HISTORY OF BISHOFTU AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

ESTABILISHMENT

Bishoftu automotive industry which had started as project 40720 is an engineering and
overhaul complex established in the early 1984 e.c. with the main objective of
providing overhaul and maintenances cervices to the military had wares and
equipments of the ground forces of the ministry of national defense.

The project is located in Debrezait, some 45 km to the south east of Addis Abeba, the
capital city of the federal democratic republic of Ethiopia. It occupies at total area of
32.5 hectares, out of which 87000m𝑥 2 area is covered by various building.

1.2 Organization and Man power

Project 40720 is organized under the defense industry and infrastructure sector, DIIS,
of the ministry of national defense, which is highest authority of the project. The
general manager, who is accountable to DIIS, is responsible to ensure that the project is
carrying out its operation efficiently and effectively. The units responsible to perform
the core activities are organized under the operation and engineering department, while
those responsible for supporting activities are organized as staff units under the General
Manager and under the administration and financial D/G/Manager.

The project has about 1001 workers, of which 498 are civil and 503 are military
personal .amount this workers there are highly qualified and skilled workers with many
years of experience, including eight the second degree,46 first degree and 212 diploma
holders.

1.3 Vision

The vision of industrial of the project 40720 phase was to be self reliant on the
providing maintenance and over all service for the military hardware and equipments of
the ground force and ensure combat readiness of the army.

1.4 missions

The mission of the industry of the project phase was to ensure the combat
readiness of the army by maintaining and over hauling military hard work and
equipment of the ground force with better efficiency, quality and at lower cost.

To increase manufacturing capacity and capacity for tool, spare part and
auxiliary required for the maintenance and overhaul activities.
 1.5 Core activities

The of Bishoftu Automotive and Locomotive industry at the project phase 40720
was equipped with appropriate technology ,machinery and equipment that enable it to
provide efficient services in the following specialized areas :-

 Tank and APC overhaul and maintenance services

 Military Automotive and engineering vehicles overhaul and maintenance service
 Armament overhaul and maintenance services
 Communications equipment overhaul and maintenance service
 Generator maintenance

In addition to the machinery and equipments use to accomplished the above mentioned
specialized workers, the project also manufactures spare parts, and provide heat
treatment, collering and electro planting as well.

2. Basic customer of the organization

Bishftu Automotive industry which was founded as Bishoftu motorization

engineering about 20 years ago and the umbirela of the Ethiopia federal democratic
republic minister of deviance ,so that to fulfill the different types of needs of the
mission military equipment to make armies ready for its basic international regional
and global mission given by the people’s of federal democratic republic of Ethiopia and
through that of the question of the international societies specially in the peace keeping
missions .

Therefore the basic and sale customer of the industry was the federal democratic
republic of Ethiopia ministry of defense as result if begins to manufacture ,maintain and
overhaul different types of military equipments such as weapons ,military vehicles , and
different was mission cars. Is organized as a multipurpose industry under the branch of
metals and engineering corporation there fore its motives include to make the motion
very competent in the global metal and engineering market as a result the industry
being to maintain over haul and assemble different types of civil and commercial
engineering equipment like that of city buses , construction and locomotive
machineries, and different types of field vehicles .

Therefore to include the basic customers of bishofu automotive and locomotive

industry are federal democratically republic of Ethiopia minster of defiance, federal and
regional government offices,non-governmental organization,privete firms and others.

Organizational structure
 Bishoftu Automotive industry is organized under eight different factories having
different purpose. which are going to express dentally in following manner.

1. Design and development

The main function of design and development in Bishoftu Automotive and locomotive
Industry is:

A job training for workers based on the demand of bishoftu automotive and locomotive
industry (BALI) factories and other industries.

 Design and manufacturing proto type of new product and transfer the proto type to
mass product on job.
 Library service for the factories and staff departments.
 Preparing on job training for workers in the department to improve their knowledge.
 Preparing on job training facilities together with factories for government on private
universities, colleges technical and vocational schools.

2. Power train
 The main activities of power train production factory are listed in the following
manner. Over hauling of engine, gear box, propeller shaft transfer case differential.
 Design of power train parts, manufacturing and assemble.
 Overhaul of various commercial vehicles.
 Recondition and grind of crankshaft.
 Service maintains engine blocks.
 3. vehicle production factory
The main activities of vehicle production factory in bishoftu automotive and
locomotive industry is-
Assembling of various military commercial vehicles.
For example since last year factory is assembled 500 city buses for Addis Abeba.
Upgrading, design and others is the other activities of the factory for both military and
commercial customers needs.

4. Vehicle system production factory

The main operational activities of vehicle system production factory is
Assembling of vehicles injection pump, steering system, cooling system, electrical
system and others.

5) Construction machinery production factory

Even though this production area are closed long time ago, still there are some remains
of the products.

 The construction machinery production factory compresses the following four different
production section
Dozer, grader, loader, excavator production section
 the construction production factory has been receiving machineries such as dozer,
grader, loader and excavator from different local customers, and performing repair,
assemble as well as well overhaul tasks.
This factory future intends will be to design and fabricate different types of
construction parts and machinery.

6) Body and frame production factory.

6.1) Overhaul products

Tank hull, tank turret, various vehicles fender, plat form, frame and chassis.

Armored vehicle body

New products

Bus bodies, armored bodies heavy truck cab, heavy truck plat form, different
production of sheet metal.

Armored personnel carriers vehicles production factory perform tasks such as

 BROM, BTR armored personnel carriers is BTR commend personnel carriers

mission car, wheeled armored vehicle, special purpose vehicles and others.

7) Tank production factory

The main operational activities of tan production factory are maintenance, overhauling,
modifying and up grading of various model tanks and tank accessories.
1. job flow of the industry
Bishoftu Automotive and locomotive industry which s a governmental development
organization is now a profit making industry follow different types of operational job
flow cycles such as:-
1.1purchase repulsion
Operational Logistics Purchasin
Factories
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1.2 market research repulsion for purchase

Factories Head of Market Logistics Purchase

marketing research administrati department
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1.3service repulsion
Operation factories
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Customer General
Manager

Market and
sales head Customer
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