The Birth of Amul

It all began when milk became a symbol of protest Founded in 1946 to stop the exploitation by middlemen Inspired by the freedom movement The seeds of this unusual saga were sown more than 65 years back in Anand, a small town in the state of Gujarat in western India. The exploitative trade practices followed by the local trade cartel triggered off the cooperative movement. Angered by unfair and manipulative practices followed by the trade, the farmers of the district approached the great Indian patriot Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for a solution. He advised them to get rid of middlemen and form their own co-operative, which would have procurement, processing and marketing under their control. In 1946, the farmers of this area went on a milk strike refusing to be cowed down by the cartel. Under the inspiration of Sardar Patel, and the guidance of leaders like Morarji Desai and Tribhuvandas Patel, they formed their own cooperative in 1946. This co-operative, the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Ltd. began with just two village dairy co-operative societies and 247 litres of milk and is today better known as Amul Dairy. Amul grew from strength to strength thanks to the inspired leadership of Tribhuvandas Patel, the founder Chairman and the committed professionalism of Dr Verghese Kurien, who was entrusted the task of running the dairy from 1950. The then Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri decided that the same approach should become the basis of a National Dairy Development policy. He understood that the success of Amul could be attributed to four important factors. The farmers owned the dairy, their elected representatives managed the village societies and the district union, they employed professionals to operate the dairy and manage its business. Most importantly, the cooperatives were sensitive to the needs of farmers and responsive to their demands. At his instance in 1965 the National Dairy Development Board was set up with the basic objective of replicating the Amul model. Dr. Kurien was chosen to head the institution as its Chairman and asked to replicate this model throughout the country. GCMMF is India's largest food products marketing organization. It is a state level apex body of milk cooperatives in Gujarat, which aims to provide remunerative returns to the farmers and also serve the interest of consumers by providing affordable quality products. GCMMF markets and manages the Amul brand. From mid-1990s Amul has entered areas not related directly to its core business. Its entry into ice cream was regarded as successful due to the large market share it was able to capture within a short period of time primarily due to the price differential and the brand name. It also entered the pizza business, where the base and the recipes were made available to restaurant owners who could price it as low as 30 rupees per pizza when the other players were charging upwards of 100 rupees.

The Organization

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF), is India's largest food product marketing organization with annual turnover (2011-12) US$ 2.5 billion. Its daily milk procurement is approx 13 million lit (peak period) per day from 16,117 village milk cooperative societies, 17 member unions covering 24 districts, and 3.18 million milk producer members. It is the Apex organization of the Dairy Cooperatives of Gujarat, popularly known as 'AMUL', which aims to provide remunerative returns to the farmers and also serve the interest of consumers by providing quality products which are good value for money. Its success has not only been emulated in India but serves as a model for rest of the World. It is exclusive marketing organization of 'Amul' and 'Sagar' branded products. It operates through 47 Sales Offices and has a dealer network of 5000 dealers and 10 lakh retailers, one of the largest such networks in India. Its product range comprises milk, milk powder, health beverages, ghee, butter, cheese, Pizza cheese, Ice-cream, Paneer, chocolates, and traditional Indian sweets; etc GCMMF is India's largest exporter of Dairy Products. It has been accorded a "Trading House" status. Many of our products are available in USA, Gulf Countries, Singapore, The Philippines, Japan, China and Australia. GCMMF has received the APEDA Award from Government of India for Excellence in Dairy Product Exports for the last 13 years. For the year 2009-10, GCMMF has been awarded "Golden Trophy' for its outstanding export performance and contribution in dairy products sector by APEDA.

For its consistent adherence to quality, customer focus and dependability, GCMMF has received numerous awards and accolades over the years. It received the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award in1999 in Best of All Category. In 2002 GCMMF bagged India's Most Respected Company Award instituted by Business World. In 2003, it was awarded The IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award - 2003 for adopting noteworthy quality management practices for logistics and procurement. GCMMF is the first and only Indian organization to win topmost International Dairy Federation Marketing Award for probiotic ice cream launch in 2007. The Amul brand is not only a product, but also a movement. It is in one way, the representation of the economic freedom of farmers. It has given farmers the courage to dream. To hope. To live.

