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AIRVENT FANS CO.
ANSHUMAN TRIPATHY AND SHIKHA SAFAYA

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As Rajan Bansal closed his eyes while sitting in his big office room, glimpses of childhood flashed before
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his eyes. In the torrid afternoon heat of the Jaipur sun, he along with his father, would slice the bottoms of
used cold drink bottles, insert their necks into punched cardboards and place this setup at the windows of
their house. The hot air from the outside would pass through the narrow canal of the plastic bottle and cool
down in the process, bringing relief to the whole family. The smiles on the face of his mother and sister had
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motivated Rajan to dream big, and he with his father, proceeded to successfully set up their own ceiling fan
manufacturing company Airvent Fans Co., that acted as a Tier one supplier of ceiling fans to leading ceiling
fan OEM brands in the country. Airvent made a variety of ceiling fans for its customers (Exhibit 1).
Although the company had performed steadily in the past, catering to some of the largest players in the
Indian market, the increasing demand (Exhibit 2) had Rajan worried. Given the rapid pace at which demand
for the ceiling fan market was growing, it was for certain that the production volumes had fallen short that
year (Exhibit 3). The demand was expected to reach 1.2 million in 2020, and Rajan was sure that the plant’s
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capacity and setup would not be sufficient to take care of it.
The emerging set of events had left the fate of Airvent Fans Co. hanging in the balance, and it was in dire
need of a revamp of its operations. So, Rajan contacted his close childhood friend Vishwanath Shetty, who
was a senior operations consultant at OpSure in Bangalore. Vishwanath and Rajan had studied in school
together when his dad was posted in Jaipur. Looking at the urgency of the situation, Vishwanath
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immediately took a flight to Jaipur to analyze Airvent’s production process.
AIRVENT FANS CO.: HISTORY
Airvent Fans Co. was established in 1988 by Rajan’s father Mukesh, with his own savings from his kirana
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store business. A plot of land was bought in the Sitapura region in Jaipur itself, which later on became a
popular industrial area. The first Airvent Fans plant was completely manually operated by workers, who
operated blade and motor manufacturing machines, with the moulding processes for the other components
and painting done by hand. After some initial years of struggle trying to establish a market for fans in
Rajasthan, Airvent quickly grew to success. When Rajan took over the business, he helped Airvent Fans
Co. expand to a pan-India level. The original Sitapura factory expanded to form a huge plant, with the latest
automated machines and skilled workers, ensuring high quality products and making Airvent a favourite
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among ceiling fan OEM brands in the country.
CEILING FAN MANUFACTURING PROCESS
The ceiling fan made by Airvent consists of a motor (covered with aluminum housing) that has three steel
blades attached to it with the help of iron supports and rivets (Exhibit 4). The blades have a curvature to
them to improve the air flow. The inside of the motor consists of two steel parts: a stationary stator with
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copper winding and a moving rotor attached to it. Other parts like axle, capacitors, etc. are also present and
together this system is responsible for the rotation of the fan. The top of the fan has a steel hook for
mounting, and there are two plastic covers: one at the top covering the mounting hook, and the other at the
bottom, on top of the motor housing. A steel downrod connects the mounting hook to the motor.
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The stator and rotor are produced by respective specialized steel stamping machines, and are joined together
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to form the motor subassembly after the copper wire has been wound on the stator. For the manufacturing
of the blades, steel sheets of the appropriate size are first cut, then the proper shape is sized before finally
curving the blade to provide the right angle. Rivets and iron supports are further attached to the blades. The
downrod is made through metal extrusion which is a semi-continuous process and involves putting in steel
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granules through a tube which gives the final shape. The plastic covers are made through the process of
injection moulding in which hot thermoplastic polymer is shot through the moulds and then cooled down.
The blades and other parts then go through the process of painting and drying. The final stage involves the
assembly of the right sets and storing, packaging for the customer.
AIRVENT FANS CO. AND THE CEILING FAN INDUSTRY
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The Indian fan industry is an ever-growing market, given the hot weather in the country and rising
disposable incomes of households, registering a CAGR of 9-10% over the last few years.1 The total annual
sales of the Indian ceiling fan market were an estimated 50 million fans in 2016.2 Ceiling fans make up the
largest segment of the Indian electric fan industry at around 70%. The market is roughly equally split
