Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Declaration
Acknowledgement
COMPANY PROFILE
o COMPANY INFORMATION
o HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
o ABOUT BBL
o WHY BBL
o DIRECTOR INFORMATION
o AWARDS
o SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
INDUSTRY PROFILE
o ABOUT DE LEMON
o FUTURE INNOVATIONS
o TYPES OF BEADS USED IN BEADING
o BBL POLICY
o OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS
o GST SLAB OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTS
o SUPPLIERS OF BANARAS BEADS
o BUYERS OF BANARAS BEADS
o EXPORT SALES
ANALYSIS OF DATA
o FINANCIAL RESULTS
o BALANCE SHEET
o STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS
o STATEMENT IN CHANGE OF EQUITY
o STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW
o DETAILS OF TRANSACTIONS
PROJECT REPORT ON INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
o INTRODUCTION
o DEFINING INVENTORY
o CONCEPT OF INVENTORY MANAGEMRNT
o OBJECTIVES OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
o TYPES OF INVENTORIES
o REASONS OR MOTIVES OF HOLDING INVENTORIES
o COMPONENTS OF INVENTORY COST
o INVENTORY CLASSIFICATION
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
o OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
o SCOPE OF THE STUDY
o LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
o SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
o CONCLUSION
o SUGGESTIONS
o OVERALL OPINION
Questionnaire
Bibliography
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the report entitled “Inventory Management of Banaras Beads” is the
produce of my sincere effort.
This Summer training report is being submitted by me alone, at “Shepa Varanasi” for the
MBA Course, and the report has not been submitted to any other educational institutions
or for any other purposes what so ever.
DATE:
PLACE: Varanasi ALISHA VISHWAKARMA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
“Perseverance inspiration and motivation have always played a key role in success of any
venture.” I hereby express my deep sense of gratitude to all the personalities involved
directly and indirectly in my project work.
I would like to express my deepest sense of gratitude to Mr. JAY SINGH ( Chief finance Officer) for
giving me this opportunity to undergo Summer Training at BANARAS BEADS LIMITED .I would also
like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to him for his constant encouragement and valuable insight
,guidance and facilities at all phases of the project.
I would also like to acknowledge the support and guidance of MR. VINAY SINGH (finance officer)
,BANARAS BEADS LTD. Without his help and encouragement it would have been practically
impossible to complete this project.
I would like to thank Dr. K.P Pandey (Director) Dr. Rajiv Ranjan (Principle), Mr. Atul kumar
Pandey (HOD MBA Dept) ICST Varanasi and all other faculty members for their help.
Last but not least I am thankful to entire summer placement Team who helped us in getting my
Summer placement at BANARAS BEADS LTD.
ALISHA VISHWAKARMA
Nature of Business: Manufacturer & Exporter of Glass beads Imitation Jewellery, Rosaries
&Tasbee, All Types of Handicrafts, Carpets &Druggets etc.
Name of Holding Co.: Banaras Beads Limited Head Office:
18,000 sq. ft.
Email : info@banarasbead.com
Website : www.banarasbead.com
Registrars
Delhi
Fax: 011-26387384
Email:info@masserv.com
Website:http://www.masserv.com
HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION
Banaras Beads was incorporated as a private limited company in April 1980, the company went
public in October 1994. Promoted by Ajit Kumar Gupta and Raj Kumar Gupta, it commenced
operations by manufacturing glass beads and imitation jewellery and later diversified into woolen
products in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The company also diversified into handicrafts, silk and silk
fabrics, fashion accessories, garments, etc. It has modernised its computer facilities to set up a
state–of–the–art computer–aided designing system.
The company has been in this line for over five decades and has been exporting for over two
decades (since 1970) to 2000 clients in about fifty countries. It has received a number of awards for
excellence in exports. In August 1994, it was recognized by the government as a Trading House. It is
the largest exporter of glass beads in India, having a market share of over 80% of India's exports.
The company came out with a public issue in February 1995 to finance the expansion of its facilities
for glass beads, imitation jewellery and woolen products. It has also created manufacturing facilities
for gold and silver studded jewellery. The project was completed in 1995 at a cost of Rs 35.6 crore.
The company has decided to enter into joint ventures in the US and Canada. It is setting up a
manufacturing unit for glass related items as a part of diversification and expansion of its current
manufacturing activities.
ABOUT BANARAS BEADS
Banaras Beads Limited is a publicly owned company involved in manufacturing & marketing of glass
beads. In last ten years, the company has grown every year & today is one of the biggest in the
trade. The young work force with its creative input & focused work is a great asset and is a prime
reason for consistent growth of company. By nature, Banaras Beads Limited is born leader.
