1. BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED 1.1 INTRODUCTION: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is one of the oldest and largest state-owned engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy-related and infrastructure sector which includes Power, Railways, Transmission and Distribution, Oil and Gas sectors and many more. It is the 12th largest power equipment manufacturer in the world. In the year 2011, it ranked ninth most innovative company in the world by US business magazine Forbes. BHEL is the only Indian Engineering company on the list, which contains online retail firm Amazon at the second position with Apple and Google at fifth and seventh positions, respectively. It is also placed at 4th place in Forbes Asia's Fabulous …show more content…
In June 2012, BHEL commissioned a 250 MW power generating unit at Harduaganj in Uttar Pradesh. This would add six million units of electricity on a daily basis. BHEL is an integrated power plant equipment manufacturer and one of the largest engineering and manufacturing companies in India in terms of turnover. It was established in 1964, ushering in the indigenous Heavy Electrical Equipment industry in India - a dream that has been more than realized with a well-recognized track record of performance. The company has been earning profits continuously since 1971-72 and paying dividends since 1976-77 It is engaged in the design, engineering, manufacture, construction, testing, commissioning and servicing of a wide range of products and services for the core sectors of the economy, viz. Power, Transmission, Industry, Transportation, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas and Defense. It has 15 manufacturing divisions, two repair units, four regional offices, eight service centers, eight overseas offices and 15 regional centers and currently operates at more than 150 project sites across India and abroad. It place strong emphasis on innovation and creative development of new …show more content…
Anticipating the country’s requirement BHEL decided to set up a new plant, which would manufacture power and other types of transformers in addition to the capacity available in BHEL Bhopal. The Bhopal plant was engaged in manufacturing transformers of large ratings. Jhansi unit would concentrate on power transformer up-to 50 MVA, 132 KV class and other transformers like Instrument Transformers, Traction transformers for railway etc. This unit of Jhansi was established around 14 km from the city on the N.H. No 26 on Jhansi Lalitpur road. It is called second-generation plant of BHEL set up in 1974 at an estimated cost of Rs 16.22 crores inclusive of Rs 2.1 crores for township. Foundation of BHEL Jhansi was laid by late Mrs. Indira Gandhi the prime minister on 9th Jan. 1974. The commercial production of the unit began in 1976-77 with an output of Rs 53 lacs since then there has been no looking back for BHEL Jhansi. The plant of BHEL is equipped with most modern manufacturing processing and testing facilities for the manufacture of power, special transformer and instrument transformer, Diesel shunting locomotives and AC/DC
The United States located electronic company Electrocorp faced the problem of declining profitability due to rising production costs, specifically high wages, costly worker's safety and environmental standards. In order to solve this problem Electrocorp is deciding whether to relocate some of their plants to South Africa, Mexico, or the Philippines.
D. F. Hallman was a manager of the Plant Performance Services at Babcock and Wilson. The Babcock and Wilson Company, founded in 1867, manufactures and sells specialty-engineered industrial products, including fossil fuel and nuclear power systems (Gorinson & Kane, 1979). Hallman proposed a memo to B. A. Karrasch, Manager of Plant Integration, to implement changes in the reactor operating ...
Emerson Electric Co. is an American multinational manufacturing and technology company involved in the production of a wide range of products for industries, commercial markets and consumers. The company is renowned globally for its top-class engineering competence and management excellence. The company’s businesses are divided into five core branches: process management; industrial automation; network power; climate technologies; and commercial and residential solutions. The company that was founded in 1890 has its headquarters in Ferguson, Missouri. Emerson Electric Co. has a workforce of 135000 employees and it operates in 150 countries across the globe where it owns 235 manufacturing locations. On the Fortune 500, Emerson is ranked no. 123 in the list of America’s largest corporations. It ranks no. 443 in Fortune 500 ranking of the largest companies in the world (2013 ranking) (Emerson Electric Co., 2014).
1. How was Lincoln able to grow and prosper for so long in such a difficult commodity industry that forced out other giants such as General Electric, Westinghouse and BOC? What is the source of Lincoln’s outstanding and enduring success?
