Customer Satisfaction Level in Accel: Project Report On
Customer Satisfaction Level in Accel: Project Report On
PROJECT REPORT ON
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LEVEL IN ACCEL
In partial fulfillment of
MANGALAYATAN UNIVERSITY
BESWAN, ALIGARH
Certificate of Authenticity
in the organization of ACCEL (Air control & chemical engineering limited) for the
RINKY SHARMA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Many lives and destinies are destroyed due to a lack of proper guidance, direction
and opportunity. It is in this respect I feel that I am in much better position today
Teachers in general. The process of completion of this project was a tedious job
and required careful guidance at all stages. I would like to highlight the role played
complete the project in the company.At last but not least I would like to thank my
dedicated and respected parents who were supported all the time and also to my
research report.
This project would not have been possible without the continuous guidance by
knowledge and know-how helped me overcome the various stages. And I would
PREFACE
This report aims at giving an insight to the project entitled “Air contrl & Chemical
engineering limited”. This project is prepared for the partial fulfillment of the
B.B.A.
The objective of this report is to provide a comparison between the different air
compressors and services provided by them to churn profits. This report contains
objective I have analysed customers very well and have tried to extract their
A glance at the contents reveals that the report is logically subdivided into no. of
topics. The first topic gives a brief introduction to the project. The second topic
The report also explains the process of how I did the project and what has been
the outcome of the project. I am confident that all contents will please most of
the readers
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
Introduction to organization
Introduction to topic
CHAPTER 2
Objectives
Scope of Study
Inventory Control
CHAPTER 3
SWOT
CHAPTER 4
Findings
CHAPTER 5
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATION
The Indian air control & chemical engineering industry has been on the
developing trend. During the past few years there has been and incredible
increase in the growth rate of the air control & chemical engineering in the Indian
subcontinent. There are many reasons for the growth of this industry.
One of the reasons for this growth could be that there is lot of competition
coming up in this industry. There are many foreign players, which have come into
this continent and have developed their manufacturing base here. The reasons
are
1. The Indian market is favorable for the growth of this industry. As there are
many people who are auto crazy in this country.
There are people who are willing to go out of their ways and try different
compressors. Some are so attracted to the air conditioners and fridges that
they are ready to pay any price to get their machine of choice.
2. Secondly that the raw materials available here are relatively cheap and
abundant. The basic requirement for this industry is the availability of the
various components, which are required to make a complete vehicle and of
course labor which is ready to work even at low wages.
All these conditions can be met in India. Thus India is now becoming the
favorite manufacturing center for all the foreign companies.
3. Thirdly the legal environment is very friendly in India. It allows foreign
companies and money to come in and invest so as to develop the Indian
economy. This is indeed fruitful as it not only brings in foreign capital but
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also brings in opportunities, by this I mean to say that chance for Indian
talent to go outside and Indian market to expand. For eg Indian companies,
which create opportunities for them to expand it branches in other
countries and expand, it’s base.
4. Moreover since the last few years there has been a lot of liberalization in
trade especially in the air compression industry. Government has removed
many legal restrictions so that components from foreign countries can
come in thus help in boosting up the Indian industry.
Air Control & Chemical Engineering Company Limited (ACCEL) was incorporated
in 1961 at P.O. Nandej, near Barejadi Railway Station District Ahmedabad 382435,
Gujarat, India.
ACCEL has separate manufacturing division under one roof i.e. Compressor
Division, Fan and Fabrication Division, Foundry equipped with machine shop and
allied facilities.
ACCEL is enriched with world class technologies from the world leaders in the
field of Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Equipments, Centrifugal Fans & Air
Handling Equipments and Castings.
ACCEL has a wide spread location of branch offices in India and a dealer network
for supply and service support of the equipment at various installations.
ACCEL products are widely used as under slung compressor for Railways Air
Conditioning, Naval and Marine applications, Cold Storage, Ice Plant, Central Air
Conditioning as well as in Fisheries, Food Processing, Wineries, Dairies and etc.
ACCEL fans are proven products and are well accepted by all industrial sectors.
ACCEL
Packaged
Chilling Units
Preassembled
factory tested
Chillers,
Condensers,
Compressors
and Motors,
Fully Protected
by reliable
calibrated
safety devices,
all assembled
on a compact
rugged base
frame.