The company's head office is located at Varanasi, India headed by Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta,
Chairman & Managing Director. The promoter of company well versed in business intricacies of
beads industry.
Actively engaged right from order procurement to quality of production and dispatch the company
has in bred system and competence to handle challenging assignments. The company is located in
holy environs of Varanasi city, India. The company is well-equipped with state of the art automatic
machines. Banaras beads Limited had recently installed quality software, which links all their
departments & helps in working on critical dates and follow ups.The company's manufacturing
process & its qualitycontrol measures are in full compliance of society norms & standards. We are
specialize in manufacturing fashion Jewellery, metal &bonependants, all types of Jeweler and its
related accessories, leather & cotton cords, metal chains etc.
WHY BBL
PRODUCT:
Banaras Beads carries large variety and specialized product range. We have the best collection of
beads, where we carry more than 3000 shapes, 100 colours and 2000 different varieties and designs
made by different methods and artefacts which make up our entire product range.
QUALITY:
Our main emphasis is on the quality of the product rather than quantity product which makes us
different from our competitors. PROFESSIONAL APPROACH as our company deals in handicraft items
which mainly is an unorganised sector but our company's professional approach towards its
customers as well as production & quality inspection makes our strength in our field.
RE-ENGINEERING PRODUCT:
We believe in changing, in creating, in innovating and dynamism our product which makes our
company's strength to reinstate us with the fashion industry and customer's demand and to fulfill
the desire up to their entire satisfaction.
DIRECTOR INFORMATION
From the above factual information, it is clear that BBL is the pride of Varanasi. In fact, it
the only industry in the private section in Varanasi which has earned so much distinction
on account of great entrepreneurial spirit demonstrated by Late Kanhaiya Lal Gupta and
his son Shri Ashok Kumar Gupta who is presently the main force behind all development
activity.
Banaras Beads Limited had recently installed quality software, which links all their departments &
helps in working on critical dates and follow ups. The company's manufacturing process & its quality
control measures are in full compliance of society.
INDUSTRY PROFILE
ABOUT DE LEMON
De Lemon a unit of BBL is set to offer consumers stylish designs, a wide and unique range in beaded
jewellery and Do It Yourself bead kits. They are specialist in fashion jewellery for kids, teenagers &
adults with a USP to sell fashion jewellery at affordable price & introducing unique innovative idea
called „Do it yourself‟.
Its unique concept in which consumers can pick the beads and design their own piece of jewellery
and showroom would also help out in the designs. They also take special orders to make accessories
like beaded curtains, home cushions, beaded jacket for home furniture etc.
With a theme „Jewellery for All’, De Lemon has a wide variety of jewellery like necklace sets,
bracelets, rings, anklets, earrings, belts, bags, etc. and also have few varieties of home furnishings.
The showroom retail a wide range of beaded and glass jewellery in sync with latest trends and
fashion. Customers can choose from exquisite in-house designs that come with a quality guarantee
for the complete jewellery shopping experience.
A wide range of beaded jewellery is displayed in De-Lemon, which is priced from Rs.9 to Rs.999.
Other then large variety of glass and beads jewellery they also have other beaded accessories like
belts, bags, coasters, bells. Curtains cushion covers etc starts from Rs.199 to Rs.999. The showroom
also houses its own special corner called “Do it yourself Kits” for those fashion lovers who wants to
make their own choice of jewellery.
In indigenous market company is doing business under the Tiade name and style De-Lemon unit of
Banaras Beads Ltd. through Retail Counters, Shop, Stores, Franchise and others under arrangement /
agreement with various parties and Retail Stores like Sahara Mall, Odyssey, Big Bazar, Pantaloon, V-
mart, Salasar ( Mayagitanjali) etc.
De Lemon Jewellery also set the standards for the new selections by conducting private surveys with
their existing customers. Key essentials that were addressed for the collection included quality,
reliability, usability and pricing. De Lemon promises to further expand this category more in the
months to come.
FUTURE INNOVATIONS
Since China has picked up much share in the market due to their unbelievable low pricing patterns.
Thus not only competition has increased but also the Company is forced to reduce the price under
pressure. The fluctuation in rate of foreign currency will also affect our business and profit. The
management is aware about this situation and has taken appropriate steps to meet the threats and
making extensive efforts on quality control, cost reducing and widen its marketing network.
Soon BBL will be conducting jewelry making competitions amongst school children in the Delhi NCR
region. They will all be given a bead kit and the ones that come up with the most creative designs
will be given prizes.” They will also be using their enormous collection of colored beads to teach
nursery children about colors.
Their future plans also include using beads to make colorful corporate gifts such as paper weights.
The latest styles and colors were not the only focus for the creation of this new category But BBL
believes in doing small things in order to stand apart.
