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A survey was conducted among 50 employees with a questionnaire and the
information thus collected is collated and put into tabular formats. From the
Tabulation, charts were derived. The following are the findings from the Tables and
Charts.

1. Majority of the respondents are in the age range of 26-30 years which is
an ideal for an industry
2. As many as 50% of the respondents are of the opinion that the comp any has a
good working strategy for production department.

3. Production department feels that company¶s own transport is sufficient to

transport raw materials and finished products.
4. 46% of the respondents feel that the company has introduced State-of-the-art
technology in its production process.
5. 54% of the respondents feel that they are being trained to handle the
sophisticated plant and machinery.
6. 38% of the respondents expressed their opinion that only the supervisory staff
are being sent for training in handling new equipments.
7. 64% of the respondents felt that the company has taken adequate safety
measures at the workstation.
8. 40% of the respondents said that they get overtime job very often.
9. 46% of the respondents feel that the company has paid the overtime wages as
per rules.
10. 48% of the respondents said that they have been paid in cash with respect to
overtime wages.
11. 70% of the respondents have said that there is systematic maintenance of
inventory records regarding spares and raw materials.
12. 46% of the respondents said that there is strict adherence to quality control
throughout production activity.
13. 44% of the respondents felt that they had some problems with raw materials
at storage level.
14. 62% of the respondents have said that the rating of delivery system of finished
goods are excellent.
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15. Only 22% of the respondents have said that there is delay in supply of raw
materials at the time of production.
16. 64% of the respondents opined that there is always a recognition by the PD
Head regarding the good work done by employees.
17. 66% of the respondents have said that there is systematic evaluation of
performance for annual increment.
18. 66% of the respondents have said that there is a good referral system (asking
employees to recommend new recruits).
19. 78% of the respondents have said that there are only two and three meetings
of the employees per year.
20. 66% of the respondents have opined that the Management accepts their
suggestions for improvement in productive activity.
21. 94% of the respondents have said that the management shares with the
employees with respect to successful launch of new products.
22. 92% of the employees have felt that there is ample scope for goods prospects
in the existing company.
23. 64% of the employees said that they are somewhat happy with the
emoluments paid by the company with respect to their experience.
24. 90% of the respondents have said that company is making best efforts with
respect to welfare activities for members of the families of employees
25. 90% of the respondents have said that the other employees are happy working
for the company.
26. 50% of the respondents have said that higher incentives will help company
achieve greater productivity.

 









While production managers of today appear to have more education than before,
little else seems to have changed over many years. Production managers in India
continue to have a wide range of responsibilities and appear to be happy with their

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job, status, and remuneration. Production managers feel they need further training
in computer skills, accounting, and business management.

As in earlier studies, this survey reinforces the importance placed by production

management practitioners on concept-related topics. Among these, the subject areas
of production planning, quality management, and manufacturing strategy are
considered the most practically relevant for Indian industries. Analytical techniques
are given very low importance. This polarisation (concept vs. technique) in the
perception of the practitioners is perhaps even more marked in this study than in
overseas studies. People skills and monetary issues are given high preference, even
though these topics are usually taught outside the discipline of production
management in most institutions. The stress on human resource is emphasised by
this typical comment from a production manager:

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Ensuring health and safety is seen as one of the top tasks of production managers,
but this topic is given scant attention in PM teaching. International operations
management, and supply chain management, which are two "hot" topics in overseas
PM circles are perceived to be of low value to Indian Industries and particular among
the production managers. Even though information technology (IT) was given high
rating currently, it was seen as having the highest impact on future PM practice. This
justifies the current trend in stressing IT in PM teaching.

One comes away with an overall impression that production management teaching
needs to move away from being a sub-discipline of industrial engineering /
operational research and needs to emphasise "softer" topics such as human
resources, health and safety, environmental issues, and strategic concerns in order to
accord with production management practice. The evidence seems to be that,
compared to overseas, Indian Production Management practices and education goes
more towards meeting practitioners¶ needs, but there is still a wide gap. An academic
offered the following comments:

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As far as results of project work is concerned, a very good production team is

set up at Confident Dental Equipments Ltd. and the team has been achieving the
targets and doing well in the field of exports. The production management practice
adopted at the company is congenial for higher productivity. The findings clearly
indicates the positive attitude of the management, especially the production
department has greatly enhanced the company¶s performance as it can be seen from
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