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ACCEL Packaged Water / Brine Chilling unit Type PWC is designed as a completely
factory assembled unit including internal pipelines, electrical leads, etc. and is
delivered for ready installation. It requires only connection to power and water
pipes to be connected to the chiller and condenser. The standard units are fitted
with ACCEL SMC Compressors and are manufactured in 20 sizes.
Thermostat and Gauges for chilled water inlet and outlet temperature.
Gauges Thermostat reacts to temperature
changes and close / open on temperature rise or fall.
Control Panel Made from thick sheet plate. It includes main circuit
(Optional) breaker, DOL / Star Delta Starter,
power supply to crankcase heater and solenoid valves,
indicator lamps and toggle
switches.
Microprocessor based control panel can also be supplied on
request.
ACCEL being a service oriented organization has well organized service set up for
its products. Trained and skilled technicians are available throughout the country
and are within the reach of our clients. We have dealers and service agents
throughout India and Overseas to provide product support.
Regional Offices
Mumbai
Delhi
Kolkata
Chennai
Branch Offices
Agra
Patna
City Office
Ahmedabad
Factory
Barejadi
(Ahmedabad District)
Dealers/Agents
Domestic & Overseas
Following India's growing openness, the arrival of new and existing models, easy
availability of finance at relatively low rate of interest and price discounts offered
by the dealers and manufacturers all have stirred the demand for air conditioners
and a strong growth of the Indian air control & chemical engineering industry.
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The data obtained from ministry of commerce and industry, shows high growth
obtained since 2001- 02 in air control & chemical engineering production
continuing in the first three quarters of the 2004-05. Annual growth was 16.0 per
cent in April-December, 2004; the growth rate in 2003-04 was 15.1 per cent the
air control & chemical engineering industry grew at a compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of 22 per cent between 1992 and 1997. With investment exceeding
Rs. 50,000 crore, the turnover of the air control & chemical engineering industry
exceeded Rs. 59,518 crore in 2002-03. Including turnover of the auto-component
sector, the automotive industry's turnover, which was above Rs. 84,000 crore in
2002-03, is estimated to have exceeded Rs.1,00,000 crore ( USD 22. 74 billion) in
2003-04.
The industry has adopted the global standards and this was manifested in the
increasing exports of the sector. After a temporary slump during 1998- 99 and
1999-00, such exports registered robust growth rates of well over 50 per cent in
2002-03 and 2003-04 each to exceed two and- a-half times the export figure for
2001-02.
CHAPTER 2
OBJECTIVE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH DESIGN
The objective of the project is to find out the best mode of operations and supply
chain management that can be carried out by an air compreesor company to get
the most effective product outline with the minimum of cost input. Also to study
the various forms of operation techniques that are implemented in and air
compreesor industry. This project will contain the comparison of the operations
of 3 companies. One of them is Toyota Motors whose operations and supply chain
management will be compared with that of two local auto giants Tata and Honda
which have their base in Delhi. Thus, arriving the most effective operation and
production line with the best supply chain.
SAMPLE DESIGN
For the best results the project contains the comparison of the operations of
three companies who have established a strong market presence for their
products in this sector. They have created a brand name for themselves and the
customers are willing to pay any price to attain this brand. They have established
themselves in the market for a long time. The three companies are
1. Tata Motors
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2. Toyota Motors
3. Honda Siel Cars
The basis of taking these companies is that two of the companies have been the
leading producers of air compreesors in India for a long time. The third is a
company, which has acquired a brand name for itself worldwide. So the operation
strategy, which this company follows, is different from that of the other two
companies, thus, it will be a good basis of comparison and could be implemented
for the Indian companies too.
SCOPE OF STUDY
The study as mentioned earlier is limited to three companies. The study focuses
on conducting a research on the various operations tools that are implemented
by the air compreesor manufacturing companies so as to get the best output with
the minimum cost input, thus, increasing the revenues and also capturing the
most of the market share for the company so that they get a leading edge over
the others. Also, finding out the best supply chain management all of which could
be implemented by Tata motors so as to increase the market share for their
vehicles.
The study attempts to answer the best strategies for operations that the air
compreesor manufacturing companies can have if they plan to setup a base in
India, also the ways of enhancing their productiveness. This study also answers
why the leading auto giants have attained the position in which they are today
and thus what steps could be adopted by those companies which are new in this
field or are planning to diversify their mode of operations to manufacturing cars.
