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    INSTITUTION TRAINING REPORT

    DONE AT

    SELVALAKSHMI SPINNERS

    AVINASHI

    BY

    K.SARANYA

    06BBI035

    IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE COMPLETION OFBBM (IB) DEGREE

    2007-2008

    PSGR KRISHNAMMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

    (Autonomous Institution-Affiliated To Bharathiar University)

    (Accredited with FIVE STAR status by NAAC)

    An ISO 9001:2000 Certified Institution

    Peelamedu, Coimbatore-641004

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    I take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to our beloved

    secretary Smt.R.Nandhini for offering facilities to pursue this valuable course and

    also for this institutional training.

    My sincere thanks to Dr. (Mrs.) N.Yesodha Devi for giving me an

    opportunity to undertake this training.

    I express my sincere thanks to Mrs. S. Nirmala, Head of the Department

    of business management, for permitting me to undergo this institutional training.

    I am thankful to my faculty guide Mrs. Devi priya, MBA, lecturer

    Department of Business Management, PSGR Krishnammal college for women,Coimbatore, for her appropriate guidance and suggestions.

    I wish to record my gratitude to all other staff members of Business

    Management for their Encouragement and support.

    I am very thankful to Mr.Viswanathan, managing director of Selvalakshmi

    Spinners. At Avinashi for permitting me to carry this institutional training in their

    esteemed organization.

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    Contents

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    CONTENTS

    S.NO TITLE

    1. INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY

    2. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

    3. ORGANIZATION CHART

    4. MARKETING DEPARTMENT

    5. PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT

    6. PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

    7. PURCHASE DEPARTMENT

    8. CONCLUSION

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    INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY

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    INTRODUCTION

    The promoters rich and established experience in the primary cotton ginning and trading the

    pioneer unit of the group . In the shortest period they have established

    more spinning units. The present installed capacity of

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    Objective of the study

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    Object of the study

    1. To study about different spinning machines used in the industry.

    2. To gain practical knowledge about, various activities. Involved in spinning

    production.

    3. To study about different departments and their activities.

    4. To get knowledge about the problem faced by corrective measures taken by

    the company.

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    Organization chart

    Organization chart

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    Marketing Department

    Marketing Department

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    Management Responsibility:

    Top manager ensure consistent and visible involvement for the

    implementation of quality management system and continually improves

    its effectiveness through the management.

    Management Commitment:

    i. Top management communication by attendingand addressing review meeting and activity

    involved with functional improvement team on

    customer regulations statutory and

    organizational requirement.

    ii. Quality product is established, documented and

    maintained.

    iii. Quality objectives are established in measurable

    term at all three levels namely corporate level,

    and operational level and

    iv. Reviews are conducted in the following manner.

    1. Corporate level management reviewmeeting.

    2. Evidence of the above is communicated

    during training, reviews and through

    displays.

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    3. Resources are provided as an out come of

    such objectives reviews in schematically.

    Customer Focus:

    This is carried out in a balanced way in order to satisfy the

    interested parties in enhancing customer satisfaction.

    All brief customer enquiries are subjected to review by managing

    director before the acceptance of enquiries for deciding key

    product specifications and scope of supplies.

    The organization shall ensure that customer requirements.

    Potential Customers:

    The matrixes of customer requirements are studied

    to develop potential customers in order to satisfy their exceptions.

    Service:

    The service and post sales service shall be provided to

    customer for enhancing customer satisfaction vide customer related

    process.

    Environment impact:

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    The environments impact of the product shall be met as and

    when contractually required by the customer by analyzing

    environmental aspects, in respect of such process/products.

    Long Term Relationship:

    This is achieved through consistent quality and service.

    Quality Policy:

    This is communicated as through displays and through training in

    order to achieve the expected results.

    Steady development in technology and system enables continuous

    improvements.

    Objectives could be quantitatively evaluated for enhanced

    customer satisfaction.

    Planning:

    This translates policy into measurable objectives to provide

    directions in the important area through out the organization.

    Quality Objectives:

    The organization has identified quality objectives, in order to

    meet the requirements of the customers regulatory and organizational

    requirements are as follows.

    1. CUSTOMER REQUIRMENTS:

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    INTERESTED PARTIES CUSTOMER INCLUDING

    MERCHANTS, AGENTS AND END USERS VISION:

    Broading customers base satisfaction.

