Shuvekchya, Sumit & Yudhir COMPANY PROFILE Established in : 1907 A.D
Situated at : Jamshedpur Tata Steel Group is among the top-ten global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of over 29 million tons per annum.
Has operations in 26 countries and commercial presence in 50 countries
Has 80000 employees over 5 continents and is a Fortune 500 company.
OBJECTIVES Strengthen India's industrial base.
Profitability
Protecting and safeguarding the shareholders investments.
Effective discharge of its duties and obligations towards employees, customers and community.
PLANNING HORIZON The planning horizon is 5 years.
It has a rolling plan for its capital expenditures.
A review is made in December January.
Revised estimates of expenditure are prepared for the ongoing projects.
Nature of the Capital Budget Annual capital expenditure budget consists of two parts:-
1. Carry Over Items: The projects which were started in the past years and are still continuing . The concept of rolling plan is especially applicable to these items. This is because ,revision in capital expenditure is required on account of various environmental factors.
2.New Projects: Important because the company makes the crucial decision of committing valuable resources at this point . It is at this point that cost- benefit analysis is made . This projects go over to the carry over items in the succeeding years.
Both for carry over and new projects , phasing of expenditure is worked out on the basis of availability of funds and technical requirements.
Capital Projects The capital expenditure projects are divided into two categories:
1. Minor Schemes : Involving outlays under RS.25 lakh . Approximately Rs.7 crore is allocated to this scheme annually . Schemes undertaken include: New equipment and modification, prototypes, balancing facilities, replacements , system changes.
2. Major Schemes: Involving outlays > Rs.25 lakh . A total of RS.30 to RS.35 crore is allocated to this project annually.
Minor schemes involve routine expenditure requiring less intensive managerial attention .
Major schemes deal with areas which are relatively unknown and the companys commitments are high.
Administrative Organization for Capital Budgeting
Conception state: a lot of idea are conceived from this stage.
Formalization state: ideas in terms of operational details are provided.
The movement of ideas to the stage of final approval is as follows: Departmental the proposal to the chef engineer for the consideration.
project division provides essentiality of the project.
project division submits the formalized proposal for the consideration.
Co-ordination: Conducted by a special cell called C.E.D.D. Impacts on other departments is taken into account. Ensures that no important facet affecting other departments is missed. Ensured by a periodical meeting of all concerned officials. Formal system for the meeting is followed. Maximum interval between two such meetings is one week.
Evaluation:
Submission of the project to study group. Study group checks the viability of the project. Study group consists : Chief Engineer, Controller of Budgets ,Controller of Accounts , Representatives from works In case the proposal satisfies all of the study group members it is forwarded to the Capital Expenditure Control Committee. This committee checks the financial constraints of the project as spelt out by the head office.
Criteria to assign priority to a project Simple method of ROI(book value) is used
Sometimes, the PBP is also considered
Minimum ROI fixed at 15%
Non-monetary criteria factors considered Essentiality of the project Govt. rules and regulations Union contractual requirements The social objectives
TISCO doesnt use DCF Method. Reasons being;
Thought to be complex Needs a lot of data which is not available There is normal human resistance to change
Approval & Budget finalization stage
Proposals cleared by the Capital Expenditure Control Committee go into the formal budget.
Budget is prepared annually, phasing 3 years
Once in 3 months, proposals are sent to H. O for BODs approval
Capital Exp < Rs. 1000 is approved by the dept. head, & charged to the current years a/c
Cap. Exp. Upto Rs. 10,000 can be approved by the Vice Chairman (if urgent) The V.C is given certain budget in case of any emergency sanctions.
Projects involving expense of Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 25 lakhs (minor schemes) are sent to BOD for approval
Expense exceeding 25L are inspected at the H.O and only then, approval is granted (major projects, major commitment) Normal time for proposal approval is 10-12 months
DISBURSEMENT OF SANCTIONED FUNDS Immediately after the schemes are approved, the controller budget is informed by telex of the approval, giving scheme numbers.
Disbursement of funds.
Approval.
Control Of Expenses:
A check is kept on the way expenses are incurred in different phases.
If deviations are large, the causes for deviations are investigated. If deviations exceed 15% of the original approval, a fresh revised estimate is submitted for approval Performance Appraisal: TISCO has a Make-Good reports committee which goes into the appraisal of projects performance.