between a few players in the organized sector (~45% market share) and a large number of players in the
unorganized sector (~55% market share) due to low barriers to entry3.
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Airvent Fans Co. had a strong presence in north India and the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and catered
to the two main players in the region: Tropical Fans and WindStar. Both the companies were popular
because of their completely different offerings: while Tropical was known for its energy saving fan line
that not only saved electricity bills but was also affordable, WindStar offered high speed, high performance
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fans. In total, Airvent manufactured 28 variants of fans based on different motor wattages, blade sweeps
and colors for its two customers at the Jaipur plant (Exhibit 1).
The plant consisted of steel stamping stations for manufacturing the stator, rotor and blades of the ceiling
fan, injection moulding setup for the plastic parts, extrusion tube setup for the downrod, a riveting shop,
two paint shops for painting of metal and plastic parts, and an assembly line for the final assembly and
packaging. Other parts such as aluminum die cast for motors, axles, capacitors, iron supports, rivets, etc.
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were bought out. The plant operated for 250 days a year with two 8-hour shifts. The paint shop had excess
capacity as a result of a conscious decision taken to step up the capacities of the various stations, and could
go on a third shift if needed. The layout of the plant was in a batch production plus assembly line type setup.
The stator and rotor differed in size according to the motor wattage. They were made in batches of 1000
and 1300, respectively, and kept as inventory before motor subassembly (Exhibit 5). Each changeover for
the two stations involved a setup time of 100 and 150 minutes, respectively. The cost of setup per
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changeover was Rs. 20/min. The motor subassembly shop had machines in three parallel stations run by
three operators for fitting the stator grooves with insulation paper and winding copper to it. The machine
was automated and thus setting of different sizes of stators and wires only required changing parameters in
the machine’s control system, for which the changeover time was negligible. One operator at the next station
attached the rotor to the stator.
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In parallel to rotor and stator production shop, the blade shop had 3 stations with 3 operators each for
cutting, sizing and giving angle to the blades. While the cutting of steel sheets at the right length was a
continuous process, the sizing and angling stations also worked in batches of 1000, with a setup time of 40
minutes per changeover, and rate of Rs.20/min/changeover. The riveting of blades was done at the next
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station in sequence.
There was one station for downrod extrusion and two stations for injection moulding of the plastic covers.
The upper and lower plastic covers differed in sizes, with the upper plastic cover being uniform in size, and
the lower one varying in size as per the motor size. Hence, the injection moulding setup was multi-mould
in nature, with one side for the upper plastic cover of the fan and the other side with changing moulds as
per the differing sizes for the lower cover. So, the plastic covers would always be made in sets according
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to fan size.
The plant did not make any aluminum parts, such as the motor housing, and thus sourced them from
suppliers, along with other parts such as screws, wires, axles, capacitors, copper wire, etc. All the
manufactured parts, along with the different motor housing aluminum die casts, proceeded to the two paint
shops: metal and plastic.
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The plastic paint shop had two paint tank stations. The metal paint shop had eight stations in total with three
parallel lines (for the blades, motor and downrod), where the component would first be dipped in solvent
tank for pre-paint preparation and then pass to the respective line to be sprayed through the method of
electrostatic liquid painting. The components would immediately be moved to a conveyer belt where they
would dry and then be packed or moved to inventory. While the motor housing and downrod would be
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moved to inventory, the blades would be checked for defects and pre-packaged in sets of 3 by 2 operators.
At any point of time, there were sufficient number of blades drying on the belt and thus there was no time
spent in waiting. The fans were manufactured on a make-to-order basis, and for demand for the month of
June, say, the orders were firmed up by May 20. The production would begin much before in March.
The final assembly line comprised four stations, that is, the final assembly of motor, its testing, packing
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with other parts, picking and packaging of the right set of blades, and finally dispatch. The motor final
assembly station had one operator who fixed the axle to the motor subassembly with the help of a machine,
and then placed it on top of the motor housing bottom cover. Another operator would secure the top lid on
this structure with three screws each. The next operator would fix the capacitor and wires to the motor, after
