Using simulation to illuminate process improvement opportunities in a U.S. naval aircraft overhaul facility
| Autor: | Susan K. Heath, Keenan D. Yoho |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Engineering
021103 operations research Active military Operating environment business.industry Strategy and Management 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Process improvement 02 engineering and technology Management Science and Operations Research Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Computer Science Applications Navy Aeronautics 0502 economics and business Airframe Operations management business Aerospace 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Production Planning & Control. 28:1152-1164 |
| ISSN: | 1366-5871 0953-7287 |
| Popis: | Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRC SW) is the largest aerospace industrial complex in the U.S. Navy. The FRC SW conducts maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities on five major airframes with many of them being more than 20 years old. With demand for the aircraft in the field high, management at FRC SW were under enormous pressure to shorten the turn-around times of aircraft – the time between an aircraft being inducted for overhaul and the time it was returned to the warfighter for use in active military operations. Leadership at FRC SW requested the development of a simulation model that would incorporate all the important aspects of the complex and variable operating environment of their MRO facility and lend insight into how various factors and changes could affect the throughput time of aircraft across the facility. This research describes how the development and use of a simulation model uncovered several significant opportunities for management at FRC SW to increase turn-around t... |
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