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Cover Story
Lean+: It ties us together
What's Lean+ all about? Boeing Frontiers spoke to Lean+ leader
Bill Schnettgoecke to get his perspective on this companywide
growth and productivity initiative. Also in this package: A look
at how teams from all across Boeing are drawing inspiration and
lessons from Lean+.
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Main feature
The future's in sight
Employees at the Boeing-SVS facility in Albuquerque, N.M., design, develop and build electro-optical systems that help see and track remote objects and events. Their work helps support customers of Integrated Defense Systems—and illustrates that Boeing is looking to tomorrow.
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Commercial Airplanes
Training the Dream(liner) Team
The Learning, Training and Development organization and its partner, Commercial Airplanes Manufacturing and Quality, are working together to ensure the 787 program’s manufacturing technicians have the needed training. BCA coverage this month also includes a look at the 747 Program, which recently topped the 1,500-order mark.
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Integrated Defense Systems
The Mod-ern world
What goes into the making of a C-40C, a U.S. Air Force 737 derivative
used to transport government leaders? A lot of teamwork and synergy,
for starters. Also in IDS coverage this month: A new Support
Systems opportunity for maintaining Apache Longbow helicopters;
an explanation of what two critical areas of experience form
the basis of Boeing’s proposal to build the upper stage
of NASA’s Ares I rocket; and more.
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People
Keep on learning
You don’t find many employees who have been with a company for 60 years. And there aren’t many of these people who work in computing and data management. But that describes Boeing’s Shirley Haines. She's kept up with change and continued to learn—and contribute—during her tenure at Boeing.
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