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Andhra Sugars, incorporated in 1947, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of sugar, Organic and Inorganic Chemicals, Edible & Non-Edible Vegetable Oils and Non-Conventional Power Generation at Tanuku, Kovvur, Guntur, Taduvai, Saggonda and Ramagiri in Andhra Pradesh. The Tanuku plant manufactures 5000 TCD of Sugars and Taduvai plant 2500 TCD. Its by-product Molasses which is the raw material for Sugar is being produced @ 15 KL per day capacity in the initial stage in the Alcohol plant at Tanuku. Later this was increased to 30 KL per day. Bagasse is being used for Co-generation of Electricity. The Caustic Soda plant is having production capacity of about 112,000 MT per annum. The by-products for Caustic Soda plants are Hydrogen and Chlorine. The production capacities of Caustic Soda at Saggonda plant were increased from 100 TPD to 175 TPD to meet the future demand for Caustic Soda and other Chloro-alkali Industry products. Andhra Sugars also operates 2.025 MW Wind power at Ramagiri and a Co- generation power plant at Taduvai. Since the company owns 2 Caustic Soda plant where Electricity is the raw material along with salt, it is necessary to have access to power at economical costs. In 1994, the company came out with the second public issue of Rs. 11.30 lac. The company modernized the plant to incorporate the DCDA process in its sulphuric acid plant and commissioned an aspirin granulation plant built with indigenous technology. A sulphuric acid plant of 250 tpd was set up at the new chemical complex at Saggonda. It came out with a rights issue of NCDs to part-finance the project. In Feb, 2000 and Feb, 2001 the company as per its Letter of Offer redeemed the first and second installment of NCD. JOCIL, Andhra Farm Chemicals Corporation and Hindustan Allied Chemicals are the subsidiaries of the company. The company has been selected by ISRO for setting up a plant for the manufacture of HTPB. This plant is expected to be commissioned in the current financial year.
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Profit & Loss Statement {excluding Non operating income & expenses]
( ln 8s crores ) Mar ' 10 Mar ' 09 Mar ' 08 Income Operating income 11 6021 4802
O The operating income first increased in 2009 then decreased in 2010. O Similarly materials consumed have shown the same trend. This means that materials consumed is directly varying with operating income. O The Manufacturing expenses have regularly fallen over the years. This indicates efficiency in the production process. O Personnel expenses have regularly increased which shows increase in the no. of employees or increase in compensation per employee. O Depreciation: The Company is most probably using straight line method of charging depreciation. O Operating Profit has been constantly increasing. ANDnkA SUGAkS L1D AuM ro[ecL
Cost of roduct|on 40984 877849 44928 2207369 36804
Se|||ng Cverheads 1833 821232 199 146216 2339
Findings O Direct materials = Opening stock + purchases - closing stock The closing stock has been constantly decreasing which implies at decreasing holding cost. ANDnkA SUGAkS L1D AuM ro[ecL
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Purchases are also regularly falling & it is making use of the closing stock for carrying on production. This way both closing stock & purchases are falling, even though the activity levels have increased from 2008 to 2010. O Direct Labor have regularly increased which shows increase in the no. of employees or increase in compensation per employee. O The direct expenses have regularly fallen over the years. This indicates efficiency in the production process. O Factory & selling overheads have constantly decreased. This indicates better control over the indirect expenses by the organization because we know that activity levels have increased. O As compared to 2008, it has dropped significantly in 2010 even though production has increased. Classification into Fixed & Variable cost
Findings O Direct material, Labor & Expense vary directly with sales. So, they are 100% variable. O Administrative Overhead is 70% fixed & 30% variable. O Factory Overhead is 60% fixed & 40% variable. O Selling Overhead is 70% fixed & 30% variable. O We see that the fixed costs are coming down each year. O From 2008 to 2010, variable costs have gone up as expected owing to increased production. O Semi variable costs have been segregated into fixed & variable costs. Calculation of Contribution, PJv ratio & BEP
( ln 8s crores ) Mar ' 10 Mar ' 09 Mar ' 08 Sales 11 6021 4802
varlable CosL 393884 433603 348179
ConLrlbuLlon 183226 168907 129841
C/S 8aLlo (ln ) 3174889 2803389 2716223
llxed CosL 34286 33647 43231
8L (ln value) 1079912 1271S68 1S9232
O The BEP value is decreasing due to the double effect of decreasing Fixed Cost & increasing C/S Ratio. O This shows that the firm in addition to maintaining control over fixed cost is also decreasing per unit variable cost or increasing per unit selling price. This is why C/S Ratio is also increasing. ANDnkA SUGAkS L1D AuM ro[ecL