GUJARAT CO-OPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION LTD

SUMMER TRAINING REPORT

ON

THE TASTE OF INDIA

Prepared By
Darshan Makwana
Student of
Master of BusinessAdministration
Batch (2007 - 2009)
Roll No. -18

Submitted To
Saurashtra University
Rajkot

Guided By
Prof. Vijay Vyas

Institute
R.K. College of
Engineering and Technology
RAJKOT

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PREFACE
AMUL is the pride not only of Gujarat but also of entire country. I have
great pleasure in preparing this project of such organization. A person aspiring to
enter in management profession must have practical knowledge of the subject.
The objective of industrial training is to develop practical knowledge in student as a
supplement to the theoretical study of management in general as well as industrial. It
provides foundation to students intending to pursue a career in this field.

The industrial training is the most exciting experience of the education.

Every person needs some changes from the routine education. For this training
industry is selected by me and fetch information about different products of ‘AMUL ’,
and its activities. But I concentrated more on taking information about Marketing for
AMUL Chocolates to promote AMUL Chocolates.

As I am student of management and the future Manager the training play

vital role in my education. Because of the industrial training I have knowledge of
industrial environment and I felt hat this would be the part of my life. I become
conscious that I am the manager of future and I should also learn hoe to solve
managerial problem and fulfill others requirement at the time.

I have tried my best to represent all relevant data and information relating to
my project work. I hope this report will serve the purpose of the readers

Darshan Makwana
M.B.A

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ACKNOWLEGEMENT

This is to acknowledge to something about those people who have cooperated

me to reach at the edge of my training work. I wish to place a close profound indebt
ness and deep sense of gratitude to Prof. Vijay Vyas (Project Guide), Mrs. Aarti Joshi,
Mr. Alpesh Nashid (Placement Advisor), Miss Vishwa Kasundra (Faculty) and all
professors for providing and guiding me to get training in AMUL industry.
I am grateful to respected Mr. D.T. Rawal (Branch Manager), Mr. Naval
Parmar, Bhasmang Acharya and Arun Karkera (Sales Executive) of Ahmedabad and
Vivek Agarwal (Assistant Manager) in Chocolate production department.
I am highly thankful to the Management committee for helping me in my
project work by providing me all the information needed and guided me in making the
report, directing and helping me which made the process very easy and educational. I
would also like to thank all those people who have knowingly and unknowingly
helped me in my report making.

Darshan Makwana
M.B.A

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CONTENTS

Sr No. PARTICULAR Page No.

A INDIAN DAIRY INDUSTRY: A PROFILE 5-6

B EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7-11

C COMPANY PROFILE 12-15

D PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT 16-27

E MARKETING STRATEGIES 28-51

F FINANCE DEPARTMENT 52-55

G HUMAN RESOURSE MANAGAMENT 56-63

H SWOT ANALYSIS 64-65

I CONCLUSION 66-66

J REFERENCES 67-67

K AMUL DAIRY PRODUCT 68-72

I.

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AMUL
INDIAN
DAIRY
INDUSYTRY
PROFILE

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INDIAN DAIRY
INDUSTRY– A PROFILE
India’s modern dairy sector has expanded rapidly. India is recognized as a biggest
and fastest growing market in the world for milk and milk products. India's dairy
market is multi-layered. It's shaped like a pyramid with the base made up of a vast
market for Chocolate. The bulk of the demand for Chocolate is among the Rural
areas whose requirement is large.
India’s dairy sector is expected to triple its production in the next 10 years in view
of expanding potential for export to Europe and the West; so all the countries are
looking at Indian dairy industry markets for exports. As per GATT agreement the
export subsidy is reduced. Because of this India is expecting major changes in
dairy industry of North America, Europe and Australia. It may also get some
advantage in this situation. After reduction in subsidies given by other countries
India would be able to compete with their products efficiently on price in
international markets. At present India has a negligible export to international
markets.
Both public and private sector have contributed to the dairy industry growth in
India. Government dairy distributes 90% of its milk in sachets or in containers
while remaining 10% is marketed as butter, ghee etc. On contrary, private sector
only markets 20% of milk and remaining 80% of milk is made into preparations
suitable for exports. Amul have Chocolate as their main product.

Though India is No. 1 in milk production, it is unfortunate that we are importing

milk products from other countries. Since we do not have good technology for
production of skim milk powder we are forced to import them from Europe and
New Zealand.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. Student Name : Kiran .Ishwarlal. Jaiswal

2. Organization : Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation

3. Reporting Officers : D.T. Rawal (Branch Manager)

Naval Parmar (Sales Executive)

4. Project Title : Chocolate Marketing of potential Areas of

Mahesana ,
Patan , Palanpur and Deesa.

5. Objective
A) To study the existing market of Amul Chocolate in various areas Like
Patan , Palanpur, Deesa andMahesana .

B) To increase the 10% market share of Amul Chocolates in Mahesana, Patan,

Palanpur and Deesa

C) To study the position of Amul Chocolate in certain established market.

D) To estimate the market potential for Amul Chocolate in enexplored market.

E) To identify the problem in various areas.
F) To develop the strategies & provide suggestions to increase the sales of

VII) Methodology :
The area of work was in important rural and town areas Patan , Palanpur , Deesa and
Mahesana . We had to depend mainly on primary data so as to have to a first hand
knowledge of the prevailing market position of liquid milk of various brands. Thus,
our actual study was conducted in 3 stages. First we talked informally on various
aspects with our guiding officers, certain consumers & retailer. Next we prepared our
questionnaires based on the priors discussions having separate questionnaires for
established & unexplored markets. Both consumers & retailers were given separate
questionnaires.

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Final questionnaire was prepared after various modifications to the previous

questionnaire.Both open ended & close ended questions were used. Informal
interviews were also conducted.

VIII) Major findings :

1) Majority of the consumers assign easy availability and quality as their main
preference in buying Chocolate of a particular brand.
2) Per capital consumption is around 250 ml.
3) In established market, people buy amul chocolate mainly because of its brand
popularity, good quality and easy availability.
4) Private brand have been able to enter the market only on the basis of their low-
pricing strategy.
5) Amul has the higest market share in liquid milk market of Mahesana and
Deesa.
6) Brand awareness for amul chocolate is vey Low.
7) The main preference for selling amul chocolate by the retailers is the easier
availability and fair commission.
8) Town or villages where amul chocolate is less available at present, most
people prefer centre and nearby local shops.

IX) Suggestions :
1) People use milk for various purposes like making Curd, Lassi, Ice-cream
besides Tea and for drinking purpose. So a positive perception can be created
to make them think that amul milk is best suited for those purposes.
2) Projector films may be shown to the villagers emphasizing on the quality and
the hygenity of amul chocolate. This would help in convincing the people &
creating a favourable attitude towards amul chocolate in pouches.
3) Arrangement should be made to ensure regular supply of amul chocolate to
the consumers in new places once the milk in introduced. If possible

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transportation facility should also be arranged to make it convenient for the

retailers.
4) Suggestions & complaints made by retailers & consumers should be given due
attention to provide maximum satisfaction. This could create and impression
that amul cares for them.

X) Limitation :
1) The time for the project was short & I had to be completed on time.
2) Language barrier was also a problem in one or two areas.
3) Retailers were not ready to furnish the detailed information. Some
consumers in the villages were hesitant in giving response which could
have lead to some sort of biasedness.

TITLE OF THE PROJECT

1 Project Activities :

Chocolate market is one of the minor activity of Amul milk unions. It is an active
proposition since amul sells chocolates but could not make the product a moving
product like milk due to its less demand. The topic has been selected with a view to
study the chocolate market scenario in various parts of district(Mahesana, Patan,
Palanpur, and Deesa) and identify ways and means to increase the existing sales as
well as explore the possibilities for introducing new varieties in chocolates and reduce
the price to some extent in all areas. For the purpose of the study. The market was
segregated into established and unexplored markets. Following places have been
studied.

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1. Mahesana
2. Patan
3. Palanpur
4. Deesa
Each and every town was studied individually and properly analysed.

4 Objectives : -

Following are the major objectives : -

1. To study the chocolate market scenario in various area Patan , Palanpur, Deesa
andMahesana . The first and foremost objective of the project was perfect.
Under this, the consumption pattern, market share of various brands and
the factors influencing the buying decisions of the consumers were
studied.
2. To study the position of amul chocolate in established market. The nearest
competitor and the various possibilities has been explored to minimize
their threats.
3. To estimate the market potential for amul chocolate in unexplored market was
one of the major objectives. Here the conditions were also studied under
which the consumer as well as the retailer would be willing to buy amul
chocolate.
4. To identify the problem areas for all the places separately. Here the
shortcomings of amul were studied which could be removed after careful
understanding & detailed analysis.
5. To develop strategies and come out with suggestions for increasing the sales.

5 Methodology : -
The research methodology adopted is of descriptive type. The major
purpose of this research was the description of the state of affairs as it exists at
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present. Even though there was no control over the variables. The cause were
tried to be discovered. The method of research utilized here was survey
method. The facts or information gathered were analyzed to make a critical
evaluation of the information.
5.1 Research Approach : -
One had to depend mainly on primary data as first had knowledge was
required about market position of various brands in the chocolate market. So
our actual study was conducted in 3 stages : -
First we discussed with our guiding officers on the various parameters of the
project. We also talked informally with some consumers and retailers to have
some preliminary idea.
Next questionnaire was prepared based on priori discussion. Separate
questionnaire was prepared for established and unexplored markets.
Lastly the final questionnaire was prepared with various modification to the
previous questionnaire.
Separate questionnaires were prepared for the consumers and retailers

5.2 Sampling techniques : -

The stratified sampling method was followed. The population of all the
towns was not homogeneous. There exists people of different occupation. So
stratified sampling technique had to be applied in order to obtain a representative
sample.

