The Nikasu International is located in the Cochin Special Economic Zone,
Kakkanadu. The company is utilizing the beneits o the CSEZ to its optimum le!el oten reerred to as "#ree Trade Z$NE%. &n e'port processing zone is an encla!e (ithin nations coustoms territory, housing manuacturing units, the entire production (hich meant or e'prt e'pect to he e'tend allo(ed or domestic sale.these zones are the tools in the hands o go!ernment or e'port promotion . The CSEZ helps the manuacturers to) *educe the cost o manuacture. +inimise the delay in the e'port and import. #aster duty ree customs ser!ice. Ease to getting into business. ,ro!iding -uality en!ironment by gi!ing actory building and other inrastructure. *apid and reliable administrati!e support. & special economic zone is) & designed duty ree encla!e treated as oreign territory or the trade operations, duties and taris. #or attracting oreign direct in!estment. In promoting e'ort oriented production. .nlimited /T& sales. 0ess stringent monitoring. No speciic e'port obligation targets.
INDUSTRY PROFILE #ood industry is one o the most emerging industries in the presen scenario. The /emand or ood and specially the processed ood is increasing day by day. 1hat (ill be the uture hold as the (orld population gro(n rom 23 billion by 34546 &long (ith increased demand in ood -uality, uturists predict a demand or an impro!ement in the -uality o ood . ho( (ill (e meet uture human ood needs , both in the -uality and in -uatity 6 the only (ay is more research or higher production and better processing share in the (orld scenario. /ierent countries ha!e dierent production and processing share in the (orld scenario. India has a ma7or scope and opportunities in the ood processing industry. The Indian ood processing market is one o the largest in terms o production, conception and e'port and import prospects. The total ood production in India is likely to double in the ne't 84 years and there is an opportunity or large in!estment in ood processing, specialty processing, packaging rozen ood9rerigeration and thermo processing, ruits and !egetables, milks and m ilk products, meat and poultry, packaged9con!enience oods, alcoholic be!erage and sot drinks and grains are important subsectors o the ood processing industry . This indicates !ast scope or the in!estors and e'porters.
The International 7ournal o ood science technology and nutrition is being lauched (ith the basic ob7ecti!e o creating a orum to put or(ard and discuss issues and research inding in the ield o ood processing. The 7ournal is an international publication (hich piblishes peer re!ie(ed original research and re!ie(s o all applid aspects o ood science or ood scientis and other interested proessinals.
The issue o 7ournal comprises o research and re!ie( papers rom all parts o the (orld. :arious reas like concise re!ie(s and hypothesis in ood chemistry and to'icology ood micro biology and saesty, products de!elopment, and censoring and nutriti!e -ualities o ood. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY To ha!e a general a(arness o the entire unctioning o the organization. /ata collected by obser!ing the unction o the organization. To analyse the o!erall e'port perormance o NIK&S.. To understand the e'tent to (hich -uality control measures are put into practies. To gi!e suggestions i necessary. To kno( the duties and responsibilities o Key personal. To getting practical e'perience regarding the organization unction. To impro!e management skill. Methodolgy of The Study Collection o data is the most important step in the research process. &t most case must be e'ercised here because any ault (ill lead to the research program.In the research study both the primary and secondary data sources are used.The main methods are as ollo(s. Pr!"ry d"t" are obtained by a study speciically designed purpose or or a speciic research or the irst time and original in character. The ollo(ing are the !arious primary data sources that I had used or the research process /irect inter!ie( (ith the department heads Interaction (ith (orkers in the company /ata collected by obser!ing the unction o the organization
Se#o$d"ry d"t" are those data, (hich are collected by one or other purposes and a!ailable or the present study. The ollo(ing are the !arious secondary data sources used by me or this study. &nnual reports o the company /epartment manuals $ther pro7ect ,eriodicals,books,etc,published materials by the company Internet (ebsites
PRODUCT PROFILE ,roduct +i' North Indian Snacks North Indian ;reads North Indian Curries Indian !egetables South Indian Snacks South Indain Curries Kerala ruits and !egetables Ice<cream illings ,roduct 0ines) Samosa Spring *oll Kachori +ogo ;a77iya ,aratha Chappathi Tandoori Naan *umli *otti $nion kulcha =arlic Naan Idly /osa :ada Cutlet :egeterian ;iriyani COMP%NY PROFILE The captain o Nikasu =roup is +r. K.K ,illai, a returned N*I banker (ith !ast e'perience in !arious countries in trade and banking. >is oreign contacts and enterprising e'perience made him to establish industries in India to cater to the (orld community.
