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Internship Report
Khokhar Engineering Works
BBA ProgramSummer 2009
Submitted To
Prof. Nisar Ahmad
By
Muhammad Abid Sultan
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Acknowledgement:
Words will never be able to express enough, our fevering gratitude to
almighty Allah, the most compassionate and merciful, for giving us the
courage and fortitude to accomplish this enormous task. We
acknowledged that the Holy Prophets (PBUH) moral and spiritual
teachings have enlightened my heart and mind and have guided my
thoughts towards new horizons enriched with great ideas of life.
I am grateful to our teacher Mr. Nisar Ahmed for guiding us so very well
that I am able to compile my internship report. I pay my regard to Mr.
Emran Khokhar the Project Manager for helping throughout my
internship and making my internship experience ever so exciting and for
training me & exposing me to the work environment so that I can learn
the working of practical life. I also pay our heartiest gratitude to all those
who were a great help in completing this report.
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Executive Summary
The purpose of this report is to fully understand the working of KHOKHAR
ENGINEERING WORKS. KHOKHAR ENGINEERING WORKS started to its
business in 1978 in Lahore, Pakistan. I have analyzed the whole firms
procedure and understood the work environment of the firm. In this report,
Ive incorporated all the business functions and product details of Khokhar
engineering works. Apart from that detailed description of all the different
departments is provided in the report, SWOT analysis along with
recommendation and suggestion for firm improvement are also included.
Khokar Engineering Works is a fabrication and engineering solution providing
firm. In the early years of business the main contracts that KEW got were
one of Pakistan Railways, Engineering solutions for construction structure
and fabrication of steel structures. KEW also had the privilege of working for
government, semi government and many major private projects. During my
internship period I worked in the procurement department concerned with
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Industry Profile:
History of Manufacturing Industry:
In 1947 only some 5 percent of the large-scale industrial facilities in British
India were located in what became Pakistan. The country started with
virtually no industrial base and no institutional, financial, or energy
resources. Three small hydroelectric power stations provided limited
electricity to a few urban areas. Firewood and dung were the main sources of
energy; commercial energy sources supplied only about 30 percent of the
energy consumed. Further, there was a shortage of management personnel
and skilled labor.
The pace of industrialization since independence has been rapid, although it
has fluctuated in response to changes in government policy and to worldeconomic conditions. During the 1950s, manufacturing expanded at about
16 percent annually; during the first half of the 1960s, it expanded at around
11 percent a year. The pace slowed to fewer than 7 percent a year in the
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second half of the 1960s. Between FY 1970 and FY 1977, the index of
manufacturing output increased an average of only 2.3 percent a year.
Between FY 1977 and FY 1982, the index raised an average of 9.9 percent a
year. Growth averaged 7.7 percent during the Sixth Five-Year Plan (1983-88)
and 5.4 percent from FY 1989 through FY 1992. In FY 1993, manufacturing
accounted for 17.3 percent of GDP at current factor cost, of which large-scale
manufacturing accounted for 61 percent and small-scale manufacturing for
39 percent. Manufactured goods accounted for 64 percent of all exports by
value in FY 1993, but the bulk of these exports came in the relatively low-
technology areas of cotton textiles and garments.
Total fixed capital formation in manufacturing was estimated at Rs57 billion
in FY 1993. During the 1980s, private investment became much more
important than public investment. In FY 1982, private investment was 53.9
percent of the total, but in FY 1993 the proportion was 96.1 percent. Total
investment in manufacturing was 5.1 percent of GNP in FY 1993.
In the early 1990s, the manufacturing sector was dominated by food
processing and textiles. Provisional figures for FY 1992 indicated that sugar
production was 2.1 million tons, vegetable ghee 819,000 tons, cotton yarn
862,000 tons, and cotton cloth 234 million square meters. Other industrial
products included motor tires (647,000 units), cycle tires (2.2 million units),
cement (6.1 million tons), urea (1.4 million tons), soda ash (147,000 tons),
bicycles (364,000 units), and paperboard (13,000 tons).
