Submitted by

G.SELVANESAN

Register No: 098001120029

In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

IN

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

RANGANATHAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE

JUNE 2010

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SUMMER INTERNSHIP TRAINING REPORT

IN

KURIAN ABRAHAM PRIVATE LIMITED

RANGANATHAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

SUMMER INTERNSHIP TRAINING REPORT

JULY 2010

This is to certify that the project entitled

SUMMER INTERNSHIP TRAINING REPORT

is the bonafide record of project work done by

G.SELVANESAN

Register No: 098001120029

of MBA (FINANCE & MARKETING) during the year 2009-2011.

Project Guide Head of the Department

Submitted for the Project Viva-Voce examination held on

Internal Examiner External Examiner

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DECLARATION

I affirm that the project work titled SUMMER INTERNSHIP TRAINING

REPORT being submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of MBA (FINANCE &

MARKETING) is the original work carried out by me. It has not formed the part of any

other project work submitted for award of any degree or diploma, either in this or any

other University.

(Signature of the Candidate)

G.SELVANESAN

Reg No: 098001120029

I certify that the declaration made above by the candidate is true

(Signature of the Guide)

Mr.T.LAKSHMANAN

LECTURER

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First, I am very thankful to the Almighty for showering the Blessings throughout

my life. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to my beloved parents who have

sacrificed a lot for my future. This support was the foundation stone for my efforts.

I acknowledge my sincere thanks to Prof.P.L.N.RAMESH, M.Tech., Ph.D.,

Principal, Mrs.S.JOTHILATHA, MBA., M.Phil, Head, Department of Management

Studeis, Ranganathan Engineering College, for giving me the opportunity to do my

Postgraduate Degree course in this renowned institution and providing facilities to carry

out the project work.

I am grateful to Mr.T.LAKSHMANAN MBA.,PGDD., Lecturer, Department

of Management Studies, the internal guide for timely suggestions and constant

encouragement and support that led to the accomplishment of the project.

I extended my thanks to all the faculty members, Department of Management

Studies who helped me either directly or indirectly to complete this project.

I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to my friends for their useful tips that helped

me to complete this project successfully.

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1.2 INDUSTRY PROFILE

Gloves are of great antiquity and their story goes back to prehistoric times. They

were worn by cavemen to protect their hands and took the form of bags resembling a

primitive type of mitten-a glove with fingers and a gauntlet covering the forearm.

A glove (Middle English form Old English golf) is a type of garment which

covers the hand of a human. Gloves have separate sheaths for each finger they are called

thumb; if there is an opening but no covering sheath for each finger they are called

“fingerless gloves”. Fingerless gloves with one large opening rather than individual

openings for each finger are sometimes called gauntlets. Gloves which cover the entire

hand but do not have separate finger openings or sheaths are called mittens. Mittens are

almost always warmer than gloves made of the same material because finger maintain

their warmth better when they are in contact with each other. As well, the reduced

surface area means that there is less heat loss. Gloves were created by North Haibach.

There is also hybrid of glove and mitten which contains open-ended sheathes for

the four fingers (as in a fingerless glove, but not the thumb) and also an additional

compartment encapsulating the four fingers as a mitten would. This compartment can be

lifted off the fingers and folded back to allow the individual fingers ease of movement

and access while the hand remains covered. The usual design is for the mitten cavity to

be stitched onto the back of the fingerless glove only, allowing it to be flipped over

(normally held back by Velcro or a button) to transform the garment from a mitten to a

glove. Andrew Head can transform from a mitten to a glove as well.

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Gloves can serve to protect and comport the hands of the wearer against cold or

heat physical damage by friction, abrasion or chemicals, and disease; or in turn to

provide a guard for what a bare hand should not touch. Latex, nitrile rubber or viny 1

disposable gloves are often worn by health care professionals a hygiene and

contamination protection measures. Police officers often wear them to work in crime

scenes to prevent destroying evidence in the scene. Many criminals also wear these

gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints, which makes the crime investigation more difficult.

1.2.1 Fingerless gloves

Fingerless gloves (or glove letters also known as globs in some parts of East

Yorkshire) are garments worn on the hands which resemble regular gloves in most ways

except that the finger columns are half-length and opened, allowing the tops of the

wearer’s finger to emerge through.

Fingerless gloves are often padded in the palm area, to provide protection to the

hand, and the exposed fingers do not interfere with sensation or gripping. In contrast to

traditional gloves, often worn for warmth, fingerless gloves will often have a ventilated

back to allow the hands to cool; this is commonly seen in weightlifting gloves.

Fingerless gloves are useful for bakers and where dexterity is required that gloves

would restrict. These gloves are not particularly used in cold weather, as the exposed

finger numbs. Cigarette smokers and church organists often use fingerless gloves. Some

gloves include a gauntlet that extends partway up the arm. Cycling gloves for road

racing or touring and usually fingerless.