>is irst !enture is Nikasu ,ack ,!t. 0td. Established in 8?@2 or baby products (ith Aapanese technology. Since he pro!ed his entity in Indian soil, he has di!ersiied into ready to eat rozen oods and trading lines. #rom 8??B on(ards he is catering (ith ready to eat rozen ood items to countries like .S, .K , Europe etc. >is participation in the ood e'po in Tokyo enabled him to de!elop the base in Aapan as (ell. The latest !enture is Spices and Curry,,o(der (ith the highlight like CTomorro( or TodayC. This is one o the irst o its kind in the spice sector (ith IS$ D >&CC, standard. The Nikasu =roup o companies unctioning rom the Special Economic Zone comprises three companies
Nikasu ,ack ,!t 0td Nikasu rozen oods International Nini trading corporation Nikasu Frozen Food International The second !enture o Nikasu (as into rozen, ood as Nikasu rozen ood International, manuacturing ethnic Indian ood items (ith (ith state o art technology to retain ethnic taste o India or the Indians abroad. #or other ood products and !egetables,ruits, and ice creams illing items. Nikasu rozen oods International has been establish in the year 8??B and by targeting countries like .S&, .K, Europe etc. &nd the participation in the ood e'po in Tokyo enabled him to de!elop the base in Aapan as (ell. Company is en7oying acilities like un<interrupter po(er supply, (ater supply, (astage "disposal scheme, inrastructural acilities , central e'cise and sales ta' duty beneits etc as ar as it is in special economic zone. The products coming under the rozen ood di!ision are eco riendly containers like pineapple skin, coconut shell and mango skin are used. These eco riendly ethnic containers are used to ill ice creams, coconut milk, coconut creams, rozen shaded coconut, desiccated coconut etc. 0ogo o the company is ">E&T &N/ E&T%. Company is concentrated in the e'port o ready to eat !egetables and rozen oods. It is a #/& *egistered company. It is a Netherland based company. Nikasu rozen International is unctioning (ith the help o 82B employees. The company gi!es training to the employees in dierent stages according to the >&CC, E>azard &nalysis Critical Control ,ointF. >&CC, certiication is !ery important or the e'port o ood items. The company is recipient o some a(ards like &,E/& a(ard E344G<344BF, Srilankan &(ard E344G<344BF and an a(ard gi!en by Chennai based agency. The company is en7oying :iseh krishi .pa7 yhogana Scheme. OR%&%NIS%TION CH%RT Hu!"$ Re'our#e De("rt!e$t Employees are the greatest asset o any organization. 1ithout ade-uate manpo(er no business perorms (ell. The success or ailure o e!ery organization depends on ho( (ell the employees are perorming and also the -uality o its employees. ,ersonnel management or human resource management is concerned (ith the planning, organizing ,directing and controlling o the procurement, de!elopment, compensation, integration , maintenance and reproduction o human resource to the end so that indi!idual, organizational and social ob7ecti!es are accomplished. &t Nikasu #rozen #ood International #rozen #ood International also there is a great stri!ed to de!elop an employees to the best o his9her abilities. The >* department is helpul or the organization to reach their goals .It carries out !arious acti!ities or the de!elopment, protection and (ell being o the human resource o the organization. *ecruitment o ne( sta, conducting training programs, keeping track o the employees payment o salary etc are some o the important acti!ities carried out by this department. M"r)et$g De("rt!e$t The marketing o the products is carried out by the +anaging /irector o the company. >e is not only responsible or marketing the products but also makes and recei!e orders. The main marketing acti!ity o this irm is participating in orign ood e'hibitions .They does not ha!e the market here. The company is completely e'porting all the products to abroad. Company%s main ad!ertising marketing acti!ities are participating in ood e'hibitions, ad!ertising through e<mails and other reerence methods. Marketing activities ,roduct)< Nikasu rozen ood International is producing ready to eat rozen ood like Kachori Samosa Spring roll +ogo bagiya Cutlets ,us They are also producing eco riendly. like pineapple skin, coconut shell and mango skin are used. These eco riendly ethnic containers are used to ill ice cream, coconut milk, coconut creams, rozen schemed coconut, (elcome drinks o dierent la!ors, resh tender coconut etc Export market )< .S, .K, Ku(ait and .