University of Wah

Management Sciences

PRODUCTION AND
OPERATION MANAGEMENT

Submitted to: Madam Saba Sehrish

Submitted by: Barza Mir
Azeem Bhatti
Naila Khan
Shakir Ali
Saad Farooq
 FINAL REPORT
Of
Production and Operation
Management

On
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We would like to thank few people, because without their help and concern

our project shouldn’t have been completed. We would like to thank the

Almighty Allah for helping us a lot although the project and for making as

capable to complete this project then thanks to our all teachers especially

who supported us and guided us throughout the project and to tell us where

we are lacking and what steps, could be taken to overcome them, so that

we’ll get the better results in our project. And, last but not the least, our

Parents who have supported us and have prayed a lot for so our real success

that we are here with the final projects in our hands, after the hard work of

few weeks.
Introduction

Wah Nobel is a joint venture between SAAB SWEDEN, ALMISEHAL SAUDIA

AREBIA and Pakistan Ordnance factories. Wah Nobel organization is a manufacturing
company of explosive, chemical, detonators and acetic acid.For more than three decades
Wah Nobel has stood as a symbol of safety, reliability, service and commitment. Wah
Nobel’s products enjoy the highest reputation in Pakistan and aboard. This has been
achieved through innovation, experience, state-of- art technology a vision for the future.
Wah Nobel is fully committed to policies that ensure a consistent supply of quality
product and services at competitive prices.

Products

1- ACETATES

BUTYL ACETATE

GLACIAL ACETIC ACID

ETHYL ACETATE

TRADING PRODUCTS

2- CHEMICALS

PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE

UREA FORMALDEHYDE

FORMALDEHYDE

3- POWDER EXPOSIVE
WABONITE

WAPRI(ANFO)

4- DETONATORS

DETONATOR PLAIN NO . 8

ELECTRIC DETONATOR NO. 8

LETHER INITIATION SYSTEM

LETHER INSTANTANEOUS

5- NITROGLYCERINE BASED DYNAMITES

S-3 (SEISMIC EXPOSIVE)

WABOX

WABOFITE

6- EMULSION EXPLOSIVE

SEISMIC EMUITE (E-3)

EMULITE- 150/ EMULITE- 150(G)
EMULITE 100/100 (G)
PERMISSIBLE EMULITE 100/100 (G)

7- BLASTING ACCESORIES

MS/HS Electric Delay Detonators

Wabocord (Detonating Cord)
Safety Fuse

Organization business sector

The organization business sector of Wah Nobel groups of companies is base on five
companies.
1- Wah Nobel Private Limited:

It’s products have made valuable contribution in the national

development projects like tarbela & Mangla dams,
Karakurram Highway, Islamabad- Lahore Motorway and
other projects involving tunneling, mining.

Product
1- Wabox

2- Wah Nobel Chemicals Limited:

The industrial unit of Wah Nobel chemicals limited

comprises of two plants, one for the manufacture of
formaldehyde & the other for the production of urea &
phenol formaldehyde liquid resins. Product has low
methanol and formic acid contents and can be manufactured
to strength as high as 56% solution in water. Wah Nobel
licensed a large number of plants in Europe, Asia and America and these plants are
giving the optimum yield of high quality product. Their Formaldehyde plant is based on
their latest production techniques.

Products
1- Formaldehyde
2- Urea & phenol formaldehyde liquid resins

3- Wah Nobel Detonators Limited:

Wah Nobel Detonators (Pvt) Ltd has the manufacture of commercial detonators.

Locations

The factory is located in S.D.A. Industrial Estate, Hattar (N.W.F.P). The industrial units
compose of sophisticated machinery & equipment for under taking production of
initiatory explosives & plain detonators strictly to international standards in the initial
phase.

Products
1- Plain dets
2- Electric dets
3- Leher dets

4- Wah Nobel Acetates Limited:

Wah Nobel Acetates Limited is a Chemical base manufacturing unit. By establishment of

production facilities of Acid Base product, Wah Nobel has taken a leap forward in
attaining self-sufficiency in manufacture of these products.