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Pakistan has one steel mill, located near Karachi, with a production capacity
of 1.1 million tons per year. A major undertaking, the mill required the bulk of
public industrial investment in the late 1970s and early 1980s, although the
plant was designed and partly financed by the Soviet Union. It produced at
81 percent of capacity in FY 1993, and it was dependent on imports of iron
ore and coking coal. As of early 1994, the mill had not achieved sustained
profitability, but there were plans to expand it.
Public-sector firms produced about 40 percent of the total manufacturing
value added in FY 1991, and they absorbed about 48 percent of gross fixed
investment. The total value of public sector industrial output in FY 1991 wasRs36 billion (in constant FY 1988 prices), but pretax profits were only Rs1.3
billion, reflecting the inefficiencies and overstaffing prevalent in these
enterprises.
To improve the efficiency and competitiveness of public sector firms and end
federal subsidies of their losses, the government launched a privatization
program in FY 1991. Majority control in nearly all public-sector enterprises
will be auctioned off to private investors, and foreign investors are eligible
buyers. In March 1992, twenty units had been privatized, but by 1993 only
about 30 percent of the government's target number of firms had been sold
because some of the enterprises were unattractive for private investors. In
1994 the government led by Benazir Bhutto was committed to continuing the
policy of privatization.
Importance of Engineering Industry:
Pakistan has the potential to enhance its share in international exports in the
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Pakistan must develop the engineering sector in order to get more shares in
the world market which is worth $6 trillion per annum.
Manufacturing Industry in Pakistan which has gone through a lot of sufferings
due to inception of information and computer technology (ICT) and it has not
been in practice in Pakistani Industry at large basis which might bring heavy
loss in next couple of years. Both small or medium level enterprises and high
level industries are striving hard to give maximum output with their best
quality products. In this competitive environment neighboring country like
China, India and far east countries are in the race to produce product at
cheaper rates and in short time to meet the requirements of their customers.Thus Pakistani manufacturing sector is struggling to cope with the high
standards of quality, keeping costs and/or prices at minimum level.
In this rapidly changing scenario data mining techniques can be exploited to
predict their manufacturers needs and can reduce product time to market by
maintaining the international standards as well. Data mining can help
engineers and professional in the manufacturing sector to discover and
analyze the weaknesses present in the manufacturing sector. With the
applications of artificial intelligence techniques like data mining costs can be
reduce to minimum with the increase in the quality of the products.
Production rate can also be increased without compromising with the quality
of the products. There is a need to train the engineering professionals to take
advantage of modern data analysis techniques so that they can use their
own experience and knowledge along with the machine learning algorithms
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to find out the complex relationships present between different controlling
parameters.
Company Profile
History of Khokhar Engineering Works:Khokar Engineering Works started operation in 1978 as an engineering
solution provider and fabrication company. The company name was modified
after a year to indicate the abbreviated letters, KEW. In the early years of
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business the main contracts that KEW got were one of Pakistan Railways,
Engineering solutions for construction structure and fabrication of steel
structures. KEW also had the privilege of working for government, semi
government and many major private projects.
Overview:
KEW is a partnership company founded in 1978 as Khokar Engineering
Works. The company name was modified to KEW for ease of use. Initially the
product range of the company was limited to Stainless Steel Equipment
including Vessels and customized fabrication for the process industry.The
company is unique in its resource base with in-house capabilities for Design
Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction and Maintenance Services. These
are applicable to a wide variety of projects related to Industrial plants,
Energy and Infrastructure development for which services are provided
selectively or on turnkey.
KEW has the privilege of having many patent products which include patent
plant installation for many paint industries, basket mills, sand mills. KEW has
worked in collaboration with many well established companies in Pakistan,ICI and Berger to name a few. Another specialty of KEW is High speed
dispersers, Multi shaft dispersers and solutions for ball mills. Drum tilting
trolleys, filling machines; conveyers are among the list of many products that
KEW readily manufactures on customer demand.
After many years of increasing brand recognition tied with the expertise of
the management team was leveraged to expand the manufacturing program
to include carbon steel products including Fired Boilers, Heat Exchanges and
Pressure Vessels and Ducting. Towards the mid-nineties customer concerns
regarding increasing fuel costs were an impetus for another effort this time
in energy efficiency. This is done through changes in design of regular
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equipment. Hence following many other pioneering efforts in Pakistan in
terms of Waste Heat Recovery Boilers was introduced by KEW.
