Dairy Management & Entrepreneurship

Dairy Management & Entrepreneurship

1 Milk Losses

  1. Milk Losses in Dairy Plants
  2. Factors Responsible for Milk Losses
  3. Controlling of Milk Solids Losses
  4. Monitoring the Milk Losses

2 Managing Productivity

  1. Conception and Misconception about Productivity
  2. Factor Affecting Productivity
  3. Productivity Examples in Dairy Industry
  4. Optimization of Resources
  5. Designing of Milk Procurement and Marketing Routes
  6. Sizing of Process Equipment
  7. Computer Application in Dairy Industry

3 Human Resources (Manpower Planning for The Dairy/Shift)

  1. Functional Requirements of Plant
  2. Organization Structure
  3. Factors Affecting Human Resource Deployment
  4. Manpower Quality Aspects
  5. Determining Manpower Strength
  6. Manpower Planning for Shift
  7. Optimizing Use of Human Resource

4 Dairy Plant Design and Layout

  1. Classification of Dairy Plant
  2. Planning Considerations for Dairy Plant
  3. Site Location
  4. Estimation of Capacity
  5. Selection of Plant Equipment
  6. Design of Establishment
  7. Plant Layout

5 General Principles of Book-keeping and Accountancy, Single and Double Entry System

  1. Accounting โ€“ An Exposition
  2. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
  3. Book Keeping and Accountancy
  4. Accounts โ€“ Their Construction
  5. Single and Double Entry System

6 Maintenance of Accounts and Working Capital Management

  1. Purposes of Accounting Information
  2. Accounting and Working Capital Management
  3. Concepts and Need of Working Capital
  4. Importance of Working Capital Management
  5. Factors Determining Working Capital
  6. Measuring Working Capital
  7. Sources of Financing Working Capital
  8. Approaches to Managing Working Capital

7 Product Costing

  1. Basic Cost Concepts
  2. Types of Costing
  3. Methods of Costing
  4. Classification of Costs
  5. Cost Measurement
  6. Case Study on Product Costing in a Dairy Plant

8 Fundamentals of Marketing, Understanding Consumers, Market Survey, Sale Forecasting

  1. Marketing – A Perspective
  2. Mapping out Marketing Strategy and Developing a Marketing Plan
  3. Managing Product Life Cycle, The Buying Process
  4. Product Pricing and Market Dynamics
  5. Promotion
  6. Distribution Channel Management
  7. Designing and Using Market Research Effectively
  8. Measuring Customer Satisfaction

9 Concept in Price and Cost Analysis

  1. Setting the Price
  2. Selecting the Price Objective
  3. Determining Demand
  4. Estimating Costs
  5. Analyzing Competitor’s Prices and Offers
  6. Setting the Price/Quality/Value Equation
  7. Selecting a Pricing Method
  8. Selecting the Final Price
  9. Responding to Market Changes

10 Market Information System and Logistics Planning

  1. Marketing Information Systems
  2. Sales Reporting Mechanism
  3. Marketing Decision Support System
  4. Logistics – Planning

11 Entrepreneurial Skills and Delegation

  1. Must-have Skills for Entrepreneurs
  2. Delegation
  3. Advantages of Delegation
  4. Delegation โ€” Responsibility and Authority
  5. Delegation โ€” Tasks

12 Development of Business Plan

  1. Why is Business Plan Needed?
  2. Main Components/Parts of a Business Plan
  3. Business Description
  4. Manpower Requirement
  5. Operations and Location

13 Managing and Operating A Small Business

  1. Challenges of Operating a Small Business
  2. Key Factors in Managing a Business
  3. Managing Growth
  4. Managing Downturn
  5. Disaster Planning and Recovery

14 Evaluation of Small Enterprise

  1. Planning
  2. Performance Measurement
  3. Performance Control
  4. Tools and Techniques of Controlling