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Amrish Rungta
Russia
Building A Factory in
Moscow in Record Time
In August 2005, the Company took
a strategic decision to set up its first
factory in Russia and commence local
production of 3-in-1 coffee mix within six
months. Time was of the essence, and
after exploring many possible locations,
we decided to set up our manufacturing
plant in Yakhorama, about 45kms outside
Moscow City.
in to New
Frontiers
Stor i es About Del iver ing Breakthroughs Against the Odds
I was tasked to handle a core team of
specialists from both our Singapore and
Moscow operations. Knight Lim, our best
technical expert in the Singapore factory,
was assigned to Moscow along with other
experts. The team was also lucky to work
with Ms Nina Victorovna, one of the best
HR Managers in the region, who used her
recruitment know-how in hiring the Chief
Engineer, Chief Accountant, Logistics
Manager and other key personnel.
One of our targets then was to set up 5
mixing and packing lines with production
capacity of 150 million sachets per
month. To achieve this, we dismantled
two packing lines from our Singapore and
Malaysia plants, and transported them to
Russia. Other production line orders were
placed in Singapore and Thailand.
Simultaneously, senior team members also
worked double-time to secure statutory
approvals like factory licence, customs
clearance for incoming machinery, as well
as clearances related to pollution, labour
safety, food safety and fire management.
Pavel Zarifov
Russia
Restarting the Brand: The
Petrovskaya Sloboda
Experience
Brands get old and sometimes die
unless they get injected with freshness.
Petrovskaya Sloboda (PS) is one example
of a brand which enjoyed a bright start
and a period of frenetic expansion,
Following the installation of equipment,
we started our test run by the end of
December 2005. Other production lines
also started production within next couple
of months.
Completing the project was no mean
feat, but we managed to achieve all our
targets on time and as planned. The team
members worked on all fronts, in sync and
with no possibility of error. The success
of the project was a testimony to our
excellent teamwork.
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