    Meeting future needs of the existing and future customers.

    Customers full satisfaction.

    Establishing customer driven quality policy.

    Developing customer relationship with constantinteraction and

    communication.

    2. REGULATORY AND STATUTORY REQUIRMENTS:

    INTERESTED PARTY:

    Society and community around

    Government bodies

    Regulatory bodies

    VISION:

    Commercial regulatory requirements

    Customer shall be satisfied subjected to satisfying all

    regulatory requirements, which will improve the

    nation earnings through sales tax and excise duty etc.,

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    Villages have benefits of employment and progressive

    economic life.

    Better quality life style sharing the profit with thesociety: sponsoring Eye camps, Medical camps.

    SATISFYING STATUTORY REQUIRMENTS ARE:

    Pollution control board act

    Factory act

    Personnel act

    OBJECTIVE APPROACH:

    Zero non conformance in maintaining regulatory and

    statutory requirements.

    3. ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIRMENTS:INTERESTED PARTIES

    Share holders

    Employees

    Suppliers

    VISION:

    Customer oriented company

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    Increased involvement of employees, so that the company

    shall exist for their growth and proposal

    Company shall have its corporate image and product identity

    increasing the net worth of the company

    Supplier partnership for mutual benefits achieved through

    the quality management

    Management visibility.

    QUALITY OBJECTIVES:-

    Utilization of machine measured by time.

    Utilization of materials measured by yarn realization.

    Productive efficiency measured by production efficiency%

    Units/1000/- spl shift [overall]

    Reduction in the number of customer complaints customer

    wise date.

    Customer satisfaction level in terms complaints, on time

    delivery.

    CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION:-

    i. Communication with the customer shall be attended by

    managing director or by the delegated authority.

    ii. Clarification in requirements, sample products, amendments,

    customer complaints, and feed backs are followed by expand

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    and customer, related records are created in customer

    communication process as given in flow diagram.

    iii. The list of records generated in customer communication

    process in given.

    CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION PROCESS FLOW CHART

    Yes

    No

    No

    Mill Standard IOR2

    Required By: MD

    Stock sales

    Stock sales

    Contract

    Is there

    any

    amendment

    SampleApproval

    Contract

    Communication by

    agent/customer

    Communication to operational

    unit

    Dispatch

    Production process

    Indent forwarded to

    operational

    Shipment schedule

    Is there

    anyamendment

    Specific order sales

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    Feed back from customer

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    Personal Department

    PERSONAL DEPARTMENT

    RESOURCE MANAGEMENT:-

    Provides such that overall quality objectives of the organization

    can be achieve and enhancing customer satisfaction.

    REVISION OF RESOURCE:-

    Store material in coordinating with managing director shall be

    responsible for resource planning of the organization in order to ensure

    that the effectiveness of quality management system is maintained and

    continually improved.

    RESOURCES INCULDES:-

    Human resources

    Technical resources and

    Infrastructure resources

    Prospective suppliers shall be trained for adopting and

    demonstrating minimum quality management systems suitable to the

    organization.

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    Any resource deficiencies may have adverse impact on customer

    requirements are deliberated in management review meeting in order to

    enhance the customer satisfaction.

    Functional improvement teams are set up to study andrecommend on resources whenever applicable for improvements.

    HUMAN RESOURCES:-

    Human Resource provides overall improvement to the

    organization through suggestions and hard works.

    ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL:-

    i. Personnel are deployed on the basis of suitable qualification

    and experience.

    ii. Workers are trained on the job and continuously evaluated

    for their performance.

    iii. New employees shall be trained and exposed to quality

    management systems by the induction training programs

    before they are assigned to specific project.

    iv. The exit interview shall be conducted to investigate the

    reason for leaving the organization.

    v. The regulatory and statutory requirements shall be adhered

    for enhanced human and to protect the interest of the

    interested party.

    COMPETENCE, AWARENESS AND TRAINING:-

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    In order to provide better understanding or employees day to

    day work, and to enhance their involvement, training is provided

    as per training process flow as depicted under.

    Training process:

    i. In order to ensure effective and efficient operations, all

    workers are evaluated for their competency, periodically.

