企业摆脱困境的良方——美国军用航空工业加快实施“精益”改革

U.S. Military Aviation Industry Thinks Lean

在1992年前后这段时间里,美国军用航空工业的日子是很好过的,但近年来随着国防预算的紧缩,整个军工企业的状况一年不如一年,所以必须寻求新的出路。与此同时,美国汽车工业由于把日本汽车工业实施的“精益”策略移植到本国使用,大大降低了生产成本、提高了质量和改善了客户的使用性,重新恢复了曾一度受到日本汽车工业强烈冲击的霸主地位。1994年,美国汽车的装配量超过了日本16％。

A joint industry/government research project--Lean Aircraft Initiative ( LAI), is proposed in the U.S. military aviation industry to determine what practices could lead to dramatically improved productivity and affordability jar military aircraft. Driving the project is the ambitious goal of at least a 50% reduction in cost and cycle time over current development and production standards.