Venus Ethoxyethers Private Limited Informatiom

Venus Ethoxyethers Private Limited is a small-scale chemical unit situated on Plot No. 109-111, Bicholim Industrial Estate, Bicholim Goa one of the prominent industrial estates in North Goa.

PURCHASE

Checking of stock is done in the stores. Critical level is mentioned for the raw materials in the stores. If the stock crosses the critical level, critical orders are placed for the raw material; i. e. store sends intimation to the Purchase Department regarding the critical level of the stock. Production sends the Purchase requisition to the stores or directly to the Purchase Department.

Purchase department ask for the quotation from minimum two suppliers to make comparison including imports /incase of intercompany purchase, purchase department obtains consent from respective production department and stores department whether said material can be shifted in either of the company , care is taken that shifted material does not affect either of the companies production department. Quotations are sent by Fax, e-mail and sometimes also verbally.

Purchase Department then issues the Purchase Order and Purchase Authorization is made. Purchase Authorization contains the name of the material, rate of the product, etc. and other terms and conditions. The same Purchase Authorization contains the rates of the same material which were purchased previously or the last time.

STORES

Once the Stores Department receives the material, random sample of the material is taken and is given to the quality control i.e. Quality Assurance. Quality control checks the quality of the raw material. If the quality of raw material is approved by the Quality Assurance than the material is accepted and if it is not as per the expectations then it is rejected.

There are 3 store rooms in the company. Stores department has to issue the raw material to the production department as per their requirement. This is called as Material Withdrawal.

It is also the duty of the stores to wash the drums after use so that they can be reused. Everyday washing of 20 drums takes place. Instead of washing the drums every time they are used for re-filling the same material. This is done mainly to reduce the cost of washing, cost of treating water and labor.

PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

PRODUCTION

Production Department works in three shifts:

1st shift : 8.00 am to 4.00 pm

2nd shift : 4.00pm to 12.00 am

3rd Shift : 12.00 am to 8.00 am

There are chemists, operators and helpers working in production department. Production of batches takes place as per the order and the capacity of the container. The capacity of the container ranges from 5 kgs to 10,000 kgs.

The manufacturing process involves storage and handling of hazardous chemicals such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, acrylic acid, acrylonitrile, butyl acrylate, phenol, fatty amines, etc. The ethoxylation process involves transferring of highly flammable and toxic Ethylene oxide under pressure to batch tanks and reactors and subjecting it to high temperature exothermic reactions above atmospheric pressure under controlled conditions.

DESPATCH DEPARTMENT

Customer places an order with the Dispatch department through Fax, e-mails or verbally. As per the orders received from the customers, Dispatch Department prepares Pending Order Statement and gives it to the Production Department.

Dispatch Department checks the availability of the finished product from the Ready Material Stock Statement. Then the approval is taken from the Accounts Department and Director for generating Delivery orders. After generating the Delivery Orders Dispatch department organizes for the transport based on the Possible Dispatch Statement, Excise, invoice, Transporters copy, and other necessary documents.

MAINTAINANCE DEPARTMENT

* Routine check, observation, planning, scheduling and execution of jobs in coordination with the concerned department to maintain the plant and machineries in healthy condition.

* Maintenance Department conducts preventive maintenance of plant and machinery as per preventive machine maintenance record.

* Maintenance Department receives work request from other departments for repair and maintenance of equipments and Plant change / Project Proposal for new jobs. The work is executed after the approval by the committee.

* SAFETY DEPARTMENT

Accidents are reported by the concerned shift in charges in the Accident