GCMMF - An Overview
Year of Establishment Members No. of Producer Members No. of Village Societies Total Milk handling capacity per day Milk Collection (Total - 201112) Milk collection (Daily Average 2011-12) Milk Drying Capacity Cattle feed manufacturing Capacity Sales Turnover -(2011-12) CRISIL Rating for GCMMF 1973 17 District Cooperative Milk Producers' Unions (16 Members & 1 Nominal Members) 3.18 Million 16,117 13.67 Million litres per day 3.88 billion litres 10.6 million litres (peak 13 million) 647 Mts. per day 3690 Mts. per day Rs. 11668 Crores (US $2.5 Billion)

The Product Range

Bread spreads Amul Butter, Amul Lite, Delicious Table Margarine Amul Pasteurized Processed Cheddar Cheese, Amul Processed Cheese Spread, Amul Pizza (Mozarella) Cheese, Amul Emmental Cheese, Amul Gouda Cheese, Amul Malai Paneer (cottage cheese), Utterly Delicious Pizza Amul Gold Full Cream Milk 6% fat, Amul Shakti Standardised Milk 4.5% Fat, Amul Taaza Toned Milk 3% fat, Amul Slim & Trim, Amul Cow Milk Amul Gold 4.5% fat Milk, Amul Shakti 3% fat Milk, Amul Taaza 1.5% fat Milk, Amul Lite Slim-n-Trim Milk, Amul Fresh Cream Amul Full Cream Milk Powder, Amulya Dairy Whitener, Sagar Skimmed Milk Powder, Amulspray Infant Milk Food, Sagar Tea and Coffee Whitener Amul Kool Flavoured Milk, Amul Kool Cafe, Amul Kool Koko,Amul Kool Millk Shaake, Amul Kool Chocolate Milk,Nutramul Energy Drink Stamina Instant Energy Drink Nutramul Malted Milk Food Amul Masti Dahi (fresh curd), Amul Masti Spiced Butter Milk, Amul Lassee, Amul Flaavyo Yoghurt Amul Pure Ghee, Sagar Pure Ghee

Cheese Range

Fresh Milk UHT Milk Range Milk Powders Milk Drink Health Drink Brown Beverage Curd Products Pure Ghee

Sweetened Condensed Amul Mithaimate Milk Mithaee Range (Ethnic Amul Shrikhand, Amul Mithaee Gulabjamuns, Amul Basundi,Avsar Sweets) Ladoos Ice-cream Chocolate & Confectionery Sundae Range, probiotic,,sugarfree and probiotic Amul Milk Chocolate, Amul Fruit & Nut Chocolate, Amul Chocozoo, Amul Bindass, Amul Fundoo

The Three tier Model

The Amul Model is a three-tier cooperative structure. This structure consists of a Dairy Cooperative Society at the village level affiliated to a Milk Union at the District level which in turn is further federated into a Milk Federation at the State level. The above three-tier structure was set up in order to delegate the various functions; milk collection is done at the Village Dairy Society, Milk Procurement & Processing at the District Milk Union and Milk & Milk Products Marketing at the State Milk Federation. This helps in eliminating not only internal competition but also ensuring that economies of scale are achieved. As the above structure was first evolved at Amul in Gujarat and thereafter replicated all over the country under the Operation Flood Programme, it is known as the Amul Model or Anand Pattern of Dairy Cooperatives.