Now, after approximately a quarter of century of national industrial
experience in heavy engineering and growing customer initiatives, KEW is
shaping into a national market leader in Waste Heat Recovery Boilers and
Waste Water Treatment Plants. In process of continuously striving for
innovative engineering manufacturing solutions for the local industry, KEW
has cultivated an extensive customer base that consists of multinationals
such as Pepsi cola and other national famous brands such as ICI paints,
Berger paints, Nippon paints, Kansai paints and Terrace chemicals.KEWTRONICs is sister concern of KEW which deals with the control panels
and control system of industrial equipment. Electronic industrial equipment
is an emerging market in Pakistan and holds great opportunity for business
expansion.
Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) at
DESCON
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We understand the value of human life and sustainable development for
healthy growth of a community. KEWs QHSE program ensures these goals by
exercising zero tolerance for errors in the implementation of best Industrial
QHSE practices. These are supplemented with incentives, training, process
control, and deployment of most effective time tested quality Improvement
tools.
Our strategy is built around plan, do, check and act and is reflected in our
systems appreciating following key elements:
Provision of a framework for the setting of QHSE Goals and
performance objectives.
Monitoring, evaluating and continually improving upon our QHSE
performance through operational standards, training, assessments and
audits.
Making customers, contractors, and business partners familiar with our
QHSE system and creating awareness on how their actions can
influence QHSE performance. Making QHSE a part of all product development projects.
Making ourselves, aware of the global industrial initiatives and
collecting feedback from our stakeholders for taking improvement
initiatives.
All of our operations submit to certified integrated management
systems, which include ISO 9001, EN ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001
and are run in accordance with national safety Council guidelines.
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Purpose Statement of KEW:
To bring prosperity and well being to our stake holders and society at large
by adding value through engineering, technology and management
Mission Statement of KEW:
To Provide Value added Integrated & Innovative Engineering Manufacturing
& Turnkey Plant Construction Solutions by continuously adapting to Customer
needs
Vision Statement of KEW:
To be the premier organization operating locally that provides the complete
range of engineering solutions & services to all customers under one roof.
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Core Values:
Khokhar Engineering Work aims to instill a fostering and stimulating culture
based on providing a safe, healthy and supportive environment where staff
members are valued, respected and able to realize their full potential. This
culture is based on the following core values:
Humility
Extreme Customer Care/Focus
Courtesy and Respect
Honesty, Integrity and Trust
Commitment and Hard work Creativity, Innovation and Quality
Justice and Fairness to all Stake-Holders
Open, Honest and Direct Communication
Provider of growth and equal opportunity
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Management Structure:
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Products and Services:
Oil & Gas Process Equipment
Paint Process Equipment
Smoke Tube Fired Boilers
Waste Heat Recovery Boilers
Waste Water Treatment Plants
Engineering Services
Hot Water Generators
Heat Exchangers
Stainless Steel Fabrication Equipment
KEW in Oil & Gas Sector
KEW offers its design & fabrication services to companies for their
requirement of the following type of equipment in the oil & gas sector.
Similar type of equipment is stainless steel or higher alloys for chemical,
fertilizer and similar process industries can also be offered.
three phase test & production separators
low temperature separators
de - ethanizer column
flare knock out drum
de - ethanizer o.h. drum
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Smoke Tube Fired Boilers
KEW is among the engineering & fabrication companies manufacturing
steam boilers to British standard bs 2790:1992. Kew manufactures boilers in
the following capacities & pressure ratings. Capacity: 2tph to 32 tph,
capacities beyond 20 tph utilize twin flue design. Pressure rating up to 25
bars (g) (depending upon capacity)
Waste Heat Recovery Boilers
KEW also manufactures waste heat recovery boilers through out Pakistan.
For engines up to 105mw capacities are offered in simplex, duplex, or triplex
up to 25 bars (g) pressure design providing a cost effective solution. For
natural gas & HFO fired engines from 3 mw to 6 mw range the simplex
design is preferred.
