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1、TheLeanAerospaceInitiativeWorkingPaperSeriesWP99-01-91August,1999StrategiesforLeanProductDevelopmentPreparedbyMylesWaltonResearchfundedthroughtheLAIConsortium.SupportedbytheCenterforInnovationinProductDevelopmentthroughfundingfromtheNationalScienceFoun
2、dationLeanAerospaceInitiativeCenterforTechnology,Policy,andIndustrialDevelopmentMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology77MassachusettsAvenue•Room41-205Cambridge,MA02139TheauthoracknowledgesthefinancialsupportforthisresearchmadeavailablebytheLeanAerospaceIni
3、tiativeatMITsponsoredjointlybytheUSAirForceandaconsortiumofaerospacecompanies.Allfacts,statements,opinions,andconclusionsexpressedhereinaresolelythoseoftheauthoranddonotinanywayreflectthoseoftheLeanAerospaceInitiative,theUSAirForce,thesponsoringcompani
4、esandorganizations(individuallyorasagroup),orMIT.Thelatterareabsolvedfromanyremainingerrorsorshortcomingsforwhichtheauthortakesfullresponsibility.©MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,19991IntroductionTheessenceofleanisverysimple,butfromaresearchandimple
5、mentationpointofviewoverwhelming.Leanisthesearchforperfectionthroughtheeliminationofwasteandtheinsertionofpracticesthatcontributetoreductionincostandschedulewhileimprovingperformanceofproducts.Thisconceptofleanhaswideapplicabilitytoalargerangeofprocess
6、es,peopleandorganizations,fromconceptdesigntothefactoryfloor,fromthelaborertotheuppermanagement,fromthecustomertothedeveloper.Progresshasbeenmadeinimplementingandraisingtheawarenessofleanpracticesatthefactoryfloor.However,thelevelofimplementationandedu
7、cationinotherareas,likeproductdevelopment,isverylow.TheLeanAerospaceInitiative(LAI)hasbeenproducingresearchinsupportofthemilitaryandindustrysince1993onthetopicofleananditsbenefits.Implementationoftheresearchhasbeenshowntohavesignificantimpactandinteres
8、t.LAIisinaveryuniquesituationatMITtoinfluenceandeducateworld-classengineeringstudentswehaveexposuretoeveryday.Thisresearchwilltakeadvantageofthissituationandproduceastrategicframeworkforeducatingengineersonthefront-endleanproductdevelop