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Technology
The endeavour is to build a matrix
organisation so as to avail the benefit
of combining the strengths not only
of the physical assets, but also of the
people and their ideas.
Technology Unit focuses on achieving excellence in
Unit Processes and Unit Operations with the objective
of maximizing the output, efficiency and productivity
with equal emphasis on Safety, Health & Environment
(SH&E). Bettering the yields, reducing utilities
consumed, improving the recoveries, debottlenecking
the capacities, automating, converting batch
processes to continuous, etc are the initiatives
pursued by the Unit to improve performance.
Though placed under the umbrella of the Unit,
each product group generally has a dedicated team
focusing on manufacturing, technology improvements
and projects. The combined number of employees
of these departments is 1653. Given the significant
backward integration and the major value addition
in the manufacturing stage and also the manpower
intensive processes, the performance of Atul
significantly depends upon manufacturing efficiencies
and people productivity.
During the year, the output in volume term was
higher by 16%. There were in all 67 initiatives taken
up to bring about multifarious improvements:
16 for yields, 26 for utilities, 8 for recoveries, 9
for debottlenecking, 7 for automating and 1 for
converting batch process to continuous. The Company
began to put in place a new process to enhance the
quality of reporting related to Corporate Governance.
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