A STUDY ON THE WAYS TO UTILISE EXISTING TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL AT TNCSC MODERN RICE MILL, THIRUVARUR By

K.P.VINOTH
Reg.No: 820812631053 OF

EGS PILLAY ENGINEERING COLLEGE A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted Under the Guidance of

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

In partial fulfilment of the requirements For the award of the degree of

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI 600 025.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES To utilize existing workforce to increase productivity level in the TNCSC Modern Rice Mill SECONDARY OBJECTIVES To correlate level of absenteeism and productivity level To identify whether installing a new machine will increase the productivity level To provide feedback to the company about the compensatory program through labor survey

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

According to Japanese Shiseido Corporation Companies can increase productivity in a variety of ways. The most obvious methods involve automation and computation which minimize the tasks that must be performed by employees. Recently, less obvious techniques are being employed that involve ergonomic design and worker comfort. A
comfortable employee, the theory maintains, can produce more than a counterpart who struggles through the day. In fact, some studies claims that measures such as drastic effect on office done by productivity. They suggest that productivity could be increased by means of perfuming or deodorizing the air conditioning system of work place. Increase the productivity also can influence society more broadly, by improving living strands, and creating income.

According to Arturo L. TolentinoThe globalization of manufacturing and the increased concern about social and ecological issues make productivity improvement more important. At the same time, a broader meaning of productivity calls for a wider set of indicators to catch and reflect the new elements and parameters involved. The broader conception of productivity is incorporating wider definitions of what the outputs and inputs are of the production-distribution process. The social and ecological impacts are now increasingly considered as outputs of the production process in addition to the traditional physical and value measures of outputs. Similarly, the social and ecological costs are now also being recognized as inputs in the productivity equation. With increasing concerns on the social and ecologic impacts of the operations of enterprises, the definitions of what are inputs and outputs are changing. Social and ecological inputs and outputs are increasingly being factored-in the efficiency and effectiveness performance of the enterprise.

According to European productivity agency Productivity is an attitude of mind. It is

the mentality of progress, of the constant improvement of that which exists. It is the certainty of being able to do better today than yesterday and continuously. A major problem with productivity is that it means things to many people. Economists determine it from Gross National Product (GNP), managers view it as cost cutting and speed up, engineers think of it in terms of more output per hour. But generally accepted meaning is that it is the relationship between goods and service produced and the resources employed in their production.

According to Rgis Bonnelli From the point of view of global manpower productivity - measured by the production/ potentially active population ratio - it is only possible to increase its value in the medium term by increasing production (numerator of the fraction). The solution of deliberately reducing the denominator fortunately has not been considered since the defeat of Nazism. It is an elementary question that to maintain constant the number of busy or employed people, and at the same time to increase the manpower productivity it is necessary to increase the production in the same proportion. For a country with a growing potentially active population it is necessary to grow even more in order to maintain the occupation rate. Exporting workers - which in a way we are already doing - does not seem a desirable solution for a country with natural resources like Brazil.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH
Research is the process of finding solutions to a problem after a thorough study and analysis of the situational factors

RESEARCH DESIGN
A research design is a procedural plan that is adopted by researcher to answer questions validly,objectively,accurately and economically According to SELLTIZ ET AL., A research design is the arrangement of conditions for collections and analysis of data in a manner that aims to combine relevance to the research purpose with economy in procedure It is descriptive research type are those, which are concerned with describing the characteristics of a particular individual or of a group, where we cannot control the variables

SAMPLING DESIGN Population Sampling Unit Sample Size : 78 Members : Labour : 32 nos.

DATA COLLECTION:

Primary data
Primary data are collected afresh and for the first time. It is the data originated by the researcher specifically to address the research problem. In this study, primary data is collected primarily to understand the existing recruitment and selection process the organization is using.

Secondary Data
Secondary data includes those data which are collected from internet,

Data collection Instrument:

Questionnaire Design begins with an understanding of the capabilities of a questionnaire and how they can help in research. If it is determined that a questionnaire is to be used, the greatest care goes into the planning of the objectives. Questionnaires are like any scientific experiment. One does not collect data and then see if they found something interesting. One forms a hypothesis and an experiment that will help prove or disprove the hypothesis.

Company Profile

A Research and Development Laboratory was established in the modern rice mill complex of Thanjavur Co-operative Marketing Federation (TCMF) at Tiruvarur in 1968. Under the dedicated leadership and the able guidance of late Dr. V. Subrahmanyan, an eminent scientist and founder Director of Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, this laboratory made significant contributions in the field of postharvest technology of paddy. Thus in 1972, the status of this R & D unit was upgraded as a national laboratory under the name of "Paddy Processing Research Centre" (PPRC). The PPRC was initially administered by the TCMF, Tiruvarur, there after by the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) and then by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. On 1st December, 1984 the PPRC was registered as a Society under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act and since then functioning as an autonomous body under the administrative control of the Department of Food, Government of India up to 12.9.88. Consequent upon the creation of the new Ministry of Food Processing Industries and transfer of the Rice Milling Cell from the Department of Food to this Ministry, the administrative control of the PPRC has also been transferred to this Ministry with effect from 13.9.88.

The PPRC was financed jointly by the Department of Food, Government of India, Food Corporation of India (FCI) and TNCSC up to 31.3.82. During the initial stages the National Cooperative Development Corporation also provided financial assistance. The Department of Food, Government of India fully financed PPRC from 1.4.82 to 12.9.88 and thereafter the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India.

The PPRC was functioning in a rented building at the TNCSC modern rice mill complex at Tiruvarur up to December 1987. Thereafter, it was shifted to its new premises at Thanjavur, in an area of 14.7 acres comprising the main building and staff quarters, established at a cost of about Rs.90.00 lakhs sanctioned by the Department of Food, Government of India.

Quesstionnaire

Name Age Year of Experience Monthly income

a)18-25 b)26-35 c)36-45 d)46-55 e)above 55 a)below 1 yrs b)2-4 yrs c)3-6 yrs d)above 6 yrs a)below 5000 b)5000-8000 c)8000-12000 d)12000-15000 e)above 15000

The level of workload

a) Very high d) Low b) High c) moderate

Are you satisfied with the work environment in your organization?

a) Yes b) No

Does your supervisor provide assistance to your job

a) Yes b) No

Are you satisfied with the safety appliance in workplace?

a) Yes b) No