An Overview of British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB)

Abstract

British American Tobacco is the world’s most international tobacco group. Based in London, U.K. it is a market leader in more than 50 countries with the strength of 90,000 employees selling more than 320 brands in more than 180 markets worldwide. BATB is a subsidiary of BAT. The use of assets in the generation of revenue is usually more than a year- that is long term. The internship report is on British American Tobacco Bangladesh, the market leader in cigarette manufacturing companies in Bangladesh. It is thought to be an ideal organization for the application of the knowledge that a graduate gains during his/her four years study period. In addition, as BATB is a company with multifarious challenges of tobacco manufacturing industry, a graduate can also apply various theories and can be innovative. This report has been organized into two major separate sections. First section contains the overall organizational information and structure. The first section focus on history of BATB, Operational performance, Marketing activities, Distribution policy, Manufacturing process, Leaf operation, Information technology, Corporate Regulatory affairs, Financial operation ,Account operation and Relationship with parent company The second section of the report contains that part, in which I worked in BATB. I worked under some of projects in BATB .The name of my project and the brief description of the “An Overview of British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB)”. My main job responsibility was to develop and modify the project. My internal supervisor is Rana Mazumder Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, United International University and external supervisor is Mr. Mohammad Salim Quraishi Jewel, Cell Manager – FMD, British American Tobacco Bangladesh. With the honest and proper guide line of this two people I learned a lot. The second part mostly focuses on the Events and Projects of BATB and the CSR activities of BATB. While preparing this report I found all the help which I needed from BATB. They were very friendly and corporative. They advise me a lot and show the proper guideline to do the work.