lean-manufacturing

The Montreal-based company introduced lean-manufacturing techniques in 2007 that improved on-time aircraft delivery and lowered the labor count per unit.

Loonie Hinders Canadian Firms Don Curren 2011

"We have a program we're working on with our suppliers" using lean-manufacturing techniques, he said.

Boeing Revs Up for Dreamliner David Kesmodel 2011

Eclipse, founded by another software-industry veteran who had worked with Iacobucci named Vern Raburn, promised to deliver fast, small jets for about $1 million apiece — versus five to 10 times that much for Gulfstreams, Falcons, Learjets, etc. — and to build them with advanced, Toyota-style lean-manufacturing techniques that would make them dramatically more reliable than current versions.

Taxis in the Sky « Isegoria 2008

Eclipse, founded by another software-industry veteran who had worked with Iacobucci named Vern Raburn, promised to deliver fast, small jets for about $1 million apiece — versus five to 10 times that much for Gulfstreams, Falcons, Learjets, etc. — and to build them with advanced, Toyota-style lean-manufacturing techniques that would make them dramatically more reliable than current versions.

Taxis in the Sky 2008

Eclipse, founded by another software-industry veteran who had worked with Iacobucci named Vern Raburn, promised to deliver fast, small jets for about $1 million apiece — versus five to 10 times that much for Gulfstreams, Falcons, Learjets, etc. — and to build them with advanced, Toyota-style lean-manufacturing techniques that would make them dramatically more reliable than current versions.

Taxis in the Sky 2008

U.S. factories, for example, adopted lean-manufacturing techniques pioneered by Japanese companies such as Toyota Motor Corp.

The 'Same Ol' Is Actually 2008

With a new approach to computerized aircraft design, lean-manufacturing systems, and a dramatically new jet engine, Eclipse promises to market a plane for less than a third the cost of existing small jets.

Freedom of the Skies 2001

With a new approach to computerized aircraft design, lean-manufacturing systems, and a dramatically new jet engine, Eclipse promises to market a plane for less than a third the cost of existing small jets.

Freedom of the Skies 2001

The results of the study could raise eyebrows in a business community where several executives and managers consider themselves lean-manufacturing loyalists, clinging to their status as a Six Sigma Black Belt or a Kaizen master.

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The results of the study could raise eyebrows in a business community where several executives and managers consider themselves lean-manufacturing loyalists, clinging to their status as a Six Sigma Black Belt or a Kaizen master.

Reuters: Press Release 2011