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Fingerless gloves are also worn by bikers as a means to better grip the handlebars,

as well as by state boards and rollerblades, to protect the palms of the hands and add grip

in the event of fall. Some anglers particularly fly fisherman, favor fingerless gloves to

allow manipulation of line and tackle in cooler conditions.

Fingerless gloves are usually leather and have a distinct appearance. Much like

rocker, jackets, they are sometimes worn by people who wish to display a certain sense

of rebellion, recklessness, “toughness” or general disregard for the standards of society

as. Michael Jackson, would wear a single glove on one hand leaving the other hand

gloveless.

Glove have been made of many materials including cloth, knitted or felted wool,

leather, rubber, latex, neoprene, and metal (as in mail). Modern gloves made of Kevlar

project the wearer from cuts. Gloves and gauntlets are also integral components of

pressure suits and spacesuits such as the Apollo/Skylab A7L which went to the moon.

Spacesuit gloves must combine extreme toughness and environmental protection with a

degree of sensitivity and flexibility if he astronaut is to do any manual work.

Gloves appear to be of great antiquity. According to some translations of Homer’s

The Odyssey, Laertes is described as wearing gloves while walking in his garden so as

to avoid the brambles. (Other translations, however, insist the Laertes pulled his long

sleeves over his hands). Herodotus, in The History of Herodotus (440 BC). Tell how

Leotychides was incriminated by a glove (gauntlet) full of silver that he received as a

bribe. Among the Romans also there are occasional references to the use of gloves.

According to Pliny the Younger (ca. 100). His uncle’s shorthand writer wore gloves

during the winter so as not to impede the elder Pliny’s work. During the 13 th century,

gloves began to be worn by ladies as a fashion ornament. They were made of linen and

silk, and sometimes reached to the elbow Such worldly accoutrements were not for holy

women, according to the thirteenth century Ancrene Wisse, written for their guidance.

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Sumptuary laws were promulgate to restrain this vanity: against samite gloves in

Bologna, 1294, against perfumed gloves in Rome, 1560.

A paris corporation of guild of gloves (gantiers) existed from the thirteenth

century. They made them is skin or in fur.

It was not until the 16th century that they reached greatest elaboration, however,

when Queen Elizabeth I set the fashion for wearing them richly embroidered and

jeweled, and for putting them on and taking them off during audiences, to draw attention

to their beautiful hands. In Paris, the gentiers became gantiers perfumers, for the scanted

oils, musk, ambergris and civet, that perfumed leather gloves but their trade, which was

an introduction at the court of Catherine de’ Medici, was not specifically recognized

until 1656, in a royal brevet Makers of knitted gloves which did not retain perfume and

had less social cachet, were organized in a separate guild, of bonnetiers century. Kitted

gloves were a refined handiwork that required five years of apprenticeship; defective

work was subject to confiscation and burning.

Glove which cover the entire hand but do not have separate finger openings or

sheaths are called mittens. Generally, mittens still separate the thumb from the other four

fingers. They are mostly wooly, and many of them have different colors and designs.

Not much is known about the origin of mittens. However, one account has it that

mittens were invented by George Washington during his winter encampment at Valley

Forge 1777-1778. When his troops complained of cold hands, he gave an order to use

what little, cloth his army had by making a “a standard glove, which, when made

without fingers, shall cover the entire hand. “The mittens were made quickly, and

sustained the continental army throughout the rest of the winter. Recently, a pair of

mittens from the Valley Forge campaign was sold at an auction for just under $55,000.

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Mark Twain wrote, “George Washington invented mittens just before the chopped down

the cherry tree.”

Embroiders and jeweled gloves also formed part of the insignia of emperors and

kings. Thus Matthew Paris, in recording the burial of Henry II of the England in 1189.

Mentions that he was buried in his coronation robes with a golden crown in his head and

gloves on his hands. Gloves were also found on the hands of King John when his tomb

was opened in 1797 and on those of King Edward I when his tomb was opened in 1797

and on those of King Edward I when his tomb was opened in 1774.

Pontifical gloves are liturgical ornaments used primarily by the pope, the

cardinals, and bishops. They may be worn only at the celebration of mass. The liturgical

use of gloves has not been traced bayonet the beginning of the 10 th century, and their

introduction may have been they were adopted as part of the increasing pomp with

which the Caroling ton bishops were surrounding themselves. From the Frankish

kingdom the custom spread to Rome, where liturgical gloves are first heard of in the

earlier half of the 11th century.

Latex Gloves, ubiquitous in surgery and forensics, were developed, by the

Australian Ansell company. It is also widely believed that vailla essence can preserve

gardening gloves during winter (and spring) months. The fabrics include: rubber, cotton,

wool and plastic.

