    REGISTRARS & TRANSFER AGENTS

    M/s. N.C.S. Ltd.,PRODUCITIVITY ROAD, BARODA-390 007 .

    REGISTRED OFFICE

    P. O. FERTILIZERNAGAR-391 750,

    DISTRICT :- VADODARA,

    GUJARAT.

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    TIME KEEPING SYSTEM

    GSFC Ltd. has adopted card-punching system. Thereare many workers and all have their entrance personal

    cards. Which inform their presence is recorded in the

    register. Employee who comes after the grace period. It

    counted as his half of working day & lae coming memo is

    issued by time office to the concerned employee.

    LEAVE POLICY :-

    1. Public holidays 10 Days

    2. Causal leave 14 Days

    3. Ordinary leave 30 Days

    4. Restricted leave 2 Days

    5. Sick leave 15 Days

    TYPES OF SHIFTS :-

    1. First Shift 6.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.

    2. Second Shift 2.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.

    3. Third Shift 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m.

    4. General Shift 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

    GSFC adopted perfect time keeping system because

    of their time keeping system they can know easily regular

    information of workers. It doesnt give more than 50 hrs.

    Overtime facility for any workers.

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    EMPLOYE & THEIR FACILITIES

    GSFC Ltd. having about 6000 employees, out of them85% are skilled & semi skilled workers & 15% are

    unskilled.

    The following services are provided to the G.S.F.C.

    employees.

    HOUSING FACILITIES

    MEDICAL FACILITIESTRANSPORT FACILITIES

    CANTEEN FACILITIES

    CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

    LONG SERVICE AWARDS

    EDUCATION FACILITY

    LOAN FACILITY

    BONUS FACILITY

    TRAINING FACILITIES

    OTHER BENEFITS

    Thus, the services provided to its employees are at

    no. Of cost or significant reduction in cost from what

    actually might have to be paid. Thus, co. provides good

    facilities services & benefits to its employee.

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    ACHIEVEMENTS

    It is a matter of pride that under review, companyreceived two international awards in the field of safety in

    the year 1998.

    National safety council USA gives AWARD OF

    HONOUR to the company.

    The production safety council, U.K. was also given

    awarded for EXCELLANCE IN SAFETY .

    Following is the list of awards that company gets in

    the past.

    1. Company got ICMA AWARD in 1976 for forward

    development technology & progress in chemical industry.

    2. Company got FAI AWARD for best performance in

    phosphates production.

    3. Company got NP AWARD in 1980 for best

    performance in productivity.

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    ORGANITION STRUCTURE

    Organization structure or organization chart is animportant tool for understanding of position of members. It

    also shows responsibility and authority of different

    members in the organization. It shows the relationship

    between top management & employments.

    There are 10 departments in GSFC1. Training institute

    2. Personnel Department

    3. Marketing Department

    4. Finance & Accounting Department

    5. Application Development Center

    6. Materials Department

    7. Stores Department

    8. Fire & Safety Department

    9. Production Department

    10. Research & Development Department

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    SIZE & FORM ORGANISATION

    GSFC Ltd. is the large-scale unit for producingfertilizers in our country. It is first joint sector industrial

    undertaking in the care sector in India. Its use of both

    public as well as private sector. These benefits are

    efficiency of private sector and implementation and liberal

    members of board of directors. Government of Gujarat

    nominates 1/3 of members.1 member is nominated by IDBI.

    6 Member are to be elected a Rotation basis. The

    Gujarat Government has the power to appoint the

    managing director and the chairman of the company.

    Thus it is a large-scale unit & joint sector.

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    CONTRIBUTE TO INDUSTRIES

    GSFC ltd. has achieved a great success in India aswell as abroad. It is Indias successful joint sector. It has

    achieved many significant landmarks, which are as

    follows :-

    1. First joint sector industrial complex in India.

    2. First to manufacture DAP (Di-ammonium phosphate)

    3. First to adopt steam Naphtha reforming process for

    manufacturing Ammonia.

    4. First to set up coprolite plant in India.

    5. First to utilize indigenous Rock phosphate from

    manufacturing of phosphoric acid.

    6. First to recover argon from synthesis gas.

    7. First to establish the melamine plant in India.

    8. First to set target in agriculture production.

    9. First to carry out promotion activities for its fertilizer

    products by carrying out field experiments.

    10. GSFC Ltd. gives a large employment thus; it removes

    the problem of unemployment in our country.

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    CONTENT

    NO. PARTICULAR PAGE

    1. RAW MATERIAL CONSUMPTION 23

    2. PRODUCTION CAPACITY 243. DETAILS OF PRODUCTS 254. PRODUCT MIX 28

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    RAWMATERIALCONSUMPTION

    FERTILIZERNAGAR :-1. Rock phosphate

    2. Sulfur

    3. Naphtha

    4. Gas

    5. Benzene

    6. Ammonia

    7. Cyclohexanone

    8. Polymer unit acetone

    9. Hydro cyanic Acid

    10. Methanol

    11. Imported Monomer

    SIKKA UNIT :-

    12. Ammonia

    13. Phosphoric Acid

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    PRODUCTION CAPACITY

    PRODUCT INSTALLED CAPACITY

    PER ANNUM (MT)-Ammonia 445500-Urea 364000-Ammonium phosphate 108000-Corprolactum 7000-Nylon 6 chips 7000-Sulfuric acid 132000

    -Melamine 15000-Ammonium sulfate 10000-Nylon chips-fibre 2000

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    DETAILS OF PRODUCTS

    GSFC Ltd. Having a wide range of products.Following are the uses & details of some main products.

