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Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing
(2000-09)
“Better, Faster, Cheaper” (BFC) emerged in
the 1990s as a new paradigm for aerospace
products. In this paper, we examine some of the
underlying reasons for BFC and offer some
thoughts to help frame the thinking and ...
Lean Product Development
(2007-04-17)
Overview
• Lean PD—is it making a difference?
• How Toyota does product development
• Current evidence of Lean in PD in aerospace
• Extending lean to the PD system level
Understanding Enterprise Risk Across an Aquisition Portfolio: A Grounded Theory Approach
(2008-02-26)
Every acquisition program contains risks. But what impact do these risks have on the entire portfolio of acquisition activities? What does risk at the Enterprise level really mean? For example, risk collectively could ...
Vicarious Team Learning
(2003-03-27)
Presentation on vicarious team learning
Teaching Lean Thinking Principles Through Hands-on Simulations
(2007-06-11)
The teaching of Lean Enterprise Thinking in the aerospace context requires that students
understand a complex subject—aerospace enterprises and their transformation—in a deep and
intuitive way. Without this context, the ...
Preliminary Observations on Program Instability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996-10-10)
This white paper reports emerging findings at the end of Phase I of the Lean Aircraft
Initiative in the Policy focus group area. Specifically, it provides details about research on
program instability. Its objective is ...
Beyond Cost: Product Complexity and the Global Product Development Location Advantage
(2009-08-24)
Discussions of location advantages in global product development are largely based on self-reported
surveys, and often agnostic to product characteristics. We build on this previous work by investigating location ...
GLPDS Toolset Development
(2006-04-18)
Presentation on GLPDS toolset development
Finding Opportunities for Commonality in Complex Systems
(2009-08-24)
Many complex systems with similar functionalities are independently developed, entered into service, and must be supported through their lifecycles. Costs to support and maintain the systems could be decreased by employing ...
An Implementation Roadmap for Lean Product Development
(2010-04-21)
LPPDE Conference presentation