COMPANY INTRODUCTION

The story of textiles in the subcontinent is the story of Gul Ahmed. The group began trading in textiles in the early 1900s. With all its know-how and experience, the group decided to enter the field of manufacturing and Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Ltd. was incorporated as a private limited company, in the year 1953. In 1972 it was subsequently listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange. Since then the company has been making rapid progress and is one of the best composite textile houses in the world. The mill is presently a composite unit with an installed capacity of 103,000 spindles, 220 wide width air jet looms, 90 Sulzers, 297 conventional looms and a state of the art processing and finishing unit.

CORPORATE PROFILE - BUSINESS ACTIVITIES Textiles

In the textile field, activities start from the spinning of cotton as well as man made fibers and extend to weaving, processing and finishing of all types of cotton and blended fabrics, bed linen, home furnishings, garment manufacturing, etc.

Power
The group has been a pioneer in the field of power generation. The textile mill runs on self-generation with an installed capacity of more than 20 MW. Gul Ahmed Energy operates a power plant of 136 MW capacity with a project cost of US$140 million located at Korangi, Karachi. The sponsors of this project include the IFC and Tomen Corporation. The project has been in commercial operation since November 1997.

Management
Management of the group is professionally qualified and broadly experienced. The directors have held top positions in various textile bodies, export committees and have also assisted the Government of Pakistan in some of the major trade talks with EC and USA authorities.

PRODUCTS
Gul Ahmed's fine textile products represent a unique fusion of the century old traditions of the east and the latest textile technology of the west. The purest of cotton fibers, produced from the fertile lands of the Indus Valley, are spun, woven and processed into the finest quality cotton and blended products through a combination of latest technology, skills and craftsmanship of this traditional industry. Bed-Linen Quilt covers ,duvet covers, flat and fitted sheets, pillow covers, valance sheets, bolster case with all sorts of fancy confectioning, embroidery and embellishments, packed to buyers' specific requirement. Curtain Ready made curtains lined, un-lined and taptop curtains, plain or fully accessorized with tiebacks, pelmets, cushion covers, in different styles of confectioning and embroidery, packed to buyers' specific requirement. Fabric Running meter fabrics, packed to specific requirement. Yarn Gul Ahmed specializes in medium-to-fine-count cotton yarns and is also capable of producing yarns using a wide variety of synthetic fibers including polyester, rayon and other man-made fibers

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MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT
Gul- Ahmed as a leading textile mill is very much concerned about the quality of its products. It was the commitment of the top management from the initial stages, that Gul Ahmed attained this excellence. In fact the products of Gul-Ahmed are now benched marked by the other textile mills as gauge to measure their own product quality and to uphold this Gul Ahmed has culture that promotes Kaizen that is continuous improvement and this improvement is brought about by encouraging employee to participate and taking in their innovative ideas when planning for further launch of product. Although it follows a strict quality policy but it do provide a relaxed environment to its employees so that employees may work to their full potential without any stress Gul-Ahmed believes in maintaining its quality by investing in innovative technology. For that Gul-Ahmed places great emphasis on innovation and implements the latest technology available and also training its employees at all levels and department according to the market needs .Fully equipped labs for quality testing are installed separately in areas of spinning, weaving and wet processing. Gul- Ahmed is an ISO-9000 and Qeko-Tex certified company and recent award of Super Brand are all axiom of its exceptional performance and quality production and is mark of sincere commitment of organization to quality.

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TEAMS

Quality improvement teams at Gul Ahmed are composed of experienced and well trained individuals from different departments. These individuals analyze every processes very closely so as to remove the problem areas so as the maintain the quality policy defined by the top management.