&E are the graced countries are the graced countries (here people o that region en7oy the dierent products o Nikasu. The company has established the name or -uality and customer relation. Cochin special economic zone is only keeping 3B K+ rom the sea part and 54 K+ rom the airport. Certification)< Nikasu rozen ood International is ha!ing >azard analysis and Critical control ,oint certiication. This certiication is !ery much essential or the e'port o rozen ood items. & rozen ood e'port company is re-uired to apply o the >&CC, certiication as soon as it starts its construction. It has t(o agency and certiication o agency Imports)< Nikasu rozen oods international is importing only pastry rom Singapore and +alaysia or spring roll and samosa. Company procure all other a( materials domestically. The imports o ra( materials is only about @H. Export promotion)< Company e'pands its e'port by adopting marketing strategies like participating in e'hibition, ceating a (eb site, gi!ing ad!ertisement in oreign magazines and ne(spapers etc. IT is also a member o &,E/& E&gricultural and ,romotional #ood products E'port de!elopment &uthorityF Packing)< company is ollo(ing three types o packing or its e'ports. 8. .nder the irst method the products are put in micro able plain pouch and put them into an attracti!e plain pouch. #inally this attracted pounch is put into cartons as per placed in the cartoons accordingly to the speciications. 3. In second method the products are put into the micro able plain pouch, and is also packed by attracti!e printed, duple' packets. #inally the products are placed in the cartons accordingly to the speciications. 5. In the third method the products are packed them into attracti!e duple' cartons and inally they are put into the cartons accordingly to the buyers speciications. It is mainly used or dishes .The e'porters e'port the products in packages (hich are importer%s taste and preerence. In the case o competition the company doesn%t ha!e any competition in the rozen ood e'port. &nd the company is e'porting the products according to the speciications o the importer. FIN%NCE DEP%RTMENT The accounting unction in!ol!es day to day accounting o se!eral transactions receipt and disbursement o money transactions related to purchase, sales and other income, i'ed assets, salaries and (ages. Control and e'penses are assured by comparing actual e'penses (ith budgeted igure. Account system The company ollo(s a ully computerized accounting system. They (ere using the accounting sot(are Tally and !isual basic in the company. &ll the oicers in, the inancial department can access the inancial inormation (ithin their authority. INTE*N&0 &./IT Purpose:- To pro!ide guidelines or perorming internal audit to check the ade-uacy and compliance o -uality acti!ities (ith deined elements o ood saety systems. Scope :- &ll the ood saety system and related elements e'isting in the company Responsibility :- >&CC, team leader , internal auditor PROCEDURES DESCRIPTION The internal audit (ill be done once in I months . audits at sorts inter!als can be carried out dependency on the re-uirements. & team o trained internal auditors (ill do internal audit /etails o the internal audit team (ill be (ith do >&CC, team leader. &n inter!al audit schedule (ill be prepared and maintained by >&CC, team . & speciic internal audit schedule pro!iding the details like audit no) date o audit department to be audited, time o audit , auditor , auditee and standard9 clause to be co!ered (ill be prepared prior to e!ery audit. Copy o the speciic internal audit schedule (ill be gi!en to the auditees and auditors at least one (eek prior to the date o the audit. &uditors shall ha!e no direct responsibilities in the area to be audited. &uditors shall study D !eriy the ade-uacy and compliance or e!ery procedures. The internal audit check list (ill be prepared by the internal auditors. &uditors shall (rite do(n the non compliance and inade-uacy in the IJ& report and shall obtain the signature o the auditor $riginal copy o the NC* i.e. IJ& report shall be handed o!er to >&CC, team leader a copy shall be gi!en to the concerned auditor >&CC, team leader shall ensure that the auditees E>$/ sF re gi!en a copy the NC* sEIJ& reportF &uditor shall commit the dates o correcti!e action or each o the non conormity. #ollo( up o the pending NC* or timely and eecti!e correcti!e action and closure shall be ensured by >&CC, team leader. The pending NC* s (ill be maintined by >&CC, team leader to ollo( up Summary o the correcti!e actions originating rom NC* and pending NC* (ill be presented in the management re!ie( meeting by >&CC, team leader. E*TERN%L %UDIT Nii has an eecti!e in house !eriication procedure or the implementation system in addition to the !eriication o the entire system is sub7ect to audit annually. The initial >&CC, plan is audited ater a trial run or si' months or !alidation, the audit includes >&CC, (orksheet Khazard analysis ,>&SCC, plan, monitoring procedures , details o traceability , sampling and testing procedures to ensure ade-uacy o implementation o the designated >&CC, system and all related documents the records o the audit are a!ailable (ith -uality controller along (ith the correcti!e action taken. The correcti!e actions taken are all !eriied by the production manager .The responsibility or arranging is (ith th =+. PURCH%SE DEP%RTMENT It is the purchase department (hich has the authority to procure the ra( material like pastry , its -uantity and -uality and all is decided by this particular department according to the company needs. It consist o purchase manager , purchase