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are you all right? seriously?
as long as chest-thumping goes, the sky is the limit for indians it seems. it cannot get any better than things like above.
stop bragging HAL will ya? HAL is a laughing stock of the world, not because it is not "big" but because it's WAY out of its depth. whatever it is, it is a manufacturing midget indeed.
"giant" is not an issue that can only be measured by # of employees which has nothing to do per se with the quality here.
using the same wordings you can replace HAL with Indian National Railway Company and keep bragging about how big it is...how many emplyees it has,etc. but just like HAL, it doesn't insinuate a bit about its quality. in fact most sane people know that HAL and Indian Railway Company alike are one of the most inefficient, technologically backward and corrupt entities around one can come across.
"HAL is a manufacturing giant, it boasts of product lines that very few companies around the world can, .." this examplified how deluded beyond absurdity most indians in this forum are.
is this the joke of month or year?
this is like asking, leave aside the shortcomings of being cyber, tell me one other point where the bike i draw using my computer is behind the bikes sold in the bikestore around the corner that have been running in streets for a decade?
answer: the diff is like day and night, everything and anything, mostly.
Although I am well aware of this being a flame bait, i will still take it.
Do you know how many product lines Hindustan Aeronautics ltd operates. Currently HAL supports complete overhaul for Mig21Bison, Mig27M, Dornier, Cheetah, Cheetak, HS748 and Jaguar, Along with that, it produces the SU30MKI, AJT, ALH (3 variants). It also supports indigenous upgrades packages for DARIN III and DARE II for jaguar and Mig27 respectively, In future It will be tasked with overhail for MKI, Mirage 200, Upgrades of Mig29upg, Serial production of LCA Mk1 and Batch production LCA mk2, Along with that there will be upgrade of MKI to Super 30, batch production of ALH, ALH WSO, and LCH. HAL also produces and overhauls over 10 engines of russian and western origin, provides communication upgrades for aircrafts as well as ground units. Overhauls IAF radar equipment, Manufactures subsystems for PSLV ISRO, and produces turboprop engines for Honeywell and structural equipment for both Airbus and boeing.
I do stand in awe of such product line the tight rope balancing that HAL plays to provide the best national service by still maintaining profitability. Is there room for improvement, sure! but as per your claims that our quality is bad, please do let me know how do you come to that conclusion.
What do you know about HAL's quality, HAL's COPQ or inspection protocols? HAL's management uses a strict opex regime towards all it's work flow, and its inspection and quality regime takes a higher priority than delivery. My ultimate hope is with HAL becoming more self reliant with LCA, out inventory costs will reduce, we will obtain better takt time on production. Due to the nature of HAL order entry and demand, entire production facility of HAL is based on Flexible manufacturing system optimized for batch production and not mass production, hence for atleast the next decade ot so we will never be in the position to produce an aircraft every week as General dynamics or lockheed.