Products
1- Acetic acid
2- Ethyle acitat
3- Botyle acitates

LOCATION AND SUPPLIERS

Wah Nobel organization is a manufacturing company of explosive, chemical,

detonators and acetic acid. The company supplies its product to the hatter factories,
and the explosive factories like Wah Ordinances Factory. Its location is in Wah
Cantt about 45 kilometers away from the Capital of Islamabad.

Wah Noble Hierarchy chart

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WAH NOBEL G

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 CHEMICALS

• PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE
UREA FORMALDEHYDE
FORMALDEHYDE

DETONATORS

• DETONATOR PLAIN NO . 8
ELECTRIC DETONATOR NO. 8
LETHER INITIATION SYSTEM
LETHER INSTANTANEOUS

Nitroglycerine Based Dynamites

S-3 (Seismic Explosive)

Wabox
Wabofite

Powder Explosives
Wabonite
Wapril (ANFO)

Emulsion Explosives
Seismic Emulite (E-3)
Emulite -150 / Emulite -150(G)
Emulite -100 / 100 (G)
Permissible Emulite ( E-408)

Blasting Accessories

MS/HS Electric Delay Detonators

Wabocord (Detonating Cord)
Safety Fuse

MISSION

Wah Nobel develops, manufacturers, market and maintains a wide range of

commercial explosives, accessories and industrial chemicals of international

standards.

Mission Statement:
Focusing our efforts on success of our customers. Providing competitive returns on

our shareholders Investment. Creating a conducive & attractive working environment

and inspire our. Workforce to perform to their fullest potential. Being a responsible

corporate citizen.

VISION

For more than three decades Wah Nobel has stood as a symbol of safety,

reliability, service and commitment .Wah Nobel’s products enjoy the highest
 reputation in Pakistan and abroad. This has been achieved through innovation,

experience, state-of-the-art technology and a vision for future.

Vision Statement:
To be the Market Leader and serve the needs of customers with total dedication, supply them the current
and anticipate their future needs, create value for customers, stakeholders, employees and the community
at large.

Core Values
Customers satisfaction
Professional honesty
Recognition & rewarding of talent
Safety & Corporate culture
Team spirit

Quality policy
Wah Nobel is fully committed to a policy that ensures a consistent supply of quality products and services
at competitive prices. Fully committed to quality policy which results in production of quality. Products
conforming to their requirements of our customer.

It is our pledge and full hall mark of the WNCS policy to consistently provide quality products and
services at competitive price through market driven and service oriented management team.

Our employee caliber and their participation are the cardinal elements of quality policy. It shall therefore,
be our constant endeveaour to update the skills of our employee through regular training and acquisition of
state of the art ant technology and involve them in realism of our goals.

To achieve these objectives the management make available necessary resources and in corporate and in-
built mechanism for persistence re-evaluation of quality system.

And quality standards’ are verified by,

• ISO-9001
• 14001&
• OHSAS 18001

Our quality control programmed and research and development laboratory

ensures the highest standards of product performance covering products, services,
working conditions, resource and responsibility for the environment and society.
To us, quality management extends beyond mere quality assurance
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Wah Nobel is fully committed to a policy that ensures a consistent supply of

quality products and services at competitive prices. Wah Nobel big competitive

advantage is that the products they are in dealing have the same standard as of

the standard of imported products. And Wah Nobel competitors like PSO

(Pakistan state oil ltd), shell, and Ravi chemicals have not that same standard in

fact have many impurities in their products.

Development and design of the product

Stat their process by checking the demand and gap of demand of the product in the

market on these bases decide whether they go for manufacturing or trading. Wah

Nobel find manufacturing in their favor because of the inexpensive availability of raw

material. And that’s why Wah Nobel goes for manufacturing. As they are dealing in

manufacturing of chemicals there are same standard of the design of here products.

Diluting different solvents and then after that perform a composition of those wiyh

different solvents.

Process strategy

Process strategy Wah Nobel uses

• Customization.

Offer a Uni-Sol product which is manufactured according to the specification

define by customers.

• Product focus strategy.