    FERTILIZER PRODUCTS

    SARDAR UREA :-It is a straight nitrogenous fertilizer consisting 46%

    nitrogen GSFC has two urea plants with a actual

    production of 3-4 lacks (MT) main raw material for urea

    are Ammonia & Carbon dioxide.

    USES :-

    It is used as nitrogenous fertilizer. In processing of

    cotton textile it is used as raw material. It is also used as

    raw material for chemical product dyes & pharmaceuticals.

    SARDAR AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE :-

    This is also straight nitrogenous fertilizer consisting

    20.6% of nitrogen. GSFC ammonium sulphate plant has

    actual productivity of 1.06 to 1.7 lacks ammonia, sulfuric

    acid & gypsum.

    USES :-

    It is used in pharmaceuticals.

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    SARDAR DIAMONIUM PHOSPHATE (DAP) :-

    It is complex fertilizer consisting 18% nitrogen & 46%

    phosphorous. GSFCs DAP plant has actual production in

    BARODA is 1.2 lacks(MT). The main raw materials are

    ammonia & phosphoric acid.

    USES :-

    It is used as nitrogenous and phosphorous fertilizer.

    And requirement of soil, it is mixed with other fertilizer. It

    is generally used with other fertilizers.

    INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

    MELAMINE :-

    USES :-

    It is used in lamination. Lamination for tabletop,

    kitchen platform, wall cladding. And it is also used in

    textile auxiliaries for melamine resin. Helps for consumer

    molded goods for bowls, spatulas, crockery, and cutlery

    items. And also in adhesive used for adhesive melamine.

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    NYLON 6 :-

    USES :-

    It is used in Precision engineering components,

    components for electrical and electronic goods and also for

    packaging of good, stuff vegetables, for hard ware building

    and furniture industries.

    SULPHERUC ACID :-

    USES :-It is used in production of fertilizer, and also in

    Rayon, and also in steel industry. It is also being used in

    Synthetic industries. And also used for making detergents.

    ACRYLIC SHEETS :-

    USES :-It used for light fitting. Its covers the streetlight, and

    also in sanitary articles. For better used in signboard &

    novelties.

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    PRODUCT MIX

    SR.NO. PRODUCTA. FERTILIZER PRODUCTS

    1. Urea2. Ammonium Sulphate3. Di-ammonium Phosphate4. Ammonium phosphate sulphate

    B. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS5. Caprolactum6. Melamine7. Nylon 68. Monomer9. Pellets

    10. Nylon chips11. Ammonia12. Sulfuric acid13. Hydroxylamine Sulfate

    C. GARDEN FERTILIZER 14. Rose Special15. Vegetable Mix16. Lawn Mix17. Flower Mix

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    D. GASES18. Argon, Argon-1, Argon-219. Waste Liquor20. Oxo Synthesis Gas

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    CONTENT

    NO. PARTICULAR PAGE

    1. INTRODUCTION 32

    2. FERTILIZERS MARKETING 34

    3. MARKET SEGMENTATION 35

    4. MARKETING MIX STRATEGY 36

    5. PRICE STRUCTURE 37

    6. MARKETING STRUCTURE 39

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    INTRODUCTION

    Driving force for the success of any corporate isgreased through its marketing blue print in the words of

    WILLIAM STATION. Marketing is a total system of

    interacting business activity designed to plan, price,

    promote and distribute want satisfying and services to

    present and potential customers.

    Consumer oriented philosophy is a triple edgedweapon of profitability, Liquidity and customer satisfaction.

    It has been accepted that ABILITY TO PRODUCE DOES

    NOT ALWAYS GUARANTEE SUCCESS, ABILITY TO SELL AT

    A PROFIT IS A REAL TEST.

    Todays companies hold social marketing concept i.e.

    the organizations task is to determine the needs, wants

    and interests of target markets and to the desired

    satisfactions more effectively than competitors in a way

    that preserves or enhances the consumers & societys well

    being.

    Past marketing has been largely transaction oriented,

    today it is more relationship oriented.

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    GSFC Ltd. has mainly two kinds of marketing

    activities, which are totally difficult from each other

    i.e. INDUSTRIALMARKETING and FERTILIZER MARKETING

    NEED FOR INDUSTRIAL MARKETING: -

    Most industrial companies do not spend much time

    contemplating the future. A Comfortable performance in a

    sheltered made many organizations complacent. But

    increasing consumer expectations coupled with competitive

    pressures are forcing companies to rethink.

    NEED FOR FERTILIZER MARKETING: -

    There is constant evolution in the patterns of

    agriculture and hence the need of fertilizers has been

    increasing with the fast development of marketing has also

    increased with development of education as increased with

    development of education as well as in no of fertilizers

    industries.

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    FERTILIZER MARKETING

    GSFC Ltd. is one of the leading co. in the field of

    fertilizers production. In India it was first too effective

    fertilizer plants with manufacture DAP complex fertilizer in

    India. Fertilizers marketing are being totally different kind

    of product differs from other consumer products. Fertilizers

    are regarded as consumer products because they are

    provided only to the farmers.

