Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing

Starting in the 1990s, the aerospace industry was challenged to produce products and systems Better, faster, Cheaper. In this paper, we examine some of the underlying reasons for BFC and offer some thoughts to help frame the thinking and action of aerospace industry professionals in this new era.

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Main Authors: Murman, Earll, Rebentisch, Eric, Walton, Myles
Language:en_US
Published: 2002
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1651
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spelling mit-1721.1/16512019-04-11T08:17:49Z Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing Murman, Earll Rebentisch, Eric Walton, Myles Aerospace Lean Aeronautical Engineering Manufacturing Starting in the 1990s, the aerospace industry was challenged to produce products and systems Better, faster, Cheaper. In this paper, we examine some of the underlying reasons for BFC and offer some thoughts to help frame the thinking and action of aerospace industry professionals in this new era. Lean Aerospace Initiative 2002-09-13T15:36:03Z 2002-09-13T15:36:03Z 2000-09 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1651 en_US 506562 bytes application/pdf application/pdf
spellingShingle Aerospace
Lean
Aeronautical Engineering
Manufacturing
Murman, Earll
Rebentisch, Eric
Walton, Myles
Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
title Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
title_full Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
title_fullStr Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
title_full_unstemmed Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
title_short Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
title_sort challenges in the better faster cheaper era of aeronautical design engineering and manufacturing
topic Aerospace
Lean
Aeronautical Engineering
Manufacturing
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1651
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