Engineering Services
The company has an experienced in-house design and drafting team that
employs advanced software for pressure vessel design and for producing
accurate specifications and drawings that meet international standards.
Some typical design services provided include:
Pressure Vessels
Heat Exchangers
Columns
Jacketed Vessels of Limpet Coil Design
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Packaged Fired and Waste Heat Recovery Boilers
Packaged Sewage / Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants
Design & Detailed Engineering Services are provided as a stand alone
service as well.
Engineering Units of KEW
Heres how different units of the firm are divided according to work load and
engineering type.
Basic Engineering:
Process Simulation
Heat and Material Balances
Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs)
Piping and instrumentation Diagrams (P&lDs)Utility and Effluent Summary
Hydraulic Calculations
Heat Exchangers Thermal Design and Rating
Equipment Sizing
Process Data Sheets
Cause and Effect Diagrams
Detailed Engineering:
P&lDs (AFD to AFC)
Utility Distribution Diagrams
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Fire Protection Systems
Pressure Relieving. Flaring, and Depressurizing Calculations
Operations Manuals (compilation)
As-Built P&IDs
Piping DesignThe piping design group specializes in the following:
Plot Plans
Conceptual Piping Studies and Layouts
Piping Plans
Isometrics
Project Specifications / Procedures
Bill of Materials / Bill of Quantities
Mechanical Design
The mechanical design group provides specifications, material selection,
mechanical design, detailed engineering, and shop fabrication drawings for:
Pressure Vessels
Heat Exchangers
Process Related Mechanical Equipment
Storage Tanks and Silos
LPG Road Tankers
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Electrical and Instrumentation Design (KEWTRONICS)
Wide range of electrical and instrumentation (E&I) design services are
provided.
Electrical Design
Area Classification Drawings
Single Line Drawings
Schematic and Wiring Diagrams
Specifications and Data Sheets Cable Layouts and Routing Diagrams
Communications Systems
Fire Alarm Systems
Heat Tracing Systems
Instrumentation Design
Instrumentation Specifications and Data Sheets
Logic / Loop Diagrams and Termination Drawings
Hook-up and Installation Drawings
Control Room layout and Arrangement Drawings
Panel Specifications and Arrangement Drawings
DCS and ESD Specifications
Control Valve and Orifice Plate Sizing
Civil Design
The civil design group specializes in the following:
Modeling using PDS
Steel and Concrete Structures
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Highways
Industrial Facilities and Process Buildings
Pipe Racks, Table Top Structures, and Elevated Structures
Warehouses
Bridges and Culverts
Equipment Foundations
Pile Foundations
Tank Foundations
Compressor and Turbines (including dynamic analysis)
High Rise BuildingsElevated and Underground Tanks
Underground Services for Plants
Business Sectors Served
Power
Oil & Gas
Cement
Power Generation
Pharmaceutical
Petrochemical
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Chemical
Food & Dairy
Sugar
Automotive
Pulp & Paper
Hospitality
Beverages
Textile
Polyester
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Business Process
Order Finalizing
The first step in the business process is that the customer orders whatever it
demands and the order is reviewed and finalized by a panel of expert team.
The order finalizing step works in three short steps.
Customer meeting with engineer regarding order.
Order review and post-planning by team.
Finalizing of order.
Purchase order
After order finalizing the client issues a purchase order regarding the product
it wants KEW to manufacture.
Administration
The next step in the business process is that after Purchase order is finalized
by the client then the whole requisition is sent to the administration
department which in turn develops a course of plan to work on the project.
Finance & Purchase
In this step the over financing and purchasing of the project is developed and
all the relevant requisitions for material and labor are finalized. All the lists of
specified raw material is made and sent to the store department.
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Store
After getting the lists of material needed collects all the raw material and
also collaborates with the finance department for purchase of any new
material during the project.
Workshop
After all the material is collected and purchasing has been done the project
moves to the workshop where the panel makes several blue prints of the
product and shapes it according to the customer demands.
Fabrication
The fabrication process has the most crucial job of fabricating the final
product. In this step the material is shaped into a product that is inline with
the customer order.
Fitting
The fabrication department makes the product and sends it to the fitting
process for completion.
