...ADITYA BIRLA CEMENTS OVERVIEW The Aditya Birla Group is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India with operations in 25 countries .It is US$ 29 billion conglomerate which gets 60 %% of its revenues from outside India.The group is a major player in all the industry sectors it operates in. The Group consists of four main companies, which operate in various industry sectors through subsidiaries, joint ventures, etc. These are Hindalco, Grasim, Aditya Birla Nuvo, and UltraTech Cement. The Groups cement business was earlier under both Grasim industries and UltraTech cement. The two entities are now merged into UltraTech cement to form India s largest cement company. UltraTech cement was originally the cement business of L&T which was acquired by Aditya Birla Group in 2004. UltraTech Cement Limited is among the world’s top 10 cement companies. The company has an annual capacity of 48.8 million tonnes, and manufactures and markets ordinary portland cement, portland blast furnace slag cement and portland pozzalana cement. It also manufactures ready mix concrete. The company has eleven integrated plants, one white cement plant, twelve grinding units and five terminals — four in India and one in Sri Lanka. UltraTech Cement is the country’s largest exporter of cement clinker. The export markets span countries around the Indian Ocean, Africa, Europe and the...
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...While concrete has been around in one form or another since before Roman times, in this era the cement was usually mixed by hand using a shovel or spade. However in the late 1920 when the automobile industry started to become popular so did the portable cement mixer or concrete mixer as it is more commonly know in the construction industry. A cement mixer is device often used in the construction industry to produce a concrete substance, this is done by adding compound components such as the concrete powder, mortar and water together with the aid of a cement mixer to mix and fold these components to form what is known as a concrete substance which may be used for the application of bricklaying, foot paths or drive ways. A cement mixer is often used in the construction industry in large quantities however these devices can also be used by DIY householders due to the variety of mixers currently available in today’s market. All mixers leverage power, torque and weight distribution to get the concrete to the site, but getting it out of the truck is where you'll see differences in truck designs. Most of the mixer fleet, especially older batch model trucks use a simple tip-and-pour method to get the concrete out of the mixer. A chute attaches to a port and the concrete pours out of the mixer to the project. Usually, the driver of the truck operates the machinery and aims the chute. Many transit mixers are coupled to a hydraulic lift bed that can tip up the drum, similar to a dump truck...
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...Web: www.beemanagement.com Email: bee@beemanagement.com Web: www.astrategies.com Email: info@astrategies.com ANALYSIS & EVALUATION OF DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS IN VARIOUS SECTORS The project involved analyzing and evaluating distribution channels of various companies belonging to sectors like: 1. Precious and semi precious stones, 2. White goods, 3. Cement, 4. FMCG Methodology: This research comprised of activities like listing down various agencies like manufacturers, distributors, etc and also chambers and libraries like the Indian merchant chambers and interacting with them in order to gather first hand information. PRECIOUS AND SEMI PRECIOUS STONES The Indian Gems and Jewellery industry is an age old industry and comprises mainly of two types of markets, viz the organized sector and the unorganized sector. The organized sector with branded jewelers, Public Sector Units (PSUs), etc forms only 10% of the precious and semi-precious stones market, whereas, the unorganized sector forms 90% of the gems and jewellery market in India. The unorganized sector employs around 1.5 million workers serving over 0.1 million gold jewelers and over 8000 diamond jewelers. Precious and semi-precious stones industry is a significant earner of foreign exchange. This sector contributes around 17% of India’s exports. The bulk of the Indian gems and jewellery exports comprise imports of rough diamonds, cutting and polishing in India, and re -exports. Cut and Polished Diamonds (CPD) and gold Jewellery...
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...49316 materials handling System design for transport of limestone to feed a cement plant at the foot of the Himalayas | Assignment 3Parviz Raminzad | 49316 materials handling System design for transport of limestone to feed a cement plant at the foot of the Himalayas | Assignment 3Parviz Raminzad | Contents Q2) Relevance of System Engineering to bulk materials handling and this project 3 Q3) Alternative Systems 4 Rail and Road 4 Aerial Ropeway 4 Building the Cement Plant near the Mine Site 4 Pipeline 4 Q4) Discuss the purpose of the items in Figure1 5 Q5) Discuss the purpose of Rheological and Flow test 15 Purpose of Rheological and Flow Tests. 15 Importance of Pilot Plant Tests 16 Q6) Design Selection 17 a. Delivery Pipeline 17 Quantity to Be Pumped 18 Size of Pipeline 19 Friction Head Hf for the Pipeline 19 Loss in Discharge Pipe Enlargement 20 Loss at Pipe Discharge 20 Loss of Head at Entrance to Suction Pipe 20 Total Dynamic Head on the Pump [Hm] 21 Equivalent Water Total Dynamic Head [Hw] 21 b. Warman Pump Selection 21 Piston Pumps and Pipe Validation 22 a. Piston Pumps 22 b. Pipe Design Parameters 23 8) Design Parameters of the main pipeline 23 Q9) Alternative Systems...