super!isor and employees. &ll they ha!e their o(n duties and responsibilities. Pur#h"'e Su(er+'or +aintain the attendance register% Shall co ordinate , maintain and !eriy the acti!ities o out source ser!ices like post control, rodent control etc and constantly monitor record related to abo!e outsource ser!ices maintained by production. *eport the ra( material re-uirements to the purchase manager Take incoming materials in the stock register +aintain records o receipt and issue Check and issue the material on #I#$ ;&SIS *eport dead stock to the purchase mgr Issue ra( material as per indent recei!ed rom production super!isor on a daily and ile +aintain proper stocking o materials dry aa2 (et separately +aintain the cleanliness o the store utensils, tables , rack room etc Keep record o all looking and other utensils, spoons, buckets etc and issue (ith proper indent to the concerned departments. *eport to purchase manager all re-uirements o materials , utensils etc Super!ising the cleaning , (ashing chopping employees P%C,IN& -STORE . E*PORT SUPERVISOR *esponsible or receipt , storage and deli!ery o inished products as per report rom production super!isor +aintain the record o inished product in the cold storage. Check *ecord daily receipt o inished goods D (astage separately /eli!er pastry as per indent rom production *ecord deli!ery 9 shipment (ith properly Keep re7ects separately D report to production manager D e'port manager. Check cold room temperature D report any complaints report to technical manager and e'port manager Super!ise the packing D store employees &ccount the packaging materials D stock /iscuss (ith e'port manager D J9C or labour arrangement
PRODUCTION DEP%RTMENT ,roduction department is carried out the production o the products according to the order recei!ed. &ter the production, the goods are passed to the -uality department. The production unit o the rozen ood items is kept e'tremely hygienic. The -uality testing is conducted on e!ery batch o products on a daily basis. ,roduction department includes ,roduction +anager , production super!isor and the employees . In rozen ood di!ision the only importing ra( materials is pastry , it is used to the production o spring roll and samosa only the main reason behind is -uality and the a!ailability o the product as and (hen needed. The production process o the company in!ol!es the con!ersion o input onto output. In the production department all the (orkers are emale employees. The (orking time o the employees is rom @ &+ to B ,+. &ll the employees are (orking hard or to achie!e the production targets. PR!"C#IN MANA$ER Is responsible or the smooth running o the production acti!ities, achie!ing targeted production9producti!ity, strict adherence to -uality norms related to production eecti!ely and indigenous allocation o in products 9 producti!ity. Is responsible or o!erall management o production planning and processing Is responsible or issue and ollo( up o daily production plan *esponsible or the implementation o =+,S in the processing acility and sanitation o e-uipments. Shall take correcti!e action in case o non conormance identiied during processing packing and storage. Shall be responsible or producti!e , sanitation , personal hygiene and hygiene o the actory. To discuss the production schedule oe the ollo(ing day (ith the , production superior, purchase manager , kitchen superior Shall identiied the training needs o his subordinates ;e responsible to prepare process -uality report or correcti!e and pre!enti!e pre!enti!e actions and inorm the same to JC and =+ Shall be responsible or * D / &ssure the appro!al o recipe and sample by the certiying body beore starting the commercial production +onitoring customers ser!ice issues relating to complaints and samples and ensuring that appropriate action is completed *esponsible or the co<ordinate o >&CC, team and make sure that >&CC, audit and !eriication is done on a scheduled basis +onitor the distribution o employees PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR To discuss the production (ith production manager kitchen super!isors, purchase super!isor e!ery e!ening *esponsible or the smooth running o the production acti!ities targeted production , producti!ity , strict adherence to -uality norms related to production9producti!ity. Is responsible or issue and ollo( up o daily production plan Shall take correcti!e action in case o non conormance identiied during processing, packaging or storage Shall liaise (ith production manager or impro!ing producti!ity Shall identiy the training needs o his subordinates &rrangement or container , customs and outside agencies etc or e'ports. ,ITCHEN SUPERVISOR Take ad!ise rom production manager +ake intend or ra( materials. Spices etc to purchase super!isor Check -uality o ra( materials record +ake cooking as per ad!ises o production manager Taste the cooked items Test the temperature o oil and record. Check cleanliness o utensils beore cooking check the gas connections 9 o!en beore cooking Check the (ashing area Check transer o used utensils