An industrial visit to Hindustan Times printing plant at Greater Noida was organized by Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad for MBA students on 12th April, 2016.
The main objective of the industrial visit was to provide exposure to students about the printing process of national news paper- Hindustan Times. Moreover, the students were also understood other managerial aspects of news paper industry like Logistics and supply Chain Management, marketing and distribution network, etc. Dr. I.B.Singh and Mr. Brijesh Ramtani from Corporate Resource Center (CRC) accompanied the students. On arrival of the students in the plant, they were served with tea and snacks. They were asked by Mr. Pradeep of HR Department of Hindustan Times to make three groups for visiting the plant. He also explained the history of the plant. The printing process was also explained in brief. It was informed that the plant was inaugurated by Mr. P Chidambaram (Former Finance Minister), then Central Finance Minister in 2005. The plant is located in a plot area of approx. 9,000 square meters.
The students were taken for the printing facility visit in three groups separately. The three sections of the printing facility were shown in operating condition. These included preprinting facility, printing facility and post printing facility. Preprinting facility covers storage, drying and cutting of paper rolls to size of news paper for printing are carried out in this section. The paper rolls of high quality are imported from Korea and China. 120 No, of paper rolls are used per day. Printing facility covers total material of news paper to be printed is received in PDF file from Delhi Office of Hindustan Times. After receipt of file the matter is uploaded in printing machines in which templates for each page is made. The templates are used for actual printing. During the printing experts take out samples of news papers and adjust in control console to adjust colors and correct other deficiencies. The machines for printing were imported from Germany and Japan. However, the post printing facilities includes the post printing section includes folding, counting and making bundles of news papers in transportable sizes. Most of the process were automatic and do not require operators except for checking, testing and making adjustments. Major raw materials for the plant are paper rolls and ink for printing. The plant does not deal with marketing but dispatch department dispatches news paper bundles according to details received from their Delhi Office.
While going through the entire industrial visit, the plant is found to be very well organized developed & most ideal industry in every walk of its production, administration & management aspects.
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