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Internship Report Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd BBA Program Summer 2012 Submitted To Prof. Nisar Ahmad By

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Internship Report

Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd

BBA Program

Summer 2012

Submitted To

Prof. Nisar Ahmad

By

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgment:............................................................................................................................5

Company Profile..............................................................................................................................6

Rana Basit Industrial Group............................................................................................................8

Board of Directors...........................................................................................................................8

Rana Basit Rice Mill........................................................................................................................8

Other Projects..................................................................................................................................8

Vision Statement..............................................................................................................................9

Mission Statement...........................................................................................................................9

Rice and Rice Industry Profile.......................................................................................................10

Definitions:................................................................................................................................12

A) RICE:................................................................................................................................12

1) Cargo Rice:........................................................................................................................12

Major Exporters of Rice............................................................................................................14

Company Business Process...........................................................................................................16

Par-Boiled Processing................................................................................................................18

Milling and Husking..................................................................................................................19

Normal Rice – Reprocessing.....................................................................................................21

Departments and their functions....................................................................................................22

Procurement Department...........................................................................................................23

Front Office Department............................................................................................................24

Finance Department...................................................................................................................25

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Quality Department...................................................................................................................26

Inventory Controller Department..............................................................................................26

Export Department.....................................................................................................................27

Domestic Trade Department......................................................................................................28

Extra Long Finest Rice..........................................................................................................28

By Products of Rice...............................................................................................................29

Tasks performed during internship................................................................................................30

Record Keeping of By-Products................................................................................................30

Made Sales Report:....................................................................................................................30

Reviewed all machines are in running condition:......................................................................30

File sorting;................................................................................................................................31

Attending Calls:.........................................................................................................................31

Labor’s Inquiry:.........................................................................................................................31

Supervision on Loading/Unloading:..........................................................................................31

SWOT Analysis:............................................................................................................................32

Strengths:...................................................................................................................................32

Weakness:..................................................................................................................................32

Opportunities:............................................................................................................................33

Threats:......................................................................................................................................33

Identification of Problem:..............................................................................................................34

Recommendations:........................................................................................................................35

Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................36

References:....................................................................................................................................36

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Online sources:..........................................................................................................................37

Acknowledgment:

All the appreciation and gratitude is for ALLAH Almighty

who has bestowed us with knowledge and potential to put effort in

completing our project. Without His guidance it would not be possible to

complete this task. I would also like to thank my favorite teacher

Professor Rizwan Ali (Introduction to business) who guided me and

enhanced my capabilities. For all the efforts he made to polish my mind

towards business world. I would also like to thank my internship teacher

Professor Nisar Ahmad who provided me the guideline, moral support

and encouraged me to do my work. Without his support this internship

report would be a very difficult task to accomplish in time.

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Company Profile

Rana Basit Rice Mill is a part of Rana Basit Industrial Group Pvt Ltd which

was constituted under the leadership of Mr. Rana Basit. Rana Basit

Industrial Group Pvt Ltd has grown into an organization which is

recognized for its remarkable performance and supply of high quality rice

to the customers. What sets them apart from other manufacturers is their

emphasis on building strong relationship with our customers and targeting

our efforts around the customer need. Rana Basit through his single handed

dedication and commitment to the profession has transformed his business in to an Industrial

Group of Pakistan, well known for its forward-looking approach, and highest standards of

quality and integrity.

Rana Basit Industrial Group Pvt Ltd today has a big portfolio. Beside this portfolio Rana Basit

Industrial Group Pvt Ltd is also involved in Petroleum service. Mr. Rana Basit with his keen eye

on the future is also guiding the Rana Basit Housing Scheme to enter the field of developing a

housing society equipped with all modern facilities.

Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd was established around nine years back. Rana Basit Rice Mill is

best suited to grow pure and unaffected rice because the company believes in bringing premium

quality rice for its customers. Rana Basit Rice Mill is serving international customers and

exporting premium quality white “Saila” rice to Asian and Eurpean countries. Through this

Foundation this company not only fulfills his corporate responsibilities but also more importantly

his commitment of promoting the good to the common man.

