List of Boxes | p. X |
List of Figures and Tables | p. xii |
Foreword | p. xiv |
Acknowledgements | p. xx |
List of Abbreviations | p. xxiii |
Higher, Faster, Farther | p. 1 |
The 21st-Century Enterprise Challenge | p. 3 |
Lean Enterprise Value | p. 4 |
Value as 'True North' | p. 8 |
Principles of Lean Enterprise Value | p. 12 |
The Aerospace Challenge | p. 14 |
Moving Forward | p. 24 |
The Cold War Legacy | p. 25 |
1945-69: A Bullish Quarter-Century | p. 27 |
1970-89: Shifting National Priorities | p. 38 |
Challenges of the Cold War Legacy | p. 54 |
Monuments and Misalignments | p. 55 |
Dynamics of Industrial Innovation | p. 56 |
Actions and Reactions | p. 66 |
Barriers to Change | p. 73 |
The Challenge Ahead | p. 82 |
Better, Faster, Cheaper | p. 85 |
Lean Thinking | p. 87 |
Lean Thinking Defined | p. 89 |
Lean Thinking in its Historical Context | p. 96 |
Lean Thinking and Other System-Change Initiatives | p. 107 |
Implications of Lean Thinking for the Aerospace Industry | p. 114 |
Islands of Success | p. 117 |
A Herculean Island: Transforming Production on the C-130J | p. 118 |
A Byte-Sized Island: Improving Code Generation | p. 120 |
A Better-Practice Island: Manufacturing F-22 and RAH-66 Electronics Using Commercial Practices | p. 123 |
An Engineering Support Island: The F-16 Build-To-Package Center | p. 125 |
A Cultural Island: New Ideas and Methods for 777 Floor Beams | p. 127 |
An Island Chain: The Pratt & Whitney Story | p. 130 |
An Awakening Island: Diffusing Lean Practices to the Delta IV Launch Vehicle | p. 133 |
An Island of 'Pull': Integrating Supplier and Material Management at GE Lynn | p. 135 |
A Mini-Enterprise Island: Joint Direct Attack Munition | p. 138 |
Summing Up | p. 141 |
Lean Enterprises | p. 142 |
The 'Whats' of a Lean Enterprise: Lean Principles and Practices | p. 146 |
The 'Hows' of Lean Enterprise Transformation | p. 154 |
Assessing the 'Where' on a Lean Journey | p. 156 |
Integrated Entities | p. 159 |
Enterprise Stakeholders | p. 168 |
A Long Journey | p. 172 |
Creating Enterprise Value | p. 175 |
A Value-Creation Framework | p. 177 |
What is Value? | p. 178 |
Value Streams and Doing the Job Right | p. 180 |
Introducing the Framework | p. 182 |
Value Identification | p. 184 |
Value Proposition | p. 185 |
Value Delivery | p. 187 |
Linking the Value-Creation Framework Across Three Levels of Enterprise | p. 187 |
Summing Up | p. 187 |
Program Value | p. 190 |
Value Identification | p. 193 |
Program Value Proposition | p. 200 |
Delivering Program Value | p. 207 |
Adapting to Change | p. 212 |
Summing Up | p. 215 |
Value in Corporate and Government Enterprises | p. 217 |
A Value Stream Approach to Understanding Enterprise Integration Challenges | p. 217 |
Above the Level of a Single Program Value Stream | p. 218 |
Identifying Value Across the Enterprise | p. 220 |
Creating Enterprise Value Propositions | p. 228 |
Delivering Enterprise Value | p. 241 |
Summing Up | p. 246 |
Value at National and International Levels | p. 247 |
A 'Crisis' in Defense Aerospace? | p. 248 |
Value Identification | p. 251 |
Creating the Value Proposition | p. 260 |
Value Delivery | p. 265 |
Summing Up | p. 278 |
Future Value | p. 281 |
Five Guiding Principles for Lean Enterprise Value | p. 281 |
Conclusion | p. 289 |
Appendices | p. 291 |
Lean Aerospace Initiative Member Organizations (October 2001) | p. 293 |
Airframe | p. 293 |
Avionics/Electronics | p. 293 |
Propulsion, Power Systems and Controls | p. 293 |
Space | p. 294 |
US Air Force | p. 294 |
Other Government Entities | p. 294 |
Invited Participants--Labor | p. 294 |
Invited Participants--Industry and Government | p. 295 |
Appendix B | |
LAI Supported Students Completing Theses | p. 296 |
Other Graduate Students Participating in LAI | p. 297 |
Other Graduate Students Whose Theses have Contributed to LAI | p. 297 |
Notes | p. 298 |
Index | p. 323 |
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