    The key area of fertilizer marketing is proper

    information & guidance to the farmers regarding use of

    fertilizers. Very strong brand image & corporate image of

    GSFCS fertilize makes it easy on the part of management

    to deal with their valuable consumers.

    The consumers of fertilizer are farmer i.e. ruralbuyers need the following areas of attention.

    1. Quality goods

    2. Timely and adequate amount from nearby areas.

    3. Education regarding use of different fertilizers.

    4. Reaching to consumers heart by advertising as well as

    educating them in their own language.5. Proper guidance in agricultural production.

    6. Pricing which the consumers can afford i.e. by retention

    price scheme.

    7. Demonstration on farmers field as well as personal

    meeting with them.

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    MARKET SEGMENTATION

    Market segmentation is the process of dividing a totalmarket into groups. Market Segmentation involves,

    Segmentation of Market, Selecting the target market and

    Positioning of the product in the target market. i.e. market

    segmentation aims at develop distinct & differentiated

    marketing program for each sub group, order to enhance

    customer satisfaction.Instead of mass marketing, target marketing is the

    best marketing Way & such target market is based on

    market segmentation.

    GSFCS MARKET SEGMENTS :-

    Gujarat(primary market)

    Rajasthan, M.P., Maharashtra(Secondary Marketing)

    Punjab, Hariyana, A.P., Karnataka(Secondary Marketing)

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    MARKETING MIX STRATEGY

    PRODUCT :-Product is the basic component of the product mix

    elements. All the marketing efforts will fail in absence of a

    strong product base of any firm. Because if a product is

    anything that can be offered to a market for attention,

    acquisition, use or consumption that might satisfy a want

    or need.

    PRODUCT LINE :-

    1. Urea

    2. Ammonium Sulfate (AS)

    3. Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP)

    4. Ammonam Sulphate Phosphate (ASP)

    BRAND NAME SARDAR

    By providing quality goods and offering a variety of

    products in the same product line, there can be value

    addition to the customers, here GSFCs fertilizers stand for

    quality as well as they are providing in proper quantity.

    DAP & UREA is the most popular among all.PACKAGING :-

    Generally, they used 50 kgs. Plastic bags for packing.

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    The company has to make claim to the government of

    India, which is turn claims to government of Gujarat. In

    this way the company gets the difference from

    government of Gujarat / FICC. The difference between the

    retention price & cost price of the fertilizer is called

    GOVERNMENTSUBSIDY.

    CALCULATION OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY :-

    COST OF PRODUCTION

    -RETENTIONPRICE = DIFFERENCE (it is to be subsidized)

    In this way the remaining amount of cost of

    production is given / paid by the government to the

    company.

    SUBSIDY=REMAINING CAPACITY + 12%

    POST TAX MARGIN .

    Government of the India also compensate cost of

    freight for which separate claim bill is preferred every

    month based on provisional freight fixed initially and then

    as per the final rates fixed by FICC.

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    MARKETING STRUCTURE

    HEAD OFFICE

    (39)

    GUJARATZONE

    SOUTHZONE

    NORTHZONE

    REGIONALOFFICEBHOPAL

    PUNABANGLOREHYDRABAD

    REGIONALOFFICEABAD

    RAJKOTSURAT

    NADIAD

    REGIONALOFFICEJAIPUR

    CHANDIGADH

    LAKHANAU

    AREAOFFICERS

    AREAOFFICERS

    AREAOFFICERS

    WAREHOUSES

    WAREHOUSES

    WAREHOUSES

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    CONTENT

    NO. PARTICULAR PAGE

    1. INTRODUCTION 42

    2. FACTOR AFFECTING 44

    3. CHANNEL LEVELS 45

    4. DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL IN

    GSFC

    47

    5. PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION IN

    GUJARAT

    50

    6. PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION IN

    OUT OF GUJARAT

    51

    7. MARKET LOGISTICS DECISION 52

    (41)

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    INTRODUCTION

    Most producers do not sell their goods directly to the

    final users. Between them stands a set of intermediaries

    performing a variety of functions. These intermediaries

    constitute a distribution channel. Such intermediaries are

    wholesalers & retailers brokers, manufactures

    representatives, sales agents, transportation companies,

    warehouses, banks, advertising agencies etc.

    Distribution Channel indicates route or path through

    which goods and services flow or move forward from

    producer to consumer. Thus, it consists all activities

    directed to distribute product from manufacture to final

    user.

    Marketing or distribution channel decisions are among

    the most critical decisions facing management. The

    channels chosen intimately channel decisions involve

    relatively long term commitments to other firms.

    A distribution system is a key external resource.

    Normally it takes years to build, and it is not easily

    changes. So, while taking decision or formulating channels.We should take care and we should consider all factors.

    (42)

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    REASONS FOR USING INTERMEDIARIES :-

    1. Some cases direct marketing simply is not possible.

    2. Producers who establish their own channels can often earna return by increasing their investment in their main

    business.

    3. They gather information about potential and current

    customers, competitors & other sectors and forces in the

    marketing environment.

    4. They assume risk connected with carrying out channel

    work.

    5. They provide for the successive strong and movement of

    physical products.

    6. They oversee actual transfer of ownership from one

    organization or person to another.

    7. The channel of distribution helps in stabilizing price and

    product by stocking goods and balancing demand &

    supply.

