Summary of Inventory Pilot Project March 1993 - December 1994
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Summary of Inventory Pilot Project.pdf
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Author(s)
Ling, James
Houlahan, Christina
Pomponi, Renata
Shields, Thomas
Stout, Todd
Cowap, Stacey
Date Issued
December 1994
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
The Lean Aircraft Initiative began in the summer of 1992 as a “quick look” into the feasibility of applying manufacturing principles that had been pioneered in the automobile industry, most notably the Toyota Production System, to the U.S. defense aircraft industry. Once it was established that “lean principles” (the term coined to describe the new paradigm in automobile manufacturing) were indeed applicable to aircraft manufacturing as well, the Initiative was broadened to include other segments of the defense aerospace industry. These consisted of electronics/avionics, engines, electro-mechanical systems, missiles, and space systems manufacturers. In early 1993, a formal framework was established in which 21 defense firms and the Air Force formed a consortium to support and participate in the Initiative at M.I.T.
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