5.3 Sample size : -

The sample size varied form town to town for both consumers and
retailers. In Patan , Palanpur, Deesa andMahesana the sample size taken was 100.
50 retailer and 50 consumers respectively. The sample size of retailers varied from
7 to 25 according to the size of the market.

6 Data Analysis : -
The data were analyzed separately for each town. The findings resulting of the
analysis varied from town to town and the recommendations stated accordingly
arrived at after thorough analysis and recommendation stated accordingly.

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COMPANY
PROFILE

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HISTORY OF THE COMPANY

The story of AMUL inspired 'Operation Flood' and heralded the 'White Revolution' in
India. It began with two village cooperatives and 250 liters of milk per day,
nothing but a trickle compared to the flood it has become today. Today Amul collects
processes and distributes over a million liters of milk and milk products per day,
during the peak, on behalf of more than a thousand village cooperatives owned by
half a million farmer members. Amul has become a symbol of the aspirations of
millions of farmers; creating a pattern of liberation and self-reliance for every farmer
to follow.

The ‘AMUL revolution’ started as awareness among the farmers grew and matured
into a protest movement. Over four decades ago, the life of a farmer in Kaira District
was very much like that of his counterpart anywhere else in India. His income was
derived almost entirely from seasonal crops. The income from milch buffaloes was
undependable. Private traders and middlemen controlled the marketing and
distribution system for the milk. As milk is perishable, farmers were compelled to sell
it for whatever they were offered. Often, they had to sell cream and ghee at
throwaway prices. In this situation, the one who gained was the private trader.
Gradually, the realization dawned on the farmers that the exploitation by the trader
could be checked only if marketed their milk themselves.

In order to do that they needed to form some sort of an organization. This realization
is what led to the establishment of the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers'
Union Limited (popularly known as Amul) which was formally registered on
December 14, 1946.

Currently AMUL has 2.28 million producer members with milk collection average of
5.08 million liters/day.

Today AMUL is a symbol of many things. (High-quality products sold at reasonable

prices, genesis of a vast co-operative network and a proven model for dairy
development). The Kaira Union began pasteurizing milk for the Bombay Milk
Scheme in June 1948.

MAIN BUSINESS

AMUL is mainly into the business of marketing, transporting and distributing the
milk and milk products manufactured by its owners. Besides creating urban
employment in dairy plants, marketing, transporting and distribution, it has helped to
provide farmers with a sustainable rural employment program. AMUL has always
tried to be a step ahead of the market. It has always been a model to which other
cooperatives have looked up as an example and inspiration as well as one from
which many have benefited. AMUL was one of the first major organizations
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in India to have a website. This site has been used both to develop an
intranet of AMUL distributors as well as a cyber-store for consumers , one
of the first examples of e-commerce activity in India.

MISSION STATEMENT

“We at GCMMF (Gujarat Co-operative milk Marketing Federation) endeavor to

satisfy the taste and nutritional requirements of the customers of the world, through
excellence in marketing by our committed team.
Through co-operative networking, we are committed to offering quality products that
provide best value for money.”

VALUES
AMUL cherish following values:
• Customer orientation
• Commitment to producers
• Integrity
• Co-operation
• Excellence
• Leadership
• Quality
• Innovation
• Growth orientation
• Belongingness
• Pride in the organization
• Employee satisfaction

SALES TURNOVER
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation: An Overview

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) is India's largest food

products marketing organization. It is a state level apex body of milk cooperatives in
Gujarat which aims to provide remunerative returns to the farmers and also serve the
interest of consumers by providing quality products which are good value for money.

Members 12 district cooperative milk producers'

Union

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No. of Producer Members 2.5 million

No. of Village Societies 11,962

Total Milk handling capacity 9.91 million litres per day

Milk collection (Total - 2007-08) 2.28 billion litres

Milk collection (Daily Average 2007-08) 6.3 million litres

Milk Drying Capacity 511 metric Tons per day

Cattle feed manufacturing Capacity 2340 Mts per day

The annual sales turnover of AMUL in last 9 years is as follows, which itself is the
proof of the huge turnover and the success and profitability of the company.

Sales Turnover Rs (million) US $ (in million)

1994-95 11140 355
1995-96 13790 400
1996-97 15540 450
1997-98 18840 455
1998-99 22192 493
1999-00 22185 493
2000-01 22588 500
2001-02 23365 500
2002-03 27457 575
2003-04 28941 616
2004-05 29225 672

2005-06 37736 850

2006-2007 43280 975

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PRODUCTION
DEPARTMENT

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ABOUT PRODUCTS

AMUL means "priceless" in Sanskrit. The brand name "Amul," from the
Sanskrit "Amoolya," was suggested by a quality control expert in Anand. Variants, all
meaning "priceless", are found in several Indian languages. Amul products have been
in use in millions of homes since 1946. Amul Butter, Amul Milk Powder, Amul
Ghee, Amulspray, Amul Cheese, Amul Chocolates, Amul Shrikhand, Amul Ice
cream, Nutramul, Amul Milk and Amulya have made Amul a leading food brand in
India. (Turnover: Rs. 37.74 billion in 2005-06). Today Amul is a symbol of many
things. Of high-quality products sold at reasonable prices. Of the genesis of a vast co-
operative network. Of the triumph of indigenous technology. Of the marketing savvy
of a farmers' organisation. And of a proven model for dairy development.

PRODUCTS

A. Bread Spred

AMUL BUTTER: Utterly Butterly Decision

AMUL LITE: Low fat, low Cholesterol Bread Spread

Delicious Table Margine: The Delicious way to eat healthy

B. Powder Milk

Amul spray infant milk food: Still, mother milk is best for baby.

Amul instant full cream milk powder: A dairy in your home

Sagar skimmed milk powder: Which is especially useful for diet

preparations or for use by people on low calorie and high protein diet.

Sagar tea coffee whitener

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Amulya dairy whitener: The Richest, Purest Dairy Whitener

C. fresh milk

Amul fresh milk: This is the most hygienic milk available in the market.
Pasteurized in state-of-the-art processing plants and pouch-packed for convenience

Amul Gold Milk:

Amul Tazza Double Milk:

Amul Lite slim and trim milk:

Amul fresh cream:

Amul cool chocolate milk

Amul cool flavoured botteled milk:

Amul cool flavoured Tetra pack:

Amul Shakti toned milk:

Amul masti spiced buttermilk: Amul introduces the Best Thirst Quenching
Drink
D. Cheese

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Amul pasteurized processed cheese: 100% Vegetarian Cheese made from

microbial rennet

Amul cheese spreads: Tasty Cheese Spreads in 3 great flavours

Amul Emmental Cheese: The Great Swiss Cheese from Amul has a sweet-
dry flavour and hazelnut aroma.

Amul Pizza Mozzarella Cheese: Pizza cheese...makes great tasting pizzas

Guuda Cheese:

E. For cooking

Amul/Sagar Pure Ghee: Made from fresh cream. Has typical rich aroma and
granular texture. An ethnic product made by diaries with decades of experience.

Cooking Butter:

Amul Malai Paneer: Ready to cook paneer to make your favourite recipes

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Utterly Decisious Pizza:

Mithai Mate: Sweetened Condensed Milk - Free flowing and smooth texture.
White to creamy color with a pleasant taste.

Masti Dahi:

F. Desserts

Amul Ice Creams

Premium Ice Cream made in various varieties and flavours with dry fruits and nuts.

Amul Shrikhand: A delicious treat, anytime

Amul Mithaee Gulab Jamuns: Pure Khoya Gulab Jamuns...best served

piping hot.

Gulab Jamuns Mix:

Amul Chocolates: The perfect gift for someone you love

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Amul Lassee:

Amul Basundi:

G. Health Drink:

Nutramul: Malted Milk Food made from malt extract has the highest protein
content among all the brown beverage powders sold in India.

Amul Shakti Health Food Drink : Available in Kesar-Almond and

Chocolate flavours.

RAW MATERIAL & PRODUCTION PROCESS

Introduction:
This section receives milk from tankers only and is located in the new dairy premises.
Here milk is tested and processed further automatically as per requirements of the
other departments. The milk is also received from other states but only in tankers.

Process flow chart:

Raw chilled milk reception

Sample

Grading and analysis Not O.K.

O.K. High acid

COB negative
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Empty tankers Raw milk released

CIP bay for cleaning Online filter

Chiller

Raw milk buffer tank

Milk clarifier

Raw milk silo

Balance tank of the pasteurizer

1st regeneration section of the pasteurizer

Separator Surplus cream

Skim milk Balance tank

Online standardization Cream pasteurization

Pasteurize

Pasteurized standardized

Pasteurized milk silo

a. F-60
b. TFD
c. AMUL II
d. ROAD TANKER
e. RAIL TANKER

Packaging machine

Pouches

Manual placing in crates-each 10 lits

Storage in the cold store at

Temperature less than 5 degress cent.

Dispatch in the trucks.