or cleaning Check the (aste disposal properly Indent the ood material or the e!ening shitD e'port day Transer the cooked items to the production hall +anage the cooking team *eturn the unused oil, etc back to the store daily /iscuss the cooking schedule to the production manager D super!isor Indent the ra( materials e!ery e!ening or the ne't day &rrange the cooking o ood to the scheduled employees Check the (ater e!ery time beore cooking D record e!ery day *eport complaints o machine to production manager D technical manger PR!"C#IN PRCE!"RE 8. #rozen !egetables snack items Esamosa, cutlet, spring rolls etcF S&+$S&) aF Ingredients ,otato, carrot, green peas, chicken peas, ginger, green chilly , coriander lea!es, mustard, Tamarind , turmeric po(der , salt sugar, citric acid , cumin , coriander po(der, garam masala , garlic, check pea lour , oil, onion and (ater. bF ,reparation o illing /eli!ering the re-uired !egetables duty cleaned, (ashed and chopped to kitchen /eli!ering the other ingredients rom dry store to kitchen l Cooking peas items 54 minutes separately >eating re-uired oil in a !essel and adding turmeric po(der, !egetables D salt and cooking or 34 nminutes. &dding cooked peas items and other masalas alongs (ith coriander lea!es.+i'ing (ell and transerring to tray and deli!er to production hll ater 84 minutes. cF ,reparation o pastry ,astry stored in cold storage allo(ing to derost or 54 minutes Cutting into re-uired sizes /eli!ering to production hall dF #illing o samosa Taking double layer pastry #old and ill (ith sub7i D place it in a tray Store the illed tray in a tray Transer the illed trolley to the reezer e!ery trolley to be illed and transerred to the reezer (ithin one house #rozen samosas are packed and stored in a old storage eF ,roduct Speciication 1eight, size, taste D colour to be uniorm or all Corners and co!ering to be intact Samosa should be ree o cracks F +icrobiological speciication Total potato count 8444 cu9gm Caliorms absent E<coli absent Stapy lococcus auerus absent 0isteria monocytogenes absent gF ,esticdes and hea!y metals ,esticides belo( +*0 limit Cadmium belo( +*0 limit 0ead belo( +*0 limit +ercury belo( +*0 limit &rsenic belo( +*0 limit /0 FRO1EN STE%MED2FRIED BRE%,F%ST ITEMS E=reen chilly , drumstick , small onion, tapioca F T"(o#" 0 Pro#e''$g Ensuring the -uality D -uantity Cleaning D (ashing properly Cutting into re-uired sizes ,ealing o skin 1ashing 3 or 5 times (ith chlorinated (ater D (iping (ith neat cloth Keeping in reezers or 5 hrs. #rozen tapioca packed D stored in cold storage 0 Produ#t '(e#f#"to$ The processed tapioca should ha!e (hite color, uniorm sizes and should ree rom black spots and yello( lanes. 0 M#ro3olog#"l '(e#f#"to$ Total potato count 8444 cu9gm Caliorms absent E<coli absent Stapy lococcus auerus absent 0isteria monocytogenes absent 40 Fro5e$ 'te"!ed2fred 3re") f"'t te!' Edosa, masala dosa, idly, appam etcF
Do'"6 %0 Ingredients *a( rice, ,onni rice, black gram dal, salt, (ater D oil B0 ,rocedure The re-uired -uantity o ra( rice , ponni rice, and black gram are taken and (ashed properly Each ingredients are ground seperatrel D mi'ed (ell Salt is added mi'ed (ell The batter is kepted or B hrs in room temperature This doses are made on a hot plate ,aked I nos in pouch and allo(ed to reeze or 5 hrs #rozen dosas are packed and stored in cold temperature C0 PRODUCT SPECIFIC%TION 1eight, colour, taste and size 5 should be same or all D0 MICRO BIOLO&IC%L SPECIFIC%TION Total potato count 8444 cu9gm Caliorms absent E<coli absent Stapy lococcus auerus absent 0isteria monocytogenes absent E0 Pe't#de' "$d he"+y !et"l' ,esticiedes belo( +*0 limits Cadmium L 0ead L +ercury L &rsenic L 7U%LITY DEP%RTMENT In -uality control department , the responsible person checks (hether e!ery acti!ity is carried out according to >&CC, rules . The person in charge (ill check that the truck or !an used or carrying any chemicals, e'plosi!es or hazardous products. The general manager has appointed a >&CC, team leader and technical manager to manage the technical aspects o the company. >ere the -uality control and the technical department includes -uality control manager, -uality control oicer, >&CC, team leader, technical manger and employees. &ll the members ha!e their o(n duties and responsibilities. ,E*S$NNE0 >M=IENE &N/ S&NTIT&TI$N /E,&*T+ENT Functions of personal department 8. *ecruiting the -ualiied employees at the right time. 3. +an po(er planning 5. ,ro!iding (elare acilities and ensure health and saety G. *educe the disputes bet(een employees and (ell handling the grie!ances B. Ensure discipline in the organization I. +aintain a good relation (ith public as (ell as third parties 2. ,eriodically e!aluate and appraise the perormance o the employees @. /etermine the re-uired -ualiication and skills or a particular 7ob ?. ,oint out the duties and responsibilities peromed in each designation ,ersonal department is one the most important departments o any manuacturing concern. >ere the company is !ery much satisied (ith the perormance o the labor orce.
