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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. THE BOEING COMPANY Presented by: Bernadette Lonzanida Luisa Fernanda Luppi Diego Piedra Joyceline Saltibus. BOEING COMPANY. World leader in Aerospace and Defense Industry Develops and Produces Jet transports Military aircraft Space and Missile System.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THEBOEING COMPANY Presented by: Bernadette Lonzanida Luisa Fernanda Luppi Diego Piedra Joyceline Saltibus
BOEING COMPANY • World leader in Aerospace and Defense Industry • Develops and Produces • Jet transports • Military aircraft • Space and Missile System
MAIN COMPETITOR: AIR BUS INDUSTRIE • A European Consortium • Excellent Record of Innovation • Shares about 50% of the Market
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINFORMATION SYSTEMS • BOEING’S STRATEGY • To maintain top position in the industry • To maintain edge in R&D • To deliver more value to customers • To continually improve financial position
IT & IS AT BOEING • Focus on • LEAN ENTERPRISE • DCAC/MRM
LEAN ENTERPRISE • Maximized efficiency • Improve quality and safety • Reduce cycle time, waste, and inventory
DCAC/MRM • Process improvement • Cost reduction • Reduce Cycle time and defects • More value to customers
LEAN PRODUCTION ELEMENTS: • Just-in-time • Error-free production • Total quality management (TQM)
KEY LEAN APPROACH Management DECISION Organization STANDARD SUPPORT SYSTEMS/(SOPs) Technology IMPROVEMENTS (ERP)
PRINCIPLES • Takt-paced production • One-piece flow • Pull production
TAKT-PACED PRODUCTION • Standardized work procedures • Rate of assembly • Rate given by the customer
ONE-PIECE FLOW • Opposite BATCH production • Improves quality • Lowers costs
PULL PRODUCTION • Opposite of PUSH production • Products made only by request
IMPLEMENTING LEAN PRACTICES • Employee involvement • Value Stream (set of activities) • The Tools • Accelerated Improvement Workshop • Autonomous Maintenance Workshops • Production Preparation Process Workshops
DCAC/MRM OVERVIEW • 1994 improvement of DCAC/MRM • Process Improvement • Cost Reduction • Reduced Cycle Time and Defects • More value to Customers
DEFINE AND CONTROL AIRPLANE CONFIGURATION(DCAC) • Simplify and improve internal processes • Define a customer’s request configuration • Type of seats • Galleries • Lavatories • Carpet • engines • Turn a basic airplane to a customized one
1st Approach: SINGLE SOURCE OF PRODUCT DATA(Bill of Material)
SOURCES OF TECHNOLOGY • Hewlett-Packard Company provides the application server • Baan IV Baan International enables Enterprise Resource Planning • Linkage Solutions form CIMLINC for work instructions • Metaphase from Structural Dynamics Research Corporation is a product data management tool • Sales BUILDER form Trilogy provides configuration software • Orbix for IONA Technologies links the applications • Sequent provides the centralized database servers • Oracle Corporation supplies the database application
ULTIMATE RESULTS • Reduce Inventory Levels by $1 billion since January 1999 • Reduce manufacturing time by 60% • Inventory turn rates have increased from 4.0 to 6.4 • Defects have been reduced by 48% • Global market leadership