    (43)

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    FACTOR AFECTING CHANNELSOF DISTRIBUTION

    The best channel decision is one that works best in

    marketing strategy selected by the company. The channel

    chosen should achieve ideal market exposure & should

    meet target customer need 7 preferences. In choosing

    channel of distribution producer always have to struggle

    with what is ideal and what is available.

    The channel choice are influenced by general factors

    such factors may be classified as factors relating to

    1. Product Characteristic.

    2. Companys Characteristic.

    3. Consumers Characteristic.4. Middlemen Consideration.

    5. Environment Characteristics.

    (44)

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    CHANNEL LEVELS

    Each intermediary performs work in bringing theproduct and its title closer to final buyers constitute a

    channel level since the producers and final customers both

    perform work, they are part of every channel. There are

    several number of channels levels used.

    ZERO LEVEL CHANNEL :-It is also called direct channel. It consists of

    manufacturer selling directly to the final consumer.

    ONE LEVEL CHANNEL :-

    It contains one selling intermediary, seen as a

    manufacturer-retailer-consumer.

    TWO LEVEL CHANNEL :-

    It contains two intermediaries i.e. manufacture-

    wholesaler-retailer-consumer.

    THREE LEVEL CHANNEL :-

    It contains three intermediaries i.e. manufacturer-

    dealer-wholesalers-retailers-customer.

    (45)

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    CHANNEL LEVEL :-

    0-LEVEL 1- LEVEL 2- LEVEL 3- LEVEL

    (46)

    Manufacturer

    Manufacturer

    Manufacturer

    Manufacturer

    Dealer

    Whole-Sellers

    Whole-Sellers

    RetailersRetailersRetailers

    Consumer Consumer ConsumerConsumer

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    DEPOTS: -

    Company has around 200 depots or its own in

    Gujarat. The company appoints first class agriculture

    graduates to manage such depots. Such managers also

    conduct demonstration for farmers and given instruction &

    guidelines regarding it are growing.

    GSFC Ltd. nearly sales 50% of its production through

    these depots.

    PRIVATE TRADE: -

    The company also sells through dealers & retailers.

    This is done in two ways.

    1) Two tier basis :- Private trade

    :- District retailer

    2) Three tier basis :- Private trade

    :- District retailer

    :- District dealers

    (48)

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    DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL IN ALL OVER INDIA

    DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL IN GUJARAT :-

    (49)

    PRODUCT

    UNITFERTILIZERNAGAR

    FIELDGODAWN

    INDUSTRIAL

    AGENCY & CO-OPR.SOC.

    VILLAGELEVEL

    TALUKALEVEL

    DISTRICTLEVEL

    FARMERS

    PRODUCT UNITFERTILIZERNAGAR

    DEPOTSFARMERS

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    PHYSICALS DISTRIBUTION

    There are total 183 departs in Gujarat working underthe offices each depot in charge reports to area officer.

    Area officer reports to regional officer and regional officer

    report to Gujarat Zone. In current year out of total

    production company sale 65% to 60% goods in Gujarat. In

    Gujarat distribution of fertilizer is done through various

    intermediaries. Its distribution reverse than out-statedistribution.

    (50)

    GUJARAT

    DEPOTS/

    WAREHOUSING

    CO-OPERATIVE &

    AGRO INDUSTRIES

    DISTRICTCO-OPERATIVE

    TALUKA LEVEL

    VILLAGE LEVELFARMERS

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    PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION IN

    OUT STATE

    In other states than Gujarat most likely channels for

    distribution are institutional agency co-operative and

    immediate payment dealers. Here private dealers play

    major role. 80% sold through private dealers and 20% is

    sold through co operative.

    (51)

    OUTSTATE

    PRIVATEDEALERS

    CO-OPERATIVESOCIETY

    OWNCOUNTRY

    FARMERS

    SUBDEALERS

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    MARKET LOGISTICS DECISION

    Four major decisions must be made with regard tomarket logistics.

    1. Order processing

    2. Ware housing

    3. Inventory

    4. Transportation

    ORDER PROCESSING :-

    Fertilizers are a product of scarcity because India is a

    country based on agriculture & other are very less

    industries in the field of fertilizer in light of its demand. For

    this reasoning government has put a total control over

    production, pricing, Ordering and Distribution of fertilizers.

    GSFC Ltd. Has adopted very simple system for order

    placement. There are mainly two reasons for agriculture

    plantation i.e. RAVI and KHARIF in both reasons

    demand of fertilizer is more.

    Urea is controlled by government so, price movement

    and quality of urea is controlled by government beforestarts seasons. Government call meeting for production

    demand & allocation of urea. State wise at Delhi. Every

    month government give one paper in which production,

    demand and allocation is mention and this paper is send to

    company.

    (52)

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    WAREHOUSING :-

    Every company has to store finished goods until they

    are sold, because production and consumption cycle rarely

    match. GSFC Ltd. has well managed warehouse in various

    parts of India. It is also known as Buffer Godawn

    company use its own as well as rented warehouses. Expert

    staff has been appointed for the management of

    warehouses.

    GSFC is having as excellent network of warehouses at

    various village levels. They are also having space for

    storage and direct sales to farmers is made over there. So

    that farmers can get fertilizers very easily.

    INVENTORY :-

    Inventory involves mainly three items1. Raw Materials

    2. Work in Progress

    3. Finished product

    If level of production is low than maintenance of

    inventory is quite each but in case of large-scale industry

    control process is very different stages for maintenance of product.