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...2. From Thomas Springer’s inventory, multiple things can be deduced about his life and daily activities. For one thing, it is evident that Thomas Springer did work outside, most likely agricultural and lumber work. He has both a large amount of supplies intended for work outside, including crowbars, axes, and plows, as well as a large portion of agricultural and lumber goods, such as potatoes, cider, and wood. Not only this, but it is noticeable that he has more boots than he has drawers. The fact that he would have more boots than underwear shws that he certainly has a great need for boots, a need which would be justified by daily outdoor agricultural work. Although it is obvious that a good portion of this man’s day and his income is determined by outdoor work, it is also evident that his time is not entirely dominated by such work. It is listed that he has “a lot of books”. It can be assumed that if Springer had no time remaining outside of his agricultural work, then he would be unable to have time to read and thus be unlikely to accumulate many books. Therefore Springer most likely has spare time outside of working, which he is able to use for leisure. This, along with the fact that Springer is able to afford not only a lot of books for pure leisure, but also 2 slaves shows that, although perhaps not extremely wealthy, Springer is certainly well off and providing for himself beyond sustenance. Springer is evidently, thorugh agricultural and lumber work, making a healthy...
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...Why you should hire marble floor polishing company Floor polishing services are required by several people and companies world over. Although floor polishing can be done on your own also, but that involves a lot of risk of damaging your own floor area. Instead it is always a better option to hire a professional company for the job who has several years of relevant experience in the work. The floor of residential as well as commercial areas are composed of several different materials such as concrete, sandstone, marble etc and each of the material require special and different care and polishing needs. Marble floors are quite common and require careful maintenance as it can get patchy and spoilt if not properly maintained. Hence choosing a marble floor polishing company becomes a necessity. Marble is widely used as a flooring material in walls, bathrooms, as well as counter tops. The popularity of marble as a flooring material is due to its shine and there are numerous shades available and also patterns. If you are looking for a flooring material that gives a luxurious look then marble is the best option to look out for. But if you are installing a luxurious material in your home or office then you must also maintain it properly and for that you must consult a marble floor polishing company. Why to hire a specialist for marble floor polishing needs? Floor polishing can be done by an individual but then the perfection is not like a professional as such. If you are investing in...
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...TUGAS AKUNTANSI MANAJERIAL UPSTREAM, MIDSTREAM, dan DOWNSTREAM untuk PERUSAHAAN JASA, MANUFAKTUR, dan DAGANG 1. Pengertian UPSTREAM dan DOWNSTREAM (a) Upstream (Hulu) Tahap Upstream atau hulu dari sebuah proses produksi melibatkan pencarian dan penggalian bahan baku. Bagian hulu dari proses produksi tidak melakukan sesuatu dengan materi itu sendiri, seperti pengolahan bahan. Bagian dari proses ini hanya menemukan dan mengekstrak bahan baku untuk produksi. Dengan demikian, setiap industri yang bergantung pada ekstraksi bahan baku umumnya memiliki tahap hulu dalam proses produksinya. Dalam arti yang lebih umum, "hulu" bisa juga merujuk kepada setiap bagian dari proses produksi yang berkaitan dengan tahap ekstraksi atau pencarian bahan baku. Di dalam supply chain operations, aktivitas upstream (hulu) meliputi aktivitas dari suatu perusahaan manufaktur dengan para penyalurannya (yang mana dapat manufaktur,assembler, atau kedua-duanya) dan koneksi mereka kepada pada penyalur (para penyalur second-tier). Hubungan para penyalur dapat diperluas kepada beberapa strata, semua jalan dari asal material (contohnya bijih tambang, pertumbuhan tanaman). Di dalam upstream supply chain, aktivitas yang utama adalah pengadaan. (b) Downstream (Hilir) Tahap Downstream atau hilir dalam proses produksi melibatkan pengolahan bahan yang dikumpulkan selama tahap hulu menjadi produk jadi. Tahap selanjutnya, meliputi penjualan aktual produk yang ke bisnis lain, pemerintah, atau perorangan...