In England after the Norman Conquest, royalty and dignitaries wore gloves as a

badge of distinction. The glove became meaningful as a taken; it became custom to fling

a gauntlet at the feet of the adversary, thereby challenging his integrity and inviting

satisfaction by duel. The glove to challenge personal battle became, and remained, an

integral part of English Law for 800 years. It was a right any free man could clam.

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In the 12th Century gloves became a definite part of fashionable dress. During the

reign of Queen Elizabeth I, no well-dressed woman would appear in public without

them, Gloves were becoming more accessible to the common people and their popularity

grew.

In the 16th and 17th Centuries gloves were extravagantly ornamented; they were of

leather, linen, silk or lace and were jeweled, embroidered, or fringed. After the 17 th

Century however, the emphasis was on proper fit, and gloves became less ornamental.

Gloving centers began to develop on a wide scale from the 14 th and 15th centuries

onwards. By the 17th Century, London had become the hub of the glove trade on which

apprentices and journeymen, seeking a wider experience, converged.

Although their craft had been protected against foreign imports, from the reign of

Edward IV in 1462, controls became less stringent, and in 1826 the barrier against

imports was swept away in favor of the 19th Century Philosophy of free trade.

The freeing of trade had detrimental effects on the workers and their masters.

Between 1826 and 1866, the number of masters declined rapidly from 120 to only 40.

The great War brought an expanding engineering industry to the city and with its higher

earnings permanently altered the labour situation.

In the early part of the 19th Century, the methods practiced in the glove industry

were little different from those pursued for hundreds of years. There was a greater use of

capital and division of labour between who dressed and leather and the women who

sewed them. By the middle of the 9th Century the methods began to change.

The most significant of these was the establishment of glove sizes and method of

cutting, which was devised by a French Master glover, Xavier Jouvin (1800-1844). He

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made use of uniformly proportioned knives, graded for size, giving a constant shape for

the makers and establishment a reliable fit.

Formerly, gloves were regarded as contingency merchandise. To find a pair,

which fitted adequately, one had to try on several gloves. Now every hand could easily

find the pair for its size. Jouvin’s idea benefited from the development of high-grade

steel for the knives and the creation of the hand lever.

After the Great War, the development of the engineering industry with its higher

wages attracted young labour away from the traditional employer. The problems were

compounded by the large-scale imports of foreign made gloves, which were sold at

process below the cost of production in the UK. World War II bought about further

decline which has continued to the present day.

The wearing of gloves as a woman’s fashion accessory fell out of favour in the

latter decades of the 20th century. During the glove’s heyday in the 1950s. glove length

was dictated by the time of day. Ladies gloves for formal and semi-formal wear com in

three lengths for women: wrist (‘matinee’ length), elbow, and opera or full-length (over

the elbow, reaching to the biceps).

Numerous countries have undergone rapid transitions in their economic

environments. Yet, little is known about firms’ responses to such transitions. We use

field.

Collected data to study the evolution of eighteen large and diversified business

groups in Chile (1987-1997) and India (1990-1997). The chosen periods correspond to

significant deregulation in the primary markets in both countries. Conventional wisdom

suggests that the intermediation rules played by business groups ought to decrease

during these periods.

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However, we find an increase in group scope, an increase in the strength of the

social and economic ties that bind together group firms, an increase in self-reported

intermediation attempts by the groups, and some evidence that these actions are

associated with improvements in accounting and stock-market performance of the group

affiliates. We suggest that the slow development of market intermediaries, in a manner

suggested by institutional economics, and the attendant lack of reduction in transaction

costs in primary markets, can explain thee findings.

Tamil Nadu has nevertheless over the years lost considerable ground and many

opportunities. This paper attempts to understand the factors underlying the loss of

dynamism of Tamil Nadu’s industrial economy.

The most expensive are full-length gloves custom-made of kid leather. Satin and

stretch stain materials are extremely popular and there are mass varieties well within the

average budget.

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1.2.2 Standards

There are a number of different European standards that relate to gloves. These

include:

BS EB 388 – Mechanical hazards including Abrasion, cut, tear and puncture.

BS EN 374 –2- Microorganisms

BS EN 374 –3 - Chemicals

BS EN 420 – General requirements for gloves includes sizing and a number of

health and safety aspects including latex protein and chromium levels.

BS EN 60903 – Electric shock

BS EN 407 – Heat resistance

BS EN 511 – Cold resistance

BS EN 11149 – Antistatic

Nowadays, most fashion gloves (except for fingerless gloves) are relegated to formal

wear. Many girls still wear gloves as part of “dressy” outfits, such as church on Easter

Sunday. Long gloves are very common accessories for teenage girls attending formal

events such as prom, cotillion, or formal banquets. In addition, elbow-length gloves are

almost ubiquitous were ladies at weddings and debutante balls.

