| Nature
& location of outsourced operations: |
| Procurement Division of Tata Steel deals with
all inbound and outbound supplies of goods and services. The service providers include
both indigenous and foreign source including government / semi-government agencies. The
details on nature and location of inflow and outflow of goods and services are as under; |
| Nature of outsourced operations |
Location (not exhaustive list) |
| Inbound
supplies of goods like Mechanical and electrical spares |
Jamshedpur
& Kolkata (majority), Mumbai. |
| Process,
Operating and General Consumables |
Bangalore, New
Delhi, Chennai, Jamshedpur etc. |
| Inbound
supplies of services |
Jamshedpur
(majority) |
| Outbound
supplies of goods and services |
Jamshedpur
& Kolkata (majority) |
| Procurement of
raw materials |
Various parts
of the country |
| External
Processing Agents |
Jamshedpur and
various parts of the country |
Tata Steel has taken up initiatives called Strategic Out
Sourcing in line with its VISION-2007 and some of the operations outsourced / proposed to
be outsourced are listed here in Figure-2.4.
| Company |
Products |
Tata Steel’s Stake (%) |
| Tata
Refractories Ltd. (TRL) |
Refractories
including high alumina & dolomite |
51 |
| Tinplate
Company of India Ltd. (TCIL) |
Tin plates |
31 |
| Stewarts &
Lloyds of India Ltd. |
Pipe work
engineering |
100 |
| Metaljunction
Pvt. Ltd. |
Reverse auction |
50 |
| Jamshedpur
Injection Powder Ltd. (JAMIPOL) |
De-sulphurising
compounds, both carbide & magnesia based |
28 |
| Tata Yodogawa
Ltd. (TAYO) |
Rolls |
37 |
| Tata Metaliks
Ltd. (TML) |
Foundry
projects |
47 |
| Tata Pigments
Ltd. (TPL) |
Synthetic red
& yellow oxides of iron |
100 |
| TRF Ltd. |
Bulk material
handling equipment |
35 |
| Tata Sponge
Iron Ltd. (TSIL) |
Sponge Iron |
40 |
| Tata Ryerson
Ltd. (TRYL) |
Steel
processing |
50 |
| Tata Martade
International Logistics Ltd. (TMILL) |
Export &
import cargo handling, chartering & customs clearance |
51 |
| Jamshedpur
Utility Services (JUSCO) |
Services
activities |
100 |
Figure-2.4 – Strategic Outsourcing
Tata Steel has a committed workforce of 42,511 personnel
(as on 31.03.2004-Figure-2.5) Employees are classified as Officers (OPR),
Supervisors and Workers. Supervisors and Workers are organized into an independent Trade
Union (refer Section LA3 also) (Non-OPR) with democratically elected representatives at
all locations. Figure-2.1 shows the operational structure. Tata Steel has
1974 engineers, 554 MBAs, 46 PhDs, and persons with degrees in technical areas of
relevance to the operations. Contract labour is used in the areas of project execution and
other activities.
The Community & Society within 10-30 km radius around
Tata Steel enterprises is supported by the organization as regards their requirements like
health care, women empowerment, family initiatives, vocational training, development of
sports & culture and income generation. The village communities are selected based on
the current level of developmental needs, interventions and emerging issues e.g. wasteland
development, irrigation facilities & income generation.
Other important stakeholders include Investors, Financial
Institutions (details of shareholding have been provided at Section 2.6),
Regulators (State & Central Pollution Control Boards, Ministry of Environment and
Forests & Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Finance, Excise Department, Factory
Inspector, Labour Commissioner Director General Mines Safety, Inspector of Explosives,
Boiler Inspector, Medical Inspector of Factories, Electrical Inspector, etc.). Key
attributes related to these stakeholders are repayment of loan, regulatory compliance and
employee welfare respectively.
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