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Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd

Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd is one the largest exporting Rice Mill in the Pakistan. Rana Basit

Rice Mill has a big share in the total revenue and earns much foreign exchange for the

government. The management at Rana Basit Rice Mill has gathered valuable experience in Rice

Export through trading to Asia, Europe and Middle East. After assessing high demand for

premium quality Pakistani Rice, in the international market, management decided to set-up a

state-of-the-art processing plant of its own. 

Rana Basit Rice Mill has one of the finest plants, conforming to international standards of

excellence in hygiene and quality. The complete plant is supplied by a company named Buhler

GmbH.

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Rana Basit Industrial Group

Board of Directors

Mr. Rana Abdul Basit Chairman

Mr. Rana M. Saleem Managing Director

Mr. Rana Zahid Imran Director General

Mr. Rana Rehman Ali Director

Rana Basit Rice Mill

Mr. Rana Iftekhar Manager

Other Projects

Rana & Sons Constt; (A-Class)

Rana Basit Housing Scheme

Rana Basit Petroleum Service

Five Star Petroleum Service

Rana Basit Agro-Corporation

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Vision Statement

The concern is to remain steadfast to serve the human race by providing good

quality rice in order to ensure a healthy life

Mission Statement

To remain in the market of rice industry ensuring the highest quality of the rice along with the

escalating reputation and earning foreign exchange for Pakistan by exporting and establishing

the eminence image of Pakistani rice in outside world

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Rice and Rice Industry Profile

Rice is Pakistan’s third largest crop after wheat & cotton and contributes about 1.6 percent to the country’s gross domestic product.

Rice is the second largest exporting cereal in grain industry of the Pakistan after wheat flour.

During the last decade, the production of rice in Pakistan has been around 5 million tons per

annum. Around 2.9 million tons of rice is available for domestic consumption of Pakistan. The

per capita availability of rice in Pakistan is 20.78 kg. Pakistan has scattered population of rice

eating people throughout the country. In most of the urban and rural areas of the Punjab, people

eat rice at least once a week. In Azad Kashmir, the entire households consume rice in their daily

meals. In Sindh province, particularly Karachi, people eat rice 3-4 times a week.

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin

America, and East, South and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain.

Rice provides more than one fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. Since a large

portion of maize crops are grown for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most

important grain with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one fifth

of the calories consumed worldwide by the human species.

Rice cultivation is well-suited in countries and regions with low labor costs and high rainfall, as

it is labor-intensive to cultivate and requires ample water. Rice can be grown practically

anywhere, even on a steep hill or mountain. Although its parent species are native to South

Asia and certain parts of Africa, centuries of trade and exportation have made it commonplace in

many cultures worldwide.

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Rice grain quality depends on intrinsic quality of rice variety (appearance, milling

quality and cooking characteristics), environmental conditions (temperature,

humidity, rainfall) and management practices such as use of healthy seed; optimum sowing time;

balanced and timely application of fertilizers; proper harvest and post-harvest operations, use of

modern milling and polishing machinery etc.

The traditional method for cultivating rice is flooding the fields while, or after, setting the young

seedlings. This simple method requires sound planning and servicing of the water damming and

channeling, but reduces the growth of less robust weed and pest plants that have no submerged

growth state, and deters vermin. While flooding is not mandatory for the cultivation of rice, all

other methods of irrigation require higher effort in weed and pest control during growth periods

and a different approach for fertilizing the soil.

Rice is unique among cereal grains in that the entire polished grain is eaten while other cereals

are usually processed before they reach the consumer. Grain quality in rice is, therefore, a very

sensitive issue. Interests and priorities of different sectors of rice industry are different. Farmers

are interested in early maturity and high yield that would give them high returns in the form of

good produce and provide enough time for sowing 

subsequent crops including wheat. Miller's interest is high head rice recovery. Traders prefer

attractive physical appearance (shape and size), whiteness and uniform grain size.

For consumers, quality encompasses a complete range of visual, sensory and palatability criteria

that include impressive appearance of raw as well as cooked rice texture in terms of

stickiness/flakiness and appealing aroma.

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Definitions:

A) RICE: means milled rice which includes cargo rice, white rice, glutinous rice and boiled rice,

whether it be whole grain, head rice, big broken, broken or small broken.

1) Cargo Rice: (BROWN RICE, HUSKED RICE) means rice obtained from paddy of which

only the husk has been removed. This includes its whole grain, head rice, big broken, broken,

and small broken.

