OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

The entire operations of USC are monitored by a Board of Directors which periodically provides policy guidelines. The Secretary,  Industries, Production and Special Initiatives is Chairman of the Board of Directors. The operational activities of the USC are managed by the Managing Director who is assisted by nine General Managers. It has  presently Fifty Two (52) Regional Offices which are headed by Regional Managers and monitored / supervised by nine Zonal Managers. In order to exercise better command & control and to conduct stores operations in a disciplined and more organized manner, new Regional Offices have been opened in main cities under the expansion programme. Each Regional Manager is assisted by Accounts Officer, Area Managers and other staff. Each USC Region operates stores in its Region. These stores are supplied the required goods through Trucks from the Regional Warehouse  which are established in all USC Regions . The sale prices are fixed by the Head Office located at Islamabad. The Head Office makes procurements centrally and places orders on the suppliers to deliver goods to the Regional Warehouses based on their fortnightly / monthly demands. The stores sell goods and deposit sale proceeds in the local designated bank  branches on daily or twice a day basis from where these are remitted on daily basis to the Head Office which release payments to the suppliers on due dates  Region / Province wise total stores in operation as on 30^th April 2008 are 4500. On the direction of the Government, the USC under a phased programme, is opening 5000 new Utility Stores  throughout the country. With the opening of these stores, all Districts and Tehsil Headquarters / Talukas and Union counciels in the country will be covered.