QC
This process ensures that the final product is up to the mark and comes up
to the quality standards of KEW. There are many different methods for
Quality check which vary from product to product.
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Store- for delivery
After Q.C the product is sent back to the store where it is assigned for
delivery.
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Departments in KEW
Projects Department:
This department deals with all the customer demands and product details
and the major planning regarding the final product are blue printed in this
department. The entire engineering work force in this department works on
providing the best possible solution to any problem or demand aroused by
the customer.
Store Department:
After the detailed blue print is designed the company refers the details of the
project to the store department so that the store department can collect all
the required equipment for the project. Apart from project based equipment
the store department also manages inventory for any other raw material
consumed by the firm.
Purchase Department:
The purchase department works in collaboration with the store department
and the accounts department. The purchase department is evoked by the
store department and requisitions are sent to the purchase department by
the store department to purchase all the required equipment and inventory.
The purchase department has to collaborate constantly with the accountsdepartment.
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Design Department:
The design department is the backbone of the whole fabrication and
engineering process, in this department the entire customer demands are
shaped into final products and the design department constantly works on
R&D to make the products better and cost efficient.
Administration & Personnel Department
Administration & personal department deals with the overall matters of the
firm and takes different actions for increasing the performance of the
company. This department also carries out different benefits programs.
Sales / Marketing Department
This department makes different efforts to increase the sales of the company
by sponsoring different social programs and by advertising their products.
Sales department keeps a complete record of invoices and pack lists. After
receiving the order, it enters the order in the layout and checks the codes,
description, prices and then confirms the order. After that it issues planning
to the Assembly department for further issuance of the product to the
supplier. After completing all the required steps the product is issued to the
customer within the time limit.
Finance Department
It deals with the financial matters of the company. It collects the revenues
and makes different payments and maintains proper record of the financial
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performance of the companys business to show the net result in the form of
either profit or loss. Finance department is one of the most important for the
company because it deals all the cost and finance related matters for the
company.
Accounts Department
Accounts department is one of those departments which have no customer
dealing at all. The staff working in this department has to keep a check on
day to day task and send the report to the head office. Brief detail of
accounts department is provided below.
Procurement Department:
The Procurement function is driven by the objective of procuring materials
and equipment in time from the best possible sources according to the
specifications and requirements. We strive to buy cost-effectively and ensure
deliveries to meet project schedules without compromising on quality.
The basic elements include:
A team of trained procurement experts who are constantly seeking
best sources.
A comprehensive data bank of suppliers and vendors available online
for internal users.
A central IT based expert system which integrates various stores,
procurement and finance.
Pre-qualification of vendors and review evaluations on regular basis.
All import/export and customs clearance activities and guidance to
customers for specific shipments.
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Documentation for opening LCs and remittances.
Quality Control:
The quality control department is constantly on the look out for any flaws
and quality checks in the products. At KEW quality is taken seriously and
many methods have been incorporated to control quality.
KEW Boilers and Pressure Vessels are tested & inspected in accordance with
the ASME code Section I & III Division I. Boilers which are manufactured
according to BS 2790 required third party Inspection with the stamp of the
Chief Inspector for Boiler and Pressure Vessels, Boiler Inspection Wing,
directorate of industries, Pakistan. A complete data dossier, (containing all
drawings, manufacturing data reports, inspection & test reports, NDEReports, third party certificates, and all related documents) is handed over to
the customer on completion of fabrication of boiler or pressure vessel.
Quality Assurance:
KEW emphasizes a quality conscious culture and is committed to
continuously improving its processes. The quality management system at
KEW comprises of a quality policy, quality manual, documented procedures,work instructions and quality records. All activities are documented,
traceable and regularly monitored for compliance.
In KEW, "Quality Assurance" is more than just a term used to represent
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inspection of a part or completed product. Quality Assurance is KEWs total
commitment to provide for the customers, the best products and services
available in the industry to meet their needs and exceed their expectations.
SWOT analysis
Strengths:
KEW has patent rights for manufacturing plant equipment for many
paint industry. KEW specializes in carbon steel structure.
KEW has the privilege to have state of the art water purification plant
manufacturing facility.