TYPES OF BEADS USED IN BEADING
METALIC BEADS :
CRYSTAL BEADS:
GLASS BEADS:
BUGGLE BEADS:
CERAMIC BEADS:
FACETED BEADS:
1. LAMP WORK BEADS:
ROUNDEL BEADS:
BBL POLICY:
"Quality means fitness for the intended purpose in all aspects of the company's activities.
it is the company's policy to manufacture and export goods which comply with the
customer's needs and the designer's specifications. The company will strive to meet the
needs of its customers through a continuous process of quality improvement."
"The quality system is designed to ensure the maintenance of the product quality
standards through the evaluation, inspection and verification of processes at all stages of
manufacturing."
Some of the process which are called as Luster Polishing, Drum Polishing, Cleaning of
Beads mechanically, making of Press Beads, Chatom‟s, Faceted Beads, Table Cut Beads
etc. has been innovated by BBL.
"Compliance with the provisions and objectives of the manual are mandatory for all
employee of the company. All employees are responsible for quality improvement.
Education and training are vital to the quality improvement process."
OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS
The company is an export house recognized by Government of India, Ministry of Commerce &
Industries and main business of handicrafts like Glass Beads, Necklaces, Imitation Jewellary in
indigenous and export market. The company has built it‟s credibility and reputationininternational
market by providing better quality‟s Glass beads and fashion jewelry on competitive price and
within committed period.
In Indigenous market company is doing business under the Trade name and style De-Lemon unit of
Banaras Beads Ltd. Through retail counters, shop, stores, Franchise and under
arrangement/agreement with various parties. But expected results not received from indigenous
market. The company forced to close various counters/stores due to ongoing losses.
There are opportunities for doing more business in this line. But the china has picked up much share
in the market due to their unbelievable low pricing patterns. Thus not only competition has
increased but also the company is forced to reduce the price under pressure and to offers to sell its
products at unremunerated prices. The fluctuation in rate of foreign currency will also affect our
business and profit.
The management has taken appropriate steps to meet the threats and making extensive efforts on
control, cost reducing and widen its marketing network.
GST SLAB OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTS
FINANCIAL RESULTS
2016-2017 2015-2016
OPERATION:
During the year turnover of your Company slightly increased in the comparsion of previous
year.
DIVIDENDS:
Based on the Company’s performance during the year 2016-17, the Board of Directors
decided to recommend dividend of Rs. 1/- (i.e. 10%) per share amounting to Rs. 7987201
(inclusive of tax of Rs. 1350979). The dividend payout is subject to approval of members at
the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
TRANSFER TO RESERVES:
The Board of the Directors has proposed to transfer to Rs. 15 Lakhs to the General
Reserve out of the amount available for appropriations and an amount of Rs.
49.20 Lakhs is proposed to be retained in the Profit and Loss Account after
provision of proposed dividend and taxes there on and taxes of earlier year.
(Amount in Rs.)
Particulars As at 31st
Note As at31st
No March' March' As at 1st
2018 2017 April' 2016
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Branch Balance 0
Current assets
Equity
LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Current liabilities
(Praveen
Chartered Accountants Anand Singh) (R.K. Singh)
Independent Company
Director Secretary
(G.D. Dubey)
Partner
VARANASI;31.05.2018
(Jai Singh)
(Amount in
Rs.)
Particulars
Note No2017-182016-17
Expenses:
Exceptional Items 0 0
Tax expense:
3
4
(Ashok Kumar
Chartered Accountants (Siddharth Gupta) Kapoor)
CEO & Managing Director
Independent Director
(G.D. Dubey)
Partner
(Praveen
VARANASI;31.05.2018 Anand Singh ) (R.K. Singh)
Company
Independent Director Secretary
5
6 (Jai Singh)
7 Chief Finance Officer
STATEMENT IN CHANGE OF EQUITY
B. Other EQUITY
Adjustment For :-
Profit/(Loss) on Sale of
Investment (116950) (766787)
32733874 37354371
Adjustment For :-
54805626 69606767
Cash Generated From
Operations
(10471618) (14739927)
Extraordinary Items 0 0 0 0
Notes:
1. Statement of cash flows has been prepared under the indirect method as set out in the
Ind AS-7 "Statement of Cash Flows" as specified in the Companies (Indian Accounting
standards) Rules'2015.