2) Plain or White Rice: means rice obtained from paddy which has been husked and milled

while by removing its bran layers. This includes its whole grain, head rice, big broken, broken,

and small broken.

3) Parboiled Rice: may be husked or milled rice processed from paddy or husked rice that has

been soaked in water and subjected to a heat treatment so that the starch is fully gelatinized,

followed by a drying process.

B) GRAIN CLASSIFICATION: means the proportional mixture of rice of difference classes to

form a grade.

Rice Kernal is divided into four classes namely:

1) Extra Long Grain: shall be the head rice/whole grain having the average grain length of 6.90

mm or more.

2) Long Grain: shall be the head rice/whole grain having the average grain length of more than

6.0 mm but not more than 6.90 mm.

3) Medium Grain: shall be the head rice/whole grain having the average grain length of more

than 5.0 mm but not more than 5.9 mm.

4) Short Grain: shall be the head rice/whole grain having the average grain length of 5.00 mm

or less.

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C) YELLOW KERNEL: means the kernel of which 25% or more of the surface

area has turned yellow in color.

D) CHALKY KERNEL: means the kernel of which 50% or more of the surface area is white

like the color of chalk.

E) GREEN RICE: means the kernel of green color in Cargo (Brown) rice which when broken is

also green in color from inside or in the endosperm.

F) BROKEN RICE: Broken of size ¾ length of grain and above shall count as head rice.

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Major Exporters of Rice

Thailand is the largest rice exporter with exports of over $6 billion during 2005. Pakistan comes

on the 3rd position in the international rice export market with exports of $2.4 Billion during

2004-2005.

Following are the major exporters of the rice in the world for the year 2010

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top rice export body said it aims to export 4 million tonnes in fiscal year 2010/11, about 1 million tonnes more than previous estimates made after destructive floods in August.

Irfan Ahmed Sheikh, chairman of the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP), said total rice production would be nearly 6 million tonnes.

A senior food ministry official on Tuesday, however, low-balled REAP’s estimate and said output would be about 5 million tonnes.

“We dispute the government’s figure,” Sheikh told Reuters. “Our assessments are that the production will be nearly 6 million tonnes. We are now aiming to export about 4 million tonnes of rice this year on good global demand.”

REAP’s export target tops previous trader estimates by almost a million tonnes.

The government in September estimated losses of up to two million tonnes from the August floods. Before the floods, the food ministry expected 6.1 million tonnes for the 2010/11 crop.

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The country’s eight-month-long rice season runs from April to November and final estimates of the crop size will not be available until late December.

The reason for the increased estimate, Sheikh said, is that the monsoon floods, which devastated more than 2.4 million hectares of farmland, did not affect the rice crop in the Punjab province, which produces 60 percent of the total national output.

Production losses in the second-largest rice growing province of Sindh were estimated at about 500,000 tonnes, but that would largely be offset by the better yield in Punjab, Sheikh said.

The president of the Agri-Forum Pakistan agreed with the REAP’s production estimates.

“Despite losses in Sindh, our production estimate is between 5.7 million tonnes and 6.1 million tonnes, as per-acre yield in Punjab has increased by up to 10 percent,” said Ibrahim Mughal.

Pakistan had a bumper crop of 6.7 million tonnes of milled rice in 2009/10 and exported about 4.5 million tonnes.

Pakistan retained up to 800,000 tonnes from the 2009/10 crop, traders said.

The country’s domestic consumption of milled rice is about 2.3 million tonnes.

Rice exports in July-October 2010 rose by 17.26 per cent to 1.1 million tonnes, compared with 940,838 tonnes in the same period last year, according to the Federal Bureau of Statistics.

In the July-Oct period in 2010/11, exports of basmati rice stood at 304,141 tonnes, almost the same as last year. Other varieties totaled 799,052 tonnes for the same period, compared with 636,773 tonnes.

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Company Business Process

Rana Basit Rice Mill actually trades in two types of rice:

Par-Boiled Rice

Normal Rice

It has two main business processes which are given as follow:

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Par-Boiled Processing

If Par-Boiled rice is to be prepared then you first have to go through a special process which is

given as follow:

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1Procurement of Rice

2Paddy Cleaner

3Pre-Steaming

4Marinating for 10 - 14 Hours

5Double Steaming

6Cooling through towers and chambers

7Drying

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Milling and Husking

If rice is only to be produced normally then the procedure starts from here, if it is

not par-boiled, otherwise if it is par-boiled then it will be the second stage.