Types of Employees Employees consist o both (orkers and oice sta. 1orkers are mainly di!ided into 3 categories, unskilled (orkers and skilled (orkers. They are selecting the unskilled candidates ort the production and sanitation (orks. &nd ha!e high skilled employees or the oice and management (orks. The personal, hygienic and sanitation department o the Nikasu International include chie manager hygienic and sanitation oicer and (orkers. >ygienic department check (hether the acti!ities are carried out according to the >&CC, rules. Sanitation department prepares a chart and checks e!en minute errors in department like production, packing and kitchen etc , ater the checking a chart report is prepared and sent to the department manager and last it (ill be handed o!er to the -uality department. Then -uality department (ill check and sign as it is ully hygienic and acti!ities are perormed (ithout any errors . >&Z&*/ &N&0MSIS N##I has identiied, analyzed and e!aluated all potential hazard that can ha!e ad!erse eect on the saety o the product &ny changes in the operation that could ad!ersely aect the saety o the product, all steps (ith regard to hazard &nalysis shall be updated N##I has adopted the ollo(ing model or risk analysis or identiication o hazards to ensure ood saety Each identiied hazard is assigned a numerical !alue or its conse-uences and probability o occurrence based upon e'perience o the company, pre!ious results and a!ailable literature. *isk actor N probability O se!erity *isk rating Nikasu rozen oods has conducted >&CC, analysis to identiied hazards or elimination and control to acceptable le!els or production o sae period >&CC, team shall !eriy the identiied hazards (ith respect to loe diagram, sops, and responsible or !eriication and !alidation o identiied potential hazards and their elimination or sae product. The CC, identiication is made as per the decision tree. ,roduct identiication and traceability. The organization has a product identiication programme is place. The committee is constituted (ith -uality controller as the co coordinator. Impro!ements o their programme or other procedure are made on the committees suggestions. The -uality controller is responsible or this programme. 1hen a market complaints is occurred rom the customer, the product is traced back as per the code and source coding systems rom packing code, the inished inspection report (ill be traced out (hich gi!en the appropriate source code be traced out. In case o deects the batch no enables to ensure traceability $ the end product back to the ra( materials used. The trace procedure oolo(ed in N##I as ollo(s JJ < product name + < +onth // < /ate ;; < ;atch No. MM P Mear No. PROCEDURE FOR H%NDLIN& CUSTOMER COMPL%INTS &ll complaints related to -uality are recei!ed by the managing director and the same is list to the production manager. The manger discuss the problem (ith -uality controller. The products under complaints are identiied under the batch no) since the irm has a best system o traceability to the day%s production the product under complaints can be easily identiied and the process parameters can be e!aluated rom the records. The action taken and the inal decisions re con!eyed to the manager and the super!isor incase the ma7or o the section is held responsible. ,*$CE/.*ES #$* T*&ININ= N##I ha!e systematic procedures or imparting need based training to all (ork orces. &ll the employees are gi!en induction training at the time o appointment in all discipline the need o training or all employees and a time based scheduled has been prepared to put on regular training to the employees. The >&CC, team has been trained and certiied by the -ualiied trainers to implement the designed >&CC,. &ll the employees are di!ided into groups and as systematic and regular training has been arranged in good manuacturing practices, good handling practices and personnel hygiene. ,*$CE/.*E #$* :E*I#IC&TI$N The internal !eriication o the implementation o >&CC, is done by the -uality controller. & person not directly in!ol!ed in the particular operation does !eriication. &ll monitoring records are !eriied by the -uality controller once in a (eek and signed. The >&CC, based plan and its operation and records relates to product -uality are all re!ie(ed by the >&CC, team (hene!er re-uired and at least once in si' months. The result o !eriication is kept separately (ith -uality controller along (ith correcti!e action taken in cases i non compliance during !eriication. Control measures Objectives: To ensure that proper monitoring and measuring procedures are established and implement to ensure ood saety. Parameters and critical limits: #or all speciic control measures related to critical control points, the process and product parameters are identiied and documented to demonstrate eecti!e control. Monitoring and measuring: &ll critical points are being monitoring and recorded or eecti!e control. Care is taken to ensure that measurements being carried out their traceability comply (ith national rele!ant standards. orrective !ction: 1hene!er there is de!iation o critical limits the same is corrected by taking appropriate correcti!e actions and details are recorded. The eecti!eness o correcti!e actions its !eriied by production manager and by >&CC, team. "nternal !udit: To !eriy eecti!eness o ood saety system, internal audits are regularly crried out by >&CCp team once in I months or depending on situation, (hen there is ma7or the responsibility or planning the audit and conducting the same lies (ith >&CC, team leader. PROCEDURE FOR H%CCP %&ective The purpose o this procedure is lay do(n a system or hazard analysis and identiy critical control points that (ill aect the product auality and ormulate suitable control measures to monitors their eecti!eness through rele!ant -uality systems. 