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APOLLO TYRES

A REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING

WORK DONE BY:

AMAN RASHID
20BRM002

Under the Co-ordination of

Dr JOSEPHINE LALITHA J MBA,M.PHIL,PHD

A Report Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of

the degree ofBachelor of Business Administration – (Retail Management)

Department of Management Sciences

PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE

An Autonomous College Affiliated To Bharathiar

UniversityAccredited with A Grade by NAAC

(3rd CYCLE)

College with a Potential for Excellence (status awarded by UGC)

Star College Status

Awarded by MST An ISO

9001-2015 Certified

InstitutionCivil Aerodrome

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Coimbatore -641014.

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Industrial training report entitled APOLLO

TYRES is a bonafide record of original work done by AMAN
RASHID(20BRM002) submitted in the partial fulfillment for the
award of the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration – Retail
management.

Dr J JOSEPHINE LAITHA Dr. R. Swaranalatha

Faculty Coordinator Head of the Department

Viva voce held on

Examiners 1. 2.

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CERTIFICATE

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DECLARATION

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 DECLARATION

I, MR. AMAN RASHID (20BRM002) hereby declare that this Industrial training
entitled “APOLLO TYRE” is an original work done by me, under the co-
ordination of Dr. J JOSEPHINE LAITHA during my period of training 2021 –
2022.

DATE: 16.11.2021

PLACE: Coimbatore SIGNSATURE OF STUDENT

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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 ACKNOWLEGEMENT

It is great pleasure, deep satisfaction and gratitude that I

acknowledge the contributors of the array of the individual towards the
successful completion of the Major project.

At this outlet, I wish to extend my heart-felt sincere thanks to

Dr.D.Brindha M.Sc, MPhil,PhD, Principal, PSG College of Arts &
Science and the members of the management for giving me the
opportunity to do this project.

It is a great honor to thank Head of the Department, Dr.R.

Swaranalatha MBA,MPhil, MSc(Psy), PhD, Bachelor of Business
Administration – Retail Management, PSG College of Arts & Science
for her encouragement during the Industrial training report.

I would like to place on record the sincere and earnest guidance extended
to me, by my faculty co-ordinator Dr.J.JOSEPHINE LAITHA, Assistant Professor,
Bachelor of Business Administration – Retail Management for his/her guidance
and encouragement provided, which was a great support for the completion of
this industrial training.

I am immensely obliged to Mr. GEORGE K for his guidance and

kind supervision given to me throughout the training.

AMAN RASHID

[STUDENT NAME]
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 CONTENTS
NO PARTICULAR PAGE NO
1 INTRODUCTION 11

2 ABOUT THE 13
COMPANY

3 COMPANY 16
PROFILE
4 ORGANISATION 20
STRUCTURE
5 VARIOUS 22
DEPARTMENT

6 CONCLUSION 36

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INTRODUCTION

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 INTRODUCTION

Organization is an identifiable group of people contributing their

efforts towards attainment of goals. An organization begins when people
combine their efforts for some common purposes. The organizational
objective is consideredto be more important in the organizational context.
Thus, the individual efforts need to be directed and coordinated towards the
organizational objectives. Sincethe organization comprises of a combination
of individual efforts, it is necessaryto understand how the individual behaves
in the organization, how the individuals efforts coordinated to the success of
the organization.Organizational study is the systematic study and careful
application of knowledge about how people as individuals and as groups – act
within an organization. It studies about the various departments in an
organization, how it is connected towards the organizational goal.
Apollo Tyres Ltd. is one of the largest tyre manufacturing companies
in India. The company was incorporated in 1972 and commenced its
production in 1977. It was the first company to receive ISO 9001
accreditation in Indian tyre industry. In 2006, Apollo acquired Dunlop tyres
of South Africa. The company has its operations in India, Zimbabwe,
Netherland, Korea and South Africa witha network of over 4000 dealerships
in India alone.
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 ABOUT THE
COMPANY
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 ABOUT THE COMPANY

