operations planning & control

Operations Planning Control A Project On Operations at Nadikattu Cotton Industries 1. INTRODUCTION 6 1.1 PRODUCTION PROCESS 1.2 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT 2. ABOUT NADIKATTU COTTON INDUSTRIES 7 3. INFRASTRUCTURE 7 3.1 INFRASTRUCTURE AND QUALITY 3.2 FACT SHEET 3.3 NEWS 4. ENUMAMULA VILLAGE, WARANGAL 10 4.1 ABOUT ENUMAMULA 4.2 DEMOGRAPHICS OF ENUMAMULA 5. OPERATIONS AT NADIKATTU COTTON INDUSTRIES 11 5.1 SUPPLIERS 5.2 PRODUCTION PROCESS 5.3 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT 5.4 CUSTOMERS 7. CONCLUSION 15 APPENDIX 16 REFERENCES 17 ABSTRACT Cotton is the oldest among all fibers, and one of the most important commercial crops playing a key role in the world economy. India is one of the prominent cotton producers in the world, covering an area of nearly nine million hectares and accounting for 25 per cent of the world cotton area. Cotton textile and secondary manufacturing industry provides employment to about 35 million people and contribute to 14 per cent of the Indias industrial production, 27-30 per cent of the export earnings and 4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Andhra Pradesh occupies a prominent position among cotton producing states in India as it accounts for around 11 per cent of the nations cotton production and occupies third place in terms of area and production in the country. This report details about the production process, inventory management and various other aspects of operations at Nadikattu cotton industries which is located in Enumamula village, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh. 1. INTRODUCTION Operations at a firm include production process and Inventory management. Production Process The production process is concerned with transforming a range of inputs into those outputs that are required by the market. This involves two main sets of resources - the transforming resources, and the transformed resources. The transforming resources include the buildings, machinery, computers, and people that