Gentleman only wear fashion gloves on the most formal of occasions. This is

somewhat subjective, as men also may wear “fashion” gloves outside of whit tie

occasions. Some find it to be in personal style, to project their hands from allergens and

germs, or to remove themselves from physical contact.

Today gloves are made around the world. Most expensive women’s fashion

gloves are still made in France, with some made in Canada. For cheaper male gloves

New York State, especially Gloversville, New York is still a world centre of glove

manufacturing. More and more glove manufacturing is being in East Asia, however.

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COMPANY PROFILE

Situated in the States of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India, Kurian Abraham Private Limited(KAPL) is part of the Ooppoottil Group of companies.  The Ooppoottil Group ventured into the field of rubber plantations in 1945 with the setting up of the Velimalai Rubber Co. Ltd.

The late Mr. Kurian Abraham started Kurian Abraham Private Limited as a proprietary concern in the year 1955.  The firm was engaged in marketing latex.  In 1958 a factory was set up for processing latex.  Today we are the largest processors of centrifuged latex in India with an output capacity of 100 metric tones per day. Expansion did not stop with just processing latex.

In 1986 the company ventured into the field of technically specified natural rubber to process ISNR 20 (Internationally known as SMR 20).  In 1989 a factory was set up to manufacture surgical gloves and other forms of latex gloves.  We take pride of place as one of the leading manufacturers and exporters of latex based range of surgical, examination, gynecological,industrial and household gloves.  Besides capturing a major market share in India, our gloves are exported to USA, Europe, South America, Middle East and Africa.  The new millennium has seen Kurian Abraham Private Limited embark into the field speciality grades of pre-vulcanised lattices. We have a technical collaboration with the internationally acclaimed Revertex of Malaysia to produce and market their superior grades of pre-vulcanised lattices in India.

Latex

The late Kurian Abraham, set up a centrifuging plant with an early model of the De-Laval latex separator (L 779) imported from Denmark having a total output capacity of 2055 kgs.   It was among the first plants set up for standardized latex concentrates in India that adhered to strict technical specifications.   And, since then, Kurian Abraham Private Limited (KAPL) has only grown.   Kurian Abraham Private Limited now boasts 30 state-of-the-art Alfa Laval centrifuging machines (LRB 610) with a capacity of 100 metric tones per day translating into 3000 tones per month, a formidable leap from its modest beginnings of a 200 tones per month capacity.

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It has manufacturing facilities in Nagercoil in the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu and in Idukki District in Kerala while its 50% joint venture with the Kottanad Plantation in Calicut handles all the latex processing for North Kerala.  Another noteworthy achievement of KAPL has been its foray into the global market. The company's latex, sold under the KA Latex brand not only has a significant share in the Indian market but is also exported to countries across the world such as the US, Europe, South America, Turkey and Sri Lanka.

Environment

Active policies of environment friendly practices are followed, involving employee training, resource conservation and material control.  Effluents from the latex plants and the glove plants are thoroughly processed and converted into usable water. Part of this cleaned water is recycled for the factory operations and the rest is used for irrigation at our vegetable farms situated within the factory premises.  A series of gasifiers have been installed to meet the energy requirements, for reducing the dependence on non-renewable sources and for minimizing the toxic emissions.

Quality Policy

“To achieve customer satisfaction and improved business results, we are

committed to supply our products conforming to requirements of end-users and society

and continually improve the effectiveness of the quality management system”

The quality management established to ensure that the product consistently meets

customer as well as statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to medical devices

and related services.

Tom management is committed to develop, implement and maintain the quality

management system as well as continually improve its effectiveness. This is achieved by

communicating the importance of meeting customer as well as statutory and regulatory

requirements through training program and internal communication.

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Quality objectives related to the quality management system are established at

organizational level as well as relevant functional levels.

The quality objectives established are received by managing director and during

management reviews to ensure that the objectives are adequate and appropriate to the

activities of the organization.

The quality objectives are updated or revised in accordance with the achievement

and changed customer requirements.

The organization chart is developed to established interrelation of all personal

who mange, perform and verify work effecting quality. Management to KURIAN

ABRAHAM has delegated authority and organizational freedom to carryout the

activities for which they are responsible.

The infrastructure needed to achieve conformity to product requirements is

identified and recorded in the resource plan. All the infrastructure including buildings,

utilities, process machines, inspection devices, standards and cods, software and

supporting services identified are proved.

