Industry Visit to Parle Biscuit Pvt Ltd Khopoli

Hello Friends,
I am Shubham S Giramkar , currently studying at one of the best Management School in India - "Lotus Business School" , Pune.

Lotus Business School has given me that opportunity to Industrial Visit to Parle Biscuits , Khopoli on 18th Sept  2019.

I am MBA 1st year student was very excited about industrial visit , i learnt many things in classroom but its time to explore more and learning through various medium.

    Introduction:

Parle Products company was founded in 1929 in British India by the Chauhan family of Vile Parle, Mumbai. Parle began manufacturing biscuits in 1939. In 1947, when India became independent, the company launched an ad campaign, showcasing its Gluco biscuits as an Indian alternative to the British biscuits.^[5] The Parle brand became well known in India following the success of products such as the Parle-G biscuits and the Frooti soft drink.

The original Parle company was split into three separate companies, owned by the different factions of the original Chauhan family, with a majority of it owned by Parle Agro products:^[6]

• Parle Products (1950s), led by Vijay, Sharad and Raj Chauhan (owner of the brands Parle-G, 20-20, Magix, Milkshakti, Melody, Mango Bite, Poppins, Londonderry, Kismi toffee bar, Monaco and KrackJack)

• Parle Agro (1960s), led by Prakash Chauhan and his daughters Schauna, Alisha and Nadia (owner of the brands such as Frooti and Appy)

• Parle Bisleri (1970s), led by Ramesh Chauhan, his wife Zainab Chauhan and their daughter Jayanti Chauhan

                                               
 

   Brands:

Biscuits

Parle-G, 20-20, Magix, KrackJack, Monaco, Golden Arcs, Parle Marie, Milk Shakti, Parle Hide & Seek Bourbon, Parle Hide & Seek Fab, Top, Parle Gold Star, Happy Happy, Simply Good, Namkeen coconut, cheeselings, Parle-G Gold

Sweet confectionery

Melody, Mango Bite, Londonderry, Poppins, 2 in 1 Eclairs, Mazelo, Kismi Toffee Bar, Kaccha Mango Bite

Snacks

Mexitos Nachos, Parle's Wafers, Full Toss, Parle Namkeens, Parle Rusk, Parle Cake

are famous products

Operations:-
As known earlier Parle manufactures many sub-brands in confectionery section. Hence, there are different layout patterns, production capacity per day and process involved.

1) Parle-G: – The manufacturing process of the Parle-G biscuit goes through a series of steps they are follows:

• a) Raw material testing: – Biscuits are made out of mixture of wheat, milk and edible oils which serve as the raw materials. These raw materials undergo vigorous testing process due to the quantity of biscuits produced are in bulk. Hence, there should be no room for error in this primary stage of production.
• b) Mixing: – Raw materials after undergoing testing process are mixed to together to form a mixture.
• c) Forming: – The mixture is moved to forming machine where the mixture is formed/shaped properly. The movement of materials is automated through the usage of conveyor belts.
• d) Packing: – This process is done manually through the use of unskilled labor where the biscuits are tightly packed in poly-bags and set into cartons. 1 poly-bag accommodates 24 biscuit packs whereas a single carton accommodates 6 poly-bags.

 What I learn from industrial visit: 

• I learnt about how they handling the manpower in their industry.
• Hygiene is the most important thing in industry
• To understand the supply chain management
• To understand the procurement process of parle Biscuit 
• They think only about production and sales team maintain there sales of Biscuits.
• No hand touch product.