Lean Aerospace value streams

加拿大航空航天工业创造了大量的收入和就业机会。为了在21世纪保持在全球范围内的长期竞争力，加拿大航空航天公司必须保持源源不断的创新、高质量的产品，这些产品是以低成本和缩短上市时间设计和开发的。需要创新的解决方案，以比以往任何时候都更高效地制造航空航天产品。精益制造技术可以以更低的成本带来更高的性能。精益制造植根于汽车行业，已成功应用于包括航空航天在内的许多行业。 然而，在加拿大，大多数努力仍处于初级阶段。该项目专注于为航空航天工业开发精益技术，尽管这些技术的特点是产量较小，产品种类较多。精益的主要理念是通过消除浪费来增加价值。精益价值流的成功实施需要人、机器、产品和过程的稳定。在面临重大挑战的情况下，需要进行大量研究，以迅速找到有效的解决方案，以保持和提高加拿大在航空航天世界的地位。庞巴迪航空航天公司和贝尔直升机公司计划在CRIAQ的支持下，与康科迪亚大学、高等理工学院和理工学院联合开展研究，重点研究航空航天行业在精益运营方面面临的当前和未来挑战。该研究计划的预期成果包括开发工具和技术，以设计、实施、支持、维持和持续改进航空航天运营。

The Canadian aerospace industry generates a significant amount of revenue and jobs. In order to sustain long-term competitiveness on a global scale in the 21st century, Canadian aerospace companies must maintain a steady stream of innovative, high quality products that are designed and developed at a low cost and reduced time to market. Innovative solutions are required to manufacture aerospace products more efficiently than ever before. Lean manufacturing techniques can lead to higher performances at lower costs. Lean manufacturing, rooted in the automotive industry, has been successfully applied to many industries, including aerospace. However, most efforts are still in their infancy here in Canada. This project focuses on developing lean techniques for the aerospace industry, despite the fact that they are characterized by lower volumes and higher product variety. The main philosophy in lean is to increase value by eliminating waste. Successful implementation of lean value streams requires stability in man, machine, products and processes. With major challenges ahead, much research is required to quickly find effective solutions to maintain and improve Canada's position in the world of aerospace. Bombardier Aerospace and Bell Helicopter propose to join forces with Concordia University, École de technologie superieure (ÉTS), and Ecole Polytechnique, with the support of CRIAQ, to conduct research that will focus on current and future challenges faced by the aerospace industry in becoming lean in their operations. The expected outcomes of the research program include the development of tools and techniques to design, implement, support, sustain, and continuously improve aerospace operations.