scholarly journals Employing Lean Engineering Principles As A Student Exercise To Modify The Content Of Traditional Aircaft And Propulsion Design Courses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Eastlake ◽  
Magdy Attia
Keyword(s):  
Lean Engineering

Lean engineering performance analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvan Beauregard ◽  
Nadia Bhuiyan ◽  
Vincent Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Lean Engineering

Lean engineering: a framework for doing the right thing right

2007 ◽  
Vol 111 (1116) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. L. McManus ◽  
A. Haggerty ◽  
E. Murman
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
Aerospace Manufacturing ◽  
Lean Engineering ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Cost

Abstract Lean techniques are having a major impact on aerospace manufacturing. However, the cost and value of aerospace (and many other) products is determined primarily in product development. Migrating lean to engineering processes is ongoing in the industry, and a subject of study at the MIT Lean Aerospace Initiative. This paper summarises findings to date, with references to both research literature and successful implementation examples. To implement lean engineering, a three-part approach is needed: Creating the right products, with effective lifecycle and enterprise integration, using efficient engineering processes.

Application of Lean Engineering to Bridge Inspection

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 04020120
Author(s):  
Abigail R. Clarke-Sather ◽  
Jennifer R. McConnell ◽  
Emal Masoud
Keyword(s):  
Bridge Inspection ◽  
Lean Engineering

Design for Lean Manufacturing: Incorporating Lean Considerations During Product Development

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Pavnaskar ◽  
D. Weaver ◽  
J. K. Gershenson
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Manufacturing Operations ◽  
Manufacturing System Design ◽  
Lean Engineering ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
Lean Operations

Lean has become a “must-use” philosophy for businesses today. Lean manufacturing focuses on the elimination of waste in manufacturing operations. Similarly, companies have started using lean engineering to eliminate wastes from their engineering processes. Both lean manufacturing and lean engineering yield dramatic improvements in quality, cost, and delivery. However, the philosophy of lean (manufacturing and engineering) revolves around the continuous improvement of existing processes. Costs associated with continuous improvement can be significantly reduced by incorporating “lean” considerations when designing a product, process, or manufacturing system. This is known as design for lean manufacturing (DfLM). DfLM guides the design of a product, process, or a manufacturing system to enable lean operations when in production, just as design for assembly (DFA) guides the design of a product to allow easier assembly during production. Currently, there are no guidelines that would help a product or process designer in considering to lean operations during design. Note that usage of the word “product” in this paper must be interpreted in a literary sense and not as a “widget.” The “product” of a manufacturing engineering process is a complete manufacturing system. In this paper, we consider manufacturing system design and propose a novel set of structured DfLM guidelines for designing a manufacturing system. These guidelines will be a valuable resource for manufacturing engineers to guide manufacturing system design for new products to enable lean operations once the system is in production. DfLM guidelines for system design also will help plant engineers and rapid continuous improvement managers to assess existing manufacturing systems and identify and prioritize improvement efforts. The proposed DfLM guidelines are then validated for accuracy, completeness, and redundancy by using them to evaluate an existing benchmark manufacturing system. The initial DfLM guidelines show promise for use in designing manufacturing systems that are easy to manage, flexible, safe, build quality into the products, optimize material flow, fully utilize all resources, maximize throughput, and continuously produce what the customer wants just in time. Similar guidelines can be proposed for product and process design to further enhance the efficiency of operations and reduce the overhead of continuous improvement efforts.

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