Daher - Axsens bte

Objectives :

Mobilize the company around industrial performance in order to significantly improve operating results through the use of the Lean approach:

  • Significantly reduce work-in-progress,
  • Control product quality and reduce delivery times
  • Reorganize industrial layout to promote fluidity (flow, layout, workstations and ergonomics/safety)

Improve customer quotations with a reliable approach to range times

Context

Input data :

  • Strong pressure on costs, quality and deadlines from prime contractors (aircraft manufacturers).
  • New activity within the Daher group (resulting from the acquisition of companies)
  • Labor-intensive activity
  • A fast-growing division

Mission

Deployment of the Lean Manufacturing approach at all sites:

  • Diagnosis lean (maturity matrix)
  • Creation of the Lean repository (charter, organizational structure and documents)
  • Setting up the project team and training in methodology and tools Lean
  • Launch of Lean projects dealing with layout and flow, equipment availability, organization, re-industrialization, communication, management visual and participative:
    - Management of the first pilot projects
    - Coaching of subsequent projects in Production
  • Leading the Continuous Improvement process

Time measurement :

  • Timing training
  • Time measurement campaign across all product families at 2 French sites (time recording, video analysis)
  • Realigning operating ranges

Project features

Sector: Aeronautics

Expertise: Quality and Continuous Improvement

Location: France (Montrichard, Luceau, St Nazaire) and Morocco (Tangiers)