8F Scope &ll the processes o Nikasu rozen ood international 3F Responsibility >&CC, team leader *especti!e team member 5F Procedure #i!e preliminary tasks are accomplished beore the application o the >&CC, principles to a speciic product and process as speciied belo( o &miable >&CC, team o Identiy the process steps o /escribe the intented use and consumer o product o /e!elop a lo( diagram (hich describes the process o :eriy the lo( diagram &ssemble the >&CC, team The >&CC, team comprises o indi!iduals also (ho ha!e speciic kno(ledge and e'perience appropriate to the product and process. The team decides the >&CC, plan. The team (ill study the products that are being prepared and their characteristics. Identiy the process step The >&CC, team identiied the process steps and critical control points that may aect the product -uality D ood saesty /escribe the intended use and consumers o the product The >&CC, team describes the normal e'pected use o the product the intended consumers are generally. /e!elop a lo( diagram (hich describes the process The purpose o a lo( diagram is to pro!ide a clear, simple outline o the steps in!ol!ed in the producti!e process.Thescope o the lo( diagram co!ers all the steps in the producti!e process. :eriy the lo( diagram The >&CC, team has physically !eriied the entire process operation, site lay out to !eriy the accuracy and completeness o the lo( diagram. PRICIPLES OF H%CCP Conduct a hazard analysis The >CC, team lists all the hazards may be responsibly e'pected to occur each step rom ra( materials purchase, production, reezing, packing and storage until the point o distribution the >&CC, team this identiies those hazards (hich are to be eliminated or reduced in order to ensure product saety. The analysis taken into account the ollo(ing as applicable. *a( material speciications ,roduct character tics in process 0ay out o premises, storage areas processing hall areas Ser!ice materials and ser!ices process including (ater, steam etc ,ersonnel hygiene and kno(ledge (ith regard to process and ser!ice hygiene The >&CC, team then decides (hat control measures are re-uired to control speciic hazards Establish Correcti!e &ctions Eprinciples BF Speciic correcti!e are de!eloped or each C$, in the >&CC, system in order to deal (ith de!iations as they occur. The actions ensure that the C$, has been brought back under control. Establish !alidation D !eriication procedure Eprinciples IF :alidation is done to ensure that the hazards identiied by >&CC, team complete and correct and are eecti!ely controlled under proposed >&CC, plan. Top management assigned !alidation acti!ity to ensure o sae ood. :alidation o >&CC, plan is perormed by analysis) Scientiic data used to establish potential Technical kno(ledge o the !alidation team 1hether control measure are appropriate to control the hazards. #luctuations o the parameter (ithin critical limits does not aect product saety &ppropriate methods used to monitor control measures Correcti!e actions are appropriate End product testing result Customer complaints *e!ie( o >&CC, system and its record in I months *e!ie( o systems de!iations and product de!iations conirmation that CC,are under control Establish record keeping and documentation procedures The records and documents are maintained to implement the system and to demonstrate its eecti!e unctioning *eerence documents Cleaning and sanitation documents ,est control documents :alidation and !eriication document ,re!enti!e maintenance programme ,ersonal hygiene E*PORT DEP%RTMENT The e'port department is responsible or all acti!ities in!ol!ed in the e'port o the product. It prepares the production schedule the e'port import policies and ormalities and carries out ollo( up ater the sale. E#port process The company gets their order directly rom their customers by participating in the trade airs and e'hibitions, creating (ebsites and by being the member o &,E/&. &s soon as the orders recei!e, the e'port managers pass this inormation to the production departmentQ rom there it passes to !arious departments engaged in production. E'port department is responsible or the preparation o all the necessary documents, booking the truck, and is also responsible or the ulillment o the e'port order. The company ulills the e'port order at the correct date mentioned in the purchase order. The shipping documents to be passed on to the or(arding agent are) 8. & copy o in!oice duty attested by the customs 3. &n e'port promotion o the shipping bill 5. & ull set o clean bill o lading (ith non<negotiable copies are re-uired by the e'porter G. The original 09C and the customs order o the contact B. & duplicate copy o the &* orm &ter making the shipment the e'porter then issues shipment ad!ise to the importer indicating the crate o shipment, the name o the !essels and so on. It should be enclosed (ith the ollo(ing documents like) 8. & non<negotiable copy o bill o lading 3. ,acking list 5. Commercial in!oice The e'porter managers al(ays ha!e a ollo( up ater the sales. That is he should pro!ide necessary ater sales ser!ices, ind out buyer opinion to(ards the products and so (hich help him to generate more and more sales in the international market.
DOCUMENTS /ocumentation is one o the most important aspect o o!erseas trade. #or the beginner it is conusing and irksome aspects. ;ut it has to be mastered and the pattern o documentation used is repetiti!e so that practice make perect in the end. Correct documentation is !ery important because it alone can secure the s(it passage o goods through the coustmer resulting in prompt payment o goods e'ported. &ccording to the type and nature o the products e'porting, the types o document !ary rom one company to another. Nikasu rozen ood international is preparing the ollo(ing documents. ,urchase order In!ice ,acking list Special custom in!oice ;ill o e'change =S, orm the certiicate o orgin Short shipment notice Shipping bill or e'port o duty ree goods =* orms PROCEDURE FOR CORRECTIVE %CTION The ollo(ing procedures are adopted in N##I or initiating correcti!e action in case o non compliances de!iation beyond critical correcti!e actions. &ny non conormance or product -uality9process limits are rectiied through proper and immediate. &t the recei!ing, during processing and packing, correcti!e actions in!ol!ing re7ection disposal o products or ra( materials are done by the -uality controller in consultation (ith =+. &ll correcti!e actions are checked and !eriied and entered in the respecti!e records. M!