Better. Faster. Cheaper.
Continued emphasis on efficiency improvements through organizational consolidation, shared services, adoption of Lean Six Sigma and continuous process improvement initiatives has contributed to solid improvements in margins.
Aviation Week, May 27, 2009
Applications & Strategies for Process Improvement
The significant decrease in business and personal travel has forced airlines to cut capacity and park over 500 planes. Additionally, higher fuel prices have deterred plans to take aircraft to other regions for maintenance and repair. Ultimately, this reduced airline traffic will lead to even greater reductions in MRO activity and drive operating costs even higher.
While in economic turmoil, airlines are forced to reduce operating expenditures and reduce workforce, thus making it necessary to shop for competitive services from MROs.
How does an MRO remain competitive, provide high-quality service and fast turnarounds with a limited workforce of its own?
Optimizing organizational processes is essential to succeeding in this volatile market. Leveraging and enhancing Lean Six Sigma can move MROs out of the red tape and down the road to recovery.
The third edition of Lean Six Sigma for MRO Forum will deliver methodologies that streamline processes, reduce costs and develop efficient operations to remain competitive in the industry.
KEY FOCUS AREAS
- Utilizing Lean Six Sigma (LSS) to manage unscheduled process variability
- Customizing LSS programs to directly meet business challenges
- Sustaining LSS for critical business transformation
- Transforming organizational culture for productive value streams
- Deploying Change Management with total buy-in from the shop floor
- Evaluating performance metrics to enhance process improvement
- Upgrading applications to improve performance excellence programs
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