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FOUNDER PROFILE:

Mr. Kurian Abraham

Hardly any company in India can claim the tradition and leadership of the Ooppoottil Group in the field of latex processing and latex gloves production.  The group today has two feathers in its cap.  India's largest latex concentrate processor and the country's largest latex gloves producer.  The trajectory of this exuberant growth rising from the scratch to the zenith is exciting by any count.

The late Kurian Abraham, father of Mr. A Kurian, the present Managing Director of Kurian Abraham Private Limited, set up a centrifuging latex plant with an early model of the De-Laval latex separator (L 779) imported from Denmark, the daily output of which was only 2,055 kg.  This set in motion supply of standardised latex concentrate from the estate sector of India with technical specifications.

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Managing director

Director of finance

Maket… Sales..Impor depar..

Managrment representative

Factory manager

Quality

control

Electronic data

processing

Accounts , NGL

depatments

purchase

Admin&personnal

electrical

mechanical

stores

Packing&dispatch

laboratory

production

Organisational Structure:

Product profile

Pre-Powdered

Surgicare

Latex surgical gloves Surgicare low pro

Kaltex

Powder free

Surgicare Plus

Latex Examination Pre-Powdered sterile and non-sterile

Power free sterile and non-sterile

Speciality Gloves

Latex Polymer Coated Glove Surgicare Prmier

Micro Surgical Gloves Surgicare Micro

Orthopedic Gloves Surgicare Ortho Pre-Powdered

Surgicare Ortho Powder free

Latex Double Glove Surgicare Dual

Latex Under Glove Surgicare Under Glove

Gynecological gloves Surgicare Gynecological Powder free and

Pre-Powdered

High Risk Gloves Surgicare High Risk Ambidextrous

Neoprene surgical Gloves Surgicare Neoprene

Co-polymer Gloves Surgicare Copolymer

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Product gallery

Production department:

The manufacturing environment and process has been designed to achieve the critical in built quality that is necessary in MEDICAL DEVICE requirements.

The factory has a clean dust free, manufacturing environment. The plant is completely closed and the factory has controlled exit and entry points with positive air filtered system for the manufacture of a MEICAL DEVICE. This ensures that the gloves are uncontaminated with a low bio burden.

Production Department structure

Objectives:

Increase the production by 5% within a year;

Maximize the use of resource with loss and reduce the wastage

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Factory Manager

Head Supervisor

Shift Supervisor I

Shift Supervisor II

Shift Supervisor III

RAW MATERIAL QC ACCEPTED

Cleaning Solution Coagulant Preparation Chemical Dispersion for Compounding

QcAcceptance

Latex Compounding

Former Pre Dry Coagulant Dip Coagulant Drying Partial Latex DryLatexDip

100% Inspection

Packing AQL Acceptance Tumble drying

Stripping

Post heater

QA Consignment Acceptance

Stripping

QcAcceptance

QcAcceptance

QcAcceptance

Non-Sterile

Manufacturing Information

Flow Chart (Pre-Powdered Gloves)

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Lubricant Preparation

Former Cleaning & Rinse

Pre Leachin

g

Air Dry

Sterilization

Lubricant

solution

Post leachin

g

Curin

QcAcceptance

Sterile

In-House Compounding

Carefully selected Non-Toxic Rubber Chemicals with safe levels of concentration

are used for the processes. The compounded latex is further clarified to remove excess

chemicals if any. All raw materials used are quality Assurance inspected and only

materials of the highest standards are used.

Pre-Leach, Vulcanizing, Post Leach:

The beaded gloves are Pre-: Leached in 80ft. of treated hot water to wash off non

rubber particles and chemical residues that could otherwise remain on the glove and can

cause allergic contact dermatitis. The water used in the leaching tanks are treated to

prevent bacterial contamination and heated to improve leaching efficiency. The system

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includes four Pre-Leach tanks of hot flowing water which are constantly monitored to

meet required parameters.

The gloves are properly vulcanized to ensure best physical properties and to

reduce moisture content. It is Post-Leached again in 60ft. of hot following water at 70

80OC. This washes off much of the extractable Water soluble Latex Protein, Residual

Chemicals and other non-rubber particles.

To offer you the best Bio-Compatible Gloves, with Pre and Post Leaching

process, the consumption is over 150000 liters of bacteria treated water every day.

Extensive Pre-Leaching Post-Leaching and vulcanizing are some of the critical measures

taken to offer you a safer glove.

Powdering / Stripping:

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Only imported, U.S.FDA approved Bio-Absorbable Dusting Power USP is used to

powder the gloves. The powder in the tanks are closely monitored and controlled for

bacteria build up and protein content. The powder content on the glove is monitored to

keep within levels as per standards of ASTM D-3577.

Vulcanizing / Tumbler:

To reduce powder content in gloves to less than 15 g/dm2 and reduce moisture

level to less that 0.75% the gloves are tumbled in a validated process cycle with

temperature and time critically controlled.

