C-17 Supply Chain Lean Initiatives Aircraft and Missile Systems, The Boeing Company

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Berry, Peggy, author.

Conference Name:

Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Conference & Exposition (2000-05-16 : Ft Worth, Texas, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2000

Summary:

ABSTRACTThe C-17 program began its journey implementing supplier lean initiatives with the support of the United States Air Force (USAF) Systems Program Office (SPO). This paper includes the process the C-17 Supplier Lean Implementation Team uses to implement lean principles throughout the supply chain. The flow of a supplier lean event is explained including the education, value stream mapping, deployment strategy and execution of the plan. Also shared are integration activities with Lean Manufacturing and Lean Engineering

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Publisher Number:

2000-01-1759

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license