How to Keep Production On-track in the Aerospace, Defense, & Marine Industries
Manufacturing of high tech products today (like satellites, aircraft, and ships) often relies on systems like ERP, SAP, & MOM to manage the projects. But those systems are all based on Project Management Technology, and project management is very much a "monitoring" technology, and not a "controlling" technology. So you can see (monitor) the project going off-track, but don't have the control to prevent it. This results in project slippages, cost overruns, etc.
As an experienced Aerospace Consultant, Greg Knight breaks down the core problem, and explains how his patented technology returns production control to the mechanical, electrical & test engineers, yielding substantial savings & keeping manufacturing on-track.
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The BuildIT® System - Addressing the Needs of Low Volume, High Quality Manufacturing
"Whenever we want to do something, the first step is to bypass SAP."
High Volume Manufacturing
Consider a high-volume manufacturing company, producing (say) vehicle wiper motors. A customer places an order. The sales order is processed, and a production schedule is generated. From this, the materials requirements are calculated, and orders for those raw materials are placed with suppliers. Materials are received, stored, then the wiper motor is made via (perhaps) an automated manufacturing line. The goods are then shipped to the customer, etc.
For high-volume production, the main cost saving is in balancing the inventory against the orders, so that production can be kept at a steady, efficient, level, and orders met without stockpiling inventory. So methodologies like ERP & SAP are the right fit.
Build Information Technology® - BuildIT®
Build Information Technology® provides a completely different approach. Knowing that manual production process is the key opportunity for efficiency and cost saving, it focuses on that area, optimizing the manufacture, assembly, integration & test processes. It specifically helps the mechanical, electrical & test engineers to do their jobs more efficiently.
BuildIT® is the name of the product that is based on Build Information Technology™.
BuildIT® looks across the entire Production Domain™ e.g. at "everything" involved in the manufacturing and test process, and using Patent protected algorithms, intelligently combines that information to offer the users Advanced Decision Support. This means that the assembly integration & test engineers always have all the information at their fingertips to make the best decisions for moving forwards.
SAP, ERP, etc., may still play a role in materials flow, etc., but the cost saving comes mainly from optimizing the manual build operations.
Patent Protected.
Low Volume, High Technology, Manufacturing
However, for low-volume production (like aircraft, ships, satellites, etc.), building the product can be a 3 to 9+ month task, requiring thousands of hours of labor by highly skilled engineers & technicians. The main cost saving here is not in finely balancing inventory, but in helping the engineers to work efficiently. So technologies like SAP don't address the core problem. A new technology - Build Information Technology® (Patent protected) is the only fit.
What Does the Industry Say About BuildIT®?
BuildIT® will solve all our problems in one go. We’ve never seen anything like it!
Director of Strategy, AIRBUS
BuildIT® is extremely interesting. We have many problems this will solve.
Senior Production Engineer, BAE Systems (Military Aircraft)
Every area is immediately useful to us. Just ONE of those menu functions will save us $2.5M on our production line.
Chief Engineer, BAE Systems (Platforms & Services).
Further Information
For free introductory information, or to find out more about how BuildIT® can help you build Aerospace, Defense & Marine Products - Better, Faster, and More Economically - please contact IT Done Right.
BuildIT® - Build Intelligence Technology™
Providing Build Intelligence™ for Aerospace, Defense and Marine Applications
Photographs courtesy of NASA, ESA/ESTEC, BAE Systems,
Airbus Ltd, Cunard Ltd., Alvis-Vickers Ltd,
Anniston Army Depot, Shell International Ltd.,
Pictures do not imply the use of BuildIT® in all cases.