6 June:The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony today has asked the top brass of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to ensure that the Jawans especially those deployed in areas of extreme weather conditions get the most comfortable clothes and gears. Reviewing the performance of OFB, here today, Shri Antony said the best parameter of the quality of a product ultimately depends on how satisfied the end user is.
He asked the top officials of OFB to consistently improve the skills at all levels of their organisation through training in order to survive in the emerging scenario. Shri Antony said the public sector organization should accept the new market environment as an opportunity to have a more critical look within and take appropriate steps to be competitive not only in the domestic sphere but also world-wide. Shri Antony said, India cannot depend indefinitely on foreign countries for supply of defence equipment. Both the Public and Private sector will play a crucial role to make India self reliant.
Giving an overview of the performance of OFB and its future plans, the Chairman Shri Sudipta Ghosh said the organisation has generated a surplus of about Rs. 367 crores and invested the same for modernization as also in new projects. He also said that the organisation has started providing warranty against manufacturing defects on all products from May last year. He said that the Quality Management Systems have also been upgraded by networking of quality database.