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Raytheon Knowledge Exchange Summit. Tactical Session. Tactical Session. How to Identify a Project Getting Started Funding a Project Lessons Learned. Traditional Approach. Customer demand Sliding margins Loss of Business Increased competition
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RaytheonKnowledge Exchange Summit Tactical Session
Tactical Session • How to Identify a Project • Getting Started • Funding a Project • Lessons Learned
Traditional Approach • Customer demand • Sliding margins • Loss of Business • Increased competition • Crisis Management -reactive vs proactive
Defining Lean “A systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste (non-value-added activities) through continuous improvement by flowing the product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection.” The MEP Lean Network
Traditional Lean Progression Processes Tools
Traditional Lean Progression Programs Processes Tools
Traditional Lean Progression Objective Programs Processes Tools
Traditional Lean Progression Continuous Improvement Objective Programs Processes Tools
Proven Lean Progression Continuous Improvement Objective Programs Processes Tools
Proven Lean Progression Continuous Improvement Objective Programs Processes Tools
Assess - Diagnose - Benchmark current system / approach Develop& Implement Goal / Objective Strategy Plan Program? NO Culture change? YES Getting Started -Basic Elements of a Lean Implementation
Educate & Train Workforce Development to ensure Lean Transformation Employee relations “ There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and create good ones; it can lift men to angelship” --- Mark Twain Getting Started - Basic Elements of a Lean Implementation
Getting Started - Basic Elements of a Lean Implementation • Assess and utilize all available resources • Internal & External • Implement with all hands on deck • Measure Progress • Goal / Objective / Strategy / Plan • Make it a way of work life
Getting Started - Basic Elements of a Lean Implementation • Sustain the Lean Process through Continual Improvement • Consistently measure and reevaluate • Employee involvement through recognition • Talk-the-Talk vs Walk-the-Walk
Typical Results of Lean • 30% productivity increase • 90% work-in-process reduction • 50% space utilization reduction • 85% quality improvement • 90% lead time reduction
“One of the most noteworthy accomplishments in keeping the price of Ford products low is the gradual shortening of the production cycle. The longer an article is in the process of manufacture and the more it is moved about, the greater is its ultimate cost.” Henry Ford, 1926
Funding a Project • Mass. Workforce Training Fund • Standard Grant ( $250,000) • Express Grant ( $15,000) • N.E. Trade Adjustment Assistance Center • MassMEP Innovation Program • Company = INVESTMENT • Min. return of 4 to 1 • Repositioning with your customers & your competition • Investment in your future
Commitment to Change • “It isn't easy” • Determination • Commitment = Rewards
Lessons Learned • Raytheon • Col. Rodney H.C. Schmidt / DCMA • Stonebridge Corp. • Kerstin Forrester / President • Henschel L-3 Communications Inc. • Don Roussinos / President • Chase Leather Products Inc. • Larry Walsh / President & CEO