 Completely focuses on the product.24 hours continuously production made.

Wah Nobel Group has 4 working companies

Business Volume of Wah Nobel from 2004-2008:

Years 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Production 291455 365222 556700 650000 877500

Work Environment
 Management of Wah Nobel is committed to promote the highest standard of safe and healthy
working conditions and clean environment in the company and is of the firm opinion that accidents and
injuries can be prevented.
 Our employees are our most important asset and we consider them as critical element for the success
of our safety programmed. It is, therefore, imperative that the employees should ensure that all safety rules
and regulations are obeyed and protective equipment is used wherever it is necessary and specified.
 Safety and health are sine-qua-non for the progress of the company. it is, therefore imperative that our
employees assimilate and adapt safe practices to ensure safe environment in their own interest and for the
realization of company’s objectives.
 Management is responsible for providing safe working conditions to the employees and will ensure
that proper safety training is imparted and safety regulations and procedures are made comprehensible.
 Management will periodically arrange safety audits and deficiencies observed will be corrected
promptly.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

• Wah Nobel Group has been established on the philosophy of responsible citizenship. Its policy is
to operate an integrated Environmental Management System in line with the national and
international standards and conduct its business in ways that protect and preserve the environment.
In fulfilling this responsibility, Wah Nobel Group adheres to the following fundamental principles
• To manage its operations in compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations.
• To develop environmental performance evaluation procedures through research and development
• To continue to improve and prevent environment pollution impacts through review of objectives
& targets.
• To pursue the fulfillment of Group’s vision of environmental care and conservation of nature.

SUPPLIERS
• Local corporations.
• Shakargangh.
• And sugar mills.
Competitors Wah Nobel Groups:

The competitors of the Wah Nobel groups of companies are as follows:-

Companies competitors

Wah Nobel Chemical • DYNEA, Super Chemicals,

• PSO (Pakistan state oil ltd).
• Shell.
• And Ravi chemicals.

Wah Nobel Acetates • PSO (Pakistan state oil ltd).

• Shell.
• And Ravi chemicals.
Wah Nobel detonators None
Wah Nobel private or BIAFO

explosive

Global view of operations

Prevent international strategy.

Import chemical in the form.

• Raw material.

• Finished goods.

Purchase department invites quotations from international suppliers and prepares

comparative statements of their offers. Export commercial explosives, this process are

performed or the intermediary use is POF (Pakistan ordinance factories).POF controls all

the management and process of import and export. Wah Nobel licensed a large number of

plants in Europe. Asia and America and these plants are giving the optimum yield of high

quality product.
Inventory:

Feeding of inventory is carried out in the first week of every month. Feeding will take

about two days.OBL have tanks in which 6 to 7 days production is stored. Offers request

of quotations in return suppliers response to them and order goes for those providing a

quality material and price.

Packing

Packing are available in

• 30kg cans

• 200 kg drums

• 1000 liters tanks

Customers

• Textile industry

• Food industry

• Printing industry

• Pharmeciutal industry

Maintenance
 Maintenance and the quantity expecting from employees both these factors are

responsibility of plant manager. Target of production expecting from employees

are.

Serial no Company MAX.CAPASITY M. TON/YEAR

1. Explosive 8,000
2. Acetate acid 9,500
3. Detonator 800,000
4. Chemical 60,000

Location

Location has a great effect because of the strong competitor’s forces. Its location is in

Wah Cantt about 45 kilometers away from the Capital of Islamabad. Karachi, Lahore

and Islamabad are the main targeted area because they are industrial areas. Wah Nobel

deal the market of Lahore and Islamabad easily from Wah Cantt through telemarketing

and by visiting the markets. And for Karachi Wah Nobel locate a liaison office in Karachi

to deal and meet the demand of Karachi market.

Expansion
The company management have progressive mind & it is planning to further increase the

production on capacity of the company by installing new plant after the installation of

this plant the production capacity will be doubled & will reach to 14,000 M.tons.

Therefore we can predict that the company will prosper in future, sell more & more

generate greater revenues and contribution in National development and G.D.P.