Parts of this section :

a. Reception
b. Milk standardization and processing
c. Cream processing
d. Dispatch
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For successful operation of these activities, a control room has been provided.
All the operations in the Dairy are Programmable Logic Controller controlled. A set
of logical programmes through a programmer is prepared on the PC and stored in the
memory of the CPU of the PLC. This is possible due to the microprocessor
technology. Whenever the operator performs the operation these programmes are
recalled and executes accordingly the commands and signals for activating or
deactivating the solenoid valves and start and stop of the pumps are affected.
There is one PLC in the control room. All the parts of the PLC are run on 24
V DC supply which is converted from 220 v AC supply by the transformer in each
unit of PLC. Incase of power breakdown the PLC continues to get the power supply
from the UPS system.

The control room has also information system for updation of production data
of milk, cream, raw milk intake, centerwise milk reception and dispatch record,
inventories, CIP programming and its timing, trend charts, consumption of steam,
electricity, water and compressed air, etc.

Raw milk is received only in tankers at the 3 bays of reception dock of Amul-
3 process section. Each reception line has:
1] Centrifugal pumps of 30,000 LPH
2] Deaerator to remove air from the milk
3] Autosampler to take the uniform sample
4] Pasilac Continous Mass Meter to measure the milk unloaded in

Kilograms. It has 5 modules such as

* Vortex generator for uniform flow.

* Density transmitter that has Americium (Y-RAYS).
* Flow transmitter
* Non-return valve
* Display unit
* Duplex filters one for each line
* PHE for each filter
* Raw milk silos
All the incoming milk is tested by the lab in the control room for % fat, % snf,
% acidity as lactic acid, temperature, MBRT and organoleptic evaluation. If the
temperature of the milk is less than 10 deg. Centi. And its acidity is less than 0.136%
L.A., and the fat and SNF percent matches with the delivery challan sent by the center
then only the milk is unloaded.
Recently, Amul has been receiving milk from the outside states in order to
fully utilize its capacity of the powder plants. The milk comes from Rajasthan
(Udaipur, Bhilwada, Bhanswada, Raniwara) and Madhya Pradesh (Ujjain). Milk is
received from the following centres in tankers:- 1] Khatraj
2] Balasinor
3] Khambhat
4] Kapadvanj
5] Anand

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List of equipments :

Type Make Capacity Description

1] Raw milk buffer ALFA 15000 lit Nos.-2

Tank LAVAL
2] Cream buffer ALFA 15000 lit Nos.-2
Tank LAVAL
3] Balance tank for AlFA 350 lits Nos.-3
Pasteurizer LAVAL
4] Cream pasteurizer ALFA 10000 lits No. Of plates-222
(PHE) LAVAL Nos.-3
5] Milk Pasteurizer ALFA 30000 LPH No. Of plates-412
(PHE) LAVAL Nos.-2
6] Cream separator ALFA 30000LPH No. Of discs- 265
(Automatic self LAVAL No.-2
Desludging)
7] Milk clarifier ALFA 30000LPH No. Of discs-156
(Automatic self LAVAL Nos.-3
Desludging)
8] Raw milk silos ALFA 1.5 LAKH Nos.-4
LAVAL LITS Insulation2 cms thick
thermocol
9] Pasteurized milk ALFA 1.5 LAKH Nos.-4
Silos LAVAL LITS Insulation is 2 cms thick
thermocol
10] Silo Agitator Each silo has 2 horizontal
inclined angled aditators
11] Raw milk chiller ALFA 30000LPH Nos.-3
LAVAL
12] CIP tanks *Water tank- Nos. – Each 1 tank and
8000 lits their corresponding pumps
*Acid tank-
10000lits
*Lye tank-
10000lits
13] CIP tanks for Tanker  Water Nos.- Each 1 tank and
cleaning tank-8000 their corresponding pumps
lits
 lye
8000 lits

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CHOCOLATE
The plant is involved in manufacturing Milk Chocolate, Fruit & nut, Fundoo,
Bindaaz, Almond Bar including Premium and Classic Cooking Chocolate of 500g
slabs. Chocolate production is 4.5 MT per day.

Procedure For Chocolate Manufacture:

Dry cocoa beans dumped on Dumping Rack

Beans passed via a Cleaner (Make: Swastik) for removal of dust and dirt

Beans passed through Roaster at 160°C (Make: Carl & Montanari, Italy)
Pressure: 5.1 kg / cm²

Beans passed via Winnower, husks and nibs get separated & nibs grinded

Cocoa Mass Making Machine (Make: Carl & Montanari)

Pressure: 25 bars

Cocoa Press
Make: Carl & Montanari, Pressure: 240 kg / cm², total nos. 2
Min. pressure: 6 kg / cm², Pressing: 700 / 1400 rpm, temp. 90°C

Cocoa cake prepared and cocoa liquor collected in a tank

Cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, SMP, WMP, sugar etc.

Passed via a Refiner

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There are 3 rollers via which well water circulated at 35 - 40°C & 2-3 kg / cm²

Conche Machine (Total 3 in no.)

Make: Carl & Montanari, temp. 65°C, cocoa butter added at 45°C
Capacity: 1st Conches 1.5 MT
2nd Conches: 1.5 MT
3rd Conches: 3.0 MT

Tank (addition of flavour)

Tempering Machine
Temp. 40-45°C, cooling to 24-30°C

Power Mill (Make: Carl & Montanari)

Molten chocolate filled in Molds

Vibrator

Cooling Box (temp. 6-7°C)

Chocolate mold inverted to remove chocolate on conveyor

Packing Machine

VARIETIES OF AMUL CHOCOLATE

Almondbar

Amul Chocozoo Hexagon

Amul Milk Chocolate

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Bindaaz Chocolate

Chocozoo Birthday

Chocomini Tub

Amul Sugar Free Mini

Chocozoo Retub

Chocozoo Corporate

Chocozoo Elegant Gift

Fundoo Milk

Fundoo Chocolate

Fruit And Nut

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MARKETING
STRATEGIES

DIVISION OF MARKETING DEPT

HEAD OFFICE
↓
ZONAL OFFICE
↓
DEPOT OFFICE
↓
CARRYING & FORWARDING AGENTS (C & F)
↓
WHOLESALE DEALERS
↓
RETAILERS
↓
CONSUMERS

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MARKET RESEARCH

Market research is a method of getting facts to be used by the executives in

formulating policies and plans. It enables a manufacturer or producer to know
what the customers want, at what time and what quantity. It is an organized
attempt to reduce market risk. He principle task of marketing research is to
widen the basis of facts upon which business plans can be laid. Marketing
research shows changes from time to time , if any.

AMUL conducts basically two types of market research. One is for products and
another for the advertising conducted by the company. These research results serve as
an input in future decision making. The company basically collects feedback from the
customers, about the effectiveness of its advertising campaign and liking of the
product especially in case of new products launched. It tries to find out by conducting
a survey in a target market whether or not the product is liked by the consumers and
ask for their suggestions for improvement. However AMUL is not much into
conducting research before the launch of the product. Most of its research is done
only once when the product is already launched in the market. It doesn’t have any
separate department for this purpose but its sales agents themselves do the work of
research for the company. Yet the results are almost comparable to those conducted
by professionals.

NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

New product development means development of original product or product

improvement or modification or new brands through Research & Development
efforts .New product development has become more difficult with the passage
of time, due to shortage of new ideas, keen competition, government and
environmental constraints .It is an expensive affair which involves lot of crucial
decision making.
A number of decisions are taken by AMUL with regards to launch plans and
strategies for the new product , which are as under:

• Deciding the target customers

• Designing the promotional campaign

• Deciding the price

• Market analysis

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• Deciding the sales force to be employed

• Deciding the marketing mix

• Deciding whether to launch the product across the country or in the

selected area

• Appointing distributors

• Conducting market research

PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE STAGES

A product passes through distinct stages during its life in market, each posing
different challenges, opportunities and problems .Profits rise and fall at different
stages of the product life cycle. There are four different stages of product life cycle,
namely

1. INTRODUCTION STAGE
2. GROWTH STAGE
3. MATURITY STAGE
4. DECLINE STAGE
Different products of AMUL are in different stages in the product life cycle.
Products like milk, butter, chocolate and cheese are in the maturity stage, while
ice-creams , chocolates and shrikhand are still in the growth stage. On the other
hand, products like milk powders, infant food, frozen food items and mix are in
introduction stage.
The company adopts aggressive selling techniques for those products which
are in the introductory stage, while very less promotional programmes are carried
out for those products which are in the growth or maturity stage.

