Lean tools in production : Case Boeing
Nygård, Caroline (2023)
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023112331217
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The thesis aimed to explain in an easily comprehensible way the difference between Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma, along with some of the tools used to apply them. The aim was also to give the reader a clear example of the impact Lean can have on production industry. The literature review-based thesis used Boeing’s Lean implementation journey at commercial aircraft production’s moving assembly line as an example to show the effects Lean implementation has had.
The topic of this thesis came from personal interest in Lean, especially Lean's impact on the production environment. The first plan was to write about Boeing and their Lean journey as an example case, but I quickly concluded that it was too broad of a subject and narrowed it down. My personal interest in commercial aircraft production helped me choose the moving assembly line at Boeing commercial aircraft assembly.
The information for this thesis was collected from case studies, books, Boeing's own internet pages along with other internet pages, and interviews conducted in the past.
The topic of this thesis came from personal interest in Lean, especially Lean's impact on the production environment. The first plan was to write about Boeing and their Lean journey as an example case, but I quickly concluded that it was too broad of a subject and narrowed it down. My personal interest in commercial aircraft production helped me choose the moving assembly line at Boeing commercial aircraft assembly.
The information for this thesis was collected from case studies, books, Boeing's own internet pages along with other internet pages, and interviews conducted in the past.