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The ~1,400-strong workforce (+ ~6,400 site workers) — capacity utilization, right-first-time and skilling by function / cluster, and the capacity already paid for but sitting idle.

Bajel Projects Limited · FY26 (Mar'26, standalone audited anchor)
Bajaj Group's power-transmission & distribution EPC and tower/monopole manufacturing arm
1,400 employees · 1+ plants & units · 6 export markets
Executive read· the answer, then the moves

The workforce runs at 87% capacity utilization vs a 93% target — 6 points of already-paid capacity sitting idle, worth ~₹525 Cr of throughput with zero new lines. The idle capacity is concentrated where MES / project controls and skilling are still ramping; closing it converts straight to margin.

3 of 3 headline metrics improving vs prior · still off target: Fabrication First-Pass Yield 96.0% vs 99.0%, Milestone Adherence 92.0% vs 96.0%

Do now — ranked by urgency
  1. 1
    Lift utilization in International & MENA projects firstAct now
    Why it matters

    International & MENA projects runs lowest at 82% utilization with 20 open reqs and 85% skilled — the thinnest bench and the biggest idle slice.

    What's driving it
    • International & MENA projects 82% utilization vs 93% target
    • 6 of 6 clusters below target
    FYI
    • 80 direct staff · 20 open reqs · 85% skilled
    • Same clusters where plant MES / project controls & skilling are still ramping — accelerate onboarding
  2. 2
    Capture the ~₹525 Cr idle-capacity prizeWatch
    Why it matters

    ~6 points of idle, already-paid capacity across 1,400 direct staff — running it adds ~₹525 Cr of throughput with no new lines.

    What's driving it
    • Capacity utilization 87% vs 93% target
    • Right-first-time 95% vs 99% target (4pt gap)
    FYI
    • 1,400 direct staff, 84% skilled
    • Better line balancing + less rework converts straight to margin
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The workforce is a largely fixed cost whether or not the lines and sites run full. At 87% capacity utilization vs a 93% target, several points of already-paid capacity sit idle — the single biggest operational lever after pricing, and it's concentrated where plant MES / project controls and skilling are still ramping.

Data backing: workforce (by function / cluster) · kpi (capacity utilization, first-pass yield, MTTR)
1,400
Direct employees
+ ~6,400 site workers
87%
Capacity utilization
target 93%
95%
Right-first-time
target 99%
84%
Skilled
trained / certified
230
Open requisitions
hiring pipeline
The workforce, by cluster

Productivity & coverage

Capacity utilization, right-first-time and skilling by function / cluster — the watch clusters match the programs map.

Function / clusterDirect staffCapacity utilRight-first-timeMTTRSkilledOpen reqs
Project Execution — Transmission (pan-India sites)62088%95%6.5h82%90
Ranjangaon Manufacturing & Galvanizing20092%96%6h84%30
Engineering, Design & Project Controls20086%97%90%35
Project Execution — Distribution & New Energies18084%94%7h80%40
Corporate / BD / Tendering / Finance12085%97%89%15
International & MENA projects8082%94%7.2h85%20
The capacity prize

87% → 93% utilization

Running the idle capacity adds throughput with zero new lines.

+₹525 Cr

~6 points of idle, already-paid capacity across 1,400 direct staff. Closing it — better line balancing, less rework, and faster skilling onto fabrication & project-controls lines — converts straight to margin. Pair with right-first-time (95%→99%): every avoided rework lot is pure profit.

Where to act

Lowest utilization + thinnest bench

Same clusters where automation & skilling programs are still ramping.

International & MENA projects
80 staff · 20 open reqs · 85% skilled
Utilization
82%
Project Execution — Distribution & New Energies
180 staff · 40 open reqs · 80% skilled
Utilization
84%
Corporate / BD / Tendering / Finance
120 staff · 15 open reqs · 89% skilled
Utilization
85%
Engineering, Design & Project Controls
200 staff · 35 open reqs · 90% skilled
Utilization
86%
Project Execution — Transmission (pan-India sites)
620 staff · 90 open reqs · 82% skilled
Utilization
88%
Ranjangaon Manufacturing & Galvanizing
200 staff · 30 open reqs · 84% skilled
Utilization
92%

Not a coincidence: International & MENA projects and Project Execution — Distribution & New Energies run lowest — the same clusters where plant MES / project controls and skilling are still ramping. Accelerating skilling and line balancing lifts utilization and right-first-time together.