PRODUCT RANGE

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A vast varieties of products are offered by AMUL which are as follows:

BREADSPREADS
Amul Butter
Amul Lite Low Fat Breadspread
Amul Cooking Butter

CHEESE RANGE
Amul Pasteurized Processed Cheddar Cheese
Amul Processed Cheese Spread
Amul Pizza (Mozarella) Cheese
Amul Shredded Pizza Cheese
Amul Emmental Cheese
Amul Gouda Cheese
Amul Malai Paneer (cottage cheese) Frozen and Tinned
Utterly Delicious Pizza

MITHAEE RANGE (ETHNIC SWEETS)

Amul Shrikhand (Mango, Saffron, Almond Pistachio, Cardamom)
Amul Amrakhand
Amul Mithaee Gulabjamuns
Amul Mithaee Gulabjamun Mix
Amul Mithaee Kulfi Mix

UHT MILK RANGE

Amul Taaza 3% fat Milk
Amul Gold 4.5% fat Milk
Amul Slim-n-Trim 0% fat milk
Amul Chocolate Milk
Amul Fresh Cream
Amul Snowcap Softy Mix
Amul Taaza Double Toned Milk

PURE GHEE
Amul Pure Ghee
Sagar Pure Ghee
Amul Cow Ghee

INFANT MILK RANGE

Amul Infant Milk Formula 1 (0-6 months)
Amul Infant Milk Formula 2 ( 6 months above)
Amulspray Infant Milk Food

MILK POWDERS
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Amul Full Cream Milk Powder

Amulya Dairy Whitener
Sagar Skimmed Milk Powder
Sagar Tea and Coffee Whitener

SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK

Amul Mithaimate Sweetened Condensed Milk

FRESH MILK
Amul Taaza Toned Milk 3% fat
Amul Gold Full Cream Milk 6% fat
Amul Shakti Standardised Milk 3% fat
Amul Smart Double Toned Milk 1.5% fat

CURD PRODUCTS
Amul Masti Dahi (fresh curd)
Amul Butter Milk
Amul Lassi

AMUL ICECREAMS
• Royal Treat Range (Rajbhog, Cappuchino, Chocochips, Butterscotch, Tutti
Frutti)
• Nut-o-Mania Range (Kaju Drakshi, Kesar Pista, Roasted Almond, Kesar
Carnival, Badshahi Badam Kulfi, Shista Pista Kulfi)
• Utsav Range (Anjir, Roasted Almond)
• Simply Delicious Range (Vanilla, Strawberry, Pineapple, Rose, Chocolate)
• Nature's Treat (Alphanso Mango, Fresh Litchi, Anjir, Fresh Strawberry,
Black Currant)
• Sundae Range (Mango, Black Currant, Chocolate, Strawberry)
• Millennium Icecream (Cheese with Almonds, Dates with Honey)
• Milk Bars (Chocobar, Mango Dolly, Raspberry Dolly, Shahi Badam Kulfi,
Shahi Pista Kulfi, Mawa Malai Kulfi, Green Pista Kulfi)
• Cool Candies (Orange, Mango)
• Cassatta
• Tricone Cones (Butterscotch, Chocolate)
• Megabite Almond Cone
• Frostik - 3 layer chocolate Bar
• Fundoo Range - exclusively for kids
• SlimScoop Fat Free Frozen Dessert (Vanilla, Banana, Mango, Pineapple)

CHOCOLATE & CONFECTIONERY

• Amul Milk Chocolate
• Amul Fruit & Nut Chocolate
• Amul Eclairs
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BROWN BEVERAGE
• Nutramul Malted Milk Food

MILK DRINK
• Amul Shakti Flavoured Milk

PRODUCT LINE

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AMUL has basically 4 product lines which are milk and milk products, ice-cream,
chocolate, wet product line and dry product line. The company is increasing the
length of its product line by filling its line i.e. by adding more products within the

MILK ICE CREAM & WET PRODUCTS DRY PRODUCTS

CHOCOLATE
AMUL TAAZA AMUL MILK AMUL BUTTER AMUL FULL CREAM
CHOCOLATE MILK POWDER
AMUL GOLD AMUL FRUIT AND AMUL LITE LOW AMULYA DAIRY
NUT CHOCOLATE FAT BREAD SPREAD WHITENER
AMUL SLIM AND AMUL ECLAIRS AMUL COOKING SAGAR SKIMMED
TRIM MILK BUTTER MILK POWDER
AMUL CHOCOLATE AMUL FUNDOO AMUL PROCESSED SAGAR TEA &
MILK CHOCOLATE CHEESE SPREAD COFFEE WHITENER
AMUL FRESH AMUL BINDAS AMUL PIZZA AMUL MITHAEE
CREAM CHOCOLATE CHEESE GULABJAMUN MIX
AMUL SNOWCAP ALMOND BAR AMUL SHREDED AMUL MITHAEE
SOFTY MIX PIZZA CHEESE KULFI MIX
AMUL TAAZA AMUL COOKING AMUL EMMENTAL AMUL INFANT MILK
DOUBLE TONED CHOCOLATE CHEESE FORMULA-I
MILK
AMUL MITHAIMATE ROYAL TREAT AMUL GAUDA AMUL INFANT MILK
SWEETENED RANGE CHEESE FORMULA-II
CONDENSED MILK
AMUL TAAZA NUT-O-MANIA AMUL MALAI AMULSPRAY INFANT
TONED MILK RANGE PANEER MILK FOOD
AMUL GOLD FULL UTSAV RANGE UTTERLY NUTRAMUL-MALTED
CREAM MILK DELICIOUS PIZZA MILK FOOD
AMUL SHAKTI SIMPLY DELICIOUS AMUL SHRIKHAND
STANDARDISED RANGE
MILK
AMUL SMART NATURE’S TREAT AMUL MITHAEE
DOUBLE TONED GULABJAMUNS
MILK
AMUL COOL MILK SUNDAE RANGE AMUL PURE GHEE

AMUL SHAKTI MILLENIUM SAGAR PURE GHEE

FLAVOURED MILK ICECREAM
MILKBARS AMUL COW GHEE

COOL CANDIES AMUL MASTI DAHI

TRICONE CONES AMUL BUTTERMILK

FUNDOO RANGE AMUL LASSEE

SLIMSCOOP FAT MASTI TOMATO

FREE FROZEN SOUP
DESERT
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PRODUCT MIX
A product mix consists of all the product lines and items that a particular seller
offers for sale. A company’s product mix has four important dimensions : width,
length ,depth and consistency.
Product mix width refers to how many different product lines the company carries.
AMUL has 4 different product lines namely milk and milk products, chocolate and
ice-cream, wet products and dry products.

Product mix length refers to the total number of items in the mix . In the milk
and milk products line there are 14 different products, while in ice-cream and
chocolate range there are 21 products and in wet and dry products line there are 20
and 10 different products respectively.

Product line depth refers to how many variants are offered of each product in
the line .

Product line consistency refers to how closely related the various product lines
are in the end use, production requirements, distribution channels or some other
ways . Although the products vary in many ways there is still product line
consistency in AMUL. All the products of AMUL are marketed through same
channels of distribution.

MARKET SEGMENTATION
Market Segmentation is the act of sub dividing a market into distinct sets of customers
who merit attention. Targeting these customers for marketing by evaluating, selecting,
and concentrating becomes a corollary to segmentation. Market segmentation assumes
importance in the context of intense competition market is bombarded with. A market
consists of buyers, and buyers differ in one or more ways. They may differ in their
wants, resources, locations, products requirements. These variables have to be
considered in the process of segmentation.
There are different levels of market segmentation. They are mass marketing, segment
marketing, niche marketing and micro marketing. Markets can be segmented on the
geographical basis, demographical basis, psychological basis, behavioral basis and
loyalty status.
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AMUL segments its market on the following basis:

1. GEOGRAPHICAL BASIS:

This segmentation is done on the basis of the lifestyle of people in different regions
and their tastes and consumption patterns which are distinct according to their
geographical situation. AMUL has segmented India geographically into 5 zones.
2. DEMOGRAPHICAL BASIS:

They have segmented its market on the basis of the socio-economic status of the
customers. i.e. on the basis of their purchasing power and income level as follows:
GROUP’A’:
Consumers falling in this group are from higher social and economic class.
GROUP’B’:
Consumers falling in this group are from middle socio-economic class.
GROUP’C’:
Consumers falling in this group are from the lower middle class.

MARKET TARGETING

After segmenting the market, company evaluate the various segments and decides
how many and which ones to target.
Generally the market is targeted in three ways:-
UNDIFFERENTIATED MARKETING
DIFFERENTIATED MARKETING
CONCENTRATED MARKETING
AMUL uses undifferentiated marketing strategy for targeting its customers as far as
its milk and milk product line is concerned. While the company implements
differentiated marketing strategy for targeting its customers for the other product lines
that are ice creams and chocolates, wet products and dry products. Differentiated
marketing means market coverage strategy in which a firm decides to target several
market segments and designs separate offers for each. AMUL targets its customers
according to the segments like geographic and demographic.
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PACKAGING

Packing includes the activities of designing and producing the container for the
product. Packaging has become the potent marketing tool. Well designed packages
can create convenience and promotional value. Various factors contribute to
packaging growing use as a marketing tool:

• SELF SERVICE

• CONSUMER AFFLUENCE

• COMPANY AND BRAND IMAGE

• INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY
Packaging of the products of AMUL varies according to the nature of the
product. As most of the products are perishable in nature special care is taken
in packing them. MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS are packed in plastic bags or
containers, while ICE-CREAMS AND CHOCLATES are packed in cardboard
packing. The company maintains the standards prescribed by BIS, with regards
to packing. These products are then packed in cartoons, for greater safety
measures and for transporting them to the market.

LABELING
Labeling printed information that appears on or with the package, is also a part of
packaging. Labels may range from simples tags attached to products to complex
graphics that are part of the package. Label identifies describes and promotes the
product through attractive graphics. The label might carry only the brand name or
great deal of information or pictures. Even if the seller prefers a simple label the law
may require additional information.
The labels of the products of AMUL are attractively designed. It contains all the
information as per statutory requirements. Information like name of product, brand
name, logo, date of packing & manufacturing, expiry date, price, code number,
ingredients, storage and usage instructions, weight, manufacturer’s and marketer’s
name, logo showing “ PURE VEG ” etc appears on the label of the products.

