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❖ A brief overview of the project
I interned with Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Limited. My
project was in warehousing. I was mentored by Mr. Kamal
Kant Kathuria, Head - Warehouse Operations.

The finished goods from factories & suppliers and received at
warehouse and these goods are dispatched to next users from
warehouse. Warehousing activities were mostly manual, so the
activity duration was governed by human. Work was not
standardized, so same activity was carried out by different
method by different workers. This was affecting manpower
utilization. And there was no SOP. So My first aspect of project
was ‘to understand the process, align everyone to single
process & document’. Second was ‘Assessment of productivity
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standard for each operation with respect to
ABFRL operation/Channel/Category and Benchmarking’. Third aspect

__________________________________________ of project was ‘Using productivity standard work planning &
allocation of manpower on daily basis. Assessment of
GENERAL INFORMATION weekly/Monthly requirement’. Now to improve the

productivity, workers needed to get assistance. For that
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automation was the solution. Next aspect of the project was

BTech: GEC, Thrissur ‘Assessment of New technologies/Automation feasibility in line
with order management system & facility planning to drive
Stream: Production sustainable way of operations. For further scope of
improvement Value Stream Mapping was carried out. And last
Work Ex: Pearl city Marines part of the project was ‘Packing Carton Management work

Products Pvt Ltd flow- Storage, Replenishment to WH as well as floors, Kanban
way of working to have minimal Inventory’

❖ How is a normal day at the Internship?

Accommodation to project location (Warehouse) was around 40km. I reach warehouse around 9:45am. I visit

all the workstations, meet supervisors & meet managers. Then I sit with mentor and try to learn & adapt as

much as possible. I invested more time in understanding the process. I leave around 5:30pm from warehouse
& reach accommodation by 8pm.

❖ What are the challenges faced during Internship?

Biggest challenge was to prove my worth in short time. Understanding the process itself took 40 days.

Honestly, my communication skills in languages other than Malayalam were so poor. I faced lot of difficulties

in communication with top management (English), Supervisors (Hindi), Workers (Kannada). Almost 5 to 6
hours per day I needed to travel.

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