Case Studies

Aerospace MRO Services Company –2008/9

Sun, Jul 26th 2009

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Client Profile
A £40M+ turnover major player in the repair, overhaul and servicing of commercial aircraft undercarriages based in the South West of England.
Brief/Assignment
In conjunction with theSenior Management team, develop and implement a sustainable lean transformation programme commencing with the implementation of Lean Policy Deployment, leading to the rollout and eventual handover of a comprehensive self sustaining ‘lean’ toolkit that included standardised approaches for Value Stream Mapping, Kaizenevents etc. 
Delivered Benefits & Results
  • A clear report identifying the required levels of improvement against benchmarked management processes and shopper formance
  • Introduction and maintenance of standardised management processes for the entire factory inline with the outputs from Lean Policy Deployment
  • Improving machine utilisation based on a standardised working methodology combined with new fixture concepts/SMED
  • Complete physical reorganisation of the factory into clearly visible value streams
  • Developed new value stream organisation structure c/w jobs pecs & roles to support the above
  • 15% Improvement in shop productivity on critical path components
  • 20% reduction in working capital through the reduction of manufacturing lead times

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