News and Published Articles

LAI’s Lean Enterprise Value Business Simulation Aids in Mapping Enterprise Value Stream of Textron’s Sensor Fuzed Weapons Program ?

Groesbeck, Geoffrey A. P.; Bentley, Geoffrey K. (2004)

From August 24 through September 10, members of the Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI), the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Program (Mass MEP), Rockwell Collins and Metis Design met with host company Textron Systems ...
The Follow-Up: Added Value from Textron Systems SFW Value Stream Mapping Event ?

Bentley, Geoff; Bednar, Tom; Groesbeck, Geoff (2005)

Over a six-day period in the final quarter of 2004, members of the Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI), Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Rockwell Collins, and Metis Design met with host company Textron ...
Systems Engineering Cost Estimation Across BAE Systems: Trans-Atlantic Collaboration and Identification of Future Opportunities ?

Valerdi, Ricardo (2006)

As organizations develop more complex systems, increased emphasis is being placed on Systems Engineering (SE) to ensure that cost, schedule, and performance targets are met. Correspondingly, the failure to adequately ...