BRANDING

A brand is a name, term, sign, symbol or design or a combination of these

used to identify a product or company. A trademark is a legally recognized brand.
Branding has become so strong that today hardly anything goes unbranded. Today

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customers view a brand as an important part of the product and branding adds value to
a product.

Brand names help customers identify products that might benefit them and also tells
the buyer something about the product quality. To the sellers brand name and
trademark provides legal protection for unique product features that otherwise might
be copied by the competitors and it also helps them to segment markets. A brand
name is selected keeping in view the product and its benefits, the target market and
proposed marketing strategies.

Decisions about branding are taken at the Head Office at Anand. AMUL means
“priceless” in Sanskrit. The brand name “AMUL” from the Sanskrit “Amoolya” was
suggested by a quality control expert in Anand. Variants, all meaning “priceless”, are
found in several languages of India. AMUL manufactures and markets its products
under two brand names AMUL and SAGAR Information Technology (IT) has
played a significant role in developing the Amul brand. The installation of 3000
Automatic Milk Collection System Units (AMCUS) at Village Societies to capture
member information, milk fat content, the volume collected and amount payable to
each member has proved invaluable in ensuring fairness and transparency throughout
the whole Amul organization.

UMBRELLA BRAND
The network follows an umbrella branding strategy. Amul is the common brand for
most product categories produced by various unions: liquid milk, milk powders,
butter, ghee, cheese, cocoa products, sweets, ice-cream and condensed milk.
Amul's sub-brands include variants such as Amulspray, Amulspree, Amulya and
Nutramul. The edible oil products are grouped around Dhara and Lokdhara, mineral
water is sold under the Jal Dhara brand while fruit drinks bear the Safal name.
By insisting on an umbrella brand, GCMMF not only skillfully avoided inter-union
conflicts but also created an opportunity for the union members to cooperate in
developing products.

BRAND EQUITY
Brand equity refers to the value of a brand, based on the extent to which it has brand
loyalty, brand name awareness, perceived quality, strong brand associations, and the
other assets such as patents, trademarks and channel relationship.
It is evaluated on the basis of brand assets which are:

1. BRAND AWARENESS: Awareness ultimately enhances brand equity.

AMUL enjoys very high brand awareness among its customers. According to the
survey done by the company, brand awareness is as high as almost 90%.
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2. BRAND LOYALTY: Brand loyalty means the ability to retain the existing
customers. AMUL is blessed with high brand loyalty among its customers. As it is
one of the biggest market players it has proportionately larger group of loyal
customer, who are in turn a medium of marketing/ advertising.

3. BRAND ASSOCIATIONS: Consumers associate the brand with certain

tangible and intangible attributes. Most of these associations are derived from brand
identity and brand image. Customers associate AMUL’s brand with high quality
standards and reasonable price.

4. BRAND IMAGE: Brand image is the meaning consumers give to a product

based on the perceived values it delivers. AMUL has created brand image by offering
excellent quality products at reasonable price. Perfect distribution channel; continuous
& effective advertising; use of different promotional tools; wide loyal market share,
has contributed to create an excellent image in its trade operations.

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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION

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Amul is bolstering its brand identity as a farmers' co-operative through the Internet
based "amul.coop" URL and e-mail addresses. This will continually remind the
world's consumers that they are a cooperative, and proud of it. This identity gives
Amul a vital business advantage and facilitates Amul brand penetration across the
world. It also strengthens their co-operatives by bringing their members together and
closer to consumers.

Technology and e-initiatives

GCMMF's technology strategy is characterized by four distinct components: new
products, process technology, and complementary assets to enhance milk production
and e-commerce.
Few dairies of the world have the wide variety of products produced by the GCMMF
network. Village societies are encouraged through subsidies to install chilling units.
Automation in processing and packaging areas is common, as is HACCP certification.
Amul actively pursues developments in embryo transfer and cattle breeding in order
to improve cattle quality and increases in milk yields.
GCMMF was one of the first FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) firms in India to
employ Internet technologies to implement B2C commerce.
Today customers can order a variety of products through the Internet and be assured
of timely delivery with cash payment upon receipt.
Another e-initiative underway is to provide farmers access to information relating to
markets, technology and best practices in the dairy industry through net enabled
kiosks in the villages.
GCMMF has also implemented a Geographical Information System (GIS) at both
ends of the supply chain, i.e. milk collection as well as the marketing process.
Farmers now have better access to information on the output as well as support
services while providing a better planning tool to marketing personnel.

MANAGING THE SUPPLY CHAIN

Even though the cooperative was formed to bring together farmers, it was recognized
that professional managers and technocrats would be required to manage the network
effectively and make it commercially viable.

Coordination
Given the large number of organizations and entities in the supply chain and
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efficiency and cost control. GCMMF and the unions play a major role in this process
and jointly achieve the desired degree of control.
Buy-in from the unions is assured as the plans are approved by GCMMF's board. The
board is drawn from the heads of all the unions, and the boards of the unions comprise
of farmers elected through village societies, thereby creating a situation of
interlocking control.
The federation handles the distribution of end products and coordination with retailers
and the dealers. The unions coordinate the supply side activities.
These include monitoring milk collection contractors, the supply of animal feed and
other supplies, provision of veterinary services, and educational activities.

Managing third party service providers

From the beginning, it was recognized that the unions' core activity lay in milk
processing and the production of dairy products. Accordingly, marketing efforts
(including brand development) were assumed by GCMMF. All other activities were
entrusted to third parties. These include logistics of milk collection, distribution of
dairy products, sale of products through dealers and retail stores, provision of animal
feed, and veterinary services.
It is worth noting that a number of these third parties are not in the organized sector,
and many are not professionally managed with little regard for quality and service.
This is a particularly critical issue in the logistics and transport of a perishable
commodity where there are already weaknesses in the basic infrastructure.

Establishing best practices

A key source of competitive advantage has been the enterprise's ability to
continuously implement best practices across all elements of the network: the
federation, the unions, the village societies and the distribution channel.
In developing these practices, the federation and the unions have adapted successful
models from around the world. It could be the implementation of small group
activities or quality circles at the federation. Or a TQM program at the unions. Or
housekeeping and good accounting practices at the village society level.
More important, the network has been able to regularly roll out improvement
programs across to a large number of members and the implementation rate is
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For example, every Friday, without fail, between 10.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m., all
employees of GCMMF meet at the closest office, be it a department or a branch or a
depot to discuss their various quality concerns.
Each meeting has its pre-set format in terms of Purpose, Agenda and Limit (PAL)
with a process check at the end to record how the meeting was conducted. Similar
processes are in place at the village societies, the unions and even at the wholesaler
and C&F agent levels as well.
Examples of benefits from recent initiatives include reduction in transportation time
from the depots to the wholesale dealers, improvement in ROI of wholesale dealers,
implementation of Zero Stock Out through improved availability of products at depots
and also the implementation of Just-in-Time in finance to reduce the float.
Kaizens at the unions have helped improve the quality of milk in terms of acidity and
sour milk. (Undertaken by multi-disciplined teams, Kaizens are highly focused
projects, reliant on a structured approach based on data gathering and analysis.) For
example, Sabar Union's records show a reduction from 2.0% to 0.5% in the amount of
sour milk/curd received at the union.
The most impressive aspect of this large-scale roll out is that improvement processes
are turning the village societies into individual improvement centers.

PRICING
The amount of money charged for a product or service or the sum of the values that
consumers exchange for the benefit of having or using the product or service is called
its price. A company’s pricing decisions are affected by both internal factors like
company’s objectives, marketing mix strategy, cost and organizational considerations
and external factors like nature of the market and demand, competition and other
environmental elements.
While deciding the price of its products AMUL takes into consideration all the below
mentioned factors, this is true for all the products.

• Cost of raw materials

• Cost of labour

• Profit margin of distributors

• Various administrative and manufacturing overheads

• Prices of the competitors

• Demand and supply position in market

• Fair return to the farmers

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AMUL believes that the company with largest market share will enjoy lowest cost
and highest long run profit to become the market leader. They set prices as low as
possible.

PRICING APPROACH
AMUL employs different pricing policies for different products depending upon the
life cycle stage of the product, market condition and the nature of product.
In case if the product is newly launched in the market the company doesn’t emphasize
on the profit margin and keeps its prices as low as possible so as to penetrate in the
new market.
However in case of the already established products the company uses a mix of cost
plus pricing approach and competitor based pricing approach i.e. it sets its prices
keeping in view the cost of production, desired profit margin and prices of
competitor’s products

DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL

A distribution channel is a set of interdependent organizations involved in the process

of making a product or service available for the use of consumption by the consumer
or business user. In other words, the channel decision is one which takes the product
to the customer. The channel selected affects every other marketing decision and has a
bearing on the future. Marketing channel decision is among the most decision that
management faces.
Before selecting a particular channel, every firm takes some factors into consideration
and then only decides a particular channel. Decisions taken by AMUL are as under:
1. ANALYSING CONSUMER’S NEEDS
2. SELECTING CHANNEL OBJECTIVES
3. TYPES OF INTERMEDIARIES
4. NUMBER OF INTERMEDIARIES
5. EVALUATING ALTERNATIVES

Distribution channel can be described by the number of channels levels involved.

