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Before the wrenches turn: Lean out your MRO organization
By Greg Maynard, Director, Archstone Consulting

Lean manufacturing principles are successfully migrating from plant floors to aerospace and defense (A&D) maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations, but they typically fail to address significant sources of waste found in equipment maintenance activities. A&D MRO lean initiatives usually focus on eliminating wasted movement of people, parts and information by reconfiguring physical workspace layouts and related systems. These activities are essential in any lean implementation, but they are not sufficient to uncover and mitigate a fundamental source of waste that drives turnaround times higher: inefficient project schedules.

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