Lean Aerospace Initiative

The Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI) is an evolving learning community that brings together key stakeholders from industry, government, organized labor, and MIT.

LAI focuses on achieving lean capability at the enterprise level. Lean is about people and process efficiently delivering value to every stakeholder. Creating lean enterprise value goes well beyond figuring out better ways to do the job right - it's also about doing the right job. It means eliminating waste with the goal of creating value, being responsive to change, continually focusing on quality, and enhancing the effectiveness of the entire workforce.

LAI's findings on lean and lean enterprise value are published as reports, working papers, theses, and provide the foundation for three key products: the Lean Enterprise Model, the Enterprise Transition to Lean Guide, and LESAT (Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool).

LAI is a program of the Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development.