Responsible for Marketing of Milk & Milk Products Responsible for Procurement & Processing of Milk Responsible for Collection of Milk Responsible for Milk Production

Village Dairy Cooperative Society (VDCS) The main functions of the VDCS are as follows:

Collection of surplus milk from the milk producers of the village & payment based on quality & quantity Providing support services to the members like Veterinary First Aid, Artificial Insemination services, cattle-feed sales, mineral mixture sales, fodder & fodder seed sales, conducting training on Animal Husbandry & Dairying, etc. Selling liquid milk for local consumers of the village Supplying milk to the District Milk Union

Thus, the VDCS in an independent entity managed locally by the milk producers and assisted by the District Milk Union. District Cooperative Milk Producers Union (Dugdh Sangh) The main functions of the Milk Union are as follows:

Procurement of milk from the Village Dairy Societies of the District Arranging transportation of raw milk from the VDCS to the Milk Union. Providing input services to the producers like Veterinary Care, Artificial Insemination services, cattle-feed sales, mineral mixture sales, fodder & fodder seed sales, etc.

Conducting training on Cooperative Development, Animal Husbandry & Dairying for milk producers and conducting specialized skill development & Leadership Development training for VDCS staff & Management Committee members. Providing management support to the VDCS along with regular supervision of its activities. Establish Chilling Centers & Dairy Plants for processing the milk received from the villages. Selling liquid milk & milk products within the District Process milk into various milk & milk products as per the requirement of State Marketing Federation. Decide on the prices of milk to be paid to milk producers as well on the prices of support services provided to members.

State Cooperative Milk Federation (Federation) The main functions of the Federation are as follows:

Marketing of milk & milk products processed / manufactured by Milk Unions. Establish distribution network for marketing of milk & milk products. Arranging transportation of milk & milk products from the Milk Unions to the market. Creating & maintaining a brand for marketing of milk & milk products (brand building). Providing support services to the Milk Unions & members like Technical Inputs, management support & advisory services. Pooling surplus milk from the Milk Unions and supplying it to deficit Milk Unions. Establish feeder-balancing Dairy Plants for processing the surplus milk of the Milk Unions. Arranging for common purchase of raw materials used in manufacture / packaging of milk products. Decide on the prices of milk & milk products to be paid to Milk Unions. Decide on the products to be manufactured at various Milk Unions (product-mix) and capacity required for the same. Conduct long-term Milk Production, Procurement & Processing as well as Marketing Planning. Arranging Finance for the Milk Unions and providing them technical know-how. Designing & providing training on Cooperative Development, Technical & Marketing functions. Conflict Resolution & keeping the entire structure intact.

Today, there are around 176 cooperative dairy Unions formed by 1.25 lakh dairy cooperative societies, having a total membership of around 13 million farmers on the same pattern, who are processing and marketing milk and milk products profitably, be it Amul in Gujarat or Verka in Punjab, Vijaya in Andhra Pradesh or a Nandini in Karnataka. This entire process has created more than 190 dairy processing plants spread all over India with large investments by these farmers institutions. These cooperatives today collect approximately 23 million kgs. of milk per day and pay an aggregate amount of more than Rs.125 billion to the milk producers in a year.

Impact of the "Amul Model"

The effects of Operation Flood Programme are more appraised by the World Bank in its recent evaluation report. It has been proved that an investment of Rs. 20 billion over 20 years under Operation Flood Programme in 70s & 80s has contributed in increase of Indias milk production by 40 Million Metric Tonne (MMT) i.e. from about 20 MMT in pre- Operation Flood period to more than 60 MMT at the end of Operation flood Programme. Thus, an incremental return of Rs. 400 billion annually have been generated by an investment of Rs. 20 billion over a period of 20 years. This has been the most beneficial project funded by the World Bank anywhere in the World. One can continue to see the effect of these efforts as Indias milk production continues to increase and now stands at 90 MMT. Despite this fourfold increase in milk production, there has not been drop in the prices of milk during the period and has continued to grow. Due to this movement, the countrys milk production tripled between the years 1971 to 1996. Similarly, the per capita milk consumption doubled from 111 gms per day in 1973 to 222 gms per day in 2000. Thus, these cooperatives have not just been instrumental in economic development of the rural society of India but it also has provided vital ingredient for improving health & nutritional requirement of the Indian society. Very few industries of India have such parallels of development encompassing such a large population. These dairy cooperatives have been responsible in uplifting the social & economic status of the women folk in particular as women are basically involved in dairying while the men are busy with their agriculture. This has also provided a definite source of income to the women leading to their economic emancipation. The three-tier Amul Model has been instrumental in bringing about the White Revolution in the country. As per the assessment report of the World Bank on the Impact of Dairy Development in India, the Anand Pattern has demonstrated the following benefits:

is has multi-dimensional impacts importance of getting government out of commercial enterprises importance of market failure in agriculture power & problems of participatory organizations importance of policy correct