which the motors will be tested for their rotation and wattage at the next station. The next station would be
responsible for packing the motor, downrod, mounting hook, and the plastic cover sets (after attaching
respective OEM stickers on them), and finally placing them in a box depending on the OEM customer. The
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blades would be picked up, cleaned and packed into another packing material at the next station, and
together these two boxes would be dispatched to the customers. With the current setup, the factory was
capable of giving an output of 3200 fans/day, or 0.8 million fans annually, at full capacity.
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PROBLEMS FACED BY AIRVENT FANS CO.
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The current setup had worked very well for Airvent, as year after year, they had managed to meet the
demand (Exhibits 2, 3). The manufacturing process had been fine-tuned through the experience of several
years, and the number of stations, workers, and batch size had been fixed based on reaction to the flow of
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orders. However, such a system was clearly not working anymore, and production mismatch resulted in
inability of Airvent to meet the complete demand in 2017. A backlog of orders could not be fulfilled in the
next period as the OEMs could meet their requirements from other manufacturers in the market. Lost
demand would have a negative impact on the image of the company.
As Rajan studied the yearly performance of his company at the end of quarter 4, he was worried. In front
of him lay projections for 2018 by quarter, and aggregate forecasts for the years 2019 and 2020. With the
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projections only going higher, he wondered how it was even possible to meet the future demand, given the
shortfall of 2017.
He was contemplating whether to outsource some of the crucial operations in order to increase output rate,
but before embarking on that decision, he wanted a more thorough analysis by Vishwanath: whether a
productivity increase was possible using the current resources, or outsourcing was inevitable. Also, if some
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operations had to be outsourced, which ones should they be?
Vishwanath flew in towards the end of quarter 4 of 2017. He needed to reflect on the scenario panning out
for Airvent in the coming years of 2018 to 2020, and devise a strategy to resolve the problem.
VISHWANATH’S ANALYSIS
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Vishwanath visited the manufacturing plant and took an overview of the manufacturing process, noting
down the broad outline of the process flow (Exhibit 5). At the face of it, the operations looked efficient and
Vishwanath understood why it was difficult for Rajan to identify where the problem really was. He had to
dig deeper, and so he asked the planning and design & engineering departments to compile a detailed bill
of materials for the complete fan (Exhibit 6A) and the motor separately (Exhibit 6B) (as the motor itself
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consisted of various subcomponents). He asked the engineering department to also put together a detailed
sequence of steps for the manufacturing of fan along with process times (Exhibit 7), and the sales
department for the complete demand data: past and future forecasts (Exhibit 2). The planning department
also kept records of the holding costs of the various inventories and setup costs for the different machines,
and was required to provide the same. The annual holding costs for the stator production station was Rs.140
and for each of the rotor and blade stamping stations was Rs.250. Vishwanath wanted to analyze the gap
between the production capacity of the company and the projected demand.
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A bill of materials for the motor had never been put together before, nor had the process sequence been
clearly noted down. It thus took 48 hours for the various departments to present the reports to Vishwanath.
In addition, he also assembled the heads of the design & engineering team, planning team, sales team, and
the operations manager along with Rajan in the board room for a meeting, so that he could take personal
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feedback from all the people regarding the manufacturing process and where they thought the problematic
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areas and potential sources of waste were.
The first glimpse of data brought some clarity to Vishwanath. He felt that the immediate need for Airvent
factory was to bring its production process in sync, and there was also a need to invest some capital or
outsource some operations. The total amount of data was a lot for Vishwanath to immediately process and
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come up with a concrete response, so he asked Rajan for some time in order to go through the information
and come up with a detailed proposal to help resolve Airvent’s problems. Bidding his friend goodbye,
Vishwanath landed at Bangalore and resumed office. A new hiree had joined OpSure and Vishwanath
handed him the data to perform detailed calculations to analyze the process in detail.
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Exhibit 1
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Fan Variants Manufactured by Airvent Fans Co.
Fans → S06XTr N12XTr N12XW N14XW H12XTr H12XW H14XWs