Channel level is the level of intermediaries that performs some work in bringing the
product and its ownership closer to the final buyer. The following are the different
types of distribution channel that a firm may use:
(i) ZERO-LEVEL CHANNEL:

Manufacturer---------------Consumer

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(ii) ONE-LEVEL CHANNEL:

Manufacturer---Retailer---Consumer
(iii) TWO-LEVEL CHANNEL:

Manufacturer--Wholesaler--Retailer--Consumer
(iv) THREE-LEVEL CHANNEL:

Manufacturer-Wholesaler-Agents-Retailer-Consumer

AMUL has three-level distribution channel, i.e. it employs carry forward agents,
wholesaler and retailers to carry its products to the final consumers.
Till today, the major development on the distribution front is the development and
alignment of four distribution highways - those of Fresh Products, Chilled Products,
Frozen Products and Ambient Products. This is a significant achievement because it
allows AMUL to develop synergies among all their product lines and to leverage
these highways to introduce and distribute new products as per market demand. No
other organization in India has been able to develop this kind of channel synergy so
far.
Another major initiative undertaken is the Time-based Military Technique (TMT) of
distribution. This has been deployed to effect a nationally synchronized mass
distribution of their products with the objective of achieving total channel penetration
on a single day.
After Distributor Salesmen in the previous year and Distributors in the year before
last, it was the turn of the top Retailers across the country to participate in the Amul
Yatra Programme which is a unique experiment conducted by Amul to bring their
channel partners face to face with their cooperative institutions, activities, culture and
achievements through a guided tour in and around Anand. A total of 114 Distributor
Salesmen and 482 top retailers from across the country participated in the Amul Yatra
this year. With the opening of several new milk markets and 3 separate Milk Sales
Offices at Mumbai, New Delhi and Boisar, the number of Milk Area Delivery Agents
has increased.

DECISION ABOUT THE CHANNEL

MEMBER
Decisions about selecting a channel member is taken by the head office.
Wholesalers are appointed by conducting the market survey , finding out the
number of distributors available ,manpower and financial capabilities of each of
them, market likelihood, infrastructural facilities etc. all this information is filled
in a form which is sent to the head office where it moves from Marketing
Manager to the General Manager who finally selects the one that suits the best
to the company.

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Distributors have to give a bank guarantee or demand draft in against of the

value of goods they want to purchase and have to make a payment for the
same within four days of the dispatch of the order. The seller then forwards
the goods to the retailers for which prices and norms of delivery are fixed by
the head office. Both the retailers and wholesalers are required to maintain
certain basic infrastructural facilities.
The head office and all the depot offices have their own authorized transporters
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SALES FORCE MANAGEMENT

The organization of sales department is as under:

ZONAL INCHARGE
↓
DEPOT INCHARGE
↓
EXECUTIVES
↓
F.S.R. (Field Sales Representative)
↓
PSM (Pilot Sales man)

The total staff at AMUL is of nearly 750 people. The company conducts intensive
training programme for its employees. The company sends any of its employees for
training who will later train the other employees. It’s not necessary that the person
sent for training must be someone from the top or middle management, he can be any
employee. The company treats all its employees equally. Various training
programmes like TQM, Self management Programmes, etc conducted so far. The
turnover and absenteeism ratio is almost negligible at AMUL which is the proof of the
well functioning of the Human Resource Management. All the agents and sales force
is giving a percentage of sales as commission.

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INTEGRATED MARKETING
COMMUNICATIONS

ADVERTISING
Amul has had one of the most successful Ad campaigns in the country. Innovative
and refreshing, Maul’s Ads have, through the years, captured the imagination of the
whole nation. Created in 1966 the topical, news-event-oriented ads are reportedly
ready to enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running advertising
campaign ever.

The reason for the unprecedented success of the Amul ads is because of their
simplicity. These Ads do not involve any high flying or hi-tech special effects. They
are very simple and bank solely on clean humor for their success. The team, which
designs all the Ad campaigns for Amul, has been very focused on this point. As a
result you don’t see any radical deviations in their Ad campaigns and all the Ads are
built along the same lines. And this too while maintaining the freshness that was
present in the very first Ad 5 decades back. Another main reason for their success is
the range of topics they cover in their Ads. The Ads always take a shot at the current
hot topics in the news. Such has been the popularity of these campaigns that people go
down to the nearest Amul hoarding just to see the latest Ad. People talk about it over
lunch, in parties. It is hard to imagine the amount of brand equity the thumb sized girl
polka dotted dress has achieved ever since she went up the Amul hoarding.

All the ad campaigns of AMUL are carried out by the two Bombay based ad agencies
namely DA CUNAS and ALUKA, which takes care of all its promotional campaigns.
The company just briefs these agencies about the product and the rest is done by them
i.e. creating message, deciding the media vehicle and timing, execution, etc.

PUBLIC RELATION TOOLS AND

PROGRAMME
Public relation is another major mass promotion tool. It means building good relations
with the company’s concern parties by obtaining favorable publicity, building up a
good corporate image and handling of unfavorable rumors, stories and events.
Amul maintains healthy public relations with all concern parties. It does not have any
department for this purpose but is carried out by corporate communication. It has also
appointed F.S.R.s (Field Sales Representatives) for this purpose who looks after the
complaints of the wholesalers and the retailers, they also contact the customers and try
to find out if they have any complaint regarding the product and presents it
before the appropriate authority. However there is no formal procedure to
contact the authorities and any person wanting to communicate can directly
approach the concerned person. The plant and the administrative office is kept
open for public visits for two hours everyday .
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SALES PROMOTION TOOLS AND

PROGRAMMES
Sales promotion consists of short term incentives to encourage the purchase or sale of
the product or service. It comprises of a variety of promotional tools as short term
incentives. The purpose of sales promotion is to communicate about the product to the
customer to enable the buying decision. It is felt that sales promotion helps break
brand loyalty of consumers. Promotion with the help of price concessions is of short
duration to make them effective.

AMUL implements various sales promotion tools for wholesalers, retailers, sales
force and customers. They offer 3% to 3.5% profit margin to stimulate its wholesaler
and retailers. The sales persons are given a commission on a fixed percentage on their
sales. The profit of the company reaches directly to the owners i.e. the farmers in the
way of increase in price of milk, other technical assistance and subsidies. The
company also introduces various schemes for the customers like more quantity at less
price, free gifts and contests. The company had introduced a contest namely AMUL
MAHARANI CONTEST in the previous year for promoting its products.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

AMUL stands out a star performer both in the domestic and international market.
With the perfect mix of technical know how and business acumen the company has
grown into a major of milk and milk products producing company.

AMUL is India’s largest exporter of dairy products. It has been accorded a “Trading
House” status. It has received the APEDA Award from Government of India for
excellence in dairy product exports for the last 8 years.

AMUL has its market in almost 20 countries which include USA, Iraq, Kuwait,
Russia, Nepal, Qatar, Muscat, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh,
Gambia, Uganda, Madagaskar, Tanzania, U.A.E., Bahrain. Major export products of
AMUL are:

Consumer Packs

• AMUL PURE GHEE

• AMUL BUTTER
• AMUL SHRIKHAND
• AMUL FULL CREAM POWDER
• AMUL MITHAEE GULAB JAMUN
• AMUL SKIMMED MILK POWDER
• NUTRAMUL BROWN BEVERAGE

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• AMULSPRAY INFANT MILK FOOD

• AMUL CHEESE
• AMUL MALAI PANEER
• AMUL UHT MILK (LONG LIFE)
• AMUL FRESH CREAM

Bulk Packs

• AMUL SKIMMED MILK POWDER

• AMUL FULL CREAM MILK POWDER

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
STRATEGIES

The company has appointed special carry forward agents for distributing its
products in the international market .It has rented cold storages in various
countries to store its products from where they are distributed as per orders.
Although the distribution network for international market is not so well
knitted as in case of domestic market, it has been successful in maintaining a
satisfactory network that ensures smooth functioning.

INTERNATIONAL PRICING STRATEGIES

While deciding the prices for international market the company takes into
consideration the prices of the competitors , production cost , distribution cost for
international market , taxes and duties to be paid ,etc. However the company tries
not to have much difference in prices in National and the International markets.

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PRODUCT VARIATIONS

There are no variations in the basic products that the company offers in
National and International markets, except for the fact that the company has to
maintain the quality standards as per the regulations of the respective countries.
Not all the products manufactured are yet available in International market
because of the difference in preferences and consumption pattern of the people
in various countries.

EXPORT POTENTIAL

India has the potential to become one of the leading players in milk and milk product
exports.
Location advantage: India is located amidst major milk deficit countries in Asia and
Africa. Major importers of milk and milk products are Bangladesh, China, Hong
Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, UAE, Oman and other gulf
countries, all located close to India.
Low Cost of Production: Milk production is scale insensitive and labor intensive.
Due to low labor cost, cost of production of milk is significantly lower in India.

CONCERNS IN EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS ARE:

Quality: Significant investment has to be made in milk procurement, equipments,

chilling and refrigeration facilities. Also, training has to be imparted to improve the
quality to bring it up to international standards.
Productivity: To have an exportable surplus in the long-term and also to maintain
cost competitiveness, it is imperative to improve productivity of Indian cattle.
There is a vast market for the export of traditional milk products such as ghee, paneer,
shrikhand, rasgolas and other ethnic sweets to the large number of Indians scattered
all over the world

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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

In 1994 AMUL had embarked on the Total Quality Management and in 1999 received
the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award for the year 1999, India’s premier
recognition for quality. Continuing to learn their employees have consistently striven
to maintain improved product and service quality at each stage of the value chain.