Amuls Ice Cream Sector

In 1997, Amul ice creams entered Mumbai followed by Chennai in 1998 and Kolkata and Delhi in 2002. The portfolio consisted of impulse products like sticks, cones, cups as well as take home packs and institutional/catering packs. It achieved the No 1 position in the country. This position was achieved in 2001 and it has continued to remain at the top. Today the market share of Amul ice cream is 38% share against the 9% market share of HLL (Kwality Walls), thus making it 4 times larger than its closest competitor. Not only has it grown at a phenomenal rate but has added a vast variety of flavors to its ever growing range. In January 2007, Amul introduced SUGAR FREE & ProLife Probiotic Wellness Ice Cream, which was a first in India. Amuls entry into ice creams is regarded as successful due to the large market share it was able to capture within a short period of time due to price differential, quality of products and of course the brand name.

Cost Sheet for a month Particulars

Opening Stock Raw Materials Dry Fruits Milk Flavors Other Ingredients Sugar Cup Cutlery Seasonal Fruits Waffle Cocoa Carriage Inward RAW MATERIAL CONSUMED Direct Expenses Direct Labour PRIME COST Factory Overheads: Fixed: Depreciation Rent Power Insurance Supervisors Salary Variable: Electricity Running expenses of machines 2,20,000 5,30,000 41,34,500

Amount
10,00,000 3,00,000 2,50,000 3,00,000 3,50,000 2,00,000 2,50,000 1,50,000 1,00,000 50,000 1,00,000 1,50,000 1,84,500

Total Cost

33,84,500

2,50,000 1,00,000 1,75,000 1,50,000 60,000 70,000 1,00,000

FACTORY/WORK COST Office & Administration Overheads: Employee Cost Other Expenditure: Computer Telephone Taxes Carriage Outward COST OF PRODUCTION/OFFICE COST Opening Stock (-)Closing Stock COST OF GOODS SOLD Selling & Distribution Expenses: Advertisement Delivery Vehicles Petrol Packaging Rates COST OF SALES PROFIT SALES 2,00,000

50,39,500

10,00,000 1,20,000 10,000 40,000 20,000 62,29,500

64,29,500

4,00,000 3,50,000 1,75,000 50,500 74,05,000 18,51,250 92,56,250

Cost Sheet Analysis:

The company is producing 100000 units of ice cream at Rs. 74.05 for which the total cost incurred is Rs. 7405000 and the total sales is Rs. 9256250 which implies that that the profit being made is Rs. 1851250. The company is producing a single cup of ice cream at Rs. 92.5625 which includes the cost of a cup ice cream at Rs. 74.05 which again implies that the profit of Rs. 18.5125 is earned on a single unit of Amul ice cream. Since the company is earning some percentage of profit above the cost, it means a slight increase in the cost will not have too much of an effect on the profit since there is a large margin of safety. Since the company is earning some amount of profit, the business is capable to expand and diversify over a period of time.

PVR = C/S = 2671750/9256250 = 28.86% BEP (in Rs.) = FC/PVR = 2195000/28.86 = Rs.760568.26 BEP (in units) = FC/C = 2195000/2.67175 = 821558.9 = 821559 MOS = Profit/PVR = 476750/28.86 = 16519.404

Determination of SP:
Amul Ice Cream has marked the selling price of their product roughly 20% above the cost price. This implies that they are making a profit on each unit of output that is sold. These profits can be ploughed into the business again to create more output.