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Supply Chain

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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

SUBMITTED BY – KANIKA GUPTA EPGDIM 2011-13

SUPPLY CHAIN OF HINDUSTAN PENCILS
Hindustan Pencils Limited is the largest primary school stationary manufacturing company in India. They were established in 1958 & have mastered the art of making high quality stationary products. With the latest machinery set up, today our state of the art manufacturing units daily produce 5.6 million pencils,1.2 million sharpeners, 2.3 million erasers ,0.16 million scales,0.30 million pens.
In India the brands Apsara and Nataraj have emerged as household names. In other words, Hindustan Pencils Ltd. has come to personify quality at a competitive price.
Keeping up with their mission …show more content…

2. Cigarette Manufacturing –
A. After the tobacco companies select and buy the tobacco from the warehouses, the tobacco is cured and sent to the factories.
B. In the factories, the tobacco leaves are de-stemmed, cut into strips, and cleaned. As the cleaning process is a very important step, some companies will chemically, electronically and manually clean the leaves.
C. The tobacco is then steamed to make sure that the leaves will not become too dry and begin crumbling. (Although the leaves will later be dried again for storage.
D. Next, the tobacco is aged, usually for about 12-18 months.
E. After aging, the tobacco is often combined with different flavorings, such as menthol, licorice, maple syrup, or cocoa.
F. The flavored tobacco is then made into cigarettes with various cigarette making machines. The tobacco is wrapped into cigarette paper, an adhesive is applied to the side to seal the paper, and the cigarette is cut to the desired length.
G. A filter rod machine then attaches a filter to the end of the cigarette. A paper wrap is then applied around the filter and adhesive is applied to secure it.
H. Finished cigarettes are then sent to a packaging machine where they (typically 20 to a pack) are wrapped in foil and a label. They are then wrapped with clear plastic and a tear tape. The individual packs are placed into cartons and

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