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Customer
Tropical (Tr) ✓ ✓ ✓
WindStar (Ws) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Motors
30-watt energy ✓
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saver (S)
60-watt normal ✓ ✓ ✓
(N)
75-watt high ✓ ✓ ✓
speed (H)
Blade Sweeps
600 mm (06) ✓
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1200 mm (12) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
1400 mm (14) ✓ ✓
All the 7 models of fans are available in 4 colors: White (W), Ivory (I), Brown (B), Maroon (M). X in the model
variant can take any of these four color codes.
For simplification: downrod length is only one = 400 mm
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Airvent Fans Co.: Ceiling Fan Demand Data
Fan Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019E 2020E

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Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Q1E Q2E Q3E Q4E Total
S06XTr 234,500 241,000 253,500 69,000 63,000 68,000 67,000 267,000 71,000 74,000 78,000 80,000 303,000 330,000 375,000
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N12XTr 80,000 65,400 74,000 19,000 18,000 19,500 21,000 77,500 20,500 21,500 22,000 23,000 87,000 92,500 98,000
N12XWs 73,330 82,000 85,000 21,000 21,500 22,000 23,000 87,500 23,500 23,000 24,500 26,000 97,000 106,000 110,000
N14XWs 85,000 94,000 98,500 23,000 24,000 23,500 25,500 96,000 27,000 28,500 29,000 26,500 111,000 120,000 138,000
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H12XTr 69,000 59,000 87,500 22,000 23,000 24,000 24,000 93,000 24,000 26,000 23,500 26,000 99,500 106,000 115,000
H12XWs 50,000 40,000 23,500 5,000 5,500 6,000 6,000 22,500 8,000 8,500 10,000 10,000 36,500 38,000 52,000
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H14XWs 120,000 139,000 145,000 37,000 39,500 37,000 41,000 154,500 40,000 42,000 42,500 43,000 167,500 192,000 220,000
Total 711,830 720,400 767,000 196,000 194,500 200,000 207,500 798,000 214,000 223,500 229,500 234,500 901,500 984,500 1,108,000
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Exhibit 3
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Airvent Fans Co.: Ceiling Fan Supply Data
Fan Code 2014 2015 2016 2017

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
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S06XTr 234,500 241,000 253,500 70,000 63,000 68,000 67,000 268,000
N12XTr 80,000 65,400 74,000 19,500 19,500 20,500 19,000 78,500
N12XWs 73,330 82,000 85,000 21,000 22,000 22,000 22,000 87,000
N14XWs 85,000 94,000 98,500 23,500 24,000 23,500 22,000 93,000
H12XTr 69,000 59,000 87,500 22,000 23,000 22,000 24,000 91,000
H12XWs 50,000 40,000 23,500 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 24,000
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H14XWs 120,000 139,000 145,000 34,000 36,500 36,500 39,000 146,000
Total 711,830 720,400 767,000 196,000 194,000 198,500 199,000 787,500
Exhibit 4
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Ceiling Fan Design
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Exhibit 5
Nuts, Screws, Wires etc.

Stator
Airvent Fans Co.
Production
Motor Sub-Assembly
(rotor+stator+winding) WIP
WIP

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Rotor
Pack
Steel Sheets
Production Pick and
Motor Motor Motor and Dispatch
Pack
Assembly Testing Other
Motor Housing Blades
Parts
Copper Wire, Insulation Paper Lids- top and
bottom
Metals Paint
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Incoming
Material Rivets, Iron Supports
Motor Housing
Painted Sets
Blade Blade Extrusion Rod, Plastic Cover Sets
Blade Riveting
Stamping Packaging Blade Sets
Steel Sheets
WIP
WIP
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Steel Granules
Steel Rod
Extrusion
Factory Layout (initial)
WIP
Plastics Paint
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Plastic
Thermoplastic Polymer
Injection
WIP
Moulding
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Exhibit 6A
Bill of Materials – Final Fan
Parts Usage
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Part no. Part name Sourcing
N12XWs
N14XWs
S06XTr
N12XTr
H12XTr
H12XWs
H14XWs
MOU001 Steel Bought 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
mounting out
hook
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PCU001 Plastic In-house 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
cover:
upper
PCL001S Plastic In-house 1
cover:
lower S
PCL001N Plastic In-house 1 1 1
cover:
lower N
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PCL001H Plastic In-house 1 1 1
cover:
lower H
OEM100Tr OEM Bought 1 1 1
sticker Tr out
OEM101Ws OEM Bought 1 1 1 1
sticker Ws out
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DR400 Steel In-house 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

downrod
MOT30S Motor S Assembly 1
in-house
MOT60N Motor N Assembly 1 1 1
in-house
MOT75N Motor H Assembly 1 1 1
in-house
BLD06 Blade 06 In-house 3
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BLD12 Blade 12 In-house 3 3 3