More than 25000 Kaizens—small improvements in work areas-were made by

employees in different areas like cost cutting, time saving and process improvement.
To ensure minimum wastage and maximum productivity and quality, house keeping
initiatives have been zealously pursued at the Federation offices, Warehouses and
Distributor points.

Learning from employing Total Quality Management principles have been cascaded
to both the member dairies as well as distribution channel members. Workshops on
Statistical Quality Control have been conducted across the member dairies to achieve
total quality in the production process.

On of AMUL’s most remarkable achievements has been creation of more than 225
Quality Circles across the length and breadth of the country. The federation’s
wholesale dealers meet every month in these quality circles and discuss and resolve
distribution problems and improve their distribution process.

Amul continues its commitment on improving the competency of its professional

managers through its Competency Based Training Programmes which builds both
generic and functional skills through in-house, customized training programmes.

Another unique feature of the TQM programmes at AMUL is the HOSHIN KANRI.
The word Hoshin is made up of two Chinese characters “HO” and “SHIN”
which means a methodology for strategic direction setting. In Hoshin Kanri, at
the strategic level the company identifies certain strategic thrust areas and the
entire organization, i.e. all employees focus their attention and energy to
achieve the goals derived from these strategic thrust areas. At the same time,
however, more routine and fundamental aspects of the business are also covered
in Hoshin Kanri in addition to the strategic goals.

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FINANCE
DEPARTMENT

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INTRODUCTION

Any organization, whether it is small or large scale, clears with financing

every businessman keeps separate records of financial matters. Finance and account
department of the business depends upon the financial policy of the firm.

Financial management is mainly concerned with finding out rational basis

through answering following three questions.

What total value of funds should be invested in the business?

What specific assets should the business require?
How should the required funds be raised?

The scope of financial management comprises traditional approach on

procurement of funds rather than its allocation and use. While modern approach
covers not only acquisition but also allocation and utilization of funds.

The firm may have any objectives but financial management has the
objectives of profit maximization or weather maximization. Keeping in mind this
particular objectives only major 3 decision are taken that are:

 Investment Decision
 Financing Decision
 Dividend Policy Decision

FINANCIAL PLANNING

Planning is pre-requisite for managing any little things too. When we think
about fund, financial planning comes at first. Financial planning answers the
following questions: -

 What should be funds requirements?

 How should procure funds?
 From where to procure the funds?
 How to utilize the fund at maximum level?

Head office deals with the arrangement of raising the funds and provides funds
required by any of four plants.

In AMUL, they make weekly forecast of funds in which requirement of each

department is mentioned. After that the proposal is sent to head office and got
sanction from there.

So, financial planning has a significant place for making decision of

requirement and utilization of funds.

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WORKING CAPITAL
Management of working capital usually involve management or
administration of current assets namely cash and marketable securities, account
receivable and inventories and also administration of current liabilities. The quantum
of working capital in business is dependent on various factors. Such as type of
business, turnover of inventories, term of purchase and sale, size of the business unit,
process of manufacturing, seasonal variations etc. the present company is engaged in
manufacturing of capital goods. Therefore naturally there is a high amount of working
capital required.

CASH

The cash is needed for various purposes in business. They may be speculative,
transitive and precautionary motives. The management of cash requires cash planning.
It is a technique to plan & control the use of the cash. Cash is the most liquid current
asset. Finance manager has to do cash planning. Manager the cash flows decide
optimum balance of cash and invest the surplus cash in marketable securities.

ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE

Trade credit is considered as an essential marketing tool, acting as a bridge for

movement of goods through production and distribution stage to customer stage to
customers trade credit creates receivables involves credit policy, monitoring
accounting receivables. A firm may follow a latent or a straight credit policy. Before
following establishing any credit policy finance manager has to evaluate the effect of
policy in terms of cost and benefits.

INVENTORIES
Inventories constitute the most significant part of current assets of a large
majority of companies. The inventories are in form of raw material, work in process
and finish goods. The management of inventories is necessary to maintain a large size
of inventory for efficient and smooth production and sales operations and to maintain
the minimum investment in inventories is not desirable. The latest and modern
techniques like economic order quantity are used in the company for management of
the inventories.

RATIO ANALYSIS

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Ratio analysis is one of the techniques of financial analysis where ratios are
used as a yardstick for evaluating the financial condition and performance of a firm.

Ratios may be classified according to functions or tests as solvency, liquidity,

or profitability ratios and according to nature as leverage ratios and activity ratios.

Liquidity ratios:
A liquidity ratio is a ratio, which points out whether there are sufficient liquid
resources to meet the short-term liabilities. They are meant to measure the company’s
financial strength to meet current obligations.
e.g.: current ratio, quick ratio etc.

Solvency ratios:
These are long-term ratios, a pointer to the future and long-term solvency of
the company in which creditors, bankers and financial institutions have great stake.
e.g.: Proprietary Ratio, Debt-Equity Ratio.

Profitability ratios:
Ratios that are meant to measure the profit-earning capacity of the firm in its
business operation fall under this category.
e.g.: Gross Profit Ratio, Net Profit Ratio, Return on Capital Employed.

Activity ratios:
These ratios establish a relationship between sales and various assets of the
firm, how well the assets are being made use of and the speed with which they are
converted into sales.
e.g.: Debtors’ Turnover Ratio, Creditors Turnover Ratio, and Stock
Turnover Ratio.

Current ratio:
Current ratio is a significant ratio, which establishes a relationship between
current assets and current liabilities of a firm during a given period of time. It is also
known as “working capital” ratio

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HUMAN
RESOURCE
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INTRODUCTION

The dairy industry is moving forward by leaps and bounds. Aided and
supported by extensive R&D, emergence of new state of the art Dairy plants, training
programs conducted by NDDB and quality control measures that make sure the end
consumer gets optimum value for money.

In vitro maturation-in vitro fertilization work in progress at the Centre for

Biotechnology, Bombay

Each new dairy plant is a step forward. An added advantage to an industry

looking towards the future.

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The National Dairy Development Board - the accolades for the progress of the
dairy industry rest squarely on it's collective shoulders.

The screw compressor room of the refrigeration plant at the 30 TPD Power
plant, Meerut, the first of it's kind in the country

An embryo transfer laboratory at Sabarmati Ashram Gaushala working to

implement the latest technology so that small farmers have access tot he best breeds in
the business.

LABOUR WELFARE SCHEME INPERF

► Facilities

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME:

The society has a comprehensive medical benefit scheme for its employees.
The employee and his dependent family members are eligible for reimbursement of
medical expenses in respect of any ailment, disease, injury, or disability suffered by
them. For routine medical treatment the ceiling is as under:

No. Of family members Ceiling for routine Medical Treatment

(per annum)
For 2 family members Rs. 2250
For 3 family members Rs. 4500

In case of chronic diseases, specialized treatments, hospitalization,

pathological and radiological tests special medical sanctions are given at actual.

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We have full fledged dispensaries at our factories manned by doctors, nurses

and paramedical staff who provide Medicare facilities to the employees and their
dependents. Besides this, most of the good hospitals and nursing homes in the vicinity
are on the approval panel of AMUL, where the employees and their dependent family
members can be referred for treatment, according to requirement.

Employees and their family members are periodically examined and the
report is given to them with doctor’s suggestions for remedial action.

CANTEEN:

Canteens have been provided at our factories, which provide lunch, tea and
snacks. Canteen management committees consisting of the employees also monitor
the menus, cleanliness, quality of food. Canteen Subsidy is paid @ 7% of the basic
pay to officers and @ 5% of basic pay to workmen.

TRANSPORT FACILITIES:

AMUL is providing bus facility to its employees for coming to their workplace
at our factories.

SALES PROMOTION AND ADVERTISEMENT

There is no necessary for direct advertisement in the market because the

product itself is the advertisement for dairy. There are several part of AMUL dairy so
it advertised its product by the television and posters etc. The product of “Amul” and
“Mother” symbol has been approved by the government it does not means that Amul
dairy can not do anything increasing sales. They take part in the industrial exhibition
minimum two times per day.

They also advertised for the after the service of the dairy which are the best in
the dairy and available very less and cheaper rate in other competitors. Dairy is
advertised its product by autorikshow and cycle. Dairy is promoted the worker to
increase the productivity and motivation.

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RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT

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The Amul dairy is having independent research & development department. Dairy has
to maintenance the quality of the product so person have to measure the fat,
pasteurization and also quality.

The Amul dairy research its product at every two hours dairy has a milk
reception lab it has a SNF. Central lab for quality assurance is found a quality every
two hours in a day because the test of the product is depended on a quality and milk is
a finish good so it can not be maintained for the long time so Amul dairy research
every hours to maintained the sweet test of the product.

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT CENTER

The training to the worker in necessary part in every large organization this
dairy has its “personnel training center” and its provide training to its employee the
training is necessary to operate and control the machinery and operational
information, information about near and latest technology and computerized machine
are to near provided though technology. Thus, dairy is taking steps for training and
development of the employee.

DETERMINING STEP IN SELECTION A STRATEGIC

AND MRTHODS FOR INFORMATION REQURMENTS
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1. Identify those characteristics of the for elements in the development process the
affects uncertainty in the determination of the information.

a. Utilization system
b. Information system or application
c. Users
d. Analysts

2. Evaluate the effect of the characteristics if the four elements in the development in
the development process on three uncertainties.

a. Existing and avalibility of a set of a requirements.

b. Avalibity of users to specify requirements.
c. Avalibity of analyst to elicit and evaluate requirements.

