Case Studies
Delta Air Lines, Technical Operations
The largest airline MRO in North America and the third largest worldwide will discuss how they applied the principles of Synchronized Execution to Line Maintenance and dramatically reduce the number of flight cancellations and also to increase Intermediate maintenance throughput.
Embraco
Whirlpool's Brazilian subsidiary, Embraco, will share how they speed up the development and launch of compressors and other products, and simultaneously increased the number of new products and derivatives brought to the market.
Spirit Aerosystems
A major aircraft subsystem manufacturer, Spirit Aerosystems, will show how they applied Critical Chain in a program environment to accelerate and recover significant delays.
Daiwa House
Japan's largest house construction company, Daiwa House will show how they accelerated customization and deployment of SAP modules. The projects involve not only Daiwa House but also two external SAP Integrators, Fujitsu and NEC.
Asahi Seisakusho
A world leader in complex industrial glass products, Asahi Seisakusho will show how they reduced multitasking in engineering to improve productivity and reduce burnout of their people.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
IDF will show how their R&D organization achieved significant quantitative and qualitative results in a not-for-profit setting.
Navair Fleet Readiness Center East, Cherry Point
Navair’s Fleet Readiness Center East, one of the major MRO centers for The Navy, will share how they are implementing a comprehensive solution for projects and production to increase throughput and stay competitive.
Verint
ACS division of Verint®, a leading provider of Communications Intelligence and Investigative Solutions™, will share how they increased the number of projects delivered by 50%.
Boeing
Boeing will share how they got ahead by 1½ months in 18 months when their T45 program was already late by 2 months at the beginning.
Siemens
Siemens Generator division will share their process of on-going improvement for continuing to increase their engineering throughput year over year.
Abengoa (Simosa IT)
Abengoa is a leader in applying innovation to energy and environment sectors. They will show how their IT division (Simosa IT) accelerated their SAP implementation across 70 countries, while using fewer external resources. They will also share how they achieved IT infrastructure projects on time without compromising quality.
Ogden Air Logistics Center (C130)
The Ogden Air Logistics Center is a major component at HILL AFB. The C-130 aircraft maintenance squadron will talk about how they have leveraged buffer-based priorities to improve on-time delivery and maintain throughput.
Lufthansa
A major aircraft maintenance facility, Lufthansa Technik Maintenance International, will show how they are implementing Critical Chain Project Management to help accelerate maintenance projects.
Terumo Medical
Terumo Corporation, a worldwide medical device manufacturer will show how they applied Critical Chain to increase throughput in order to maintain a competitive technical edge and improve productivity.
List was last updated on October 20th, 2011. Please stay tuned for complete listing of case studies.