Industries

Aerospace & Defense, Aviation

Pilot Your Operations Through Turbulence with Speed, Flexibility and Responsiveness.

We understand the unique challenges you face in the aerospace, defense and aviation industry. Whether it’s navigating regulatory compliance, managing supply chain disruptions, or staying ahead with technological advancements, these complexities require specialized solutions. We partner with you to overcome your most pressing issues and achieve your strategic objectives.

From enhancing quality management and accelerating product development to optimizing facility and asset management, reducing costs, and improving delivery performance, our approach ensures efficiency, compliance, and competitiveness. This allows you to focus on what you do best—innovating and leading in the aerospace and defense industry.

Lean Principles for Greater Quality Control

Excessive rework and scrap can significantly impact your bottom line, often stemming from inadequate initial quality. Using the DMAIC framework, we systematically eliminate defects, improving yield and efficiency. Our approach includes 5S, value stream mapping, and continuous improvement to minimize scrap and rework. By applying Statistical Process Control (SPC), we ensure testing accuracy and process control, while our QMS design incorporates lean principles, fostering continuous improvement and adherence to the highest industry standards.

Ensure Product Quality and Speed-To-Market

We ensure products are easy to manufacture, cost-effective, and meet the highest quality standards. By leveraging lean product design processes, Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and Value Engineering (VA/VE), we streamline development, cutting time and costs while improving quality. Recognizing that new designs can face quality challenges, we implement rigorous testing and validation to catch and resolve issues early, accelerating your time-to-market. Additionally, our expertise in cycle time reduction enables faster development timelines and enhances project efficiency, allowing you to stay focused on your strategic objectives.

Keeping Your Operations Running Smoothly and Effectively

Our aerospace and defense consultant experts help you implement comprehensive maintenance programs that transition from reactive to preventive and, ultimately, to predictive maintenance. We use total productive maintenance to boost equipment utilization and minimize downtime. By streamlining changeover processes and maximizing asset utilization, we help you drive down costs and increase efficiency.

 

Our services include Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) spare parts analysis, equipment lifecycle planning, and maintenance leadership development. We also focus on optimizing your facility layout and improving equipment utilization and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). The result? Less downtime, lower repair costs, and longer equipment life expectancy.

Balancing Costs and Productivity is A Significant Challenge

Our cost-out strategies are designed with your issues in mind, focusing on improving labor productivity and managing costs through strategic enhancements in workforce skills and efficiency. Our approach also emphasizes smart material utilization and capital avoidance to ensure your resources are used optimally. Our goal is to help you achieve substantial cost savings without compromising on quality or performance.

Timely Delivery Is Crucial in Aerospace and Defense

We enhance workplace organization and inventory management, ensuring your commitments are met and turnaround times are reduced. By implementing lean practices and optimizing supply chain operations for aerospace and aircraft industry companies, we ensure smooth and efficient ramp-ups, allowing you to meet your delivery time commitments consistently.

Enhance Your Management System to Drive Success in Operations

We work with you to implement enterprise-wide lean transformations tailored to your specific industry needs. Our strategies boost productivity by eliminating waste, improving workflow, and enhancing overall operational efficiency. Embedding lean principles in your organizational culture drives continuous improvement and sustainable performance gains, ensuring your operations are always optimized for maximum effectiveness.

Case Study

TBM helps Carlisle Companies Inc. implement a Lean Management System that links strategic objectives and continuous improvement activities to achieve clear business results across 75 global locations, and growing.

Aerospace & Defense Industry

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