Tomorrow’s blog post today… not that anyone will be reading anything non-Michael Jackson related. RIP. A modern tidbit… I learned about the news via a friend’s Facebook status update. The new, new media, I suppose. Communications Woes Show at Boeing…
By Andrew Wagner: My wife, the resident space geek, turned me in the direction of this Boeing Press Release on their new lean “pulse line” for building GPS satellites, and presumably other satellites. Most of the post is your standard…
Review by Andy Wagner: Name of the Book: Boeing Versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business Author: John Newhouse Publication Date: 2007 Book Description: Boeing Versus Airbus is not exactly a lean book, but it…
Here’s an interesting video showing Boeing’s 737 line, moving at a takt time pace of 2 inches per minute. The referenced video has been removed at Boeing’s request (5/18/2010). I was embedding a video from YouTube that Boeing considered an…
Kevin Meyer at Evolving Excellence commented the other day on the Wall Street Journal article about Boeing’s recent supply chain challenges. I’d like to add to what he said from a broader perspective on the industry, and how I think…
I was waiting on Evolving Excellence to post on this, so read their post first, but I had to chime in (original WSJ article here). Here’s another dumb quote the E.E. folks didn’t point out: “Some people may say this…
Manufacturing overhaul will help Boeing avoid bottlenecks – MarketWatch Here’s a Wall St. analyst who is actually high on their lean efforts: “The key behind lean manufacturing is not just the margin improvement, but the fact that you can produce…
Boeing to shut down C-17 production Boeing is planning to shut down production of a cargo aircraft. It’s a slightly different lesson than the Ford posting, below. Here, the lead times on A&D items are so ridiculously long (34 months),…
Boeing does more with less | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA Lean in aerospace sounds different than the lean I know. I don’t know the first thing about Boeing really, although I did get to tour one of their plants in…
Press-Telegram – News: It sounds like a compelling argument from the union. “Jacki Harris, president of United Aerospace Workers Local 148, said she agrees with the Boeing concept of lean manufacturing, but job cuts shouldn’t just come from the hourly…
Airbus, Boeing Eye Production Rate Boosts Across Product Lines – Fly Away Simulation, Flight Simulator #1: I’ve written about Boeing’s impressive cycle time reduction before. I’ve also pointed out quotes from Boeing folks who think and say “well, our costs…
Arizona Republic: For the thousandth time, the Toyota principle is that prices are set by the market, therefore Profit = Price – Cost. The old industrial mindset was a “cost plus” approach where Price = Cost + Profit. This quote…
