Bikanerwala Foods – Rai Unit 2nd Floor

Project Info

  • Construction Date

    Jan 19 to May 19

  • Client

    Bikanerwala Foods Ltd. Rai, Haryana, INDIA

Project Scope

The Bikano Factory at Rai – Unit 1 consist of the existing automatic Snacks Manufacturing Lines – producing their various brands and SKU’s – Potato Chips, other Besan-based extruded products, and Papad Lines.

The project scope included a holistic re-design of the complete Factory Floor (6400 sq. m.) to accommodate new lines with their packing machines, while improving upon the Raw Material, WIP Material, and Finished Goods storage and movement plan. This also envisioned adherence to Food Safety and Hygienic Engineering standards, and therefore, required complete redesign of Man-Material Movement, Zoning, and Air Handling Systems.

PMG Deliverables

  • Production Capacity planning for all the lines, along with RM, PM, and FG Storage basis space available.
  • Process and Layout Engineering
  • Zoning, Zoning Barriers, HVAC and Ducting Design
  • Amenity Block Design (Change Rooms and Toilet Block)
  • Complete Process and Industrial Services Piping and Pipe Rack Redesign
  • Complete Electrical Cable and Cable Tray Layout Redesign
  • Civil Improvements on Floor, Wall, Partitions, Doors, Windows, Drainage, etc.

Differentiated Value Creation

The on-going facility design and operations of Bikanerwala Foods was below par, while the production and engineering resources lacked Food Industry knowledge and experience. To complicate the issue, non-technical staff and management intervened significantly in technical discussions and decision-making. Further there was a traditional habit of indecisiveness, and fear of trust, in the company management, on company resources and external consultants, including PMG.

Despite such unfavorable conditions for a good consultancy / engineering work, PMG Team took this as a challenging opportunity, to make a breakthrough in the mindset of one of the leading companies, in one of the most left-behind Food Industry sectors (Traditional Snacks and Sweets), with respect to Food Safety, Hygienic Engineering, Plant Design and Automation.

In 4 weeks, our team understood the on-going operations, from a production and maintenance point of view, and collated insights and actionables form the point of view of company management. Upon primary alignment, detail workings were done and submissions were made. Customary resistance and doubts arose from many of the concerned stakeholders, who wouldn’t take any ownership or responsibility but would attempt to justify their work position in the company  by silly ideas and propositions, but PMG Team resolved all with composure and maturity.

To bring together Nestle-like Plant Design and Operations concept, to a company like Bikanerwala Foods, is simply an impossible task. However, we at PMG, always worked with constructive attitude towards the goal. Because we believe in – “Aim for the Sky, even if your fail, you shall be among the Stars”.