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EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION TOWARDS
WELFARE MEASURES”
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INTRODUCTION TO GRASIM INDUSTRIES LIMITED:
A US $29.2 billion corporation, the Aditya Birla Group is in the league of Fortune 500. It is anchored by an extraordinary force of 130,000 employees, belonging to 30 different nationalities. In India, the Group has been adjudged "The Best Employer in India and among the top 20 in Asia" by the Hewitt-Economic Times and Wall Street Journal Study 2007. Over 50 per cent of its revenues flow from its overseas operations.
The Group operates in 25 countries — India, UK, Germany, Hungary, Brazil, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Australia, USA, Canada, Egypt, China, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines, Dubai, Singapore, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia and Korea.
GRASIM CEMENT DIVISION:
India’s third largest cement manufacture with an aggregate cement capacity of 13.83 MTPA spread over its units across India. Grasim cement units are at Jawad and Raipur in Madhya Pradesh, Shambhpura in Rajasthan and Tirchy in Tamilnadu and Sake in Gujarat, most of the cement units are equipped with state of the art equipment and are certified for ISO-14001 system.
INFORMATION ABOUT RAJASHREE CEMENT (A UNIT OF GRASIM INDUSTRIES):
Rajashree Cement (A Unit of Grasim Industries Ltd.) is located at Adityanagar, Malkhed in the Gulbarga District of Karnataka State. The plant has three units manufacturing clinker and PPC/OPC Cement of 43 & 53 grades as per standards, published by Bureau of Indian Standards. The first Unit was commissioned in the year 1984, the second one in 1990 and the third unit in 1995, with a total installed capacity of 3.0 million Tonnes per annum (MTPA). The production capacity has been enhanced to 4.2 MTPA as of now. The cement is sold in the open market through a well established network.
Rajashree Cement has adopted dry process precalcination technology with sophisticated control instrumentation from internationally renowned firms like KHD Humboldt Wedag AG of Germany for ensuring consistent quality of cement. The Company is committed to Total Quality using highly sophisticated state-of-art technology and has taken the lead in the country for Energy Conservation by installing High pressure Roller Presses for raw material and cement grinding, 6 Stage Pre-heaters and Triplate cyclone. The organisation has attached utmost importance to the conservation of environment in and around its Industrial complex by installing highly efficient electrostatic precipitators and dust collectors.
Following facilities are installed/available in the organization:
i) Captive Power Plant of 58.2 MW capacity, ii) Leased Limestone Mines, iii) Limestone Crusher, Stacker and Reclaimer, iv) Coal Mill with Crusher and Pulverisation, v) Raw Mill: Ball Mills with Roller Press, vi) Raw Meal Silos, vii) Pre-heaters, viii) Kiln & Cooler, ix) Clinker Stock Piles & Silo, x) Cement Mill: Ball Mills with Roller Press, xi) Cement Silos, xii) Packing Machines (Rotary Packers), xiii) Bulk Cement Loading Silo , xiv) Fly-ash storage Silo, xv) Mobile fire and foam tender, xvi) Alarm System, xvii) Well equipped hospital.
The major raw-materials are Limestone, Coal, Gypsum, Literate, Bauxite and Fly-ash. The limestone is available in-house through leased mines (total lease area 1813 acres, Limestone reserve up to 60 meter depth 906 million Ton, Total Limestone crushed as on March 2007 is 66 million Ton, Residual Limestone available 840 million Tons). The other materials are purchased from nearby mines. The other suppliers are technology/spare parts suppliers who play a vital role in producing quality cement. The organization maintains a very cordial relationship with them and they are regularly invited for seminars and for joint participation in improvement activities.
The key quality requirements of customers are strength of cement and setting time. Other requirements have been as defined by BIS in its relevant standards. It may be noted that the organization is consistently supplying the cement of higher strength compared to strength mentioned in BIS standards. As a result, the brand enjoys the premium status in the market.
In order to meet the growing customer demands in western and southern regions of India, following facilities have been established:
Technology:
Rajashree cement has opted for the best world class technology and equipment right from its inception. The plant has a state of art technology featuring an assemblage of fuzzy logic x-ray analyzer and cement scanner to ensure optimum production. The technology knows how and the main equipment for the cement plants have been obtained form m/s losche supplied the vertical coal mills at unit II and unit III. M/s K HD Humboldt Ltd., Wedge Germany supplied the roller press, on the latest equipment in the cement grinding process. The company was first in the country to install multi-section soil with 6 compartments. In addition to the above the company has v-separator, pyro step cooler coal washery to reduce ash content of high ash coal
CONCLUSION
All the statutory and non-statutory measures are provided to employees as per the standard measures, which improves employee’s satisfaction and increase productivity.
Any organization success and growth depends on employees. The company may have rich resources of capital, material, infrastructure, machines and technology but if the quality of manpower is not good, the organization cannot succeed. Employee welfare plays a vital role in every organization. An the quality and productivity of manpower depends on the welfare measures provided by the organization.
By conducting this study I have acquired and in-depth knowledge regarding employee welfare and how it contributes towards organizations success. I would like to conduct a further deep study in employee welfare if I get an opportunity. This study is very helpful for may career in HR field.