Friday, May 27, 2011

Ordnance Factory Board Draws 6,800 crore Upgrade Plan

"The OFB has made a detailed project report about long-to submit to MOD in April for approval for up gradation plan.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Really the defence experts knows about Ordnance Factories?

It is ufortunate to observe that none of the experts talks bout Ord.factories, while discussing the Defence needs. They talk about the role of Defence PSUs and other small scale industries and their requirements and the failures of MOD which is not having any defence procurement policy and no political will etc.,No one talks about the important of Ordnance factories and the need of their improvments. The recognised trade unions and service associaions including the officers never talk about the production and productivity of these 41 factories. The Senior Officers only bother about their promotions and perks. Now a days people talks about R&D failures and the R&D claims their achievements. But OFB failed to project their achievements and their future plans periodically, to the public. The insiders says that there is no accountability, Integrity, and Leadership in the OFB. Still they are not adopted the modern corporate systems and still contimuing the old aged british systems, other than the payments. No R&D thinking, no marketing technologies. Following the MOD instructions and manufacturing the same old items with little modifictions suggested by the DRDO. It seems that they know only to manufacture the same old items with out up dating .
It is also observed that the existing group A Gazetted Officers only supervise the next below Group'B' officers and the industrial employees, with out thinking about, the organisation future and bringing the latest production modern technology.It seems that majority are lagging the quality of either technocrats or administrators. The top brass simply follows the top few federaion leaders instructions/advises to run the factorie, with out following any policies or principles.They want only industrial peace and not the production. The present Ordnance factories are running with limited number of committed workers and the supervisory staff and definetly not by the top few bosses.
It is high time for the Top Officers including the GMs to review the situation and motivate the existing Federations and Service Associaions leaders to think about production and productivity of the factories. They should maintain decipline and good clean and green surroundings of production areas The production problem should be discussed at the JCM and Works Committee, platforms along with the welfare isues. At the same time these federation/association leaders should watch and expose the corrupt and inefficient officers in the interest of the organisation.