In many air compreesor companies the way to ensure that customers receive
quality products and services is to have a rigorous system of inspection.. The idea
is that if there is enough inspection then the defective products will be identified
and discarded leaving only the good products to be made available to the
customers. In this approach the main the main decision is to find out how many
goods will have to be inspected., the cost of scrap, rework, and detecting defects
increase while the cost of defective products to customers decline. At some level
of inspection and optimal trade off is achieved where total quality costs are
minimized. Operations manager are somehow supposed to manage these costs.
Now the fault in here lies in the view that it implies quality can be inspected into
products. In other words acceptable product quality can be achieved by
discarding defective products that are found in inspection. while continuing to
produce shoddy products with sloppy production practices.
The scenario now has changed. Quality managers now know that superior quality
products are not attained only through high and rigorous inspection.
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This model can help you gain confidence in making TQM decisions:
Many (e.g., Hyde, 1992; Chaudron, 1992) have noted that TQM results in a radical
change in the culture and the way of work in an organization. A fundamental
factor is leadership, including philosophy, style, and behavior. These must be
congruent as they are presented by a leader. Many socalled enlightened leaders
of today espouse a participative style which is not, in fact, practiced to any
appreciable degree.
Any manager serious about embarking on a culture change such as TQM should
reflect seriously on how she or he feels and behaves regarding these factors. For
many managers, a personal program of leadership development (e.g., Bennis,
1989) may be a prerequisite to effective functioning as an internal change agent
advocating TQM.
support the new TQM culture. Less obvious but no less important will be changes
required in other systems.
Information systems will need to be redesigned to measure and track new things
such as service quality. Financial management processes may also need attention
through the realignment of budgeting and resource allocation systems.
Organizational structure and design will be different under TQM: layers of
management may be reduced and organizational roles will certainly change.
Another systems consideration is that TQM should evolve from the organization's
strategic plan and be based on stakeholder expectations. This type of planning
and stance regarding environmental relations is receiving more attention but still
is not common in the human services. As will be discussed below, TQM is often
proposed based on environmental conditions such as the need to cut costs or
demands for increased responsiveness to stakeholders. A manager may also
adopt TQM as a way of being seen at the proverbial cutting edge, because it is
currently popular.
This is not a good motivation to use TQM and will be likely to lead to a cosmetic
or superficial application, resulting in failure and disappointment. TQM should be
purposeoriented: it should be used because an organization's leaders feel a need
to make the organization more effective. It should be driven by results and not be
seen as an end in itself.
Many employees may see TQM as a fad, remembering past "fads" such as quality
circles, management by objectives, and zerobased budgeting. As was noted
above, TQM must be used not just as a fad or new program, but must be related
to key organizational problems, needs, and outcomes. Fortunately, Martin (1993)
has noted that TQM as a "managerial wave" has more in common with social
work than have some past ones such as MBO or ZBB, and its adaptations may
therefore be easier.
In another vein, workers may see management as only concerned about the
product, not staff needs. Management initiatives focused on concerns such as
budget or cost will not resonate with beleaguered line workers. Furthermore,
staff may see quality as not needing attention: they may believe that their
services are already excellent or that quality is a peripheral concern in these days
of cutbacks and multi problem clients. For a child protective service worker, just
getting through the day and perhaps mitigating the most severe cases of abuse
may be all that one expects. Partly because of heavy service demands, and partly
because of professional training of human service workers, which places heavy
value on direct service activities with clients, there may be a lack of interest on
the part of many line workers in efficiency or even effectiveness and outcomes
(Pruger & Miller, 1991; Ezell, Menefee, & Patti, 1989). This challenge should be
addressed by all administrators (Rapp & Poertner, 1992), and in particular any
interested in TQM.
Workers may have needs and concerns, such as lower caseloads and less
bureaucracy, which are different from those of administration. For TQM to work,
employees must see a need (e.g., for improved quality from their perspective)
and how TQM may help. Fortunately, there are winwin ways to present this. TQM
is focused on quality, presumably a concern of both management and workers,
and methods improvements should eliminate wasteful bureaucratic activities,
save money, and make more human resources available for core activities,
specifically client service.
Sources of Resistance
There are several tactics which can be helpful in dealing with resistance to TQM
implementation. Generally, they have to do with acknowledging legitimate
resistance and changing tactics based on it, using effective leadership to enroll
people in the vision of TQM, and using employee participation.
based on the organization's poor track record regarding change. Arrows from
both sides touching the "current state" line represent the constellation of forces.