    Conduction of awareness class

    Introduction of training

    Introduction of the Mills

    On the job training with trainers

    Provision of all the training as per the

    schedule

    Evaluation if required

    Continuous evaluation

    Maintenance of training record

    Whenever required seminars,

    exhibitions, workshops,

    external training shall be

    provided for staffs

    Exit interview

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    ii. Middle level management has to undergo training in quality

    area development for the period of one month before they

    are assigned to other areas. Periodic refresher programs for

    technical personnel are also provided.

    iii. Feedback of the employees during the review meeting with

    the management enables an opportunity to the peoples at

    operational level to be competent, motivated and thus

    encouraging innovations.

    iv. Training plan shall be evolved and shall be carried out on the

    following in order to ensure that the personnel aware of therelevance and importance of their activities and they

    contribute to the achievements of the quality objectives.

    Induction training

    AMS training

    On-the-job training

    Safety practices [Operating machines, first aid]

    Material handling equipment

    Electronic yarn cleared and splices [Post spinningworkers]

    Development training for continual improvement on

    efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.

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    v. Technical resources on latest technology information through

    internet, magazine, seminar, work shop and test facilities shall

    be provided for steady development of the organization.

    vi. The records for education, skills training and experience aremaintained.

    INFRASTRUCTURE:-

    i. The top management continuously reviews the available facilities

    to ensure that they are adequate to meet customer, regulatory and

    organization requirements. Any changes in workspace, supportingutilizes, process equipments, electronic media, transportation and

    communications shall be identified by the respective process

    owners reports to the Top management during review meetings for

    necessary actions.

    ii. Any deficiency requirement capital expenditure shall be routed to

    managing director for approval.

    WORK ENVIRONEMNT:-

    1. Safety health and environment in the working areas shall

    be ensured to the employees of the organization by providing.

    Humidification plant

    Hot air exhaust devices

    Fire extinguisher

    Canteen facilities

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    Clean toilet facilities

    Light ventilation and airflow

    Rest sheds

    Safe drinking water

    First and kit

    Health checks up in order to have positive influence on

    overall performance of the organization.

    2. Information technology, eternal expertise involvement,

    supplier interactions through training and meeting quality cost and

    benefits to decide the finance resources shall be practiced for

    overall improvement.

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    Production Department

    PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

    PRODUCT REALIZATION:-

    The process planned for product realization is referred in

    product.

    The above process planning is developed considering the

    following steps.

    a) The quality objectives as defined in customer, regulatory and

    organization requirements.

    b) The specific product quality requirements.

    c) The resources to be provided namely raw material, stored

    material, human resources, measuring and testing devices,technical and machinery inputs.

    d) The process of product verification and validation shall be

    carried out, defining acceptance criteria.

    The planning of product realization process is followed by

    operational level production process as given in flow

    diagram.

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    OPERATIONAL LEVEL PRODUCTION PROCESS

    N

    Receipt of I dent/information fromproduct realization planning

    process

    Basic meeting with functional heads

    Carry out process from BIR to

    windings

    QAD Testing & Analysis

    Passed Inform suitable

    decision

    Packing

    Out sourcing for furtherprocessing

    Yes No

    Domestic Export

    market

    Getting blend chart from QAD

    Getting blend chart from QAD

    P&R maintenance of machines

    electrical equipments and other

    accessories

    Calibration of QAD electrical &

    maintenance equipments

    Human resource allocation & training

    infrastructure

    Plant and working environment

    infrastructure

    Store purchase & other supportsystems

    Preservation of products

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    CUTOMER RELATED PROCESSED:-

    This ensures that the customer requirements are

    managed by the process and the needs of interested parties are

    understood throughout the organization.

    DETERMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATED TOTHE PRODUCTS:-

    The organization shall determine the following factors

    before commitment to supply its product to customers.

    Quality requirements to be chosen from mill standards

    or top decide on specific requirements.

    Requirements regarding end use shall be decided on

    packing, packaging and the need of sample approval

    through sample development process.

    Regulatory requirement in respect of quota restrictions,

    commercial terms etc, and statutory requirements

    regarding environmental impact of the product

    whenever it is specified by the customers, taxes etc.

    Additional expectations of the customers regarding

    quantity, prices, quality and delivery specification.

    Review of requirements related to the product:

    Inspectionand grading

    Packing

    Dispatch Final inspection

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    i. The organization will review the requirements at the corporate

    level by managing director with store material regarding capability

    to supply as schematically shown below.

    INPUT

    PROCESS Output Int.Int.

    Communication

    ii. The review of process capability examination.

    Quality based on existing stock or samples according to

    endues.