Apollo Tyres Ltd. came into inception in 1972 and has since been a trusted name in the business of
manufacture and sale of tyres. With our corporate headquarters in Gurgaon, India, we cater to over a
100 countries across the globe.
The company markets its products under our two global brands: Apollo and Vredestein. These
products are available in countries across the globe through a vast network of branded, exclusive and
multi-product outlets. Apollo Tyres has multiple manufacturing units in India, the Netherlands and
Hungary.
At the end of the financial year 2021, the company clocked a turnover of US$ 2.34 billion, backed by
a global workforce of approximately 19,000 employees.
As of March 31, 2021, the company traded in India on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National
Stock Exchange, with 62.69% of shares held by the public, government entities, banks and financial
institutions.

Mission

To create the first Indian Singles Grand slam Champion by the year
2018.

Objectives

➢ High volume, high market share, cost effectiveness in all segments.

➢ High quality, technically superior products.
➢ Consistent production through harmonious industrial relations.

➢ Achievements of customer delight through

benchmarking globalpractices.
➢ Strengthen supply chain management.
➢ Revenue growth
➢ Operating margin improvements.
➢ Employee satisfaction
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Goals

➢ Employee safety
➢ Employee satisfaction
➢ Customer delight
➢ Revenue growth
➢ Operating margin requirements
➢ Responsibility
➢ Learning & Development.
➢ Family Focus.
➢ Hygienic Factors.
➢ Employee Involvement & Cultural Building.

Apollo key Differentiation to Other Firms

➢ Superior product Quality.

➢ Strong Brand Equity.
➢ Committed Marketing Team.
➢ High Consumer Loyalty
➢ Product Segmentation in Truck Tyres.
➢ Benched marked for planning efficiency parameters.
➢ Power consumption.

➢ Quick response to market needs.

➢ Fuel efficiency.

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COMPANY
PROFILE

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 COMPANY PROFILE

NAME : Apollo Tyres Ltd.

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT :1972
ADDRESS :Kalamassery,Kochi
NATURE OF THE BUSINESS :Manufacturing and Selling of Tyres
NATURE OF INCORPORATION:Public Limited Company
EMAIL : apollodirect@apollotyres.com

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 PRODUCT PROFILE

The company manufactures and sells a range of tyres of both Bias and
Radial, tubes and flaps. The major products are trucks and bus tyre and trailer
tyres. Besides these, Apollo also produces passenger tyres, light commercial
vehicles tyres etc.

Segment Product

Truck Apollo

• Loadstar Super Hercules Champion

• Loadstar Super Champion DXL
• Loadstar Super Gold Champion Gold
• XT 7 Amar
• XT 7 Haulug Amar Deluxe
• XT7 Gold Amar Gold
• XT-9 Amar AT-Rib
• XT-9 Gold

Kaizen

50 L 27 L
36 L 77 R
• Commando 99 R Plus
• XDT

Light Truck • Loadstar Super XT-9 Gold

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 • Amar Deluxe • Duramile
• Amar Gold • Milestar
• XT-9 • Champion

Passenger Car Radials

Car • Tube Type (Amazer XL Tubeless Radials
Quantum)

4x4 Radials

• Hawkz Amazer XL
• Storm

Alloy Wheels

• Haste Inspire
• Torque Slay
• Nirvana Multispoke
• Frost Sphere
• Quest Cinco

Tubeless Radials

• Acelere Hawkz
• Amazer XL

Conventional Tyres (Bias Tyres)

• Car Jeep
• Armour Gripper
• Panther Maha Trooper

Farm Pure Cultivation Segment

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 • Sarpanch • Krishak Super

Pure Haulage Segment

• Powerhaul

Mixed Application Bias Segment

• Krishak Premium

Mixed Application Radial Segment

• Farmking

Jeep • Gripper Maha Trooper

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ORGANISATION
STRUCTURE

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 ORGANISATION STRUCTURE OF APOLLO TYRES
LIMITED

CHAIRMAN &
MANAGING DIRECTOR

VICE-
CHAIRMAN

CHIEF INDIAN
OPERTIONS

UNIT HEAD
KALAMASSERY

DIVISION DIVISION HEAD DIVISION GROUP GROUP

HEAD Q - TECH HEAD MANAGER MANAGER
COMMERCIAL ENGINEERING PRODUCTION HUMAN
RESOURCE

ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATE MANAGER ASSOCIATE MANAGER