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...flowchart. b. Explain two trade-offs between marketing decisions and operational decisions in a typical Wal-Mart store. Inputs: Especificaciones, Planos, Requerimientos de proyectos y obras, Necesidades del cliente. Main Resources: Raw Materials, Mano de obra, Equipos, Dinero, Informacion, Tiempo Transformation Process: Diseño, Manufactura del concreto, Control de Calidad, Transportacion del producto Output: Producto final de alta calidad, Concreto en cumplimiento con las especificaciones, Transportacion a la hora deseada, Cantidad producida Cement Manufacture Aggregate Production Transportation Transportation Handling and Storage Handling and Storage Plant Operations Other Cementitious Transportation Handling and Storage Admixture Manufacture Transportation Handling and Storage Water Electricity Truck Mixer Concrete Manufactures Transportation Fuels Transportation Customer Cement Manufacture Aggregate Production Transportation Transportation Handling and Storage Handling and Storage Plant Operations Other Cementitious Transportation Handling and Storage Admixture Manufacture Transportation Handling and Storage Water Electricity Truck Mixer Concrete Manufactures Transportation Fuels Transportation Customer Flowchart: Goods: Es el product final que es la...
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...constituents of a concrete. The damage was the result of cracking throughout the concrete, manifested at the surface as extensive map cracking or pattern cracking or surface popouts and spalling. Such problems where confined mostly to certain regions of the country” (Osama, Mohamed et al., 2001). ASR was since been discovered in a number of concrete structures around the world, and has become truly a concrete durability problem with an international dimension. Alkali Aggregate reaction (AAR) is a chemical reaction occurring between alkalis derived from Portland cement and certain aggregates which are susceptible to this reaction. 1.2 Types of reactions AAR has been divided into two types of reaction depending on the types of minerals involved. Alkali-Carbonate Reaction (ACR) The Alkali-Carbonate Reaction is a chemical reaction between hydroxyl ions associated with the alkalis sodium and potassium in the cement and certain dolomitic textures in the aggregate resulting in expansion and eventually cracking of the hardened concrete. Alkali-Silica...
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...other global competitors in cement derived from globalization? More broadly, how can cross-border activities add value in an industry as apparently localized as cement? The globalization has significantly boosted profitability growth of companies in the cement industry through international trade and cross border investment flows. Possibility to operate in different foreign markets helps companies to diversify its business. It is highly beneficial strategy for cement companies because of the cyclical and economic downturns and upswings of the industry in different regions of the world. Also because of the localized specifics of cement production and high transportation costs cement companies began to invest in foreign producers. CEMEX was successful in its international expansion strategy as it created value through acquisitions- purchasing existing capacity rather than building new plants in the foreign market which in turn strengthened its presence through economies of scale. What is important CEMEX targeted companies which market value was lower than its underlying values: WACC, profitability, capacity etc. Geographic diversification had also reduced earnings volatility. For example when peso crisis happened in Mexico and Mexican cash flows could not be used for FDI, CEMEX used its non Mexican assets from Spain to further finance new acquisitions. 2. How specifically has CEMEX managed to outperform its leading global competitors in the cement industry, especially Holderbank...
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...POTENTIAL AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LEVEL WITH REFERENCE TO DALMIA CEMENT Submitted by M.MONDURAILINGAM STUDENT VTP1436 V.JEYASEELAN STUDENT VTP1504 S.BHUVANESWARAN STUDENT VTP1488 M.KARTHICK STUDENT VTP1528 ABSTRACT The main objective of the study is to find out the Market Potential and Customer Satisfaction level through scientific tools interviews and questionnaire. The Specific objectives will be met by finding the customer satisfaction level through direct interaction with the customer and by knowing their preference. This will include all the processes like asking questions from the customers through questionnaire which will be included in the primary survey. Once the primary survey is done, secondary survey will be done. The path of the secondary survey will be decided depending on the conclusions coming out of the primary survey. This study includes direct interaction with the customer and this helps us to know the ‘MARKET POTENTIAL AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LEVEL’ to great accuracy. This study is of great importance to the company which will know about the customer preference to buy a particular brand. INTRODUCTION The cement industry of any nation plays an important role in its development through the construction of infrastructure. India's cement production has increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...
