Browsing Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) by Title
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C-130 Production at Warner Robins ALC: Lean Change at a Crossroads
(2004-03-24)Outline: • What is a C-130? • Lean timeline in C-130 PDM • Lean results in C-130 • Successes and Challenges -
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CASE 1 - Advanced Composite Aerostructures Incorporated
(2001-10)Lean Enterprise Self-Assessment Tool (LESAT) Case Studies for Enterprise Transformation Training -
CASE 2 - Electronic Systems Incorporated
(2001-11)Lean Enterprise Self-Assessment Tool (LESAT) Case Studies for Enterprise Transformation Training -
CASE STUDY -- LEAN 94-01: Integrators, not Generalists Needed: A Case Study of IPD Teams at Textron Defense Systems
(1994-01-17)The following case study examines an organization that essentially eliminated traditional functional groups and assigned all employees to cross-functional product or process teams. Although the organizational and cultural ... -
CASE STUDY -- LEAN 94-02: A Case Study of Self-Directed Work Teams at Boeing Defense and Space Group - Corinth
(1994-02-24)Boeing Defense & Space Group - Corinth (BD&SG-C) is a self-directed team based unionized facility in the defense and commercial aircraft industry. The plant was a greenfield start-up in 1987. Due to the nature of the defense ... -
CASE STUDY 95-04: Operator Certification: A Case Study in Operator Self-Inspection
(1996-02-22)Operator certification is the process where production workers are trained, authorized, and given the necessary resources to inspect their own work. This case study evaluated operator certification systems in the manufacturing ... -
A case study : creating momentum and self-sustaining change in product development through continuous improvement efforts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Traditionally, in Raytheon's Integrated Defense System Product Development Engineering Group, lean initiatives have not been fully adopted. Though the lean tools are useful, the engineering group is looking for more effective ... -
Case Study Report: The Paveway Program Transformation
(2005-02-28)On a Monday in June of 1999 the Paveway production line restarted in a hastily erected tent at Raytheon's Tucson, Arizona facility. It did not look or perform like the Paveway program that had won Texas Instruments the ... -
CASE STUDY: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group Wichita Division (Boeing Co.)
(2001)Activity Based Costing and Management (ABCM) is one of many new financial and accounting tools aimed at providing more complete, better-aligned data on economic performance. It is important to explore early experiences ... -
CASE STUDY: From Three to One: Integrating a High Performance Work Organization Process, Lean Production, and Activity Based Costing Change Initiatives
(2000)In 1997 Boeing’s Wichita Division and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers agreed to launch a “High Performance Work Organization” (HPWO) process. This followed the introduction of a Lean ... -
CASE STUDY: International Association of Machinists and Boeing Joint Quality Through Training Programs
(2004)The International Association of Machinists (IAM) and Boeing Company Quality Through Training Program (QTTP) is playing a vital role within the Boeing Company to cope with a complicated situation: reducing the workforce, ... -
CASE STUDY: International Association of Machinists Boeing Joint Programs
(2001)The paragraph on the title page summarizes the goals of language first inserted in the 1989 collective bargaining agreement between the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the Boeing ... -
CASE STUDY: Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power
(2001)Rocketdyne is a leading producer of rocket engines and related space products facing an increasingly competitive global environment. For Rocketdyne the challenges include a shift from a heavily military focus to a more ... -
CASE STUDY: Rockwell Collins and IBEW Locals 1362 and 1634
(2003)The post-September 11th economy has confronted Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with hard choices. Faced with the need to cut costs, including laying off significant portions of the work force, the company and its ... -
CASE STUDY: Textron Systems
(2001)For over five decades, Textron Systems has been an important contributor to the U.S. defense aerospace business. Its breakthroughs in thermal protection materials enabled NASA Apollo command modules and Air Force ... -
Causes and impacts of Class One engineering changes : an exploratory study based on three defense aircraft acquisition programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)Past studies on engineering changes have focused on products other than defense aerospace products, and have concentrated primarily on the design-manufacturing interface within single companies. Thus, engineering changes ... -
Causes and Impacts of Engineering Changes
(1998-10-14)Lean Aerospace Initiative Product Development & Supplier Relations Focus Teams -
Chains of function delivery : a role for product architecture in concept design
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Challenges and benefits to the implementation of integrated product teams on large military procurements
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)