2. Cash & cash equivalents includes in the statement of cash flows comprise
the followings:
3. Previous year figures have been regrouped/ reclassified where ever applicable.
NON CURRENT
INVESTMENTS 3
Investment in Equity
Instruments
No.of Face
Particulars
shares Value 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 01.04.2016
In Equity Shares -
UnQuoted
Banaras Bead
Business Pvt. Ltd. 50000 100.00 30000000 30000000 35580000
Pertech Computers
Ltd. 600 10.00 36000 36000 36000
Kabson Industries
Ltd. 1300 10.00 13000 13000 13000
Bholanath
International Ltd. 300 10.00 6020 6020 6020
Aggregate Cost of
Quoted Investment-
( Rs 243310, Previous
Year 941524)
( Rs 30968430, Previous
Year Rs.30968430)
0 1521971 2538768
Other Advances
12901438
Unsecured Security Deposits,
considered goods 1049767 1046767 1038767
TRADE RECEIVABLES 7
LOANS 10
OTHER ADVANCES 11
Unsecured, Considered
Doubtful by the Management
350110 350110
Vaishali Gupta 0.00 (5.28) (5.28)
350110 (
Shivani Gupta 5.28) 0 0
OTHER EQUITY 15
A. GENERAL RESERVE
Total 681964 0 0
Borrowings 17
TRADE PAYABLE 18
Trade Payable 3353740 8184766 9558556
PROVISIONS 21
2017-18 2016-17
SALES OF PRODUCTS
Exchange Rate
Difference/Forward Contract
Income 3613734 3624364
OTHER INCOME 23
0 1308976
Interest on Refund of Income
Tax
OPENING STOCK
PURCHASES
CLOSING STOCK
CHANGES IN INVENTORIES OF
FINISHED GOODS, WORK-IN-
PROGRESS AND STOCK-IN-
TRADE 25
OPENING STOCK
CLOSING STOCK
MANUFACTURING EXPENSES 26
FINANCIAL COST 28
OTHER EXPENSES 29
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES
Expenses on Corporate
SocialResponsibility 851000 0
Payment to Auditor
The Company has identified all related parties and details of transactions are given below. No
provision for doubtful debts or advances is made. All the transactions have been made at Arm’s
Length Basis (where ever applicable).
DETAILS OF TRANSACTIONS
1 Key
Managerial
Personnel
Ashok Direct
Kumar or Remunerati
Gupta 0
(Execu on 24000 0 12000
0
tive) 00 00
2 Independent
Directors
Ashok Indepe
Kumar ndent
Sitting Fees 19000 0 17000 0 0
Kapoor Directo
r
Praveen Indepe
Singh ndent
Sitting Fees 19000 0 12000 0 0
Directo
r
Tanmay Indepe
Deva ndent
Sitting Fees 19000 0 17000 0 0
Directo
r
Interest 11408
0 79812 0 0
received 2
Loan 10868
0 0 0 0
realised 144
Advance 10000
0 0 0 0
transaction 0
Sales of 56265
0 0 0 0
Share 00
7 Mangalam Direct 0 0
Hospitality or and
0 0 0
India Limited shareh
older
1 Banaras Direct 0 0 0 0 0
0 Beads or and
Business P. shareh
Ltd older
1 Taurus Direct 0 0 0 0
1 Construction or 0
Pvt. Ltd.
1 Omini Direct 0 0 0 0
2 Marketing or and
0
Pvt. Ltd. shareh
older
1 Industrial Direct
3 Auto or and 15120
Expenses 0 43369 0 0
Mobiles & shareh 0
Fuels Ltd. older
1 Sanwaria Direct
4 Trade-Link or
Pvt. Ltd.
1 Ram Mana
5 GulamKanha ging
iya Lal Truste 0 0 0 0 0
Charitable e/Trus
trust tee
The company paid Rs. 8.51 lacs (previous year – nil)) during the year as expense under Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) which is shown in note-29.
Disclosure related to Lease pursuant to Ind As 17:
The company has not given any of its assets on Lease, hence disclosure as Lessor is not
required. The company has acquired Leasehold Land from Industry Department of Uttar
Pradesh Government through transfer for which Rs. 29843 is paid for premium and capitalised.
No amount is payable to the Lessor.
Disclosure related to Non Current Assets held for Sale pursuant to Ind As 105:
The Company’s exposure to changes in interest rates relates primarily to the Company’s outstanding
floating rate debt. The Company’s outstanding debt in local currency is on floating rate. There is a
portion of debt that is linked to international interest rate benchmarks like LIBOR. Since the
borrowings are small in comparison to total investments and interest expenditure is very small in
comparison to total expenditure, the company does not foresee any material risk due to change in
interest rate in future.
The exposure of the Company’s borrowing to interest rate changes at the end of the reporting
period are as follows:
The Company manages liquidity risk by maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities and
by having access to funding through an adequate amount of committed credit lines. Given the
need to fund diverse businesses, the Company maintains flexibility in funding by maintaining
availability under committed credit lines to meet obligations when due. Management regularly
monitors the position of cash and cash equivalents vis-à-vis projections. Assessment of maturity
profiles of financial assets and financial liabilities including debt financing plans and maintenance
of Balance Sheet liquidity ratios are considered while reviewing the liquidity position.
