Implementing Lean Manufacturing Principles in an A&D Environment
Source:
Consona/Relevant Business Systems
Document Type:
White Paper
Lean manufacturing is a management philosophy, enabled and supported by various techniques, to eliminate non-value adding activity. However, aerospace and defense (A&D) government regulations impose very different business practices from those followed in the commercial sector. Can lean manufacturing principles really work in A&D? The answer: it depends on the architecture of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.