MANAGER PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL
SYSTEM PLANNING & CONTROL ENGINEERING

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 VARIOUS
DEPARTMENT

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HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT

The human resource department‘s main function is to manage

people. It facilitates smooth working of the organization by looking into the
human resource side and also the overall administration of organisation.

Key functions:

➢ To design and implement procedures, policies and systems

those are transparent and help in achieving company goals.
➢ Industrial relations
➢ To boost productivity and improve quality through internal customers
➢ Developing people and teams
➢ Managing change
➢ Integrating people into the company‘s vision, culture and philosophy
➢ Manpower planning, recruitment, employee orientation
➢ Induction, conformation, campus recruitment and internal recruitment
➢ Travel, transfer, ambulance room, statutory compliances
➢ Compensation policies, attendance and leave administration, payroll
advice, performance appraisal, training and development, benefit
administration, disciplinary action and safety.

HR Philosophy of Apollo Tyres Ltd.

➢ Aims to play an active role in enabling the success and growth

of theorganization
➢ Continuous improvement in the quality of people and their
approachtowards customer service
➢ Providing newer and more effective methods of managing and leading
➢ HR oriented growth strategies guide towards top level decisions
➢ Strives to maintain a balance between qualitative and quantitative results

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 ➢ Creation of an organization wide involvement with the concept of HR.

PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL DEPARTMENT

The production planning and control department is responsible for
fixing monthly production levels, meeting production targets, scheduling
machines as per the requirements, employees, developing subordinates and
the preparation of raw material requirements based on monthly production
ticket.

Structure of PPC Department

UNIT HEAD
KALAMASSERY

ASSOCIATE MANAGER PPC

Other function of the PPC Department includes:

➢ Conduct work studies, improvement studies in various

equipments andfixing of norms.
➢ Capacity calculation in various equipments for time to time
inquest tovarious changes.
➢ Design, implementation and follow-up scheme in various zones.
➢ Planning and assessment of manpower requirement in vario
usdepartments periodically.
➢ Study plant layout and material handling systems and suggest for
improvements
➢ Explore the possibilities of capacity expression and prepare the report
➢ Visit other industries for industries for getting information regarding
newdevelopments.
➢ Suggest various cost reduction programmes..

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INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

The main objective of this department is to plan, design, implement

and manage integrated production and service delivery systems that assure
productivity, quality, reliability, maintainability and cost control to keep
Apollo globally competitive.

Structure of Industrial Engineering Department

UNIT HEAD
KALAMASSERY

ASSOCIATE MANAGER
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Major Functions

1. Bench marking

2. Key result area identification

3. GAP Analysis

4. Incentive Planning

Other Functions

➢ Conduct work-studies, improvement studies in various

equipment andfixation of norms.
➢ Capacity calculation of various equipment from time to time
consequentto changes.

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➢ Design, Implementation and follow up of incentive schemes in variouszones.

➢ Planning and assessment of manpower requirements of various

departments periodically.

➢ Studying plant layout and material handling systems and suggestingimprovements.

➢ Explore the possibilities of capacity expansion and prepare projectreports.

➢ Conduct improvement of methods and equipment design compatible tobest
economic standards
➢ Evolve various strategies to optimize inventory levels at various stagessuch as
engineering stores.
➢ Preparation of monthly production plans
➢ Communication of organizational goals down the line
➢ Prepare adjust and issue of different operations based on the programs,inventories,
programs of work and specifications
➢ Follow up programs of work in all sections
➢ Report relevant details and assist to maintain steady progress of work
➢ Take physical inventories from the stores of finished goods and rawmaterials
➢ Maintain records of inventories
➢ Report shortage, rejection and delay in the operations and take correctivemeasures
➢ Maintain good housekeeping
➢ Ensure that no material is leftover when size changes occur
➢ Keep record of non moving material, unidentified material ,scrap generated, obtained
disposal instruction, report follow up actions and to clean up materials
➢ Preparation of raw material requirement based on monthly production ticket.