    Urea is considered durable product because there is

    very less chance of becoming no usable for long period of

    time. Through GSFC has adopted proper attention towards

    inventory control and maintains goods properly. All goods

    (53)

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    are packed in polythene bags, and government has made

    certain provision for expire date of fertilizer. This provision

    is like no companies can sale fertilizer after expiry of two

    years from the date of manufacturing.

    TRANSPORTATION :-

    Being seasonal product fertilizer need proper and

    effective transportation system. At the time of deciding

    about mode of transportation on industrial unit have four

    options. It is done through road, railway, sea and air.

    As for GSFC is concerned it uses two type of

    transportation medias 1) Railway and 2) Road

    Both the medium of transportation are used after

    consideration of other related factor like,

    DistanceCost of roads

    Position of roads

    Government policy

    Storage facility

    Weather etc.

    GSFC use railway for transportation when distance isvery large in states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Hariyana,

    Madhya Pradesh, Company uses the railway

    transportation.

    (54)

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    GSFC has use road transport for Gujarat and other

    places located within limits of 300kms as the company

    contract basis. It gives contract to transport companies for

    transfer of goods to different departs for selling the

    products.

    GSFC has requires two types of road transport. It has to

    transfer some product direct from factory to nearby depots

    sometimes it requires to transfer good from warehouses to

    various depots and co operative society. For both type of

    transport different contracts are made according to its

    requirement.

    GSFC has very wide marketing network for providing

    proper transport facility. Company has adopted very

    efficient and accurate. Procedure for appointing contractors

    for road transport using tender method GSFC chooses

    Transportation Company.

    Thus, distribution helps in value addition

    I.e. by -Ensuring easy availability.

    -Well-educated & trained intermediaries.

    -Effective communication center.-Ensuring timely delivery.

    -Ensuring consistency in quality.

    (55)

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    MARKETING RESEARCH

    Marketing research of fertilizers differs from that

    of industrial products of GSFC. The concentration of

    fertilizers marketing research is that of agricultural

    production, seasonal variations in such production as well

    as problems of farmers. The prices of fertilizers being

    controlled. There lies little scope for price research/

    moreover most of their information is collected through

    their own depots & regional officers.

    INFORMATION SOURCES

    Agro development & agro Services

    Farm information centre

    Depot information centrePublic relation department

    Regional offices review

    Marketing research is not limited up to market

    research only. In many ways it has its working line that of

    price research. Market research competitors research

    customer satisfaction research.

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    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

    There is an objective behind every activity has beendone. There may be various objectives behind doing

    marketing research. The objectives may be to get the

    answer of the questions like who buys such products. How

    often do they buy it? Etc. After deciding the objective,

    the next step is the research purpose i.e. the method that

    will be used for the research purpose.

    The different methods for conducting marketing

    research are as follows

    Opinion pool methods

    Survey methods

    Personal survey (Questionnaire)

    Mail survey

    Telephone survey

    Expert opinion method

    In my report, I have used personal survey method .

    The questionnaire was prepared keeping in view certain

    objectives.

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    RESEARCH OBJECTIVE : -

    This first step calls for the marketing research to find

    the problem carefully and agree on research objective a

    problem well defined is hale solved.

    Advertising plays important role to increase sale. But

    today no one is going to sale or purchase good if they are

    not getting extra benefit. Today is an era of getting extra.

    The research is the only way which is helpful in finding out

    all the problems. The main objective of my research work

    is to find out consumer satisfaction for SARDAR UREA

    Fertilizer of GSFC .

    (59)

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    DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH PLAN :-

    The second stage of marketing research calls for

    developing the most efficient plan for gathering the need

    information. Designing a research plan calls for decisions

    on the followings.

    1) DATA SOURCES: - The researcher can

    gather primary data as well as secondary data.

    Primary data are gathered for a specific purpose and

    for a specific research project. The primary source of

    my project work is the sample of consumers of the

    Rajkot district.

    2) RESEARCH APPROACHES: - Primary data

    can be collected in five ways: observation, focus

    group, survey, behavioral data, and experiments.

    Out of these five we have gone for surveys. Survey

    researches are best suited of descriptive research to

    learn about peoples knowledge, beliefs, preference,

    and satisfaction and to measure these magnitudes inthe general population.

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    3) RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS: - Marketing

    research has a choice of two main researches

    instrumental in collecting primary data:

    questionnaires and mechanical devices. For a better

    option I had gone for questionnaires. A questionnaire

    consists of a set of questions presented to

    respondents for their answers. Because of its

    flexibility, the questionnaire is by far the most

    common instrument used to collect primary data.

    4) SAMPLING PLAN: - After deciding on the

    research approach and instruments, it is necessary to

    design a sampling plan. This plan calls for three

    decisions:

    Sampling unit :

    Who is to be surveyed? It should be defined in a

    research the target population that will be sampled.

    Once the sampling unit is determined, a sampling

    frame must be developed so that everyone in the

    target population has an equal chance of beingsampled. To fulfill this purpose, I had taken

    consumers as a sample.

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    Sampling procedure :

    How should the respondents to be chosen? To

    obtain a representative sample I, had selected

    consumers of Rajkot district who prefers urea

    fertilizers.