BLD14 Blade 14 In-house 3 3 3
IS624 Iron Bought 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
supports out
RIV003 Rivets Bought 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
out
BLD06PP Blade 06 Bought 1
pre- out
packaging
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material
BLD12PP Blade 12 Bought 1 1 1
pre- out
packaging
material
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Exhibit 6A (Contd.)
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BLD14PP Blade 14 Bought 1 1 1
pre- out
packaging
material
PCS001PP Plastic Bought 1
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cover set S out
pre-
packaging
material
PCN001PP Plastic Bought 1 1 1
cover set N out
pre-
packaging
material
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PCH001PP Plastic Bought 1 1 1
cover set H out
pre-
packaging
material
DM401PP Downrod Bought 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
and out
mounting
hook pre-
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packaging
material
BOXS100Tr Motor S Bought 1
packing out
box Tr
BOXN100Tr Motor N Bought 1
packing out
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box Tr
BOXN101Ws Motor N Bought 1 1
packing out
box Ws
BOXH100Tr Motor H Bought 1
packing out
box Tr
BOXH100Ws Motor H Bought 1 1
packing out
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box Ws
PK06100Tr Blade Bought 1
packing out
box 06 Tr
PK12100Tr Blade Bought 1 1
packing out
box 12 Tr
PK12101Ws Blade Bought 1 1
packing out
box 12 Ws
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PK14101Ws Blade Bought 1 1

packing out
box 14Ws
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Exhibit 6A (Contd.)
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Note: BOM above is exclusive of color specifications
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DR400 X, PCU001 X X= White (W)/Ivory (I)/Brown (B)/Maroon (M)
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OEM Y Y= 100Tr/101Ws
PCL001 B, PC B001PP B= S/N/H
PCL001 BX, BOX BY
BLD D, BLD DPP D= 06/12/14
BLD DX, PK DY
MOT GPP G= 30S/60N/75H
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MOT GX
Exhibit 6B
Bill of Materials – Motor
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Parts Usage
Part no. Part Name Sourcing Motor S Motor N Motor H
STR12S Stator S In-house 1

STR20N Stator N In-house 1
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STR32H Stator H In-house 1

ROT005S Rotor S In-house 1
ROT005N Rotor N In-house 1
ROT005H Rotor H In-house 1
CW27 Copper winding 27 SWG* Bought out 1
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CW36 Copper winding 36 SWG Bought out 1

CW41 Copper winding 41 SWG Bought out 1
INSP02 Insulation paper 0.2 mm Bought out 12 20 32
AX010 Axle Bought out 1 1 1
CAP020 Capacitor 2 uF Bought out 1
CAP025 Capacitor 2.5 uF Bought out 1
CAP050 Capacitor 5 uF Bought out 1
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WIRE005 Connection wire 0.5 m Bought out 3

WIRE010 Connection wire 1 m Bought out 3
WIRE020 Connection wire 2 m Bought out 3
MHU001S Motor housing top lid S Bought out 1
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Exhibit 6B (Contd.)
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MHL001S Motor housing bottom lid S Bought out 1
MHU001N Motor housing top lid N Bought out 1
MHL001N Motor housing bottom lid N Bought out 1
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MHU001H Motor housing top lid H Bought out 1
MHL001H Motor housing bottom lid H Bought out 1
MOT30SPP Pre-packaging material motor S Bought out 1
MOT60NPP Pre-packaging material motor N Bought out 1
MOT75HPP Pre-packaging material motor H Bought out 1
SCRW0078 Motor housing screws Bought out 3 3 3
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* SWG = Standard Wire Gauge is measurement of wire size by cross-sectional area
Note: BOM above is exclusive of color specifications
Code
STR A A= 12S/20N/30H
ROT005 B, MHU001 B, MHL001 B B= S/N/H
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MHU001 BX, MHL001 BX
CW C C= 27/36/41
CAP E E= 020/025/050
WIRE F F= 005/010/020
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Exhibit 7
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Process Sequence – Ceiling Fan Manufacturing
# Operation Process Pre- Parts (used/mfrd.)

Time requisite
(secs) step
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Stator 1 Layers of steel 9.9 -
Productio sheet stamped STR A
n together in
batches based on
motor size, cut
into circular
shapes, and
given grooves by
machine
Rotor 2 Steel sheet sliced 9 - ROT005
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Productio and coiled into B
n hollow discs,
with diameter
based on motor
size
Motor sub 3 Approproate size 8 1 STR A INSP02
assembly stator chosen,
grooves fitted
with insulation
paper
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4 Copper wire 39 3 CW C
wound on stator
depending on its
size
5 Rotor fitted with 9 2, 4 ROT005
stator manually B
Blade 6 Steel sheet cut at 1.2 -
stamping the right length
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by machine,
based on blade BLD D
sweep
7 Cut sheet given 3.3 6
shape of blade by
machine
according to
blade sweep
8 3 holes punched 2.1 7
into each blade
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9 Shaped blade 3 8
given curvature
by machine
according to
blade sweep
Blade 1 1 iron support 3.6 9 IS624 RIV003
riveting 0 placed on each
blade and 3 rivets
per blade
attached (9 rivets
per fan set)
Downrod 1 Steel granules 7.2 - DR400
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extrusion 1 fed into extrusion

