FNSS Certified its Defence Industry Suppliers’ Quality

Continuing to certify its suppliers having high performances, FNSS increased the number of certified suppliers to 38 by granting 23 more certificates.

At his speech at the certification ceremony, Bilal Aktaş – Industrialization Department Head, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries mentioned that its Department has been working to achieve integration with the increasingly globalized world since its establishment and has also introduced new implementation methods.

Aktaş reminded the 4 key elements in industrialization strategy as per 2012-2016 Strategic Plan of the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries namely industrial depth, technological competence, exportation and logistics support. Aktaş asked for the companies to become members of industrialization portal of the Undersecretariat in order for them to share their capabilities and thus new business opportunities will be generated for these companies.

Bilal Aktaş remarked that the Undersecretariat will be in need of sub-industry companies and SMEs to perform projects at defence industry in 2013 and such companies will be able to apply to the Undersecretariat in terms of their machinery, equipment and financing needs.

Mithat Ertuğ: "We initiated the first clustering activity at the defence sector"

Mithat Ertuğ - Chairman of OSSA Defence and Aviation Cluster delivered a speech at the ceremony and said that they initiated the first clustering activity in 2007 comprising SMEs at Ostim Organized Zone and vicinity performing activities in defence industry.

Ertuğ stated that the companies under OSSA are not competitors of each other and that they will compete with China, India, Brazil and Mexico. He also mentioned that they believe the business volume will increase more within the next two years.

Nail Kurt: "The Company Success should be brought into the forefront"

In his speech at the certification ceremony, FNSS General Manager Nail Kurt said that their enthusiasm is two-way; one is to feature the company success, the other is to achieve this with suppliers. Kurt stated that the final objective in this process is to achieve integration between SMEs and sub-industry as per the Strategic Plan of the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries and added that they, as FNSS, are making efforts to realize sustainable successes by improving communications with suppliers in this respect.

Affirming the need for an investment in technological infrastructure, Kurt emphasized that FNSS strongly supports the policies of the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries. Nail Kurt referred to the business amounting to 300 million $ realized in Saudi Arabia and stated that nearly 51-52 million $ of this business was spent outside Turkey. He added that this amount could be spent in Turkey with lower costs. Nail Kurt remarked that the sub-industry companies are required to perform more significant and larger volume of businesses by spreading the technical competence.

FNSS General Manager Nail Kurt stated that their target is to award 5-6 billion $ contracts and said: "2-3 large volume projects will be realized by the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries, the figures are not clear yet but a land system project amounting to nearly 1 billion $ has emerged. Within this scope, the companies at Ostim will have great deal of business opportunities."

"When I see the potential in the sector, my enthusiasm and motivation increases. We cannot fill this potential with ourselves only, this can only be achieved together with the suppliers." said Kurt and added that sub-industry is essential and the number of companies at defence sector is to be increased.

Haluk Bulucu: "We should achieve together with our partners."

At his speech, FNSS Business Development and Strategy Director Haluk Bulucu reminded that they organized a conference with 300 participants in 2010 and stated that in this "Solution Partners Conference" they, as FNSS, put forward a vision "if you want to become a global company, you should achieve this with your solution partners". He stated that they are taking modest steps forward and one of the elements of systematic steps is to certify the suppliers and look to the future together with them. Bulucu also added that they aim to take steps forward together with the suppliers in line with the vision of the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries.

Hakan Yağcı: "The selection and assessment were made under 4 main phases."

FNSS Quality Assurance Supervisor Hakan Yağcı gave detailed information on the supplier approval certification. "We initiated certification studies at the second quarter of 2011 and the main objective of these studies is to increase efficiency and reduce costs as well as to be competitive in the involved programs". Yağcı stated that the supplier selection and assessment methods are carried out under 4 main phases at FNSS and said: "One of them is pre-assessment. Following the pre-assessment, once the predefined criteria and the related scores are met, then commercial relations will begin with such companies. The delivery performance monitoring takes place under the 3rd phase. The monthly reporting is also made under 3 phases; these are the inspection of the delivered materials at its place of origin, quality control inspection at FNSS entry point and the delivery schedule. The 4th and final phase is to complete the studies which are the basis of certification. In this respect, the performance and inspection scores of the companies are calculated as per the specific coefficients and a categorization is made accordingly". Hakan Yağcı said FNSS believes that all suppliers are its stakeholders.

Following the speeches, the certificates were delivered to those entitled companies. The certified companies are as follows;

Anales

Arıkan Kliko ve Mak. San. A.Ş.

Bayrak Lastik A.Ş.

Bereket Çanta

Bil Plas Reklamcılık

Eko Savunma ve Sanayi Ltd. Şti.

Ela Tek Plastik

ES kazan

Gate Elektronik San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.

Güçsan Grup Mekanik Grup

Hidrolik Sanayi Takım Tezgahları

Kapsan Elektrik İnşaat

Ege Teknik

Özünver

Özben Metal

Öznur Makina

Özsan Oto Yedek Parça

Parsan Makina Parçaları

SDT uzay ve savunma tekn.

Ketsan Teknik Makina

Teknokal Elektrik

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