Kerala Feeds
Ltd., a Kerala Government Company, was set up in 1995, incorporated
under the Companies Act. The total project cost was approximately
Rs.3500 lakhs, out of which Rs.2074 lakh is Government equity, 626 lakhs
is share holding of various co-operative/Public Sector Undertakings
and Rs.800 lakhs is term loan from Nationalized bank. The Company
is headed by Board of Directors under the Chairmanship of Secretary
to Government (Animal Husbandry & Dairy Development), Government
of Kerala. The plant was commissioned in late 1998 and commercial
production could start in January 1999, with one shift only. The
second and third shift operations commenced in June 1999 and July 2000
respectively.
The unit is
located in Kallettumkara Village in Mukundapuram Taluk of Thrissur District,
Kerala, India beside the Palghat – Ernakulam Railway line and about
7 km from Chalakudy and 9 km from Irinjalakuda. The plant is situated
in 27 acres of land.
Being an ISO
9001-2000 Company, all the process and technology in Kerala Feeds Limtied,
meets international standards. Kerala Feeds Limited also is an
ISI certificate holder Company in India. Kerala Feeds Limited
was also selected by the State Government for the most Result-Oriented
energy conservation drives during 2002-03.
The design
of the plant is based on European Standards. Only dumping of raw
materials and stacking of Finished Feed is manual while the other processes
are fully automated and controlled from the plant Control Room.
The plant has a dedicated PLC software controlling all the activities
of the plant from dumping upto bagging. One interesting feature
of the plant is that the design incorporates a post milling technology,
where the entire batch is passed through Hammer Mills and particles
necessary for grinding are ground to a fine powder. This technology
has been marketed by us in the form of MMCP. The Pellet Mills,
the Batch Mixer, the Hammer Mills and the Molasses Mixer are imported
from Netherlands.
The specialty
of the plant is the high levels of automation that has been incorporated
and this automation has been helpful in attaining the consistency in
quality through the repeatability of the formulation during the batching
process. The organisation has procured and developed material
handling systems in tune with its requirements to lighten the burden
of the employees.
Since raw materials
account for more than 80% of the cost of production, purchase of raw
materials at competitive rates is the most crucial part of operation
in cattle feed plant. All the raw materials are seasonal and therefore
are subject to frequent fluctuations in prices.
II. DEPARTMENTS
1. PURCHASE
Head of Department
: Asst.Manager (Purchase) – Smt. Usha Padmanabhan.
Functions:
Planning and
procurement of Raw Materials and Packing Materials required for Manufacture
of Cattle Feed & Mineral Mixture Plant, Spares and Capital
items required for Engineering Stores, Lab Equipments , Glass wares
and Chemicals , Furniture and Fixtures , other miscellaneous items.
2.
MARKETING
Head of Department
: Manager (Marketing) – Smt. Vimla Menon
Functions:
Marketing of
Cattle Feed and Mineral Mixture and all other functions related to it.
3. PRODUCTION
Head of Department
: Manager (Prodn. & Engg.) – Sri. K. Hemachandran. (On Leave)
Functions:
The functions
of Production Department includes Planning & Execution of Production
Schedule, Maintenance of Equipments and Machineries. Department
also initiate development works related to R&D for supporting plant
activities and undertake new projects.
4. PERSONNEL
& ADMINISTRATION
Head of Department
: Asst. Manager (Personnel & Admn.) – Smt. S. Sreekala
Functions:
- Recruitment and
placement of employees
- Performance evaluation
of employees
- Staff Matters
- Training needs assessment
for the employees
- Training and Development
programme
- Welfare activities
- Grievance redressal
of employees.
- Wages and Salary
administration
- Maintenance of personnel
records
- Industrial Relations
- Administrative
functions of the Company
5. MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT
Head of Department
: Jr. Officer (Stores) – Sri. Mohammed Basheer
Functions:
1. Receipt of Raw material
2. Issue of Raw material
3. Receipt of spares
4. Issue of spares
5. Receipt of finished feed
6. Despatch of finished feed
7. Inventory control
6. QUALITY
CONTROL
Head of Department
: Asst. Manager (QC) – Dr. Ann Nissa Thomas.
Functions:
7. FINANCE
& ACCOUNTS
Head of Department
: Accounts Officer - Manager (F&A) in charge –
Functions:
Finance
Functions:
1.Optimum utilization
of funds without endangering the financial solvency of the Company through
decisions such as Capital Budgeting, Profit Planning, Tax Management
and Working Capital Management.