tube to produce
downrod
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Exhibit 7 (Contd.)
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Plastic 12 Thermoplastic 9 - PCU001 PCL001 B
injection polymers shot
moulding into mould at
high temperature:
one mould side
makes upper
plastic cover
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(uniform size),
other side mould
makes lower
plastic cover
according to
motor size (set of
2 covers per fan)
Metal 13 Fan blades, rods, 6.5 10, 11,12 BLD D DR400 MHU00 MHL00
paint motor housing- 1B 1B
shop top and bottom
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lids dipped in
solvent for pre-
paint preparation
14 Fan blades 9.1 13 BLD DX
painted through
electrostatic
liquid painting
according to color
15 Downrods spray 5 13 DR400 X
painted according
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to color
16 Motor housing- 7.7 - MHU001 MHL001
top and bottom BX BX
lid spray painted
according to fan
color
Plastic 17 Plastic cover- 10.5 12 PCU001 PCL001
paint upper and lower X BX
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shop spray painted

according to fan
color
18 Drying of all continou 14,15,16,1 BLD DX DR400 X MHU00 MHL00 PCU00 PCL00
painted s 7 1 BX 1 BX 1X 1 BX
components on
conveyer belt
19 Blades quality 12 18 BLD DX
check performed
manually
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20 Blades pre- 7.2 19 BLDDPP

packaged in sets
of three according
to blade length
Assembl 21 Fix axle to motor 8 5 AX010
y subassembly
22 Place motor 4 18, 21 MHL001
subassembly on BX
motor housing
bottom based on
size
23 Place appropriate 7 22 MHU001 SCRW007
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motor housing BX 8
top lid and secure
with screws (3
screws per motor)
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Exhibit 7 (Contd.)
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24 Fix capacitor and 6.5 23 CAP E WIRE F
wires (different
lengths based on
motor size) to
motor
25 Motor testing of 14.4 24 MOT GX
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rotation and
wattage
26 Pack motor (pre- 9.3 25 MOTGPP
packgaging
material based on
size)
27 Pick plastic cover 3.5 18 PCU001 X PCL001 OEM Y
sets (based on BX
motor size) and
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place OEM sticker
on upper cover
28 Pack plastic cover 6 27 PCB001P
set according to P
motor size (pre-
packaging
material)
29 Pack downrod and 5 18 DM401PP
mounting hook
(pre-packaging
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material)
30 Place motor, 5 26,28,29 BOXBY
downrod and
mouting hook,
plastic cover set in
appropriate box
(based on motor
size and OEM)
31 Pick blade set, 12 20 PKDY
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clean and pack in

final packaging
material (based on
blade sweep and
OEM)
32 Dispatch motor continou 30, 31 BOXBY PKDY
pack box with s
blade set
Key
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A= 12S/20N/32H
B= S/N/H
C= 27/36/41
D= 06/12/14
E= 020/025/050
F= 005/010/020
Do
G= 30S/60N/75H
X= White (W)/Ivory(I)/Brown(B)/Maroon(M)
Y= 100Tr/101Ws
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ANSHUMAN TRIPATHY AND SHIKHA SAFAYA

AIRVENT FANS CO.: HISTORY

among ceiling fan OEM brands in the country.

CEILING FAN MANUFACTURING PROCESS

AIRVENT FANS CO. AND THE CEILING FAN INDUSTRY

Fans → S06XTr N12XTr N12XW N14XW H12XTr H12XW H14XWs

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Fan Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019E 2020E

Fan Code 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Nuts, Screws, Wires etc.

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DR400 Steel In-house 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

BLD12 Blade 12 In-house 3 3 3

PK14101Ws Blade Bought 1 1

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STR12S Stator S In-house 1

STR32H Stator H In-house 1

CW36 Copper winding 36 SWG Bought out 1

WIRE005 Connection wire 0.5 m Bought out 3

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# Operation Process Pre- Parts (used/mfrd.)

extrusion 1 fed into extrusion

shop spray painted

20 Blades pre- 7.2 19 BLDDPP

clean and pack in

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