Lean
Sustainment
Initiative
The
Lean Sustainment Initiative (LSI) grew out of the success of two earlier
CTPID programs. The International Motor Vehicle Program's 1985-90 assessment
of the international automotive industry resulted in the articulation
of lean production principles. The lean concept set off a multi-industry
transformation of manufacturing and production in the United States.
In 1993, the U.S. Air Force
and MIT began the Lean Aircraft Initiative (LAI) research program to apply
the lean enterprise model to the aerospace industry. Based on the knowledge
gained through LAI, the Lean Sustainment Research Project was created
in 1997 as a joint project of Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command,
Air Force ManTech, and MIT.
The U.S. military today has
fewer resources for logistics support. Consequently, current sustainment
operations-maintenance, repair, overhaul, and other necessary routine
support-require sweeping changes. Further, the impact of any waste created
in the sustainment environment today is significantly greater than in
the past. LS is undertaking the research that the Air Force agile combat
support community needs to initiate fundamental change. LS's research
goal is to help design and implement a world class lean U.S. Air Force
sustainment system for the early 21st century.
LSI has completed an initial
project stage, established a baseline understanding of the USAF sustainment
system, and produced several case studies and executive summaries.
Current program goals are to
facilitate the collaborative process, involve public and private sustainment
stakeholders, develop specific research areas for long term research,
and begin collaborative development of a 21st century maximum value sustainment
system model.
Outreach
The Lean Sustainment Research Project has produced three executive summary
reports: 1. Depot Repair Efficiency And Responsiveness 2. Execution and
Prioritization of Repair Support System (Express) 3. Goals, Objectives,
And Metrics
Faculty and staff
Wesley
Harris, Sr., Director
Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Lori McLaughlin, Administrative
Coordinator
Kirkor Bozdogan, Principal
Research Associate
John
Hauser, Kirin Professor of Marketing, Sloan School of Management
Stuart
Madnick, John Norris Maguire Professor of Information Technology;
Leaders for Manufacturing Professor of Management Science, Sloan School
of Management
Dennis
Mathaisel, Sponsored Research Associate
Donald Rosenfield, Senior Lecturer,
Sloan School of Management
Michael
Siegel, Principal Research Scientist, Sloan School of Management
Joseph
Sussman, JR East Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sponsors
U.S.
Department of the Air Force
Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC)AFRL
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Program Links: CMP
| Ford-MIT
| IMVP | LAI
| LARA | LSI
| MSL | MITIQ
| T&L
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