A key component of lean is the creation of flow of value to the customer. Many have difficulty in understanding the practical differences between push and flow. Physical simulations are effective tools for teaching advanced manufacturing concepts to people of all ages. This paper presents a physical simulation where participants operate workstations along the assembly line in a mythical aircraf...

This paper describes the typical steps performed in a simulation consulting project in the aviation industry. While the aviation consulting environment does require some differences in the specific approach, the general framework has been applied successfully in the more traditional areas of logistics and manufacturing. 1 SIMULATION IN AIRPORT DESIGN Airport design is, by far, the largest pract...

From August 24 through September 10, members of the Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI), the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Program (Mass MEP), Rockwell Collins and Metis Design met with host company Textron Systems in an historic collaborative effort to map the enterprise value stream of Textron’s Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW) program. The workshop also included participation from the US Air F...

Many fall protection training programs offered today are highly focused on regulatory requirements or exclusively on equipment. But, the most effective training covers these topics and much more. This paper will compare OSHA regulations and ANSI standards, including the new ANSI Z359.2 standard as it pertains to fall protection training. Using lessons learned from an aircraft engine manufacturi...

This panel will discuss a rapidly expanding application area of databases: Computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM). CAD is playing an important role in diverse fields such as logic design, printed wiring board design, chemical process control, structural engineering, architecture, aircraft and automobile design, design of mechanisms, cartography, etc. On the one hand, all these applic...

Human Exposure Trichloroethylene is a common environmental contaminant at Superfund sites, Department of Defense facilities, and certain manufacturing operations (e.g., aircraft, spacecraft). It has been found at approximately 852 of the 1,416 sites proposed for inclusion on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Priorities List. On the basis of data reported to the EPA Toxic R...