2.To ensure
control over expenses by constantly monitoring actual with that of budgeted
figures.
3.To find out
room for Cost control and Cost reduction by constantly monitoring various
operational activities.
Accounting
Functions:
- Receipts and payments
of money are accurately recorded so that all payables and receivables
are correctly reflected.
- All Assets and Liabilities
are recorded and classified properly in accordance with Statutory requirements
to reflect the financial position of the company as at a particular
date.
- All Income and Expenses
of a particular period are accurately reflected in accordance with relevant
statutes to gauge the working results of that period.
- To ensure truth
and fairness of financial statements namely Balance Sheet and Profit
& Loss Account.
8. SECRETARIAL
DEPARTMENT
Head of Department
: Company Secretary cum Accounts Officer–
Functions:
- To conduct Board
Meetings, Audit Committee Meetings and share holders Meetings as per
the provisions of Companies Act, 1956.
- To file periodical
returns to the authorities concerned as per Companies Act, 1956.
- To prepare the agenda
notes for the above meetings and Minutes of meetings and co-ordinate
with Departments for implementation of Board’s decisions.
- Various functions in
relation to Finance & Accounts matters of the company
9. EDP DEPARTMENT
Head of Department
: EDP Officer - Sri. Manoj E P
Functions:
- Electronic Data
Processing (EDP) of the company in vital areas such as Purchase Management,
Marketing Management, Management Information Systems etc.
- Development and
maintenance of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Solutions in the Company.
- Maintenance of software
as well as hardware.
- Timely up-gradation
of software and hardware.
- Establishing high-end
Communication as well as computer technologies to the Company.
- Arrange adequate
exposure of new cutting edge technologies to the employees.
10. PROJECT
DEPARTMENT
Head of Department
: Sri. M.P. John
Functions:
- Co-Ordination of activities related with implementation of the following new projects of Kerala Feeds Limited
- Mineral Mixture plant at Adavanad.
- Feed plant unit at Karunagappilly
- Densified Fodder Block unit at Palakkad
- Feasibility study of Projects & give recommendation to Managing Director .
- Locating sources of funds & Availability funds for these projects.
III. A
statement of categories of documents that are held by the Organisation/institution
and under its control
1. PURCHASE
Documents held by the Department:
- All Files, Faxes
and records related to the purchases- Itemwise
- Minutes of Purchase
Committee Meetings
- Minutes of Commercial
Advisory Committee Meetings.
2.
MARKETING
Documents held by the Department:
All files,
registers and documents related to the above functions.
3. PRODUCTION
Documents held by the Department:
The department
deals with the files pertaining to all activities related to production,
Maintenance, Development Works and Projects.
4. PERSONNEL
& ADMINISTRATION
Documents held by the Department:
- Personal files of
employees
5. MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Documents held by the Department:
Corresponding
ledgers ,stock statements, monthly statements with regard to the above
are the major documents
6. QUALITY CONTROL
Documents held by the Department:
- ISO 9001:2000 certificate
- BIS certificate
- Records for Quality
control activities
7. FINANCE
& ACCOUNTS
Documents held by the Department:
All relevant
Books of Accounts required to be maintained as per the requirements
of applicable statutes.
8. SECRETARIAL
DEPARTMENT
Documents held by the Department:
- Agenda Notes
of various meetings
- Minutes of various
meetings
- Copy of returns
filed with authorities
- Various registers
maintained under the provisions of Companies Act, 1956
9. EDP
DEPARTMENT
Documents held by the Department:
- Internet Details,
File No. KFL/546/99
- New Technologies,
File Number KFL/MAG/06
- Software Development,
File Number KFL/447/99(II)
- Network Cabling,
File No. KFL/927/02
10. PROJECT DEPARTMENT
Documents held by the Department:
Contact
Nos. - (0480)-2720179, 2720192, 2725295, 2723685
Scale of Pay for Staff
Category
Shift
Engineer /Accounts Officer / Marketing Officer / Purchase Officer / Procurement Specialist / EDP Officer / Stores Officer
P.A.To Managing Director /
Junior Officer / Chemist / Analytic Chemist / Sales Executive Rs.
9190-200-9590-240-10790-280-11910-340-13610-380-15510/-
Scale of Pay for Workmen
Category
VI. Rules,
Regulations, Instructions, Manuals held by the department for the discharge
of its functions.
The department
discharges its functions in accordance with the instructions contained
in the respective manuals and other rules and regulations issued by
Government from time to time.
VII. The
particulars of Assistant Public Information Officer,
Public Information Officer as provided under the Act.
