If possible, they must give brief detail of what actually is holding the deal. Too much speculation and negative publicity against Rafale is going on in media and such an information would clear the situation.
Thats interesting. I thought when a transfer of manufacturing technology takes place, exact replica of of an assembly line and training of labor and staff takes place to replicate the quality of original product, thats the common norm in any industry.
I'm not sure but is Dassault implying that HAL would be free to employ its own method for assembly of aircraft rather that going by established procedures of OEM?
& if not, than why are they worried about quality. An established assembly line with procedures and trained staff and original material would essentially give you same Rafale, be it in India or France or anywhere else.
@MilSpec ?
Hi,
there are different methodologies of Technology transfer that are used. With the complexity of assemblies, the phases and gate reviews for subsystems are chosen.
Phase I- Consists of around three Gate Reviews. This includes Material planning, Material flow, Workcell design, Technician training, Machine and process commissioning, Assembly technician training, Knocked down kit assembly, mock kit flow. evaluation of TRL- technology readiness levels.
Phase II - Usually consists of two gate reviews comprising of sub-system production design, Supplier quality Production part approval process, First article inspections, lead time establishment, Phase I CKD kits are partially replaced by around 40-80% in Phase II by local production kits. Test results are analysed by the parent company for G2 review. VAVE projects for standardization for manufactured projects start here.
Phase III - Usually consists of three gate reviews, transfer of complex technology, optimization of material flow, reduction of inventory stock for parts, supplier quality reviews, Value stream analysis and VSmaps are usually focused about noe. VAVE review and learnings are also shared between the new site and parent in G2R. This is probably one of the most critical stages as all the tech transfer projects.
Additional project management's tools are used as and when applicable depending of type of system, origin, resource availability. etc.
tech Transfer never means replicating assembly lines, most Tech Transfer's I have been part of , always looks different and uses better streamlining than their parent site's work cells.
HAL has countered that Indian labour isn't as productive as in France and also, the level of automation here is less.
Well HAL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ALREADY
I know for sure, HAL houses the largest CNC machining complex in ASIA, these are not just Gernman, american and japanese machining centers but also have extremely high degree of automation w.r.t to Lmm's/ Cmm's robotic welding, laser scanners, etc. Degree of automation can be debated depending on which line is in question here, but yes HAL's labor productivity absolutely is pathetic, due to government organisation nature...
Or did you mean something else entirely?
