1 / 10

18 th April 2007 Dan Lyon Vice President

18 th April 2007 Dan Lyon Vice President. ACCRA Manufacturing, Inc. Supplier of Aerospace machined parts and assemblies Founded in 1978 Bothell, Washington, USA 165 employees . Customers. Boeing Hawker de Havilland KHI MHI Goodrich Corporation Others .

tasanee
Download Presentation

18 th April 2007 Dan Lyon Vice President

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 18th April 2007 Dan Lyon Vice President

  2. ACCRA Manufacturing, Inc. • Supplier of Aerospace machined parts and assemblies • Founded in 1978 • Bothell, Washington, USA • 165 employees

  3. Customers • Boeing • Hawker de Havilland • KHI • MHI • Goodrich Corporation • Others

  4. Challenges in a Global Marketplace • Cost Competitiveness • Diverse customer systems and requirements • Redundant quality audit activity • Provide World Class customer service

  5. Meeting the Challenges • 1996: Began our Lean Journey • Focused on eliminating WASTE • Standardized processes • Reduced Lot size, increased throughput • Identified Quality Assurance as a Bottleneck

  6. Meeting the Challenges • 1998-2000: Investigated industry trends towards standardization: • ISO • AS9100 • 2000-2001: Accra moves forward with AS9100. • Evaluation of systems and procedures for incorporation

  7. AS9100 Implementation • 2002: • Standardization of FAI Process by adopting AS9102 • Revised Quality documents, working procedures, and work instructions to comply with AS9100 • 2003: • Fully compliant AS9100 system • 2007: • Obtained 3rd Party Accreditation with a near perfect score

  8. AS9100 Benefits • One standard quality system to meet multiple customer requirements • AS9100 recognized as standard by current and potential customers • Eliminated redundant quality auditing • Reduction of administrative overhead

  9. AS9100 Operational Benefits • Standardized quality and operating procedures: • Reduced training requirements • Increased efficiency • Personnel utilized across customer base • Reduction of non value added activities associated with multiple customer requirements • Improved product flow and quality • Focused on elimination of WASTE in processes and procedures • Required reliable manufacturing processes which provided increased quality of product • Created high level of service applied across our customer base

  10. Summary • Accra’s continued standardization of quality and process requirements ensures product integrity while allowing competitiveness in a global economy • Accra has a unified standard that meets multiple customer needs while satisfying contract, applicable law and regulatory requirements

More Related