The Company’s customer profile includes large number of Foreign Customers and some
indigenous Customers. Hence the company is having vast customer base thus Company’s
customer credit risk is low. General payment terms include mobilisation advance and part is on
credit to be realiasable within 12 months. The Company has a detailed review mechanism of
overdue customer receivables at various levels within organisation to ensure proper attention
and focus for realisation.
No material amount of financial assets or liabilities are written off during the period.
The contractual maturities of significant financial assets and liabilities outstanding as at 31 st March,
2018 is one year.
Elbee Services 100 10.00 14000 14000 100 10.00 14000 14000
Ltd.
Kabson Industries 1300 10.00 13000 6721 1300 10.00 13000 6071
Ltd.
Ideal Carpets Ltd. 300 10.00 2252 2252 300 10.00 2252 2252
M.P.Telelink Ltd. 500 10.00 5000 5000 500 10.00 5000 5000
Rungta Irrigation 600 10.00 36797 16800 600 10.00 36797 18090
Ltd.
* Market value of shares are taken at last available rate on Stock Exchange.
* In respect of stock not traded on Stock Exchanges, the cost value is taken as market value.
The company main business is manufacturing and export of Handicrafts items like Glass and other
Beads, Necklaces, Imitation Jewelry etc. All those items form just one segment. All other revenues
are not significant to be considered as separate segments. As the company has its commercial
activity mainly at Varanasi, hence separate geographical segment wise reporting is not done. The
company has received more than 10% of its revenue from one customer amounting to Rs. 281.48
lacs (previous year Rs. 603.72 lacs from one customer).
Major components of tax expenses/income as shown in Statement of Profit and Loss is as below:-
31.03.2018 31.03.2017
(i) Employee benefits such as salaries, wages, short term compensated absences, expected
cost of bonus, ex-gratia scheme, performance-linked reward falling due to wholly within
twelve month of rendering services are recognized in the period in which the employee
renders the related services.
(ii) Company's contribution to Provident Fund, Family Pension Fund, ESI etc. are charged to
Profit & Loss Account on accrual basis.
(ii) Liability for gratuity in respect of employees is covered under the Group Gratuity Policy
taken by the company from Life Insurance Corporation of India. The premium payable
under the Policy, are charged to Profit & Loss Account. The short fall in the Fund
amounting to Rs. 1397300 is provided for by the Company as gratuity liability as on
reporting date.
Earnings per share:
Basic and diluted earnings per share pursuant to Ind As 33 are calculated by dividing the net
profit for the year attributable to equity shareholders by the weighted average number by
equity shares. The Company does not have any outstanding diluted potential equity shares.
Consequently the basic and diluted earnings per share remain the same.
2017-2018 2016-2017
The company is not having any Subsidiary Company, Joint Venture Company and associates and
hence no separate disclosure pursuant to Ind AS 27 is made.
Disclosure pursuant to Ind AS 101 First Time Adoption of Indian Accounting Standards:
a. For Transition to Ins AS, the company has elected to adopt as deemed cost,
the carrying value of Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) measured as per I-
GAAP less accumulated depreciation on the transition date of April 1, 2016.
c. Under Ind AS the final dividend including related tax is recognized in the period
in which the obligation to pay is established on its approval, post reporting of
financial statements. Under I-GAAP a provision was required to be made in the
financial statements for the proposed final dividend in the period to which the
liability related.
ASSETS
Non-current assets
(c ) Other intangible
assets 41337 41337
Branch Balance
Current assets
102493969 102493969
(iii) Other Bank
Balance
TOTAL - -13321948
ASSETS 524838648 511516700
EQUITY AND
LIABILITIES
Equity
LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Current liabilities
11476232 11476232
(iii)Other financial
liabilities
ASSETS
Non-current assets
(c ) Other intangible
assets 41337 41337
0 1046767 1046767
(f) Other non-current
assets
Branch Balance
Current assets
TOTAL - -7944660
ASSETS 485815798 477871138
Equity
LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Current liabilities
(Rs. In lacs).
i) Equity
i) Other Equity
h. The company is not having any Subsidiary Company, Joint Venture Company and associates
and hence no separate disclosure pursuant to Ind AS 27 is made.
The export sales include Goods dispatched but under shipment upto 31.3.2018 amounting to
Rs.620847.Prior to introduction of Goods & Service Tax Act Goods under shipment was not treated
as Export (Sale), but as per requirement of Goods & Service Tax Act this change in accounting
principle was made. However there is no impact on profitability of the company due to this change.