High powder content and moisture can result in Microbial Growth, causing

discoloration and unpleasant order.

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High powder content and moisture can result in Microbial Growth, causing

discoloration and unpleasant order.

Powder Free Gloves

The powder free gloves are processed in a special, separate area. To produce

powder free gloves, the pre-powdered gloves are washed, chlorinated, Neutralized,

Rinsed and Dried. The extractable latex protein content of these gloves is less than 50

g/dm2.

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Our plant also has the facility to make polymer coated powder free surgical gloves

on line which has a better donning facility.

Quality Control:

In addition to Watertight Test, each batch of glove is electronically tested fro

microspores. Even though the controlled production produces gloves with less 1%

penholders 100% inspection is being done, involving over a 100 skilled and trained

personnel to offer you a defect free glove with factory A.Q.L of less than 0.65, a as

against International Norms of 1.5.

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Our glove is electronically tested for micro pores. This kind of electronic testing

detects micro pores that otherwise might hot be datable during watertight and airtight

test.

The well equipped laboratory has all the facilities and equipment to test quality of raw

materials, physical properties of gloves and protein content of gloves using a

Spectrophotometer. Estimation of protein is done for every batch of gloves, as per

ASTM-D5712 using Modified Lowry Method. The in-house Microbiological Laboratory

also monitors Bio-Burden level and sterility. The laboratory is equipped with laminar air

flow cabinet and is manned by trained and skilled microbiologists.

Packing:

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A separate building is engaged for housing the packing section into which only

Quality Control passed gloves are allowed to enter. Packing Section is clean and dust

free with positive pressure filtered air system with controlled exit and entry points. It is

kept clean and fumigated at regular interval so to ensure low bio-burden level.

State-of-the-art packing Machines are installed for wall ting, pouching and sealing

the gloves automatically thereby reducing human contact with the gloves to minimum.

The wall ting machines prints and folds the wallets in-house thereby reducing

contamination.

The pouching machine is specially designed for automatic packing of gloves. It

incorporates skip sealing, photo electric cell for registration as well as a flexography

system for printing of batch and other manufacturing details.

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Moreover, the pouching machines ensure an aesthetic packing system and the

integrity of the pouches. The entire process is done in a controlled and clean

environment. The end result-very little chance of contamination and a great degree of

hygiene. The packed gloves are one again quality assurance and passed for sterilization.

Sterilization:

State-of-the-art P.L.C controlled E.T.O. Sterilization plants with a double door

system are installed which is validated to EN 550 Norms. Each process cycle’s

efficiency is ensure that residual E.O. on the glove is low.

The carefully selected packing material used ensures that it is suitable to permit

E.O. sterilization and maintain sterility during transit and storage for the shelf life of the

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product. The sterilized gloves are tested for sterility in the in-house Micro Biological

Laboratory.

The finished goods are cleared by Quality Control Department and Quality

Assurance and undergoes consignment Audit which includes.

A Correctness of quality, type and sizes as per order

B Correctness in pairing

C Correctness of stamping particulars

D Correctness of pacing materials

E Correctness of making on pouch / box

F Conformance of specifications of the relevant grade of gloves

G Compliance to all previous inspection and test requirements.

Only the gloves which pass the specifications are transferred to the warehouses for

shipment.

Warehouse

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We have a Large Warehouse with the capacity to store over Two Million Paris of

gloves. The warehouse is regularly pest controlled and fumigated to keep it

pestandinesect free.

The Master cartons are strapped with colored straps, with each color representing

a particular size. This allows instant identification of size to their clients.

The quality assurance passed gloves are container stuffed from the warehouse and

shipped all over the world.

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Human resource department:

Here there are 500 workers tactfully doing their work. They are skilled and technically qualified. Quality discipline is expected from all workers in their dress, behavior and cleanliness.

Objectives :

To offer equal opportunities to employee to realize his/her full potential. To select right person for the right job. To keep all channels of communication open and encourage formal

communication. To promote co operation and team spirit among the employees.

Functions:

The personnel officer is the head of department. He co ordinate the training activities and controls the training records. Personnel officer is responsible for administration function. Electrical supervision is responsible for electrical maintenance and to

upkeep of records He approves new equipments/machines etc… Mechanical supervisor is responsible for mechanical maintenance and

upkeep of records . Store keeper is responsible for store in the chemical and raw latex material.

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Admin & Personnel Dept

Electrical maintanance/Elect

rical supervisor

Mechanical maintenance

Stores/Store keeper

Role of personnel manager :

Personnel role( requirement , training and development). Welfare role ( personnel & organization problems, canteen & transport

facilities, counseling, motivation and leadership); Clerical role.