    Sampling size :

    How many people should be surveyed? Large

    samples give more reliable results than small

    samples. However, it is not necessary to sample the

    entire target population or even a substantial portion

    to achieve reliable results. Samples of less than 1%

    of the population can often provide good reliability,

    given a credible sampling procedure. So, I had

    decided to take the sample size as 100 from

    consumers of Rajkot district.

    (62)

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    (63)

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    What is your educational qualification?

    1 to 7 std. 8 to 10 std.

    10 to 12 std. Graduate

    .. Finding :-The above chart shows how many respondents are

    educated so that they can use fertilizers very effectively.

    60% respondents are educated up to 7 std.

    18% respondents are educated between 8 to 10 std.

    12% respondents are educated between 10 to 12 std.

    10% respondents are Graduate.

    .. Analysis :-As we can see from the above chart that most of the

    respondents are not so much educated.

    60%18%

    12%

    10%

    1 to 7 std.

    8 to 10 std.

    10 to 12 std.

    Graduate

    (64)

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    What do you prefer as a fertilizer?

    Natural Chemical

    Both

    11%

    26%

    63%

    NATURAL

    CHEMICAL

    BOTH

    .. Finding :-The above chart shows which kinds of fertilizers are

    preferred by respondents.

    11% respondents use only natural fertilizer.

    26% respondents use only chemical fertilizer.

    63% respondents use natural as well as chemical

    fertilizer.

    .. Analysis :-From the above chart it can be seen that most of the

    respondents uses both (natural & chemical) fertilizers.

    (65)

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    Which chemical fertilizer do you prefer mostly?

    Urea Potas

    D.A.P. Others

    72%

    12%11%5%

    UREA

    POTAS

    D.A.P.

    OTHERS

    .. Finding :-

    The above chart shows which kinds of chemicalfertilizers are preferred most by respondents.

    72% respondents use Urea fertilizer.

    12% respondents use Potas fertilizer.

    11% respondents use D.A.P.

    5% respondents use other chemical fertilizer.

    .. Analysis :-From the above chart it can be seen that most of the

    respondents uses urea chemical fertilizers.

    (66)

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    Which Brand of urea fertilizer do you use mostly?

    GSFC GNFC

    KRIBHCO IFFCO

    Others

    .. Finding :-The above chart shows which brands of chemical

    fertilizers are preferred mostly by respondents.

    52% respondents use GSFC fertilizer.

    18% respondents use GNFC fertilizer.

    12% respondents use KRIBHCO fertilizer.

    15% respondents use IFFCO fertilizer.

    3% respondents use other fertilizer.

    .. Analysis :-From the above chart it can be seen that most of the

    respondents uses fertilizers of GSFC.

    52%

    18%

    12%

    15%3%

    GSFCGNFCKRIBHCOIFFCO

    OTHERS

    (67)

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    Why do you purchase SARDAR UREA fertilizer?

    Water dehydration

    Effective growth of crop

    More requirement of nitrogenOthers

    14%

    38%

    36%

    12%

    WATERDEHYDRATION

    EFFECTIVEGROWTHOF CROP

    MOREREQUIREMENT OF NITROGEN

    OTHER

    .. Finding :-The above chart shows why chemical fertilizers are

    used by respondents.

    14% respondents use fertilizer for water dehydration.

    38% respondents use fertilizer for effective growth of crop.

    36% respondents use fertilizer for more requirement of

    nitrogen.12% respondents use fertilizer for other purpose.

    .. Analysis :-From the above chart it can be seen that urea

    fertilizer is useful for all the way for soil.

    (68)

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    For Which crop do you prefer SARDAR UREA?

    Wheat Cotton

    Sugarcane Groundnut

    Corn Others

    .. Finding :-The above chart shows for which crop, urea fertilizers

    are used by respondents.

    16% respondents use fertilizer for crop of wheat.

    23% respondents use fertilizer for crop of sugarcane.

    12% respondents use fertilizer for crop of corn.

    20% respondents use fertilizer for crop of cotton.

    22% respondents use fertilizer for crop of groundnut.

    7% respondents use fertilizer for other crops.

    .. Analysis :-Above chart shows that urea fertilizer is useful for all

    types of crops.

    16%

    23%

    12%

    20%

    22%

    7%

    WHEAT

    SUGAR CANE

    CORN

    COTTONGROUND NUT

    OTHERS

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    For how many years have you been using SARDAR

    UREA fertilizer?

    1 to 5 years 5 to 10 years

    10 to 15 years more than 15

    .. Finding :- The main purpose to know how many years farmers

    have been purchasing the fertilizers of this co.

    14% respondents use fertilizer for last 5 years.

    25% respondents use fertilizer for last 10 years.

    34% respondents use fertilizer for last 15 years.

    27% respondents use fertilizer for more than 15 years.

    .. Analysis :-Above chart shows that users of urea fertilizer are

    increasing in year by year.

    14%

    25%

    34%

    27%

    1 TO 5 YEAR

    5 TO 10 YEAR

    10 TO 15 YEAR 15+ YEARS

    (70)

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    Why do you prefer SARDAR UREA? Pleas tickaccordingly.

    Best Good Fare Poor

    QualityAvailabilityPackingBrand

    68

    20

    7 5

    58

    2212

    8

    82

    8 6 4

    74

    12 6 8

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    QUALITY AVAILIBILITY PAC KING BRAND

    BEST GOOD FAIR POOR

    .. Finding :- The main purpose to know how many years farmers

    have been purchasing the fertilizers of this co.