Amount of closing balance as per bank in dedicated dividend payable account has been taken as
unclaimed dividend of Rs. 4117773 (previous year Rs. 5424858). The amount does not include
amount of demand drafts issued but not en cashed by the shareholders.
Rs.1594355 paid to suppliers as advance has been shown as doubtful assets. No provision against
the outstanding is made as in the opinion of the management, amount will be recovered in full.
PROJECT REPORT ON INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION
Inventory management is a discipline primarily about specifying the shape and placement of stocked
goods. It is required at different locations within a facility or within many locations of a supply
network to precede the regular and planned course of production and stock of materials.
The concept of inventory, stock or work-in-process has been extended from manufacturing systems
to service businesses and projects, by generalizing the definition to be "all work within the process
of production- all work that is or has occurred prior to the completion of production." In the context
of a manufacturing production system, inventory refers to all work that has occurred – raw
materials, partially finished products, finished products prior to sale and departure from the
manufacturing system. In the context of services, inventory refers to all work done prior to sale,
Inventory is an idle stock of physical goods that contain economic value, and are held in various
forms by an organization in its custody awaiting packing, processing, transformation, use or sale in a
future point of time.
Any organization which is into production, trading, sale and service of a product will necessarily hold
stock of various physical resources to aid in future consumption and sale. While inventory is a
necessary evil of any such business, it may be noted that the organizations hold inventories for
various reasons, which include speculative purposes, functional purposes, physical necessities etc.
From the above definition the following points stand out with reference to inventory:
All organizations engaged in production or sale of products hold inventory in one form or
other.
Inventory can be in complete state or incomplete state.
Inventory is held to facilitate future consumption, sale or further processing/value addition.
All inventoried resources have economic value and can be considered as assets of the
organization.
CONCEPT OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Inventory management and supply chain management are the backbone of any business operations.
With the development of technology and availability of process driven software applications,
inventory management has undergone revolutionary changes. In the last decade or so we have seen
adaptation of enhanced customer service concept on the part of the manufacturers agreeing to
manage and hold inventories at their customers end and thereby effect Just In Time deliveries.
Though this concept is the same in essence different industries have named the models differently.
Manufacturing companies like computer manufacturing or mobile phone manufacturers call the
model by name VMI - Vendor Managed Industry while Automobile industry uses the term JIT - Just
In Time where as apparel industry calls such a model by name - ECR - Efficient consumer response.
The basic underlying model of inventory management remains the same.
OBJECTIVES OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
1. To regular supply of material: there should be a continuous availability of materials in the factory
of finished goods for trade. The main objective of inventory management is to maintain required so
2. To minimization of over stocking: if a company keeps inventory without proper analysis, there
will be a chance of overstocking, which will increase the cost of carting the inventories or under
stocking of inventories that create problem in smooth operation of a business. So one of the main
objectives of the inventory management is to minimize the risk caused due to under and over
stocking of inventory.
3. To reduce material losses: inventory management aims to reduce or remove the losses and
misappropriation of materials. This is done by maintaining the proper stock of materials with utmost
care.
inventories for planning and decision-making. A systematic record of inventory helps provide such
information to the management. It also assists to evaluate the current inventory management
policy.
5. To minimize the costs: the proper maintenance of the in formation regarding inventories helps to
make decision like whether to take discounts or not discount or not, the size of order to be placed,
when to order etc. the total costs associated with inventory may be minimized by analyzing the lot
size to be acquired, the offer of discount on various lot size and the timing of order.
TYPES OF INVENTORIES
1. Raw material: raw material is a very important and inevitable factor of production. It includes
that need more work before they are converted to finished products for sales. In other words, goods
partially worked on but not fully completed are called work in progress.
3. Finished goods: inventories of finished products are the stock of goods which are ready for sales.
Stock of finished goods is required for smooth marketing operations of the products.
REASONS OR MOTIVE OF HOLDING INVENTORIES
The main reason or motive of holding inventory is to supply the required quantity of inventory to
different departments as needed so that production/ sales process does not get hampered. The
1. Transaction motive: the manufacturing concerns need inventories of raw material and work in
progress so as to maintain regular production activities. Similar, the trading organization needs the
inventories of finished goods for supplying the goods and services to the customers' regularly. In this
relation with the supplier, disturbances in transportation, delay in inventory supply etc. might take
place. It is also an important objective of holding the inventory to take precaution from the above.
3. Speculative motive: generally the price of inventories rise, so the companies may keep additional
amount of inventory to get benefit by selling the surplus inventory at higher price that purchase
1. Ordering Cost
2. Carrying Cost
3. Shortage or stock out Cost & Cost of Replenishment
a. Cost of Loss, pilferage, shrinkage and obsolescence etc.
b. Cost of Logistics
c. Sales Discounts, Volume discounts and other related costs.