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 Q – TECH DEPARTMENT
Q-Tech department is a recently introduced department by merging thetechnical
and quality assurance department.

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF Q-TECH DEPARTMENT

DIVISION HEAD
COMMERCIAL

GROUP MANAGER MANAGER ASSOCIATE MANAGER GROUP MANAGER

TYRE ENGINEERING COMPOUNDING HEAT ENGINEERING LAB & QUALITY SYSTEM

ASSOCIATE MANAGER ASSOCIATE MANAGER

MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT LAB QUALITY ENGINEERING

ASSOCIATE MANAGER ASSOCIATE MANAGER (3)

ZONE 1
ZONE 2

CELL MANAGEMENT

SHIFT A SHIFT B SHIFT C

TECHINCAL DEPARTMENT

Technical department looks after tyre engineering and related matters andthe department has
close contracts with production department. Technical department plays a crucial role in the
organization.

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Functions

1. To issue specification to the production plant

2. Develop compound Fabric standard
3. Accessories drawing
4. Processing machine specification
5. Processing and curing of new design
6. To inspect all the production activity
7. To test the tyre
8. To stop production if there is any unconformity found during analysis
9. To make appropriate changes in production process and
specification ifnecessary
10.Initiate and implement corrective measure.
TECHINCAL DEPARTMENT IS DIVIDED

1. Compounding Department: This department holds all the

specification concerned with compounding and ensures all processes
as per specification
2. Tyre engineering department: This department holds all the
specificationswith building and curing. This department can make
any changes in the specifications as required and is concerned with
conducting various tests on the final production.

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QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT

The main duty of the quality assurance department in the

determination ofthe quality standards, measurements of the
actual quality, compares it against standard controls measures are
tables.

Functions
1. Inspection of incoming raw material.
2. Auditing involving the control of non-confirming material or process.
3. Auditing of finished products
4. Solving customer complaints
5. Testing process

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FINANCE & COSTING SECTION

Finance Department of ATL is concerned with the planning and controlling of the
financial resources. In ATL the statement is prepared in accordance with the requirement of
companies ACT 1956 and applicable accounting standards issued by the institute of Chartered
Accounts in India. Themanagement of ATL accepts that the integrity and objectivity of their
financial statement has been made on a prudent and reasonable basis in order that the financial
statements retain the forms of transactions. Companies state of affairs and profit of the year.

The corporate office does most of the accounting jobs of ATL. At Kalamassery Plant,
they have separate department that deals with salary, costing, excise duty on raw material.

• Payroll Section

It involves the handling of wages, salaries, keeping records of employees including

information about their basic allowances maintaining their attendance etc. for the convenience
of employee, payments and dispersed through banks of ATM's. Basic allowances are provided
by HR dept. and absenteeism rate are given by time office dept.

• Costing

The process of costing is based on the financial accounts. The price of a single tyre is
determined by taking into consideration the actual cost involved inmaking tyres. The company
follows the rate of having only 0.5 less percentage of scrap and this helps in minimizing cost.

• Control

It includes monitoring the electricity charges, wastage scrap and other avoidable
expenses. Distribution of payment through it is step also taken under this function. This has
helped in reducing manpower security requirements and also other risks to be taken by the
company. It maintains the maximum inventory of 6-7 days as this is required for again time
of tyre. A total 1,32 hours is needed to make a tyre, make it heat resistant, strong, loud etc.

• Pricing

Pricing is done as per the change in price of raw material and on basis oafcompetitors
pricing policy.

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 • Control excise

All has to pay 16% excise duty for dutiable items of domestic purposes to the central
government for exports on excise duty has to be paid at gives about
2.3 crores excise duty in spite of all these measures.
• Basis of accounting

The financial statements are prepared on historical cost convention with the exception of
certain fixed asset which was revalued based on occurred method of accounting and in
accordance with the accounting principle generallyaccepted in internationally.