Each force is then assessed in two ways: its potency or strength, and its
amenability to change. More potent forces, especially restraining ones, will need
greater attention. Those not amenable to change will have to be counteracted by
driving forces. Exhibit I provides an example.
Staff who may like to be more Lack of time for line workers to take time
involved in agency decision making for TQM meetings
The analysis of the force field involves looking at which driving forces may be
strengthened and which restraining forces may be eliminated, mitigated, or
counteracted. If it appears that, overall, driving forces are strong enough to move
back restraining forces, adoption of TQM would be worth pursuing. The change
plan would include tactics designed to move the relevant forces.
It is also important to note and validate any points of resistance which are, in fact,
legitimate, such as the limited amount of staff time available for TQM meetings.
Klein (cited in Bennis, Benne, & Chin, 1985) encouraged change agents to validate
the role of the "defender" of the status quo and respond to legitimate concerns
raised. This will allow appropriate adaptations of the TQM process to account for
unique organizational circumstances. Sell TQM based on the organization's real
needs, note legitimate risks and negatives, and allow improvements in your own
procedures. This should enhance your credibility and show your openness to
critically looking at the process.
Another way to address resistance is to get all employees on the same side, in
alignment towards the same goal. Leadership is the mechanism for this, and
specific models known as transformational or visionary leadership (Bennis &
Nanus, 1985) are most effective. Research on change implementation (Nutt, cited
in Robey, 1991) has identified four methods.
The first, "intervention," involves a key executive justifying the need for change,
monitoring the process, defining acceptable performance, and demonstrating
how improvements can be made. This was found to be more successful than
"participation," in which representatives of different interest groups determine
the features of the change. Participation was found to be more successful than
"persuasion" (experts attempting to sell changes they have devised) or "edict,"
the least successful. Transformational or visionary leadership, the approach
suggested here, is an example of the intervention approach. This would involve a
leader articulating a compelling vision of an ideal organization and how TQM
would help the vision be actualized. These principles will be discussed in more
detail in a later section, as a framework for the change strategy.
A change agent should understand that, overall, change will occur when three
factors (dissatisfaction with the status quo, desirability of the proposed change,
the practicality of the change) added together are greater than the "cost" of
changing (time spent in learning, adapting new roles and procedures, etc.)
(Beckhard and Harris, 1987). This is represented in the formula in Exhibit II. Any
key group or individual will need a level of dissatisfaction with the status quo,
must see a desired improved state, and must believe that the change will have
minimal disruption. In other words, the change (TQM) must be seen as
responding to real problems and worth the effort or cost in getting there.
Conditions favoring change may be created by modifying these variables. The
change agent may try to demonstrate how bad things are, or amplify others'
feelings of dissatisfaction; and then present a picture of how TQM could solve
current problems. The final step of modifying the equation is to convince people
that the change process, while it will take time and effort, will not be prohibitively
onerous. The organization as a whole and each person will be judging the
prospect of TQM from this perspective. A variation of this is the WIIFM principle:
"What's in it for me?" To embrace TQM, individuals must be shown how it will be
worth it for them.
INVENTORY CONTROL
Inventory control is concerned with minimizing the total cost of inventory. In the
U.K. the term often used is stock control. The three main factors in inventory
control decision making process are:
The cost of holding the stock (e.g., based on the interest rate).
The cost of placing an order (e.g., for raw material stocks) or the set-up cost of
production.
The cost of shortage, i.e., what is lost if the stock is insufficient to meet all
demand.
The third element is the most difficult to measure and is often handled by
establishing a "service level" policy, e. g, certain percentage of demand will be
met from stock without delay.
Reorder Point: The inventory level R in which an order is placed where R = D.L, D
= demand rate (demand rate period (day, week, etc), and L = lead time.
Safety Stock: Remaining inventory between the times that an order is placed and
when new stock is received. If there are not enough inventories then a shortage
may occur.
Compute Total Cost for EOQ or lowest cost quantity in discount range.
Select quantity with the lowest Total Cost, including the cost of the items
purchased.