As for the management of Union Carbide¡¦s Bhopal plant, some steps indeed needed to be improved. Let us take a look at the whole process of the gas leak and see what actions can be improved. The first mistake in my opinion was that R. Khan, an operator in the MIC complex, neglected to insert a slip blind above the point of water entry. This omission violated instructions in the MIC processing manual, the technical manual that set forth procedures established by the chemical engineers who set up the plant. Obviously, the plant failed to emphasize the importance of obeying the processing manual and the danger of disobeying ...
Ownership and control of production ; vertically integrated manufacturing operation to enable its constant introducing of new items and also ensure short lead time
General Electric (GE) is a public company that provides services in the following segments: Energy, Technology, Infrastructure, Capital Finance, as well as Consumer and Industrial. GE, along with 3M and Siemens, all compete in the Diversified Machinery Industry whose products range from large turbines and medical equipment to laundry machines and coffee pots. This is a unique industry that has pure competition where companies have products that are mechanically the same, but is completely open for differentiation of those products. Products will lack value if they are not differentiated from their competitors’ products in the eyes of the consumer. Additionally, innovation is extremely important in this industry causing those who do not innovate to lose profitability quickly.
Rather than having many suppliers the Interbrew started with work with smaller number of suppliers and developed a good relation with them. The company believed that cutting down the number of suppliers and selecting small number of best suppliers will help to save large sum of money of both. All the pr...
The lifestyle of people across the world is developing rapidly. As there is a growing concern for people about the lifestyle and way of living, the scope for the microfinance industry is also at a growing pace. A large number of people across the world prefer finance for the purpose of purchase of consumer durables as well as lifestyle products. As the credit card EMI options are more expensive, people prefer NBFCs for the purpose of consumer durable loans. The project done in bajaj finserv explains the role of NBFCs in the consumer durable loans and the procedure undertaken in order to disburse the consumer durable loans.
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company, with leadership in Home & Personal Care Products and Foods & Beverages. HUL's brands, spread across 20 distinct consumer categories, touch the lives of two out of three Indians. They endow the company with a scale of combined volumes of about 4 million tonnes and sales of Rs.10,000 crores. The mission that inspires HUL's over 15,000 employees is to "add vitality to life". With 35 Power Brands, HUL meets everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene, and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life. It is a mission HUL shares with its parent company, Unilever, which holds 51.55% of the equity. A Fortune 500 transnational, Unilever sells Foods and Home and Personal Care brands in about 100 countries worldwide.
Aditya Birla Group is one of the first multinational corporations in India. Its headquarter is located in Mumbai with many others operations in different parts of the world such as in Asia (Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines, China…), Europe (UK, Germany, Hungary, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland…), America (US, Brazil…). Throughout their growing, Aditya Birla have become well known in many sectors that they get involved in not only in India but also around the world. Back to the earlier day of the corporation, when it first founded, the group has focused on critical sector such as textiles and fibre, aluminum… and become one of the largest participant in those areas. Later on, in the 1960s, the company had expanded their business into cement and chemicals. Also, they expanded their business across the border of India into many other countries. This “revolution” has brought the name of the group into the international business map and become bigger than ever (Aditya Birla Group 2007). Today, ABG is a corporation with the consolidate revenue of 30bil with the affiliates in 45 countries and 60% of their revenue come from internationally and become one of the largest private company in the world (Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited, 2011).
Sources for this paper have been literature, the Annual Report 2003, further Bosch publications and internet sources.
Panasonic Case Study (Graphics Not Included) Panasonic operates under the umbrella of the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
The company consider one of fastest growing brand in the gulf region and highly trusted brand in UAE. They operate in modern and automated were they have machines are producing and doing the most of the production requirements. The factory operate according to the local authorities and international standards. AlAin company is part and one of Agthia group companies. The quality management system achieved internal and international quality standards such as ISO 9001:2008, FSSC 22000 and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP). They consider the manufacturing process and their labs world class now after getting ISO 17025 for international laboratory standard.
Refrigerators and stoves are the main product lines in which Atlas Eléctrica has its core competences. They are also working fine due to the production system.