• Sources of fund

The major source of funds is from shareholders funds, share capital, reserves and surplus and
loans are funds either secured or unsecured. But the unit of Kalamassery receives funds from
head office New Delhi.

• Budgeting
Budgeting is done on the basis of production. Here no sales takes place hence budgeting is done
on the basis of production.

• Applications of funds
Funds are used for purchasing of fixed assets, meeting depreciation, making new investments,
purchase of inventories and meeting currentliabilities. Apollo Tyres Ltd. of Kalamassery uses
its funds for making payments tax payments and purchasing raw material. Rest all the funds
are allocated by the head office for other needs and requirements.

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SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT
The systems department is responsible for computerization of different departments of Apollo
Tyres Limited. It operates and co-ordinates all systems inthe organization. At Apollo Tyres
Ltd., Kalamassery an associate manager is in charge of systems department. He directly reports
to the unit head.

Structure of Systems Department

UNIT HEAD
KALAMASSERY

ASSOCIATE
MANAGER SYSTEMS

Apollo uses Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as an IT enabler across the company
to develop integrated database. The ERP package implemented in ATL is SAP R/3, which
stands for System, Application and Products in data processing. Since ATL is following SAP
system in all its departments, system department plays a pivotal role in the day to day smooth
functioning of the company.

In collaboration with IBM, SAP was successfully implemented at ATL on 1st February
2004. ATL was the first manufacturing concern in India to implement SAP for the whole
organisation without defects within a short spanof time. Since the implementation in 2004, till
today no major problems were reported. That shows the efficiency of systems department of
ATL.

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Primary functions

The two primary functions of systems department are as follows:

1. Monitoring function

Security problems in the SAP were solved using central virus scanning system and
firewall at the head office (Gurgaon and Haryana). HCL solve all problems related to the
network connection.

2. Maintenance function

The systems department in the plant solves the network problems as well as the
computer problems. Regular backups were taken daily and monthly for providing reliability in
the SAP system. All the computers were connected usingboth point to point and star topology
to form an intranet inside the plant. Proper authentication was given to each department
members using a user ID and password

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PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
Kalamassery plant with an installed capacity of 100 MT/day
contributes approx. 300 Cr to the total turnover of the Apollo group. The
daily production target of the Kalamassery unit is 100.81 metric tons.
Production is carried out inthree shifts. Every month end, production intends
are obtained from the marketing department of Apollo tyres Ltd, Delhi
stating how much tyres need tobe manufactured. Kalamassery plant
primarily focuses on the bias tyres production.

The production department is divided into three main divisions

based on the various stages of tyre manufacturing:

The main functions of Division 1 are:

1. Mixing
2. Dipping
3. Calendaring
4. Extrusion

Division 2 has the following functions:

1. Bias cutting
2. Band building
3. Stock preparation
4. Tyre building

Division 3 mainly deals with:

1. Tyre curing
2. Final inspection

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 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

The engineering department is the service department and

provides its service to various departments such as production,
technical, quality, assurance and engineering. The major function
of the engineering department is manufacturing, installation,
maintenance and repair of machines. All machines are checked
regularly. The machine history is recorded so that the life of a
particular machine can be known and used respectively.
Maintenance is the key function of this department, and is
classified as:

1. Preventive maintenance
2. Breakdown maintenance
Preventive maintenance means preventing the machines
from any possible breakdown and breakdown maintenance means
repairing the faulty machines.

Engineering department undertakes periodic checking of

all machines. Shift engineers study the problem in detail and the
required repair work is done. The required spares are available
from various engineering stores. The machine is then checked and
production officers close the notification.

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CONCLUSION

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CONCLUSION
Training at Apollo Tyres ltd has been very useful,informative and educative.This experience of 15
days had helped me to gain a lot of knowledge about the industry,the work and the work team.And I
Thank the staff at Apollo for their responses and co op

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