Weaknesses:
KEW being and engineering firm doesnt focus on Electrical controlpanels, Control panels is a big market so lack of focus on this line has
cost them a lot.
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KEW major weakness is that it does not have the facilities to work on-
site for customers.
KEW has very low running capital.
KEW has not expanded well as compared to its competitors.
KEW doesnt advertise its products.
Marketing techniques are very poor.
Opportunities:
Food processing units and plants equipments manufacturing is a big
opportunity to cash on in the present situation.
Electric control panels and electric services are a big market and
opportunity for KEW.
Expansion of business internationally, or undertaking international
products can be a plus but KEW has low capital.
Exploration & Production (E&P) companies are relentlessly pursuing
new ventures into deep so working in collaboration with those firms
can be a big profit seeking and expansion opportunity.
Threats:
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China products are one of the biggest threats to any engineering firm
in Pakistan.
Price fluctuations in terms of steel and other raw material pose threat
to the business.
Inferior raw material and imports of expensive raw material poses
serious threat to the business.
Law and Order situation of Pakistan In current years is a big threat to
any business in Pakistan.
Problems/ observations:
During my internship period with KEW I worked hard to isolate firms real
issues and problems that were proving to be a hindrance in its success and
according to my observation KEW faces the following problems.
The biggest problem that KEW has is that it has no proper
infrastructure even after being in the business for 30 years. Although
the different departments are working properly but still a well planned
infrastructure can provide better services and help KEW with its
expansion.
Another major flaw with KEW is that it has a very low running capital
which is a big draw back because with a good amount of running
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capital KEW can pursue new venture like on-site working and
international sales.
KEWs marketing department virtually doesnt exist and it has done
nothing to advertise the company.
KEWs facility is big enough to support the business. The firm site is not
big enough.
KEW doesnt have good employee incentive programs and KEWs HR
department is not developing any plans that can support employee
development and training.
KEW is basically a family owned business and most of the top
management consists of family members, KEW should also have some
non-family managers in the top management with more experience
and market exposure.
Kew has no Web Site and Kew doesnt maintain proper record books
which is a big issue.
Suggestions & Recommendations:
During my internship period with KEW I noticed firms real issues and
problems that were proving to be a hindrance in its success, Ive discussed
the problems and here are the recommendations from my side to KEW for
improvement of their business.
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In the current business situation and economic progress in the
industrial sector KEW should expand its business and manage it in a
way that it can work both nationally and internationally. Engineering
firms are Major contributors to the economy of Pakistan and
government is issuing many benefits to this sector so its time KEW
should cash in on the opportunity of horizontal expansion.
As I discussed in the problems that KEW has poor infrastructure and
poor marketing techniques so I suggest that KEW should get expert
help in maintaining a proper infrastructure and it should start
advertising it self.
KEW should have a proper advertising channel, at present KEW does
not even owns a web site so I would suggest KEW to make a web site
for ease of customers and advertisement.
KEW has its head offices wedged in between the already small
engineering facilities because of that there are many risks. My
suggestion to KEW is to make separate head offices.
Customer relation is one of the most important assets for the
company, so KEW must have a proper and separate office for customer
relation and their care. So that customers can easily approach to the
company and its products.
Conclusion
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I found KEW a good place to work in as an intern. KEW provided me with the
opportunity to put what Ive learned during my studies to practical use and
effectively polish my skills. KEW gave me an in-depth idea of the professional
world, and gave me a chance to testify my self that how good I am in real
term business culture. Working with highly qualified, experienced and
motivated employees was truly an opportunity of its own kind. KEW has
really helped me in gaining enough understanding of work place ethics, day
to day dealing and KEW has taught the art of professionalism. Meeting new
people, making friends, it was just a bi-product of all the experience I got.
I had always been interested in manufacturing firm jobs the opportunity towork with KEW which is an engineering based manufacturing firm was all too
exciting and challenging for me. The whole team I worked with at KEW had
been very supportive of me and helped through all the difficult tasks and
made me learn all the basics of working in such a competitive environment. I
would also like to take this opportunity to thank KEW and my manager Mr.
Emran Khokhar for providing me the opportunity to work with KEW.
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