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1Procurement of Rice

2Paddy Cleaner

3Drying of Paddy

4Husking

5Husk Seperation

6Paddy Seperation

7Polishing

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When selling domestically only this procedure is followed, in local market only normal rice, both

Basmati and Non-Basmati is sold. This type of rice is neither par-boiled nor it is reprocessed. It

because the domestic market doesn’t have enough demand for par-boiled and re-processed rice

that’s why company do not pay much attention here. It only sales non par-boiled and non-re-

processed rice locally.

If rice is further to be exported then the following procedure which is known as re-processing is

done to make it of export quality.

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8Shining

9Destoning

10Shifting

11Width Grading

12Length grading

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Normal Rice – Reprocessing

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1Cleaning

2Width Grading

3Shinning

4Water Polishing

5Shifting

6Length Grading

7Color Sorting

8Final Grading

9Packing

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Departments and their functions

Procurement department

Front Office department

Inventory controller department

Finance department

Quality department

Export department

Domestic Trade department

Par-Boiled processing Unit

Husking & Milling Unit

Re-processing Unit

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Procurement Department

Procurement is the first step where the business starts, procurement department contains 11

employees who purchase Paddy (Rice Crop) and achieve the purchase targets set by Rana Basit

Ali and his manager Rana Iftekhar (upper level management).

This department is responsible for purchasing the paddy of desired quality. The employees of

this department have special and expert level knowledge of paddy because selection of paddy

rice is the most sensitive part of this business. If wrong type of paddy is purchased or undesirable

quality of paddy is purchased then it’s going to be a big mess and a loss for Owner.

Teams are built among these 11 employees and then regions and territories are allotted to them,

and each team is responsible to go to their particular area and achieve the purchase target from

that area. Keeping quality of the paddy is the first thing these employees have in their minds.

Procurement is really a tough job because when rice crop comes in the market, the duration is

only 1 month. You have to purchase within one month. Because this is a seasonal product so it

only comes once in the year. Employees have to achieve their purchase targets within one month

so they have a huge responsibility.

Since paddy has not fix rate, paddy is purchased in Ghalla Mandi (Food Market) and paddy is

purchased by auctions. So to purchase at a low cost is also responsibility of this department,

because cost is the major competitive edge.

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Front Office Department

Front office is very well organized in the company, who so ever come in the company is

welcomed by front office’s staff and the query is listened and solved as soon as possible. Any

meeting of outsider with the management or supervisors is arranged by this department.

Guests of employees and management are also warmly welcomed by this department. Any

person comes in the firm first tells the issue to the front office, front office then calls to the

corresponding person and informs him about the issue then a meeting is arranged or an

appointment is set and issue is solved. All phone calls are also first received by the front office

staff.

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Finance Department

Finance department is the hub of the organization. This department has many things to do.

How to float capital

Arranging payrolls

Arranging wages

Maintaining cash flows

Making budgets

Calculating costs

Setting prices

Preparing Financial Reports

Budget is prepared which is the most complex thing, how to spend, where to spend, when to

spend and how much is to spend. Cash flows are generated and it is tried that cash flows are

maintained as they were projected at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Costs of different varieties of rice are calculated and the price is set by keeping both markets,

domestic and international market. Labor is given wages on weekly basis and rest employees are

given salaries and payrolls within the first seven days of the month. It is ensured that Cash In-

Flow should meet the timings when the expenditures are to be incurred.

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Quality Department

The first and foremost responsibility of Rana Basit Rice Mill is the customer’s

satisfaction by providing them highest quality. We pursuit for the highest quality standards and

its philosophy of quality product deliverance as only reiterated its mission statement.

We seek satisfaction for our customers by making our products and services worthy of them

through our commitment, teamwork and an efficient ever-improving quality management

system.

Company is committed and endeavoring to do environment-friendly and pollution-curtailing rice

processing business while continually improving its Green Practices and complying by all

applicable national and other standards. Company is focused to consistently interact with and

address the concerns of all interested parties.

