3. Introduction
A newspaper is a printed periodical whose purpose
is to deliver news.
While the content of a newspaper varies, it generally
consists of a predetermined combination of news,
opinion, and advertising.
4. Reasons for selecting the Product
Economic: Profitable business
Vendors get upto 25% profit.
Manufacturer earn with the advertisements
Social: Creates awareness among readers sometimes big
news create History.
Competition: Large no of players-Monopolistic competition.
Cost or availability: Affordable & easily available .
Technological: Continuous and highly automated process.
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5. Designing a Newspaper
Functional Design :
The priority of the page content and advertisement is
scheduled and corresponding templates are allotted
to them.
Form Design :
Physical form of design i.e. newsprint, font of data,
and size of heading are taken into consideration
Reliability:
Negligible printing mistakes, no mistakes and
authenticity of news.
Maintainability:
Routine maintenance is done during the first half .
6. Standardization:
Highly standardized product but the aluminum
plates are customized.
Product Specification:
Page Layout
Four inks are used (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black)
9. ADVERTISMEN
TS
EDITORIAL UNIT
REPORTER
S EDITORIAL MKTG.
OFFICE HEAD
UNI & PTI
FREELANCE
SCHEDULING
CHIEF EDITOR
10. INPUT
INVENTORY
PRINTING ALUMINIUM
UNIT PLATES ARE PRINTIN
MADE G
ROLL
PRINTING INK AND
UNIT DYES
&
FOLDING
UNIT
CIRCULATION AND DISTRIBUTION
11. Process Type: Continuous process. Once aluminium
sheet is placed it is highly continuous product, highly
standardized process, and efficient, high volume, costly
to change set up and high cost of downtime.
Forecasting: Used in determining inventory. They
forecast foreign exchange and purchase newsprint.
Location Planning: Printing takes place only in
ahmedabad and copies are distributed from Udaipur to
Rajkot. Since, ahmedabad is in the centre so relatively
less transportation time.
Quality Control: Newsprint is purchased from North
America. The quality what they want is not available in
India so they import newsprint.
12. Sequencing: Same machine is used for all news paper so
they print newspaper prioritizing with the distantness of the
place where newspaper has to be delivered.
Flexibility: Any news obtained before 15 mins of start of
production, that can be included in paper. But once if printing is
started it needs to change aluminium sheet.
Recycling: The paper waste and aluminium sheets are sold to
get recycled.
Maintenance: Cost of downtime is very high and the time lost
is also very high.
After every type of paper, maintenance team come and check
every part of machine.
The inventory needs to be taken care of specially by the
treating them with insecticides and protecting them from water.
13. Types of wastage
Wrapper waste: weight of wrapper is also
included while weighing the newsprint weight.
Cut waste: If the papers are not intact or torn
due to mishandling are taken out.
Print Waste: There is an initial waste of copies
when the ink is new.
Sweep waste: Wastage after newsprint
remains unused.
14. MECHANICAL DOWNTIME
MACHINE REASON DOWNTIME
(MINUTES)
CL-2 AIR PIPE LEAKAGE 13
CL-1 AIR PIPE LEAKAGE 10
F-A FOLDER JAM 10
CL-2 FOLDER JAM AND 9
SETTING
CL-1 FOLDER JAM 7
% Downtime= 49/(7.5*60*30)*100=0.36%
16. Single period inventory model:
Ordering of Raw material : The two major raw materials
are ink and news print. The TOI imports its news prints
from North America ,Indonesia and Philippines .Hence
the orders are placed, keeping the Foreign exchange
rates into account. The ink is purchased from local
manufacturers. A stock of 7 days is maintained as the ink
should not get dried up.
Storing Raw material : The Newsprint received is stored
at port cities in cheaper locations, insecticides are used to
protect paper from insects. The shipment & storage has
to be water proof. The ink is stored in a central tank
where optimum temperature is maintained.
Strategic Capacity Planning for products and services :
If any distributor wants to increase copies, he can
increase till 11 pm but in case of decrease in the number
17. CIRCULATION &
DISTRIBUTION
TREE Distribution: TOI distributes copies to
main agent in each city and further proceed from
there. PRESS
Ahmedabad
East Taxi North Taxi West Taxi South Taxi
Taxi
Surendranagar Vadodara
Main Agent Godhra Agent Dahod Agent Udaipur Agent
Agent Agent
Mehsana Bhavnagar
Vendor 1 Vendor Vendors Surat Agent
Agent Agent
Vendor 2 Rajkot Agent
18. Printing Sequence
12 noon • Supplements
3 PM • nic
5 PM • Ahmedabad Mirror
8 PM • Economic Times
8: 30 PM • Times Of India
20. GANTT CHART
TIME 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM 12AM 1AM
TO TO TO TO 12 TO 1 TO 2
9PM 10PM 11PM AM AM AM
TOWER PRINTING OF PAGES 1,2,23,24
1
TOWER PRINTING OF PAGES 3,4,21,22
2
TOWER PRINTING OF PAGES 5,6,19,20
3
TOWER PRINTING OF PAGES 7,8,17,18
4
TOWER PRINTING OF PAGES 9,10,15,16
5
TOWER PRINTING OF PAGES 11,1213,14
6
FOLDER FOLDING OF PAGES
8:15 IDLE TIME
21. 7200 CRORE
PAGES
3,25,000 7500 GB
TONS DATA
NEWSPRINT TRANSMITTED
21 PRINT SITES
34 LAKH 5.4 CRORE
PLATES UNITS OF
POWER
7500 TONS
OF INK
Annually*
22. Political, liability & legal:
The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 –
The Press (Objectionable Matters) Act, 1951
The Newspaper (Prices and Pages) Act, 1956
Defence of India Act, 1962
Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act,
1954
The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees
(Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act,
1955
Civil Defence Act, 1968
Press Council Act, 1978
The Copyright Act, 1957