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...The subject of the Harvard Business Review (Haanaes, K., D. Michael, J. Jurgens, S. Rangan. 2013. Making sustainability profitable. Harvard Business Review. Vol. 91, Issue 3, Page 110—114.) is the sustainability in emerging market businesses. The main aim of the article is to show how companies in emerging markets can gain advantages against big western companies in changing their methods to sustainable methods and how they can make sustainability profitable. The authors are analysing a research from the Boston Consulting Group, which identified “companies with the most effective sustainability practise in the developing world” (p.111). The research includes 1000 companies with different sizes, and which are from a wide range of industry areas. The organisations are from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the South Pacific. The authors came up with the idea, that the above mentioned companies had to use one or more of three special approaches to make their environmental effort financial profitable. Some looked far into the future and invested initially in more-expensive sustainable operations, which led later to lower costs and higher yields. Others began with small changes to gain cost savings, which they used for investments in more-innovative technologies, which made their production more efficient. And others put their sustainability efforts on their costumers and supplies to gain from their buying-power. To make sustainability profitable the authors...
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...performance in the construction industry -- a case study Introduction Cement was invented in England in 1824 and is a key ingredient in concrete. Every year the average family uses one tonne of cement without even knowing it. No house, school, bridge or road would be built without it. Concrete is the second most consumed substance in the world after water. It is made from aggregate, cement and water and can be mixed on building sites or supplied ready-mixed from a concrete plant. The UK’s first readymixed concrete plant was set up by a company called Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) in the 1930s. In 2005, CEMEX acquired RMC. Today CEMEX is one of the world’s largest building materials companies. It is a leading supplier of aggregates (sand, gravel and crushed rock), cement and readymixed concrete. It also produces asphalt, concrete blocks and mortar and has a significant share of those markets. It operates in more than 50 countries and employs over 50,000 people. CEMEX UK has three cement plants, nearly 60 quarries, 40 asphalt plants and over 200 readymix plants. CEMEX’s customers range from multinational building companies to individuals building their own homes. In the UK, CEMEX generates £1 billion in annual sales. The expanding UK economy has seen an increase in the demand for roads and buildings. CEMEX plays an essential role in contributing to creating Britain’s infrastructure. CEMEX • Cement • Ready-mix concrete. • Aggregates • This case study examines...
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...Questions and Answers for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry NESHAP 40 CFR 63, Subpart LLL What is the legal status of this guide? The Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) and the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance (OECA) of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have reviewed this document and approved it for publication. When using this document, remember that it isn’t legally binding and doesn’t replace the final rule - “National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry” (published in the Federal Register, 6/14/99, 64 FR 31898 ) or any State, local or tribal rules that may apply to your facility. This document isn’t intended, nor can you rely on it, to create any rights enforceable by any party in litigation with the United States. The EPA may change this document at any time without public notice. This document includes only requirements from the final rule published in the Federal Register. i Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction Why should I use this document? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Is there anything I should know before using this document? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 How do I get copies of this document? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2 - Does This Rule Apply To Me? What does this rule contain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...Description of the company YTL Cement Bhd was founded by Executive Chairman Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Yeoh Tiong Lay after whom the company is named. It is a manufacture of cement, concrete, and quarry products and provided materials related to construction industrial. Currently it is the second largest cement producer and the largest producer of ready-mixed concrete in Peninsular Malaysia. Cement is an inorganic, non-metallic substance with hydraulic binding properties, and is used as a bonding agent in building materials. It is a fine powder, usually grey in colour, that consists of a mixture of the hydraulic cement minerals to which one or more forms of calcium sulphate have been added (Greer et al., 1992). YTL Cement Bhd is one of the business by YTL Corporation Bhd (YTL Corp) since 1955. YTL Corp is an infrastructure conglomerates. Other of subsidiaries are power supply, hotels and properties, land and development, high speed rail, operating and maintenance activities, IT incubation, real estate investment trust, and carbon consulting.(ytl.com, 2016) According to (The Star Online, 2010) “With its cash reserves amounting to about RM10.8bil, analysts said YTL Corp could easily acquire assets up to US$25bil-US$30bil without the need to raise more money. It had been reported that the group was looking at acquisition opportunities in the water utilities, power generation and cement businesses, especially in China where it wanted to grow its presence in cement and power generation.” Therefore...
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