1. Ordering Cost
Cost of procurement and inbound logistics costs form a part of Ordering Cost. Ordering Cost is
dependant and varies based on two factors - The cost of ordering excess and the Cost of
ordering too less.
Both these factors move in opposite directions to each other. Ordering excess quantity will
result in carrying cost of inventory. Where as ordering less will result in increase of
replenishment cost and ordering costs.
These two above costs together are called Total Stocking Cost. If you plot the order quantity
vs the TSC, you will see the graph declining gradually until a certain point after which with
every increase in quantity the TSC will proportionately show an increase.
This functional analysis and cost implications form the basis of determining the Inventory
Procurement decision by answering the two basic fundamental questions - How Much to
Order and When to Order. How much to order is determined by arriving at the Economic
Order Quantity or EOQ.
2. Carrying Cost
Inventory storage costs typically include Cost of Building Rental and facility
maintenance and related costs. Cost of Material Handling Equipments, IT Hardware and
applications, including cost of purchase, depreciation or rental or lease as the case may
be. Further costs include operational costs, consumables, communication costs and
utilities, besides the cost of human resources employed in operations as well as
management.
d. Cost of Capital
Includes the costs of investments, interest on working capital, taxes on inventory paid,
insurance costs and other costs associate with legal liabilities.
The inventory storage costs as well as cost of capital isdependant upon and varies with
the decision of the management to manage inventory in house or through outsourced
vendors and third party service providers.
Current times, the trend is increasingly in favor of outsourcing the inventory management to third
party service provides. For one thing the organizations find that managing inventory operations
requires certain core competencies, which may not be inline with their business competencies. They
would rather outsource to a supplier who has the required competency than build them in house.
Secondly in case of large-scale warehouse operations, the scale of investments may be too huge in
terms of cost of building and material handling equipments etc. Besides the project may span over a
longer period of several years, thus blocking capital of the company, which can be utilized into more
important areas such as R & D, Expansion etc. than by staying invested into the project.
INVENTORY CLASSIFICATION
1. ABC Analysis: ABC analysis is a business term used to define an inventory categorization
technique often used in materials management. It is also known as ‘Selective Inventory
Control. ’ABC analysis provides a mechanism for identifying items which will have a
significant impact on overall inventory cost whilst also providing a mechanism for
identifying different categories of stock that will require different management and
controls .When carrying out an ABC analysis, inventory items are valued (item cost
multiplied by quantity issued/consumed in period) with the results then ranked. The
results are then grouped typically into three bands. These bands are called ABC codes.
2. HML Classification: The High, medium and Low (HML) classification follows the same
procedure as is adopted in ABC classification. Only difference is that in HML, the classification
unit value is the criterion and not the annual consumption value. The items of inventory
should be listed in the descending order of unit value and it is up to the management to fix
limits for three categories. The HML analysis is useful for keeping control over consumption at
departmental levels, for deciding the frequency of physical verification, and for controlling
purchases. Procurement department is more concerned with prices of materials so this
analysis helps them to take them the decisions such as, who will procure what based on the
hierarchy and price of material.
3. VED Classification: While in ABC, classification inventories are classified on the basis of their
consumption value and in HML analysis the unit value is the basis, criticality of inventories is
the basis for vital, essential and desirable categorization. The VED analysis is done to
determine the criticality of an item and its effect on production and other services. It is
specially used for classification of spare parts.
4. SDE Classification: The SDE analysis is based upon the availability of items and is very useful in the
context of scarcity of supply. In this analysis, items, generally imported, and those which are in short
supply. It refers to difficult items which are available indigenously but are difficult items to procure.
Items which have to come from distant places or for which reliable suppliers are difficult to come by
fall into category. It also refers to items which are easy to acquire and which are available in the local
markets.The SDE classification, based on problems faced in procurement, is vital to the lead time
analysis and in deciding on purchasing strategies.
5. FSN Classification: FSN stands for fast moving, slow moving and non-moving. Here,
classification is based on the pattern of issues from stores and is useful in controlling
obsolescence. To carry out an FSN analysis, the date of receipt or the last date of issue,
whichever is later, is taken to determine the number of months, which have lapsed since the last
transaction. The items are usually grouped in periods of 12 months.FSN analysis is helpful in
identifying active items which need to be reviewed regularly and surplus items which have to be
examined further. Non-moving items may be examined further and their disposal can be
considered.
6. SOS Analysis: ‘S’ stands for Seasonal items and ‘OS’ stands for off-seasonal items. It may be
advantageous to buy seasonal items at low prices and keep inventory or buy at high price during
off seasons. Based on the fluctuation in prices and availability, suitable decision has to be taken
regarding how much to purchase and at what prices.