    Quality based on existing stock or available raw materials.

    Price based on market trend, dispatch based on production

    plan.

    Process requirements like waxing, auto coned, auto leveling,

    steam conditioned.

    Packing, packaging shall be clarified by the customer.

    Delivery mode shall be decided.

    Commercial regulatory requirements on quote regulation and

    statutory.

    Review of

    capabilitysatisfying

    statutory and

    regulatoryrequirements

    Communication

    to productionprocess through

    production

    initiation step

    Stock sales or

    order sales or

    drop ofenquiry

    Customer

    requirement on

    QualityQuantity

    Price

    Despatch

    Delivery

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    Environmental impact shall be reviewed, whenever

    applicable.

    iii. The customer related process is given in flow diagram

    Customer Enquire

    Customer communication process

    Review of

    order

    requirement

    Stock sales

    Amendments if any customer

    requirements

    Process at preparatory level

    Testing & verification

    Preservation

    Despatch

    Specific sales

    Purchasing & verification of

    raw materials

    Review of

    orderrequirement

    Support process

    Human resource & training

    Maintenance

    Stores purchase

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    Sample development

    Enquiry from customerIf not matching to standards to

    developing standards.

    Comparison with mill standard

    To provide test specification to

    customer

    Quotation based on markettrends

    Reply to customer

    Customer communication

    process

    To check the feasibility and

    price with customer

    To review raw material

    availability test parameters

    Receiving samples

    Testing of products and matching

    with end use and specification

    Cost work sheet

    Finalization of rates

    Customer satisfaction

    Management review forcontinuous improvements

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    The list of records pertaining too each process is listed in the developmentprocess.

    In case of changes in the requirements, related to product, it shall be

    amended in the respective records.

    PRODUCTION AND SERVICE PROVISION:-

    Top management is permitted to go beyond the product realization

    process in order to enhance and ensure sustained customer satisfaction.

    Accordingly production and process controlled.

    CONTROL OF PRODUCTION AND SERVICE PROVISIONS:-

    The operational level production process is controlled as per the flow

    diagram as per the process flow diagram.

    The information regarding customer requirements is provided by QAD to

    operation unit level through indent.

    The job instruction is listed functional wise under the control of functional

    heads.

    The production plan provides the process allotted for each product and it is

    recorded.

    The production plan provides the process shall be maintained through

    preventive and routine maintenance as per maintenance schedule.

    The suitable measuring and test facilities shall be provided both in

    operational and QAD level calibration instruments.

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    The quality objective shall be measured and monitored in order to reduce

    waste percentages and improve quality.

    The product shall be delivered to the customer and post delivery activities

    shall be followed for enhancing the customer satisfaction.

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    Purchase Department

    PURCHASE DEPARTMENT

    PUCHASING:-

    This process ensures that suppliers are aligned with organization

    quality policy and objectives and provides a way for supplier partnership

    with the organization.

    Purchase process:-The organization will evaluate each purchase process as below:-

    PURCHASE

    PROCESS

    INPUT CRITERIA

    FOR

    SELECTION

    OUTPUT

    Raw materials Specification Despute%co-

    operation

    List of

    approved

    supplier

    Store items Specification NCP, co-

    operation and

    delivery

    List of

    approved

    supplier

    Service Suitability Capability,

    timely deliver

    List approved

    supplier

    The training regarding purchase of above item shall be covered as

    per the training plan of the job training.

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    The raw material shall be purchased with specified quality in

    respect of length, strength and uniformity ratio and its given in the

    purchase order to decide upon suitable usage according to the

    product quality requirements satisfying the market needs.

    RAW MATERIALS PUCHASE PROCESS:-

    Incase of raw materials variation and availability, the

    organization shall modify the quality plan pertaining in

    process and product in order to maintain the product quality

    requirements.

    The store item requirements are specified for each critical

    item as defined in quality records and purchase affected as

    per stores. Non critical and miscellaneous items are

    purchased after internal authorization.

    Out sourcing: - The out sourcing services shall be carried out

    for calibration of equipment transportation and woven fabricsas per the direction.

    PROCESS CRITERIA FOR

    EVALUATION

    Calibration agency

    Accuracy and precision

    relationship to

    national/internationalstandards. Facilities available

    timely service.