$!%EME$T RE&"E' MEET"$% Purpose: To re!ie( the eecti!e D suitability o ood saety management system at deined inter!als to achie!e company%s ood saety policy D ood saety ob7ecti!e and to satisy the re-uirements i the customers. Scope: &pplicable to all acti!ites pertaining to the documented ood saety management system implemented in N##I. Resposibility: +/,>&CC, team leader, >$/ +&N&=E+ENT *E:IE1 C$++ITTEE aF & re!ie( committee has been ormed or re!ie( o the ood supply management sytem in N##I bF The re!ie( committee consist o +/, >&CC, team leader, as con!ener and all department heads as member cF +anagement re!ie( meeting shall be perormed once in si' months, management re!ie( meeting at shorter inter!als can be carried out, depending on re-uirements. dF The eecti!e implementation o ood saety ob7ecti!es and -uality system shall be measured -ualitati!ely in the management re!ie( meeting. a. Revie( input The agenda o the management re!ie( meeting shall essentially includes the ollo(ing) *e!ie( o minutes o management re!ie( meeting C* summary internal9e'ternal audit reports Customer complaints ,erormance measures /eli!ery perormance Correcti!e D pre!enti!e action ,erormance9track record o critical suppliers Training needs *esource re-uirements Eecti!e and continued suitability o ood saety management system in achie!ing o N##I b. Revie( output The re!ie( output mainly includes preparation o suitable action plan to impro!e the eecti!eness o the ood saety management system so that the ob7ecti!e can be achie!ed &llocation o necessary resources Dtraining Total planning or the orthcoming acti!ities The management re!ie( committee can also re!ie( suitability o the documents in !ie( o the changes international >&CC, standards D suggest changes in the manual >$/ shall make a presentation highlighting the correcti!e actions or the departments and their departmental perormance measures. >M=IENCE D S&NIT&TI$N $##ICE* Shall coordinate (ith production , cleaning and sanitation acti!ities *esponsible to ensure that all =+,, production , cleaning and sanitation aspects are meant in processing acility Super!ising cleaning employees, controlling chemical store etc Shall be responsible or implementing correcti!e actions (ithin the time rame speciied by the =+, audits and maintain records thereo Checking D monitoring ireighting e-uipment Checking personnel hygiene o employees Checking microbial load on utensils Checking and recording store Inter!ie( D taking ne( laborers in consultation (ith production manger and =+ Checking -uality o sample products o pre!ious day in the cold storage /istributions o employees in consultation (ith production manager Ensuring cleanliness o (orkers daily Inspect employees rest room >&CC, Team 0eader The general manger is appointed as the >&CC, team leader. The responsibility and areas o authority are *esponsible or laying do(n and implementation system *esponsibility or any de!iation rom the authority (ith reerence to >&CC,< laid do(n in the >&CC, system To take necessary correcti!e and pre!enti!e action To ensure that the statistical techni-ue identiied or process control and inspection are adhered to Technical +anager Keep a register o a complaints D record completion .p keep o the e'isting machine through pre!enti!e maintenance Installation o ne( machinery Shall be responsible or repairing acti!ities +aintain records related to maintenance o machines and building Identiication o spare parts and engineering e-uipments re-uirements Shall be responsible or calibrating the inspection, measuring and test e-uipments and ensue that the desired accuracy and response is achie!ed Shall maintain all records related to inspection Shall ensure that the spare parts purchased 0iaise (ith =+ to identiy the training needs o his subordinates 0iaise (ith =+ to impro!e machine perormance and producti!ity To liaise (ith production manger to attain production eiciency Temperature maintenance o cold room chillers, reezers and rerigeration and maintenance or controlled en!ironment Ensure pest control operations Ensure ireighting e-uipments 7U%LITY CONTROLLED M%N%&ER >e9She is ,rimarily responsible or assuring >&CC, based -uality management system in the company *esponsible or recei!ing inspection o both commodities and packing material and ensure that it conirms to the speciications *esponsible or carrying out progress inspection o production (hich is integrated (ith process control *esponsible or maintaining the products samples *esponsible to ensuer that products are ree o contamination (hich leads to ood saety issues *esponsible or identiying non conorming products and repoting to =+ or taking disposition9correcti!e actions the ood saety management system +aintain records related to purchase o commodities and production Shall the training needs o -uality department and co coordinated the training acti!ities Check the cold storage temperature D product temperature and monitors CC,S *esponsible or conducting monthly ood saety audit *esponsible or implementation o saety measure in the actory. S8OT %N%LYSIS STREN&THS The company is ha!ing a good e'perience in thr rozen ood e'port market &ble to pro!ide -uality products ,rducts are ha!ing >&CC, standard =oods employees employer relationship Eecti!ely compete (ith other companies 8E%,NESS Inade-uate promotional acti!ities Need high -uality machineries to the production department India does not ha!e a good rozen market OPPORTUNITY =ro(ing demand or the products E'panding the distribution areas THRE%TS The inlation rate may aect the proitability There (ill be chance or high competition in uture CONCLUSION The organizational study enabled to understand in detail the modes o operation and accounts o NIK&S. International. It also helped to get the practical ;ase or book keeping and accounting (hich neither to be learned theoretically. &lso the company is a rozen ood manuacturing company so it helped to kno( ho( such ood is produced and its -uality control, e'porting and importing procedures etc.The company also ga!e access to its books and helped a lot to get a clear picture o the company as (ell as the market o the rozen ood items.