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• Company History
• Staggering Numbers
• Rationale of the partnership
• Execution of partnership
• Factors that contributed success of
partnership
• Sustainability
History of Amul
• 1945- Farmers against the monopolistic practices
of the Polson Dairy
• 1946- Anand milk Union Limited took birth under
Morarji Desai and Tribhuvandas Patel
• 1949- Joined by Dr. Verghese Kurein
• Three tier model of milk collection:
• Village Level: Dairy cooperative Society
• District level: Milk processing plant
• State level: Milk distribution and marketing
• 1965- National Dairy Development Board formed
• 1970- Operation flood launched
• 1973- Gujrat Cooperative Milk Marketing
Federation (GCMMF) was setup
Staggering Numbers
• GCMMF collects approximately 12
million liters of milk from 15,712 village
with 3.6 million milk producers daily
• 47 offices and 10 lakh retailers across
India
• 50 products; 96,000 integrated dairy
co-operatives and ATM (Any time milk)
machines
• Presence in 40 countries
• Longest running advertisement
campaign-”The Amul Baby” running
since 1966; A Guinness world Record
Rationale of partnership
• Establishment of a direct linkage between milk producers
and consumers by eliminating middlemen.
• Milk Producers (farmers) control procurement, processing
and marketing
• National Dairy Development Board was set up with the
basic objective of replicating the Amul model.
• The Anand pattern experiment at Amul, a single,
cooperative dairy, was the engine behind the success of
Operation flood.
• Operation Flood's objectives:
• Increase milk production ("a flood of milk")
• Augment rural incomes
• Fair prices for consumers
Execution of the partnership
Key to Success
Distinctive features behind the success of
'Operation Flood':
•Adopting new methods in the case of cattle in
animal husbandry
•Changing the composition of feed ingredients in
different proportions
•Fixing of different producer costs on a sliding
scale
Triple Bottom line
Amul Cooperative- The taste of India
Amul Cooperative- The taste of India

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Amul Cooperative- The taste of India

  • 2. Contents • Company History • Staggering Numbers • Rationale of the partnership • Execution of partnership • Factors that contributed success of partnership • Sustainability
  • 3. History of Amul • 1945- Farmers against the monopolistic practices of the Polson Dairy • 1946- Anand milk Union Limited took birth under Morarji Desai and Tribhuvandas Patel • 1949- Joined by Dr. Verghese Kurein • Three tier model of milk collection: • Village Level: Dairy cooperative Society • District level: Milk processing plant • State level: Milk distribution and marketing • 1965- National Dairy Development Board formed • 1970- Operation flood launched • 1973- Gujrat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) was setup
  • 4. Staggering Numbers • GCMMF collects approximately 12 million liters of milk from 15,712 village with 3.6 million milk producers daily • 47 offices and 10 lakh retailers across India • 50 products; 96,000 integrated dairy co-operatives and ATM (Any time milk) machines • Presence in 40 countries • Longest running advertisement campaign-”The Amul Baby” running since 1966; A Guinness world Record
  • 5. Rationale of partnership • Establishment of a direct linkage between milk producers and consumers by eliminating middlemen. • Milk Producers (farmers) control procurement, processing and marketing • National Dairy Development Board was set up with the basic objective of replicating the Amul model. • The Anand pattern experiment at Amul, a single, cooperative dairy, was the engine behind the success of Operation flood. • Operation Flood's objectives: • Increase milk production ("a flood of milk") • Augment rural incomes • Fair prices for consumers
  • 6. Execution of the partnership
  • 7. Key to Success Distinctive features behind the success of 'Operation Flood': •Adopting new methods in the case of cattle in animal husbandry •Changing the composition of feed ingredients in different proportions •Fixing of different producer costs on a sliding scale