Organisation, functions and duties - The Cotton Corporation of India ...

MANUAL I ORGANISATION, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES
(f) To monitor closely the quality of initial arrivals through visual inspection as
well as lab testing, to decide for the minimum quality parameters to be
maintained for each variety/grade.
(g) To interact with traders/ginneries/mill representatives to understand the
arrivals and price trend in immediate future.
(h) Through regular presence in all the centres, to monitor the arrivals, its
qualities, kapas rates, seed rates, expected costing and decide for the entry
of CCI purchases at appropriate time.
(vii) Liaison with buyers through daily quotations/samples/tele talks
(a) Once purchases start, make constant liaison with all the buyers through daily
sale quotations/regular samples and their test reports as well as visits to mills
through sales officers/other officers for obtaining regular indents.
(b) Continuation of purchases through receipt of indents and anticipated indents
for near future and keeping the inventories under control at all times.
(viii) Daily monitoring of purchase operations
(a) Through constant interaction with purchase centres including visits to analyse
the kapas rates, seed rates, processing speed, competition from traders,
quantum of arrivals and quality, and decide about the pace of purchases with
main aim of coverage of best quality cotton at minimum cost.
(b) To analyse on continuous basis, the various costing factors like lint recovery,
shortage percentage, seed rates, disposal of seeds on daily basis, processing
arrangements, processing cycle, for bringing about necessary improvements
through centre to centre comparison, experimental outturns, surprise checks,
hiring of additional factories etc.
(c) To arrange for dispatch of samples to customer mills, lab testing as well as for
visual inspection, as an integral exercise of purchase operations to know the
quality and for its improvements as well as obtain regular business from textile
mills.
(d) Simultaneous sale and delivery of bye-product i.e. cotton seed without
speculation and to ensure that all contracted seed is delivered without
disputes and budgeted seed rate is finally realised through daily sales.
(e) Prompt offering of bales for selection/approval to the representative of
visiting mills, showing them the heaps and processing arrangements of the
Corporation special steps for full packing as well as least contamination so as
to arouse buyers interest for repeat business.
(ix) Profitable operations
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