Lean Advancement Initiative: Recent submissions
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The Lean Value Principle in Military Aerospace Product Development
(1999-07)This document takes a critical look at the first lean principle, Value. The meaning of value is ivestigated in: 1.) general context, 2.) product development context and 3.) the business literature context. Insights about ... -
Manufacturing Change at the John Deere Harvester Works: Report on the Visit of the Ad Hoc Lean Aircraft Initiative Team, June 7, 1994
(1994-11)On June 7, 1994, an Ad Hoc team from LAI visited John Deere to conduct an informal benchmark of John Deere's successful change to Leaner Manufacturing. This report summarizes the results of that trip, as well as summarizing ... -
Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
(2000-09)Starting in the 1990s, the aerospace industry was challenged to produce products and systems Better, faster, Cheaper. In this paper, we examine some of the underlying reasons for BFC and offer some thoughts to help frame ...
