Modern Bread Enterprises
Modern Bread Enterprises
Modern Bread Enterprises
Our visit
As a part Operation management project, it was a wonderful opportunity for us to visit Modern Bread
Enterprises Edapally.We got an opportunity to interview Mr Vishnu R, Asst. Lab Executive, Modern Bread
Enterprises.
Company Profile
Modern is an iconic brand that pioneered the concept of bread, and literally created the bread category in India.
Launched in 1965 as Modern Bakeries (India) Limited, the company was rechristened Modern Foods India
Ltd. (MFIL) in 1982. Holding 40% share of the Indian bread market at one stage.
Modern Food Industries have bread manufacturing units in 13 cities spread across India.MIFL was wholly
owned by Central Government. It was taken over by Hindustan Unilever Limited in January 2000. Modern
Foods have over 40% of the bread markets in India.
Modern Bread Enterprises Edappally, registered in 2016, has gained immense expertise in supplying and
trading of Bread. The supplier company is located in Kochi, Kerala and is one of the leading sellers of listed
products. The company manufactures bread and bakery products. The company offers bread, cakes, rusks,
baked foods and other packaged food items.
FINDINGS
Services
There are different ancillary units for the company distribute products to the units.
3 Production capacity
Production Capacity is the maximum output that can be produced in a business with available
resources.
The company produces 100000 bread per day.Along with that buns, cakes, muffins, rusk, Chappathis
and Porrotta are produced daily
6 Plant layout (Arrangement of machines & equipments on the shop floor of the
plant)
The company is not ready to disclose their plant layout.
The machines used by the company are:
Sieving machine
Mixing machine
Weighing machine
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Final Prover
Industrial safety is important as it safeguards human life, especially in high risk areas such as nuclear, aircraft,
chemical, oil and gases, and mining industries, where a fatal mistake can be catastrophic. Industrial Safety
reduces risks to people and processes.
The Modern Food Enterprises Pvt Ltd is also using certain safety measures.There is:
Uniform
Safety shoe
Cap
Gloves
Safety line
Jewellery policy
Circuit breaker
Covering for equipments
Fire alarm
Safety line: This is the line across which human passage is inhibited. No person should cross the yellow
safety line.
Jewellery policy: The employees are not allowed to wear any type of jewellery like earrings, bangles,
chains, necklaces etc.Watches are also inhibited.
Circuit breaker: If there is any mistake anywhere in the company, the whole production process will
be stopped. The Curret supply will get cut. After correting the error the supply will be turned on.
Covering for equipments: There is covering for each equipments.Maida, sugar, fat etc are covered
immediately after the use.Tube glass, clocks etc are covered by fibre.
Fire alarm: The fire alarms are used in case of danger.As it rings every employees should ran through
the emergency exit door and gather in the alloted location
8.Production Process:
The business firm is basically a producing unit it is a technical unit in which inputs are converted into
output for sale to consumers, other firms and various government departments.
Production is a process in which economic resources or inputs (composed of natural resources like
land,labour and capital equipment) are combined by entrepreneurs to create economic goods and services
(also referred to as output or products).
Inputs are the beginning of the production process and output is the end of the process. Fig. 13.1 is a simple
schematic presentation of the production process, which can be conceived of as transforming inputs into
outputs.
Looking around the production floor of a bread factory there are many areas to increase safety and
quality for products. Mold, pathogens, and food borne illnesses are just a few things bakers actively
avoid. Taking steps to keep products and processes safe can also increase the overall quality and
consistency of their baked goods
General Production Process of a Bread
Quality check points for raw materials, employee training, and finished product analysis can reduce
the risk of product recalls and ensure a safe and consistent finished product.When we visit factory we
wear a veil that fully covers our hair and we are not permitted to wear watches,bangles all these are
part of safety Here are some of the points:
Quality check points for incoming raw materials
Magnets at the flour silo to remove metal objects in flour
Flour Screens for flour going into the mixer to remove foreign (non-metal) objects
Infestation or pest control checks on incoming bagged ingredients
Recording lot numbers of raw ingredients on every batch mixing sheet
Training for employees on getting injured on the job.
Using brightly colored gloves for different departments or allergens.
Trained QA personnel to watch for food safety issue input and process
Legal Metrology :In India, legal metrology is the New name of Standards of Weights and Measures.
The Standard of Weights and Measures Act,1976 was enacted primarily to establish standards of
weights and measures, to regulate trade or commerce in weights, measures and other goods that are
sold or distributed by weight, measure or number. It is based on the metric system and international
system of units recognized by OIML–International Organization of legal metrology. India is one of
the members of OIML. This Act was subsequently replaced by the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 with
the aim of protecting consumer interests and other stakeholders including industry.The Legal
Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules ,2011were prescribed in order to regulate pre-packaged
commodities. Under the said rules, pre-packaged commodities are required to comply with certain
mandatory labeling requirements for net quantity, MRP and Customer care information. In this
industry some of the officers may visit for inspection.The visit may be without any pre information.
12.Maintenance Policy.
Purchase:
The raw materials are purchased from various states including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar
Pradesh. The materials are purchased from various states to avoid raw materials.
Stores:
There are different stores in the company.
Raw material store
Packing material store
Flour store
Cold storage (10000 kg)
Salt store (20000 kg)
Sugar and Atta store
Bread store
Water treatment plant: To treat the waste water from the plant and then it is used in the paddy fields and in
garden.
Chimney: These chimneys are 60 feet long and is connected to each plant.These are used to pass smoke from
the oven.
Market return bread: The breads returned from the market is seperated as bread and plastic cover.Bread is
send to Tamil Nadu which would use as food for cattles, poultry farm etc.And the plastic cover is also send to
Tamil Nadu which would be recycled.
These are monitored by human resource management . Competitions will be held in these days. Prizes will be
given to those who are participating in slogan competition, script playing etc.In the quality week they discuss
on what all methods can be used to improve the quality of the products. In the safety week they give different
classes to employees. Motor vehicle inspectors will conduct class for safe driving, fire and safety classes etc .
Which type of process is used in production? Is it job shop or flow shop or batch
production or project type?
They are using batch production. Different type of bread are produced there. Some of them are :
Milk classic bread(600g)
Multi grain bread(400g)
Sweet bread(400g)
Brown bread(400g)
At first a batch is produced say 600g of milk classic bread.Then for the production of 400g bread,
some arrangements have to be made in the machines.eg:- temperature has to bet set accordingly and
the time has to be adjusted.