Building efficiently
The March 2011 issue of MRO Management featured an article called Building efficiently: Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is becoming more common as a management tool for efficiency in MRO. The article explains GKN Aerospace’s experience taking a Duggan Associates’ training course that required participants to build aircrafts from legos®. Frank Bamford, Senior Vice President Business Development and Strategy, describes the experience of participating in the simulation designed to teach the principles of lean and the rewarding results after implementation.