    IN QUALITY there are 68% says it is Best, 20% says itis Good, 7% says it is Fair, 5% says it is Poor.

    IN AVAILIBILITY there are 58% says it is Best, 22%says it is Good, 12% says it is Fair, 8% says it is Poor.

    IN PACKING there are 82% says it is Best, 8% says itis Good, 6% says it is Fair, 4% says it is Poor.

    IN BRAND there are 74% says it is Best, 12% says it is

    Good, 6% says it is Fair, 8% says it is Poor.

    .. Analysis :-Above chart shows that mostly consumers are satisfied

    with quality, availability, packing & brand of GSFC.

    (71)

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    Is SARDAR UREA s fertility more effective than

    others ?

    Yes No

    78%

    22%

    YES

    NO

    .. Finding :- The main purpose is to know that fertility of SARDAR

    urea more than others.

    78% respondents said that it is more effective thanothers.

    22% respondents said that it is not more effective thanothers.

    .. Analysis :-Above chart shows that mostly consumers agree with

    urea fertilizer is more effective than others.

    (73)

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    In which growth stage of crop do you prefer to use

    SARDAR UREA fertilizer more?

    With sowing Growth

    Initial Stage Before Harvesting

    .. Finding :- The main purpose is to know in which growth stage of

    crop customers prefer to use urea fertilizer more.

    25% respondents use fertilizer with sowing seeds of crop.

    31% respondents use fertilizer with initial stage meansafter growing of seeds.

    34% respondents use fertilizer with growth of crop.

    10% respondents use fertilizer before harvesting of crop.

    .. Analysis :-Above chart shows that mostly consumers use urea

    fertilizer during initial stage and growth stage of plants.

    25%

    31%

    34%

    10% WITH SOWING

    INITIAL STAGE

    GROWTHBEFOREHARVESTING

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    Do you aware with different programs done by GSFC

    for how to use SARDAR UREA fertilizer?

    Yes No

    36%

    64%

    YES

    NO

    .. Finding :- The main purpose is to know that the awareness of

    different programs done by GSFC for the usage of urea

    fertilizer.

    64% respondents said that they are aware of differentprograms done by GSFC of the usage of urea fertilizer.

    36% respondents said that they are not aware of different programs done by GSFC of the usage of urea

    fertilizer.

    .. Analysis :-

    (75)

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    Above chart shows that mostly consumers are aware

    with the different programs for how to use urea fertilizers

    done by GSFC.

    (76)

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    Would you ever recommended SARDAR UREA

    to other urea fertilizer?

    Yes No

    78%

    22%

    YES

    NO

    .. Finding :- The main purpose is to know that they recommend to

    other to buy the urea fertilizer of GSFC.

    78% respondents said that they recommend to other tobuy the urea fertilizer of GSFC.

    22% respondents said that they will not recommend toother to buy the urea fertilizer of GSFC.

    .. Analysis :-Above chart shows that most of the consumers will

    recommend to others to buy the fertilizers of GSFC.

    (77)

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    Do you face any problem with urea fertilizer of

    GSFC?

    Yes No

    82 % 18 %

    YES

    NO

    .. Finding :- The main purpose is to know that they have faced

    any problems with the SARDAR urea of GSFC.

    82% respondents said that they have never faced anyproblem with the usage of urea.

    18% respondents said that they have sometime facedproblem with the usage of urea.

    .. Analysis :-Above chart shows that most of the consumers does

    not face any problems with usage of the urea fertilizer of

    GSFC.

    (78)

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    CONCLUSION

    EVERY BEGINNING HAS AN END

    But according to me this end is in real sense

    beginning for me. It is the beginning of the learning and

    learning has to no end. Before my practical training at

    GUJARAT STATE FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS

    LIMITED, I was having many doubts as well as it was myfirst chance to obtain training in one of the biggest

    companies of India.

    The topic of my training was CONSUMER

    SATISFACTION OF UREA OF GUJARAT STATE

    FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL LTD. I have got a very

    positive & co- operative response from everyone at GSFC.

    The company is growing through diversification,

    expansion, modernization. In the fields of fertilizers,

    petrochemicals, industrial gases plastics and fibers who

    have been bases to may other dependency industries, and

    the first joint sector providing participation to farmers

    inequity which has proved to be MODEL OF SUCCESS.

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    For my experience at GSFC Ltd., I can say that it is a

    progressive & well-organized unit. It has grown as biggest

    managed fertilizers & Petro-chemicals Company.

    Thus, GSFC plays well attention on consumer value

    addition all its marketing efforts. Not only quality of goods

    but GSFCs unique services have built the relationship

    useful source not only to its Customers employees &

    Shareholders but also to the society.

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    CONSUMER SATISFACTION

    Providing consumer satisfaction has been the central

    approach of modern marketing. Consumer satisfaction

    results in a positive cash flow. So it is a very beneficial

    investment for any company to pay for consumer

    satisfaction. For this reason GSFC has developed a

    separate department with a view giving proper guidance

    about the use of fertilizers.

    Personal appointed for this regard goes to villages

    and forms to knowledge farmers about foundation of soil,

    composition of soil, seasonal variances of agriculture need

    of fertilizer for certain crops and types of fertilizers, which

    can be used. Company has appointed 400 B.S.C.

    agriculture employees to satisfy customer properly and

    inform & to guide them properly.