3. Evaluate combined effect of the process uncertaintities on overall requirements

uncertainty.

4. Select a primary strategy for requirements determination based on overall

requirements uncertainty.

5. Select one or more methods from the set of methods to implement the primary
strategy.

MANAGERS AS INFORMATION PROCESSORS

The position held by individuals in an organization affects their performance

as information processors. Henery Mintzberg’s Study of managers and their job
characteristic reveled that:

 Most managers’ works at hectic pace. They always thinking about since
they are responsible for a lot of important activities.

 Their roles influence the characteristics of activity like brevity, variety and
fragmentation.

 Managers tend to concentrate on current issue rather than routine

activities.

 Managers spend as high as 80% of their time in verbal communication.

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 Managers establish a network of communication, and 50% of this network

is outside the organization.

 The manager’s role involves a mix of authority and responsibility.

 Managers concentrate more on soft issues than factual information.

 Managers requested for more information than subordinates.

The study reveled that not only are managerial decisions unstructured, but the
environments in which these decisions are made are also unstructured. As a result, it
is a necessary to consider the cognitive style of managers when developing a decision
support system. To make the system powerful, it should be combined with order
information gathering and evaluation techniques. The business environment is full of
interruption and managers can hardly exercise any control over such distortions.

The use of electronic communications systems can help eliminate

interruptions in verbal communication. The effect of summarized data on human
understanding needs to be given due importance. Mintzberg study revealed that use of
summarized data helps better decision making, thought the individual may not be very
confident about their decisions.

CONTROL ROOM

Control room is a one of the department of the dairy. Control room is called a
heart of the dairy because all the machine are handled by the control room there are
two person who operate all the machine in the dairy Amul dairy is a fully
computerized and machineries so there are a few workers are require for increase for
increase the productivity.

ORGANIZATION CHART

Dept.Mang.( C.F. Supri. Supri. Dept.

Supri.Operation) Quality Store (tech)

Control

Sr. Officer (10)

Asst. Officer (10)
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Jr. Asst. (12)

Workers

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SWOT ANALYSIS
The study of this SWOT analysis shows that the ‘strengths’ and ‘opportunities’ far
outweigh ‘weaknesses’ and ‘threats’. The strengths and opportunities are fundamental
and weaknesses and threats are transitory.

STRENGTHS:

• Demand profile: Absolutely optimistic.

• Margins: Quite reasonable.
• Flexibility of product mix: Tremendous. With balancing equipment, you can
keep on adding to your product line.
• Availability of raw material: Abundant. Presently, more than 80 per cent of
chocolate produced is flowing into the unorganized sector, which requires
proper channelization.
• Technical manpower: Professionally-trained, technical human resource pool,
built over last 30 years.

WEAKNESSES:

• Perishability: Pasteurization has overcome this weakness partially. Which

gives chocolate long life. Surely, many new processes will follow to improve
chocolate quality and extend its shelf life.
• Lack of control over yield: Theoretically, there is little control over chocolate
yield. However, increased awareness of developments like embryo transplant,
artificial insemination and properly managed animal husbandry practices,
coupled with higher income to rural milk producers should automatically lead
to improvement in chocolate.

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• Logistics of procurement: Woes of bad roads and inadequate transportation

facility make milk procurement problematic. But with the overall economic
improvement in India, these problems would also get solved.
• Problematic distribution: Yes, all is not well with distribution. But then if
ice creams can be sold virtually at every nook and corner, why can’t we sell
other dairy products too? Moreover, it is only a matter of time before we see
the emergence of a cold chain linking the producer to the refrigerator at the
consumer’s home!
• Competition: With so many newcomers entering this industry, competition is
becoming tougher day by day. But then competition has to be faced as a
ground reality. The market is large enough for many to carve out their niche.

OPPORTUNITIES:
Value addition: There is a phenomenal scope for innovations in
product development, packaging and presentation. Given below are potential areas of
value addition:
o Steps should be taken to introduce value-added products like
shrikhand, ice creams, paneer, khoa, flavored milk, dairy sweets,
chocolates etc. This will lead to a greater presence and flexibility in the
market place along with opportunities in the field of brand building.
o Addition of cultured products like yoghurt and cheese lend further
strength - both in terms of utilization of resources and presence in the
market place.
o A lateral view opens up opportunities in milk proteins through casein,
caseinates and other dietary proteins, further opening up export
opportunities.
o Yet another aspect can be the addition of infant foods, geriatric foods
and nutritional.
• Export potential: Efforts to exploit export potential are already on. Amul is
exporting to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and the Middle East. Following
the new treaty, opportunities will increase tremendously for the export of
agricultural products in general and dairy products in particular.

THREATS:

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Milk vendors, the un-organized sector: Today chocolate vendors are occupying the
pride of place in the industry. Organized dissemination of information about the harm
that they are doing to producers and consumers should see a steady decline in their
importance.

CONCLUSION

This is the vision of the future which the company sees for itself:
‘‘AMUL will be an outstanding marketing organization, with specialization in
marketing of food and dairy products, both fresh and long life with customer focus
and information technology integration.
The network would consist of over 100 offices, 7500 stockists covering at least every
taluka head quarter town, servicing nearly 10 lakh outlets with a turnover of
Rs.10,000 Crore, and serving several co-operatives.
AMUL shall also create a market for its products in the neighboring countries.”

POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER GROWTH

Of the three A's of marketing – availability, acceptability and affordability, Indian

dairying is already endowed with the first two. People in India love to
drink milk and eat chocolate. Hence no efforts are needed to make it
acceptable. Its availability is not a limitation either, because of the ample scope
for increasing milk production. It leaves the third vital marketing factor
affordability. How to make milk and its product affordable for the large majority
with limited purchasing power? That is essence of the challenge. One practical
way is to pack chocolate in small quantities of sachets. Already, the big
chocolate has given way to single - use sachets which are more economical.
Another viable alternative is to sell small quantities of chocolate in mini
- sachets, adequate for one or two person.

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REFERENCES

 Principles of Marketing -- Philip Kotler & Gary Armstrong, 2000.

 Marketing Management -- Philip Kotler, 2000.
 Product management—S.A.Chunawala, 1999.
 Research Methodology - - C.R. Kothari
 www.amul.com
 www.gcmmf.org
 www.indiandairy.com
 www.nddb.com

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AMUL DAIRY
PRODUCT
Bread Spreads
Amul Butter Amul Lite
Utterly Butterly Delicious Low fat, low Cholesterol
Bread Spread

Delicious Table
Margarine
The Delicious way to eat
healthy

Milk Drinks
Amul Kool Amul Kool Cafe

Kool Koko Nutramul Energy Drink

A delight to Chocolate Lovers. A drink for Kids - provides
Delicious Chocolate taste energy to suit the needs of
growing Kids

Amul Kool Chocolate Milk Amul Kool Flavoured

Bottled Milk

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Amul Kool Flavoured Tetra Amul Masti Spiced

Pack Buttermilk
Amul introduces the Best
Thirst Quenching Drink

Amul Kool Thandai

Powder Milk
Amul Spray Infant Milk Amul Instant Full
Food Cream Milk Powder
Still, Mother's Milk is Best A dairy in your home
for your baby

Sagar Skimmed Milk Sagar Tea Coffee

Powder Whitener
Which is especially useful
for diet preparations or
for use by people on low
calorie and high protein
diet.

Amulya Dairy Whitener

The Richest, Purest Dairy
Whitener

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Fresh Milk
Amul Fresh Milk Amul Gold Milk
This is the most hygienic milk
available in the market.
Pasteurised in state-of-the-art
processing plants and pouch-
packed for convenience.

Amul Taaza Double Toned Amul Lite Slim and Trim Milk
Milk

Amul Fresh Cream Amul Shakti Toned Milk

Amul Calci+

Cheese

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Amul Pasteurised Processed Amul Cheese Spreads

Cheese Tasty Cheese Spreads in 3
100% Vegetarian Cheese great flavours..
made from microbial rennet

Amul Emmental Cheese Amul Pizza Mozzarella

The Great Swiss Cheese from Cheese
Amul, has a sweet-dry flavour Pizza cheese...makes great
and hazelnut aroma tasting pizzas!

Gouda Cheese

For Cooking
Amul / Sagar Pure Ghee Cooking Butter
Made from fresh cream. Has
typical rich aroma and
granular texture. An ethnic
product made by dairies with
decades of experience.

Amul Malai Paneer Utterly Delicious Pizza

Ready to cook paneer to make
your favourite recipes!

Mithai Mate Masti Dahi

Sweetened Condensed Milk -
Free flowing and smooth
texture. White to creamy color
with a pleasant taste.

Desserts

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Amul Ice Creams Amul Shrikhand

Premium Ice Cream made in A delicious treat, anytime.
various varieties and flavours
with dry fruits and nuts.

Amul Mithaee Gulab Jamuns Amul Chocolates

Pure Khoya Gulab The perfect gift for someone
Jamums...best served piping you love.
hot.

Amul Lassee Amul Basundi

Health Drink

Nutramul Amul Shakti Health Food

Malted Milk Food made Drink
from malt extract has the Available in Kesar-Almond
highest protein content and Chocolate flavours.
among all the brown
beverage powders sold in
India.

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