Dmitry Rogozin: “The issue of establishing European production practices is especially urgent in Russia”

On April 25, at a field meeting of Military-industrial commission under the Government of the Russian Federation held by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Dmitry Rogozin at IT Park in Naberezhnye Chelny, results of two-day conference on implementation of lean production at organisations of defense industry complex and antimonopoly requirements in the sphere of state defense orders were summed up.

Opening the meeting, Dmitry Rogozin noted that the issue of establishing European production practices is especially urgent in Russia. He said that the defense complex should solve a problem of rearmament, with the share of new weapons in the Russian Armed Forces to make 70 per cent by 2020. At the same time, Dmitry Rogozin emphasized that the country’s industrialization is one of the key tasks of the Russian Government, adding that these problems should be dealt with using lean production technologies.

A long-term target programme on introducing lean production techniques has been implemented in Tatarstan under the auspices of the regional leadership. The total economic impact of introducing lean technologies made 6 billion roubles last year. The lean production principles have been introduced at OAO “KAMAZ” since 2006. The enterprises of different levels in Naberezhnye Chelny are also applying kaizen techniques to improve their performance and reduce losses. Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov said that 163 enterprises and organisations of various sectors of the economy and social sphere have been involved in the work on introducing lean technologies in Tatarstan. More than 5,000 employees have been trained under the programme of training to apply lean production tools over the last four years.

Director General of Rostech State Corporation Sergey Chemezov, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, heads of entities of the Volga federal district and directors of enterprises of defense industry complex took part in the meeting.