7. XYZ Analysis: XYZ analysis is calculated by dividing an item's current stock value by the total
stock value of the stores. The items are first sorted on descending order of their current stock
value. The values are then accumulated till values reach say 60% of the total stock value. These
items are grouped as 'X'. Similarly, other items are grouped as 'Y' and 'Z' items based on their
accumulated value reaching another 30% & 10% respectively. The XYZ analysis gives an
immediate view of which items are expensive to hold.
8. GOLF Analysis: This stands for Government, Open market, Local or Foreign source of supply.
For many items imports are canalized through government agencies such as State Trading
Corporations, Mineral and Metals Trading Corporations, Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
etc. For such items, the buying firms cannot apply any
inventory control techniques and have to accept the
quota allotted by the Government. ‘Open market’
categories are those who form bulk of suppliers and
procurement is rather easy. ‘L’ category includes those local suppliers from whom items can be
purchased off the – shell on cash purchase basis. ‘F’ category indicates foreign suppliers. Since an
elaborate import procedure is involved, it is better to buy imported items in bigger lots usually
covering the annual requirements.
9. Economic Order Quantity: Economic order quantity is the level of inventory that minimizes the
total inventory holding costs and ordering costs. It is one of the oldest classical production
scheduling models. The framework used to determine this order quantity is also known as Wilson
EOQ Model or Wilson Formula. The model was developed by F. W. Harris in 1913. But still
R.H.Wilson, a consultant who applied it extensively, is given credit for his early in-depth analysis of
the model.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The data has been gathered through interaction and discussions with the executives working in
the division. Some important information has been gathered through couple of unstructured
interviews of
executive. Annual reports and other magazines published by the company are used for collecting
the
required information.
To study about the ordering levels for the important components of inventory.
To understand and measure economic order quantity for the selected raw material
items.
To analyze its inventory management methods with the help of ABC analysis, VED
analysis etc.
To evaluate the inventory management practices of BANARAS BEADS LIMITED.
To offer suitable suggestions for the improvement of inventory management
practices.
STUDY OF THE PROJECT
Inventory management is a simple concept-don’t have too much stock and don’t have too little.
Since there can be a substantial costs involved in staying above and below the optimal range, careful
inventory management can make a huge difference in the right balance can be quite a complex and
time consuming task without the right technology. Inventory management is very important for
“BANARAS BEADS LTD”. It enables the business to meet or exceed expectations of the customers by
making the products readily available/
The scope of the study includes the ABC Analysis of Raw Materials, work in progress and finished
goods for four financial years. This study provides insight to the management of high value items
and also brings attention of management towards movement of ‘A’ class items over period of 4
years.
Detail study about all the material was not possible because of time limit.
Study was confined only to the selected components in the stores department.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The findings of the study will provide well–researched information, which can be useful to
researchers for academic purposes in the area of inventory management. To the stores and
Procurement department staff, the study hopes to provide them with useful information like the
recommended techniques of inventory control so as to meet their customer‟s and organization‟s
needs. To the firm‟s management, the recommendations of the study may enable them to design
inventory management policies to improve the smooth running of the firm, thereby satisfying
customers and generally minimizing costs.
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
CONCLUSION
• Despite the difficult conditions in the market the company continued to be on the growth path, both
in terms of volume and revenue.
• In the year 2012-13 working capital decreased because of increased the expenses as manufacturing
expenses as manufacturing expenses and increase the price of raw material as increased in inflation
rate.
• Current Assets are more than current liabilities indicate the company used long term funds for short
term requirement, where long term funds are most costly than short term funds.
• Positive working capital indicates that company has the ability of payments of short term liabilities.
SUGGESTION:
• The company has to steps to counter the raising input cost and domestic competition through cost
reduction, rationalization of products and distribution channels, judicious inventory management
and research and development.
• As China has become a part of world Trade Organisation, which can hamper the indian beads
market, the company has to leverage a strong brand in the international market.
• Company should raise funds through short term sources for short term requirement of funds, which
comparitevely economical as compare to long term funds.
OVERALL OPINION
It has maintain the number one position in beads in India as well as second in Asia,
which shows the better position in beads market. Company has accepted conservative
financial policy, good availability of credibility among customers and suppliers and it has
good liquidity position and sufficient funds to repayment of li abilities.
“I wish the growth and bright future of the company in the area of Beads”
QUESTIONNAIRE
Internal Control Questionnaire
Remark
Question Yes No N/A s
b. Adequate supervision?
c. Clearly marking damaged and obsolete inventory?
15. Are adequate provisions made for cut-off of receipts and issues?
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