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Lean Enterprise Value Insights from MIT's Lean Aerospace Initiative

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ISBN-10: 0333976975

ISBN-13: 9780333976975

Edition: 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Earll M. Murman, Thomas Allen, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Kirkor Bozdogan, Tom Allen

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List price: $115.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 5/17/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 360
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

List of Boxes
List of Figures and Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Higher, Faster, Farther
The 21st-Century Enterprise Challenge
Lean Enterprise Value
Value as 'True North'
Principles of Lean Enterprise Value
The Aerospace Challenge
Moving Forward
The Cold War Legacy
1945-69: A Bullish Quarter-Century
1970-89: Shifting National Priorities
Challenges of the Cold War Legacy
Monuments and Misalignments
Dynamics of Industrial Innovation
Actions and Reactions
Barriers to Change
The Challenge Ahead
Better, Faster, Cheaper
Lean Thinking
Lean Thinking Defined
Lean Thinking in its Historical Context
Lean Thinking and Other System-Change Initiatives
Implications of Lean Thinking for the Aerospace Industry
Islands of Success
A Herculean Island: Transforming Production on the C-130J
A Byte-Sized Island: Improving Code Generation
A Better-Practice Island: Manufacturing F-22 and RAH-66 Electronics Using Commercial Practices
An Engineering Support Island: The F-16 Build-To-Package Center
A Cultural Island: New Ideas and Methods for 777 Floor Beams
An Island Chain: The Pratt & Whitney Story
An Awakening Island: Diffusing Lean Practices to the Delta IV Launch Vehicle
An Island of 'Pull': Integrating Supplier and Material Management at GE Lynn
A Mini-Enterprise Island: Joint Direct Attack Munition
Summing Up
Lean Enterprises
The 'Whats' of a Lean Enterprise: Lean Principles and Practices
The 'Hows' of Lean Enterprise Transformation
Assessing the 'Where' on a Lean Journey
Integrated Entities
Enterprise Stakeholders
A Long Journey
Creating Enterprise Value
A Value-Creation Framework
What is Value?
Value Streams and Doing the Job Right
Introducing the Framework
Value Identification
Value Proposition
Value Delivery
Linking the Value-Creation Framework Across Three Levels of Enterprise
Summing Up
Program Value
Value Identification
Program Value Proposition
Delivering Program Value
Adapting to Change
Summing Up
Value in Corporate and Government Enterprises
A Value Stream Approach to Understanding Enterprise Integration Challenges
Above the Level of a Single Program Value Stream
Identifying Value Across the Enterprise
Creating Enterprise Value Propositions
Delivering Enterprise Value
Summing Up
Value at National and International Levels
A 'Crisis' in Defense Aerospace?
Value Identification
Creating the Value Proposition
Value Delivery
Summing Up
Future Value
Five Guiding Principles for Lean Enterprise Value
Conclusion
Appendices
Lean Aerospace Initiative Member Organizations (October 2001)
Airframe
Avionics/Electronics
Propulsion, Power Systems and Controls
Space
US Air Force
Other Government Entities
Invited Participants--Labor
Invited Participants--Industry and Government
Appendix B
LAI Supported Students Completing Theses
Other Graduate Students Participating in LAI
Other Graduate Students Whose Theses have Contributed to LAI
Notes
Index