QUALITY MEASUREMENT
The quality at Gul-Ahmed is maintained according to guidelines of ISO-9000 series of standard and customer feedback from internal and external customer both locally and internationally. As Oeko Certified companys raw materials, intermediate and end products at all stages of processing throughout the manufacturing chain, including accessories, are tested and certified and all its samples at all times must correspond to the prescribed standards. To ensure that its product quality is always in accordance to the standards prescribed by both these certifications the company does extensive quality control and measurement both on factory floor and in its labs. Gul Ahmed maintains strict quality control and possesses computerized testing for strength of yarn, density of cloth and fastness of colors. At every stage of production samples are pulled out and tested for quality and safety required by multinational companies before it is further sent-on. The quality control personnel also conduct pre-inspection of goods at

different stages to maintain international standards and to ensure customer satisfaction on a regular basis

COST OF QUALITY
Gul Ahmed Textile Mills want to maintain their position as one of the finest qualitymanaged companies capable of meeting the requirements of our external & internal customer , for that it continuously identify the areas that need some improvement regardless of cost both in term of time or money

QUALITY AWARNESS
At Gul-Ahmed, they want to maintain their position by meeting requirements of their internal and external customers. Its culture stresses employee participation & innovative technology application to achieve continuous improvement. Its efforts towards improvement of their quality system, based on the guidelines of ISO 9000 series of standards is a journey towards excellence. Employees at Gul Ahmed are trained on quality awareness and ISO 9000 concepts & system so that every employee at each level is aware of quality that Gul-Ahmed wants to give to its customers and works to achieve it at their best.

CORRECTIVE ACTION
At Gul-Ahmed Management is aware that maintaining the quality of its product is very important to uphold its position in national and international textile industry. To ensure that Fully equipped labs are installed separately in areas of spinning, weaving and wet processing and employees are trained in a way that they may address small problems immediately and on the spot.

ZERO DEFECT PLANNING

Gul Ahmed as an Oeko-Tex and ISO- 9000 certified company cannot afford defects in overall planning because defects in planning can ultimately dent the quality of its product and will tarnish the image of the company. To prevent this Gul Ahmeds top management is committed to maintain quality image of the mill. As mentioned above top management itself encourage employees participation and employees present their innovative ideas to top management and these ideas are always kept in view and are refined according to the company need, when planning whether short term or long term .

SUPERVISIORS TRAINING
Employees at Gul-Ahmed are trained on quality Awareness, ISO concepts and systems documentation including procedures, work institutions, specification etc.. Training is considered as an on going process and refreshers and reviews are the part of training.

Different seminars and workshop are being held to train employees from different department at all management levels. In fact the entire team right from director to manager and workforce is geared up to deliver quality utilizing latest technology and skills at all time.

ZERO-DEFECT DAY
There isnt any Zero-Defect Day scheduled in yearly calendar of Gul Ahmed. The Management of Gul Ahmed already follows a strict quality policy with little tolerance to deviation. Also the different units of mill are decentralized there is very much difficult to schedule such day.

GOAL SETTING
As employees are trained to work for excellence through which their own standards of quality are enhanced and their work is at par with international standards. Also as employee participation is very much encouraged, the goals set by top management are in consensus of all employees so at individual level employees have goals that ultimately lead for achievement of Companys final goal.

ERROR CAUSE REMOVAL

As mentioned above Gul Ahmed is committed to be at zenith in textile industry and be at par to customer requirements. To achieve it Gul-Ahmed analyze its long term as well as short term planning from all aspects. To ensure that its products are assembled according to its planning its employees are geared up with latest skills that they may addresses any problem area on time without any loss of time or material. Also Gul Ahmed has installed CISCO IP Telephony network to provide its employees with easy communication system. With this communication system employees can now easily communicate with management.

RECOGNITION
Gul Ahmeds compensation and benefit strategy combines the need to maintain a high performance culture along with market competitiveness. High performers are recognized and motivated by giving them individual rewards.

QUALITY COUNCILS
At Gul Ahmed , they do not exactly have quality councils but they have quality improvement teams that organize seminars, workshop to increase quality awareness in employees and they are trained to ensure that their work is up to the mark.