HiTech Air compreesors Sales, Stock and Accounts Management Program is a very
powerful tool for Invoicing, Inventory Control, Sales and Purchase Control and
Accounting. The program has got powerful features to take care of all
requirements of a Air compreesors Trading and Business House and serves as a
complete Management Information system (MIS). The design of Hi-tech Air
compreesors SSAM (Sales, Stock and Accounts Manager) is modular. The data
from various modules flows in Accounts module and all your final rep orts are
produced at a touch of a button.
This modular program keeps detailed information about the Supplier, customer
and accounts you deal with. Apart from the preparing and printing the vouchers
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HiTech F inancial Accounting keeps your accounts up-to-date without any effort.
Numerous reports are available for viewing and printing where you can keep an
eye on the vital indicators about your business.
Being Window based HiTech Financial Accounting is in tune with the latest
computer software technology and will be a long time companion to your
profitable business.
The design of HiTech Air compreesor SSAM is modular. The data from various
modules flows in Accounts module and all your final reports are produced at a
touch of a button. The program has above listed modules.
The program uses Microsoft Access databases powered by Microsoft Jet Database
Engine for fast and efficient storage and retrieval of Data. Multitasking (Carrying
out two tasks at a time; i.e. printing reports or vouchers is simultaneously possible
while viewing the reports or making new vouchers. The program uses
spreadsheet to display all your data on the screen at the same time for easy
readability.
The program includes built in tools like Information Export Panel Information
Export Panel that allows you to export all reports from to program to Printer with
print preview, email, MS Excel, MS Word, CSV Text and also upload to web using
FTP. All reports can be displayed in grid as well as in list view (sort-able) format.
Another tool included with the program is Communication Control that is linked
to party (customer, supplier, employee etc.) records. You can write a
communication using word, excel o r notepad or send an email to a party. The
communication is linked with the party record and can be re-accessed again. Also
telephone numbers can be dialed by click of a button using the computer
modem.The a program has an OCX user interface that make data entry effortless
and editing of all records is possible with ledger and inventory being updated
automatically. A number of reports are displayed with graphs. All reports can be
exported in various format as described above.
Place your choice today in HiTech Financial Accounting Software and make your
Business Accounting easy to handle. HiTech Financial Accounting shall be reliable
companion of your successful business with years of bother free operation.
INTRODUCTION
Consider how a material might flow from a companies supplier through the
companies operation, and the to it’s customers. An increasingly popular
perspective today is to view the flow of materials from suppliers all the way to the
consumers as a system to be managed. This perspective is commonly referred to
as supply chain management.
In the broader sense it refers to the way that materials flow through different
organizations; Starting with basic raw materials and ending up with products
delivered to the ultimate consumer. Eg consider the steel used in air compreesor
bodies, mining company first only the iron ore from the dirt. The iron ore is then
sent to a steel mill, where it is processed with other materials to form large steel
ingots. These are again sold to another steel companies, where they are heated
rolled into long thin sheets and annealed. These rolls are then sent to automotive
manufacturers that are either specialized in making doors, and inner and outer
body parts of the compressors. The air compreesor is then sold to some
compressor dealership that performs some final preparation work, such as adding
pinstrips to the sides etc. finally the ultimate consumer purchases the vehicle or
compressor from the dealer who is the last link in the supply chain.
Supply chain can form complex networks involving many companies and
materials. A raw material can be used in many different finished products
produced by numerous companies. Co-ordination of all companies involved in the
supply chain, including effective communication is crucial in providing high quality
finished products in a timely manner and at the lowest cost possible for the
company. From an operations management perspective for a particular company
that is in middle of a supply chain, only a portion of supply chain is of particular
interest. So for most of the companies the most relevant aspect of SCM involve
all management functions related to the flow of materials from the companies
direct suppliers to its direct customers; including purchasing, warehousing,
inspection, production, materials handling, shipping and distribution.Materials
CHAPTER 3
The term SWOT analysis is used for knowing the strengths, weakness,
opportunities and threats of the organization.
And hence the SWOT of ACCEL is shown below-
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
OPPORTUNITIES
THREATS
CHAPTER 4
FINDINGS
I have understood the manufacturing process and enjoyed the experience to work
in idustries.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.accelindia.com/
www.wikipedia.com
Old records of the company
Annual report
Suppliers and customers list
To conclude I may say that the scope of Air control & Chemical engineering
limited company is great.
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I have analysed that there is slight problem with management and have gain
knowledge about the consumers.
ANNEXURE