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Atlas Honda Report
10/30/2009 A Competitive Edge | Aamir Chandio, Hasan Tariq, Maniya Khan, Nida Shabbir, K.U.B.S ’2010 |

| OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTIONS |

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to pay gratitude to the entire group of Atlas Honda for giving us their precious time to provide us with valuable information of each department and we also like to thank our group members for putting in all their possible efforts and time in understanding the relevant information on the entire Production Process, and in preparing the report on it. It is our honor to present gratitude towards our Professor, Dr. Yaseen for providing valuable advice and guidance throughout the entire work, without which this task would not have been possible. October 30, ‏2009

Table of Contents
ABSTRACT 5
MARKETING DEPARTMENT:- 5
PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL (PPC) DEPARTMENT:- 6
VENDOR PROCUREMENT:- 7
COMMERCIAL:- 7
LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT:- 8
QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT:- 8
DELIVERY CONTROL CENTRE (DCC):- 9
PRODUCTION:- 10
ASSEMBLY:- 10
COMPONENT:- 12
MAINTENANCE:- 13
HUMAN RESOURCES:- 14
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:- 15
EXPORTS:- 16
CONCLUSION 16

October 29, 2009

Aamir Chandio,
B.S (VI), K.U.B.S ‘10
K.U.B.S; University of Karachi

Mr. Rahimullah Shah,
Manager Human Resources,
Atlas Honda Ltd.

SUBJECT: Term report on the Operations and production of Atlas Honda Ltd.

Dear Mr. Rahimullah:

Attached is the report that we were to submit after the study program of Atlas Honda related to our term project. Our approaches to the research involved doing a primary research which included touring the plant and understanding the operations of the all the functional departments of Atlas Honda, focusing on the operations, processes and improvement areas of the latter and critically analyzing possible innovations that could be brought in to further strengthen its operations.

The report, as directed by our professor, Dr. Yasin Malik, focuses on the cost saving possibilities in the

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