    Transportations

    Statutory documents safe

    delivery condition of the

    vehicle time service

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    Woven fabrics

    Suitability of loom for our

    product [i.e. reed, pick,

    width]condition of loom[maintainability of looms]

    controls on looms [warp and

    weft stop motion] power house

    keeping

    . Verification at supplier premises while availing

    transportation services are not required as the verification is

    carried out.

    Whenever required service agencies shall be invited to

    the company in order to explain the implications of bad

    services of non calibrated instruments and damage while

    transporting yarn.

    Yarn is given as the input for fabrication using the

    outside sourcing with an objective of integrating thecompany forward during the fourth coming non quota Era.

    THE WOVEN FABRICS ARE OUT SOURCED AS PER THE

    PROCESS FLOW SHOWN BELOW:

    YARN

    PERN WINDINGSIZING

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    In this out sourced process controls are three locations.

    Sizing shed

    Loom shed

    Logistics of yarn, beam and fabric

    The controls carried out for the following:

    Identification of mill yarn, beam and fabric

    in each stage. Verification for quality, quantity at sizing

    shed and loom shed.

    QUALITY IS VERIFIED AGAINST ATTRIBUTE

    DEFECTS SUCH AS:

    S.NO NAME OF THE DEFECTS

    WEAVING

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    1 Colour

    2 Knots

    3 Slub

    4 Slubey weft

    5 Soft yarn

    6 Broken ends

    7 Broken pattern

    8 Double ends

    9 Float

    10 Hole cut, tear

    11 Local distortions

    12 Missing ends

    13 Oil or strains yarns

    14 Oily or soiled ends

    15 Oily weft

    16 Read mark

    17 Selvedge defects

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    18 Smashed

    19 Loose threads

    20 Weft bar

    21 Weft crack

    22 Starting mark

    23 Width shortage

    24 Pick short

    25 Wrong drawing

    26 Wrong decision

    27 Weight mark

    28 Pencil mark

    29 Temper mark

    30 Emery roller mark

    And variables defects such as:-

    1. READ

    2. PICK

    3. WIDTH

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    Preservation and protection of yarn, beam and fabrics from fire

    hazards, wet areas and contamination.

    Implementing house keeping principles lucidity displaying the

    spirit of house keeping.

    In order to ensure consistent performance the outsourcing

    suppliers of women fabric evaluated for the following in the

    supply chain.

    The process of purchasing their store materials at the operational

    unit level is depicted in stores purchase process flow diagram.

    The suppliers evaluation on the capabilities to supply is carried

    out as schematically.

    The purchase information with regards to quality, by providing,

    specimen, previous supply reference shall be incorporated while

    preparing purchase, order by senior assistant and other relevant

    informations such as delivery, quantity and commercial terms willbe furnished. The purchase order shall be released by the joint

    managing director.

    The non -critical miscellaneous item shall be purchased from any

    supplier supported with bills, after authorization by joint director.

    Re evaluations

    on previous

    supply results in

    respects of

    Quality, delivery

    and co-operation

    At operational

    level by

    manager, as

    authorized bydirector

    providing ratings

    or supply

    According to

    85% and more

    ratings suppliers

    listed.

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    The purchased store items shall be verified against commercial

    documents and purchase order by the respective for every critical

    item and by senior assistant for non-critical items.

    The store suppliers are involved in the organization for mutual

    trust and benefits as under.

    Communicating to them on quality and safety issued of the

    supplier products evaluating with competitors.

    Requesting suppliers to provide in plant development training on

    the usage of products supplied by them for respective functionalworkers in the organization.

    This way supplier partnership is established in the quality

    management system.

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    Conclusion

    CONCLUSION

    The Industrial training program, which I undertake at

    Selvalakshmi Spinners, has been very much useful to me. I was indented

    to all the activities took place in the industry. The information gathered

    by me in this institutional training rendered a huge amount of experience

    that supply me for studies and could improve my knowledge.

    From this institutional training, I am able to understand the

    motives of the industry and the way by which they have been following

    to achieve their motives.

    The industry training has aided getting a very good idea about theproduction which is more useful then theoretical study.

    The above study reveals that by careful organizing and team

    management will pay way for the growth and good prospectus for

    achieving, profits, which is ultimately the main aim of every business.

    The study has enlightened me in the area like the various functions

    of the organization, purchases, marketing, system control and planning,

    organization, staffing, and controlling and resource management.

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    Thus I conclude saying that the field work I undertook has given

    me through knowledge in all the aspects.