Inventory Controller Department

This department is responsible of keeping the records that how much paddy of each type has

come and where it is stored. Out of that paddy how much has been processed and where the yield

is stored. Keeping all the records and preparing reports is the main responsibility. Secondary

auditing the physical inventory is also the responsibility of the department.

Rice is stored in warehouses and go downs whereas paddy is stored in Silos (Mega Storage

Bins).

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Export Department

70% of the revenue of the company is generated by this department. All the Export orders and

tenders are gained by the personnel working in this department. This department is responsible to

fulfill export orders at time and win tenders from different countries.

60% of rice produced is exported to following countries:

Dubai

Saudi Arab

Iran

Qatar

Behrain

Oman

Kuwait

Jordan

England

Sweden

Australia

Spain

Different orders from different countries and different tenders are won and to fulfill the orders at

time by keeping the quality at required level is the utmost responsibility of the department.

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Domestic Trade Department

40% of rice produced is sold domestically. To fulfill local market orders on time and

then recovering the money back is the responsibility of this department.

Two types of rice are sold locally:

Extra Long Finest Rice

By Products of Rice

Extra Long Finest Rice

This is the finished product which is sold domestically as well as internationally. It has

following types:

Super Kernal Extra Long Basmati Rice

Par-Boiled Super Kernal Extra Long Basmati Rice

Par-Boiled 1121 Qayenaat Extra Long Rice

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By Products of Rice

Processing, husking and milling of rice leaves many By-Products which are

scrap and sold separately. The selling of by-products also contributes much to the total

revenue of the organization.

The kinds of by-products are given as follow:

Husk of Rice (Toh)

Bran (Powder of Rice)

Broken Tip (Nakku)

Broken Rice (Totah)

Damaged Rice (Dhaghi Daanay)

So Domestic Trade Department is also responsible for selling of these by-products as well in the

market.

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Tasks performed during internship

Record Keeping of By-Products

During my internship period, record keeping of by-products was my main job, although

management rotated me in many directions. But I mostly used to record:

1. How much Broken Tip has accumulated at the end of the day

2. How much Damaged Rice has accumulated at the end of the day

3. How much Broken Rice has accumulated

4. At the end of the day a report was compiled which contained the final figures

I also updated the files continuously throughout six weeks regarding by-products.

Made Sales Report:

Every two weeks, by-products were sold locally to the local distributors:

Projected sales

Projected Revenue

Achieved Sales

Achieved Revenue

Difference in actual and projected sales

Reviewed all machines are in running condition:

It was also my duty to keep an eye on the Milling & Husking unit that all machines are

working properly; if there were any problem on any machine or any break-down then it

was my job to inform the Engineering department so the problem can be immediately

solved.

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File sorting;

I also used to sort out and index files in the office area. Locally sold by-products invoices

and expense invoices were sorted out in the corresponding files

Attending Calls:

Few days I also worked in front office where I answered the calls and transferred to the

concerned department.

Labor’s Inquiry:

I used take the inquiry of any labor worker working on any machine within the unit to the

corresponding person.

Supervision on Loading/Unloading:

When by-products were loaded in trucks/containers, it was my job to count how much the

bags are loaded. Counting them and making a report was my job.

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SWOT Analysis:

Strengths:

Rana Basit Rice Mill has strong foundation regarding finances

In local as well as international Markets, Rana Basit Rice Mill has a good image because

of good quality.

Goodwill in terms of commitment and delivery on time of an order

Have expert personnel in each department

Latest and advanced automated machinery

Power Back-ups

Low cost/cheaper labor

Strict security for monitoring in order to avoid rice theft

Weakness:

Organizational structure’s nature is not decentralized.

Only Export related documents and accounts are computerized

Procurement department has less staff than required

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Opportunities:

More share in exports can be captured because still there is a lot of room

It can go for related diversification as Biscuits can be made from its by-product

(Bran/Powder)

From Its Husk Tip and Bran, Rice Canola Oil can also be produced

Putting the product into its own brand, can create new markets and profits

Threats:

Threat of new entrants is really high. Many new units are being installed and competition

is becoming tougher

Threats from political scenario is very much high. As exporters are not trusting on

Pakistani parties

If river/water issue is not resolved, then there could be a shortage in crop due to lack of

water and depression may come.