    GSFC uses following ways for satisfaction of its

    customers.

    To conduct demonstration at appropriate

    time at farmers fields.Participation in fair & festival with stall

    Enrolment of KRISHI JIVAN (agricultural

    magazine)

    To organize night meeting at village level

    To conduct samples of wage & land

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    Company starts village adoption process. In

    this process company adopt school, temple, garden of

    the village.

    Company select backward village and give

    fertilizer to farmer in starting at very lower rate. Then

    company take 25% cost, 50% cost, 100% price

    respectively in year after year in this way company

    give guidance to farmers how to use fertilizer and

    increase production.

    Company takes youth training programs

    one training programs in which 20 years or more than

    20 years farmers sons can participate. It is 4 to 5

    days programs. Company gives information about use

    of fertilizer soil testing seeds etc. it is free of cost.

    (83)

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    SWOT ANALYSIS

    .. STRENGTHGood retail network.

    Brand product range.

    Good brand image (quality reputation).

    Good financial stability.

    .. WEAKNESS

    Less number of advertising.

    Less production of urea.

    .. OPPORTUNITIES

    Natural product.

    Global market.

    Get high institutional order.

    .. THREATS

    Ever changing market.

    Technology obsolescence.

    Higher costs.

    (85)

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    SUGGESTION

    Since no one gifted with perfection. It applies toindustrialist also. GSFC Ltd. has been a successful

    industrial unit who has achieved success through

    diversification & expansion. But to end up my study I

    would like to suggest the following points.

    GSFC has great quality of urea and hence the

    demand of urea in every village is very high because urea

    is more helpful to the soil. But how much it produces is

    decide central government and where it how much sell

    also decide by the central government it is more difficult to

    understand the demand. Company could not take over the

    demand of customer in Gujarat.

    GSFC no doubt have been the only one and first to

    produce melamine in India. Hence being the monopoly

    organization over melamine production, the melamine

    expansion step was to be welcomed one. But as against

    total demand of melamine, the companies 15000 MTPA

    project proves to be more than requirement. Company

    has to produce more of melamine.

    (86)

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    LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

    The respondents may have prejudice forthe company may lead to the distortion of the facts.

    This study was conducted under time

    constraint, which restricted to a small sample.

    The result cannot be generalized, as this

    study was limited to Rajkot district only.

    It is a one-man study and thereforedoesnt cover a large number of respondents and

    even greater area.

    Wrong selection of sample or sampling

    technique can be result in wrong decision to take on

    the basis of research.

    (87)

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    FUTURE PLAN

    GSFC Ltd. Established Gujarat Agro processingcompany limited for the development in agricultural field.

    Following are the future planning of GUJARAT AGRO

    PROCESSING COMPANY LTD.

    1. Vegetables cultivation under large scale green house.2. Large scale production of tissue culture plants of various

    crop varieties.

    3. Production of frozen food & its marketing in domestic as

    well as foreign market.

    4. Production of processed vegetables like tomato, potato

    etc., its marketing & exports.

    (88)

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Following books and references referred by me to

    enrich my knowledge and to support my study.

    1. MARKETING MANAGEMENT

    - BY PHILIP KOTLER

    2. MARKETING MANAGEMENT

    - BY S.A. SARLEKER

    3. Annual reports of the company.

    4. Information through various web sites of GSFC.

    (89)

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    QUESTIONNAIREFill the relevant Blanks.

    Tick the accordingly.

    1) Name :

    2) Address :Village name

    Taluka name

    3) What is your educational qualification?

    1 to 7 std. 8 to 10 std.

    10 to 12 std. Graduate

    4) What do you prefer as a fertilizer?

    Natural Chemical

    Both

    5) Which chemical fertilizer do you prefer

    mostly?

    Urea Potas

    DAP Others

    6) Which Brand of urea fertilizer do you use

    mostly?

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    GSFC GNFC

    KRIBHCO IFFCO

    Others

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    7) Why do you purchase SARDAR UREA

    fertilizer?

    Water dehydration

    Effective growth of crop

    More requirement of nitrogen

    Others

    8) For Which crop do you prefer SARDAR UREA

    more?

    Wheat Cotton

    Sugarcane Groundnut

    Corn Others

    9) For how many years have you been using

    SARDAR UREA fertilizer?

    1 to 5 years 5 to 10 years

    10 to 15 years more than 15

    10) Why do you prefer SARDAR UREA?

    Pleas tick accordingly.Best Good Fare Poor

    Quality

    Availability

    Packing

    Brand

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    11) From where do you purchase SARDAR UREA

    fertilizer?

    Co-operative society

    Dealers

    12) Is SARDAR UREA s fertility more effective

    than others?

    Yes No

    13) In which growth stage of crop do you prefer

    to use SARDAR UREA fertilizer more?

    With sowing Growth

    Initial Stage Before Harvesting

    14) Do you aware with different programs done

    by GSFC for how to use SARDAR UREA fertilizer?

    Yes No

    15) Would you ever recommended SARDAR

    UREA to other urea fertilizer?Yes No

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    16) Do you face any problem with urea fertilizer of

    GSFC?

    Yes No

    17) Do you know more use of urea fertilizer

    affects the P.H. level of soil?

    Yes No

    18) Give your valuable suggestion in which area

    they need to improve.

    .


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