Welfare of the workers:

The company provided bus facilities to their employees. Facilities for storing and drying clothes during the working hours. Tea is supplied the workers at the time of interval. Safety measures are given the workers during work (helmet, gloves etc….) to

protect themselves from allergy; A room with water facilities is provided for the employees to have lunch and

rest. Training is given to the workers for first aid. Medical facilites and fees are paid for employees if he/she with and accident

inside the company.

Clerical role:

Personnel manager is responsible for time keeping procedure and administration of salary and wages of the organision.

He establish a man & machine relationship.

Pension:

The employees receives the amount of pension after his/her retirement. In kurian Abraham (p) limited 10% to 12% is given as employee contribution.

Bonus:

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The term bonus is an extra payment to the workmen over and above their normal wages. ESI benefits are provided and employees; its main objectives is to maintain frame peace and harmony between labour and capital by allowing the employees in recognition of the establishment reflected by the contribution made by the capital management and labour 20% bonus is given to the employees.

Incentives:

Incentives are variable rewards granted to employees according to the variations in their performances. Incentives are a point of motivational factor that is imparing of incentives to the workers for higher productivity and production.

Advantages:

Reduce supervision . Better utilization of equipment. Reduce scrap. Reduce absenteeism and turnover. Increase output.

Types of incentives:

Production incentives- it is paid on the basis of time and piece rate. Attendances incentives- it paid to the employees daily if he /she is present.

Training:

Types:

On the job training. Apprentice training. Induction training. Self development training.

Duties of a HR manager is

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Recruitment . Training of workers. Performance appraisal. Wage administration . Promotion/demotion. Incentives. Workers welfare

Finance department:

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The finance department is responsible for the financial functions and activities of the company . it include preparation of budget. Appropriation of accounts, re-appropriations, surrender and savings, control of expenditure and ways & means position. Audit treasury administration taxes.

One of the major roles of the finance department is to identify appropriate financial information prior to communicating this informantion to managers and decision makers, in order that they may make informed judgements and decisions.

Finance also prepares financial documents and final accounts for managers to use and for reporting purposes.

General manager is in charge for this department. He is responsible for arranging term loans for purchasing of capital goods and short term loans for meeting the working capital needs.

Objectives:

To improve the financial performance of the concern. To find out the sourcs of finance for the functioning of the concern. To maintain a balance between the assets and liabilities that is to maintain proper

liquidity position. To improve the goodwill of the company by applying the finance properly and

prompt repayment of the loans. To attain the goals of profit maximaization and wealth maximaisation.

Sources:

The company has borrowed Rs. 1 crore from SBI.

Accounts department:

To maintain accounts properly. To enter each and every transaction in the respective books.

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The head office maintains all the accounts of the units to find out the total company profit.

To help the finance department ot arrange for funds. To help at the time of auditing with proper accounting records. To pay out the taxes properly.

Procedure:

Quality control department:

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Transaction

Entry book

Subsidiary book

Ledger

Trial balance

Trading Profit and loss account

Balance sheet

Objectives:

Reduce the consumptions of rubber per price of production by 5% within a year.

Reduce the maintenance cost of thermic-fluid heater by 5% within a year. Reduce the rate of defeat by 10 % from the current level. Improve on time delivery to 85%.

Function:

Receiving inspection. In process inspection. Final inspection.

Purchase department:

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Lab incharge

Shift Chemist

Lab Assistant

Workers

Managing director/purchase manager is responsible to authouize the master list of purchased item;

Import manager responsible for purchasing by importing. Purchase manager is responsible for purchasing of raw material and other items

from domestic source. Factory manager receives purchase requisition from store for purchase of

production material, maintenance and testing related materials,accessories & spares.

Stores department

Purpose:

To systematic the receiving , storage, preservation and issue activities;

The received item are identified “ under best” marking / labels. Only products cleared by quality control/ mechanical maintenance/ electrical maintenance are taken into stock register. The received and accepted products are stored as per storage plan.

Sales department:

Objectives:

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On time delivery. Customer satishfaction.

Types of sales:

Direct sales(direct to customer) Dipot sales (distributor). Export sales(direct and indirect sales)

South African countries—Tanzania,zambia, Kenya and also to sri lanka by kottayam office.

