Application of lean methods into aircraft maintenance processes
(2015) 22nd ISPE Inc. International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, CE 2015 In Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering 2. p.259-268- Abstract
Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organizations (MRO) have to be competitive and attractive for the existing and new customers. Aircraft ground time at the MRO has to be as short as possible as well as cost efficient without reducing the quality of the accomplished work. Application of lean methods into aircraft maintenance processes means continuous improvement process and elimination of non-value-added activities during the maintenance check. There is on one hand an obligation to follow the prescribed procedures and on the other hand a pressure for the time and cost reduction. The paper presents the application of lean methods to the aircraft maintenance processes. A comprehensive study of lean methods has been done in the first phase.... (More)
Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organizations (MRO) have to be competitive and attractive for the existing and new customers. Aircraft ground time at the MRO has to be as short as possible as well as cost efficient without reducing the quality of the accomplished work. Application of lean methods into aircraft maintenance processes means continuous improvement process and elimination of non-value-added activities during the maintenance check. There is on one hand an obligation to follow the prescribed procedures and on the other hand a pressure for the time and cost reduction. The paper presents the application of lean methods to the aircraft maintenance processes. A comprehensive study of lean methods has been done in the first phase. Selected methods were then applied as pilot projects. The promising results have focused activities to the optimization of logistics. Several conclusions from the pilot project can be generalized to similar processes and organizations.
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- author
- Pogačnik, Borut ; Tavčar, Jože LU and Duhovnik, Jože
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Aircraft maintenance, Concurrent engineering, Lean, Lean methods, MRO, Value-added activities
- host publication
- Transdisciplinary Lifecycle Analysis of Systems - Proceedings of the 22nd ISPE Inc. International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, CE 2015
- series title
- Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering
- editor
- Wognum, Nel ; Borsato, Milton ; Stjepandic, Josip ; Verhagen, Wim J.C. ; Wognum, Nel ; Curran, Richard and Curran, Richard
- volume
- 2
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- IOS Press
- conference name
- 22nd ISPE Inc. International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, CE 2015
- conference location
- Delft, Netherlands
- conference dates
- 2015-07-20 - 2015-07-23
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84959281424
- ISBN
- 9781614995432
- DOI
- 10.3233/978-1-61499-544-9-259
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 2989bbfe-82e3-413c-ab9b-933a4e00933f
- date added to LUP
- 2021-01-20 14:30:27
- date last changed
- 2023-01-01 04:15:52
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abstract = {{<p>Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organizations (MRO) have to be competitive and attractive for the existing and new customers. Aircraft ground time at the MRO has to be as short as possible as well as cost efficient without reducing the quality of the accomplished work. Application of lean methods into aircraft maintenance processes means continuous improvement process and elimination of non-value-added activities during the maintenance check. There is on one hand an obligation to follow the prescribed procedures and on the other hand a pressure for the time and cost reduction. The paper presents the application of lean methods to the aircraft maintenance processes. A comprehensive study of lean methods has been done in the first phase. Selected methods were then applied as pilot projects. The promising results have focused activities to the optimization of logistics. Several conclusions from the pilot project can be generalized to similar processes and organizations.</p>}},
author = {{Pogačnik, Borut and Tavčar, Jože and Duhovnik, Jože}},
booktitle = {{Transdisciplinary Lifecycle Analysis of Systems - Proceedings of the 22nd ISPE Inc. International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, CE 2015}},
editor = {{Wognum, Nel and Borsato, Milton and Stjepandic, Josip and Verhagen, Wim J.C. and Wognum, Nel and Curran, Richard and Curran, Richard}},
isbn = {{9781614995432}},
keywords = {{Aircraft maintenance; Concurrent engineering; Lean; Lean methods; MRO; Value-added activities}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{259--268}},
publisher = {{IOS Press}},
series = {{Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering}},
title = {{Application of lean methods into aircraft maintenance processes}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-544-9-259}},
doi = {{10.3233/978-1-61499-544-9-259}},
volume = {{2}},
year = {{2015}},
}