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Identification of Problem:

Six weeks of internship are not enough to cover all the aspects of a business but a

student can get an idea of the business processes, its strengths and weaknesses.

I noticed that the structure of the organization is centralized; it’s not decentralized due to

which process is slow. As every decision has to first go at upper level then there’s a wait

of approval and then the action is executed. If the power is decentralized and authority is

given to employees then the decision making can be more efficient and the process can

become quick.

All of their Official Papers including the paperwork for the domestic trade deals are made

by bookkeepers. All the paperwork and reports are compiled manually. It increases the

time to compile reports and enhances the chances of error. There will be more chances of

error and it will be time consuming for identifying and correcting the mistakes on manual

books.

The duration of paddy procurement is only one month, and the procurement department

has only 11 employees working in it. Purchase targets are so high that in this one month

employees are overloaded and it is very difficult for them to achieve targets because they

also have to achieve the quality levels. If more employees are hired then it will ensure the

quality level as well as the fulfilled purchase targets within the time duration.

Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd is also tangled in business to business market; I’ve observed

that Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd does not invest anything for their company

promotion/marketing that is why their brand is less known in market, this is an obstacle

for them to increase their sales.

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Recommendations:

After analyzing Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd, I would like to recommend them the

following:

I believe that nature of their organizational structure should not be centralized; they

should make it decentralized in order to make their operation work smoothly. There

should not be a wait for approval or any other authorization to execute the pre-described

action. In this way authority will be distributed and limited right will be given to the

employees then the decision making can be more efficient and the process can become

quick.

Every document including domestic trade should be computerized and reports should be

generated on computers. This will reduce the time of reports generation and furthermore

it will reduce the chances of error. If any error happens then it can be immediately

rectified on computer while on the other hand it is very difficult to find it and then correct

it on manual books.

As the period of paddy procurement cannot be increased from one month, hence the

procurement department has to increase the number of employees working in it. It should

be 18 rather than 11 in order to meet the purchase targets so that in one month employees

are not burdened and it will become easy for them to accomplish goals with their

commitment to render quality rice. Increase number of employees will guarantee the

excellence of quality as well as the attained purchase targets within the time duration.

Since Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd is also involved in business to business market, I also

recommend that Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd to put some of their production in their

own brand and market it, if they can commercialize their own brand/product they can

earn more on the same sales.

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Conclusion:

Rana Basit Rice Mill is one of the fastest growing groups of Pakistan. It was not an

easy job for internees to study the complete working of this organization within six weeks. I

think one need a lot more time to study. It was very difficult for me to manipulate all sort of

information about Rana Basit Rice Mill because the setup is very much complex and big. This

internship program was very fascinating experience for me and during my stay at Rana Basit

Rice Mill Pvt Ltd, I learned so many things. So it was the best time for me to see the application

of the theoretical frame work studied by me in the BBA classes in practical fields. In the end I

think the future prospects of the Rana Basit Rice Mill are quite bright because the management’s

vision is too broad. It will grow and advance more and more with time. I also want to pay

gratitude to my supervisor because it provided me the opportunity to work in an organization like

Rana Basit Rice Mill Pvt Ltd.

References:

Mr. Rana Basit Ali (Owner)

Mr. Rana Iftekhar (Manager)

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Online sources:

http://www.reap.com.pk

REAP is Rice Export Association of Pakistan, an exporters body where national and

international level decisions are taken.

Dmoz

http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Agriculture/Field_Crops/Cereals/Rice/

International Rice Research Institute

http://irri.org/

Rice latest trade data on ITC Trade Map

http://www.trademap.org/open_access/Index.aspx?proceed=true&product=1006

Global Rice Science Partnership

http://irri.org/our-science/global-rice-science-partnership-grisp

Rice Today magazine

http://irri.org/ricetoday

Interviews with Pioneers of Rice Research

http://archive.irri.org/publications/today/Pioneer_Interviews.asp

Rice Knowledge Bank

http://irri.org/knowledge/irri-training/knowledge-bank

National Food Authority.

http://nfa.gov.ph/

Philippine Rice Research Institute.

http://philrice.gov.ph/

Safe Storage of Cooked Rice

http://www.abc.net.au/health/talkinghealth/factbuster/stories/2009/01/27/2475255.htm

Rice Research and Practice

http://uark.libguides.com/rice

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