Marketing department:

Structure:

Objectives:

To identify new markets for their existing product. To give better service to customer by reducing response time for enquires

Responsibility for marketing manager:

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Managing director

Marketing Head

Head sales

Export marketing Domestic marketing

To handle customer complaints. Market development and introduction of products to prospective customer. Obtain customer feedback. Prepare contract review, check list etc…

Authority of the marketing manager:

To fix target for distributors/dealers. To approve distributors/dealers. Control of customers supplied products

Customer profile:

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1.   Bangalore Assisted Conception Centre2.   Bangalore Baptist Hospital3.   Bapuji Dental College Hospital, Davanagere4.   Bapuji Hospital Davanagere5.   Davanagere Heart Hospital, Davanagere 6.   Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt. Bangalore7.   Hosmat Hospital8.   Kasturba Hospital, Manipal9.   KLE Hospital, Belgaum10. Manipal Hospital11. M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Hospital12. Narayan Hrudayalaya13. Narayan Netralaya14. St. Marthas Hospital15. St, John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore16. Workhadt Hospital Pvt. Ltd.17. Bharath Earth Movers Ltd. Bangalore18. Nimhans Hospital, Bangalore19. HAL Hospital, Bangalore     20. Kidwai Memorial Inst. Of Oncology21. Holdsworth Hospital, Mysore22. Bharath Serums and Vaccines Limited23. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre24. BARC Hospital25. Cipla Ltd26. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories27. Glaxo Smithkline Pharma Ltd.28. Godrej Memorial Hospital29. K.J. Somayia Hospital and Research Centre30. Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd.31. Pfizer Ltd32. Reliance Life Science Pvt. Ltd.33. Specialty Ranbaxy Ltd.34. Metro Cash and Carry35. J.K.White Cement36. Grassim Industries Ltd.37. TATA Ryerson Ltd.38. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre  

39. MAHYCO Seeds Ltd.40. Namdhari's Fresh

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41. Nilgiris42. Suretex Prophylactics India Ltd. (Ansell group)43. TTK-LIG Ltd. 44. Hindustan Latex Ltd.45. Kurlon Ltd.46. Metropoli Overseas Ltd.47. Carpet International Ltd.48. Mayor & Co. 49. Shree Rubber Industries (P) Ltd.

50. Textile Rubber & Chemical Ltd. 51. Travencore Mat and Matting Company 52. Phoenix Yule Pvt Ltd.53. Fenner (India ) Ltd.54. Sundaram Auto Rubber Products55. TVS Shri Chakra Tyres56. Emerald Tyres57. Bell Healthcare

58. Bombay Balloons59. Cephas Medicals Pvt. Ltd.60. Deogiri Latex Pvt. Ltd.61. Enkay Rubber Company Pvt. Ltd.62. Healthcare Products Ltd.63. Helix Latex Industries64. Paradise Rubber Industries65. Rubek Balloons Pvt. Ltd.66. Safeguard Contraceptives Pvt. Ltd.67. Sisco Latex Pvt. Ltd.68. Teleflex Medical Pvt. Ltd.69. Dabur India70. Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd.71. Mitsubishi Oil Corporation72. TATA Mines73. Pune Municipal Corporation

Certification:

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Achievement:

Head of our group Mr. A. Kurian accepting CAPEXIL's Special Export Award from the

Honourable Minister for Finance Mr. P. Chidambaram

A total growth rate of more than 5000% has been achieved in our operations. Our state of

the art factories integrates all modern machinery, thus allowing us to become a world leader in

manufacture of latex surgical gloves.

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Certificate of Merit for Exports for four consecutive years was awarded to us by CAPEXIL.

Our exemplary export performance has been recognized by the Government of India and we

have been awarded The Special Export Award for two consecutive years by CAPEXIL . We

have also been given Star Export House Status by the Indian Government. This speaks for

the company's commitment to produce a Quality product. Stringent Quality Standards have

earned the prestigious ISO 9001:2000 and CE Certification along with ISO-13485:2003

(certification of quality management systems, specifically for medical devices). We are also

registered with U.S.FDA (510K) and have the India Bureau of Standards' ISI Certification.

The products are accepted the world over and a few of the countries it is registered in are:

U.S.A. AUSTRALIA, EUROPEAN UNION, HUNGARY, POLAND, ROMANIA,

LITHUANIA, COSTA RICA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, BRAZIL, CHILE and MEXICO.

We have been directly audited by the U.S. F.D.A. & our systems & practices have been found

to be in compliance.

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CONCLUSION

Human Resource is the important and unique asset of an organization. Without

human resources the management could not achieve the target. So job satisfaction is

very important for retaining the employees in the organization.

From the analysis the overall job satisfaction level of employees in Kanam Latex

is found to be less. The level of satisfaction towards payment of salary, co-workers

relationship and relationship with the management, safety and healthy programs,

participation of the employees in management activities, opportunities to learn new

skills and new jobs, annual increase given by the company, compensation package etc.,

are found to be low. Hence the organization needs to concentrate on the above

mentioned factors.

The analysis helps the management to become aware of the needs of the employees and also for

indentifying the problems that may arise in the organization. If the management implements the

suggestions given by the researcher the job satisfaction of the employees will definitely

increase, which in turn leads to higher improvement in the organization and also it helps to

improve the profit and productivity of the organization.

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