Date of Completion
Spring 5-8-2016
Campus Location
Marietta
Document Type
Thesis
Chair
Dr. Gregory Wiles
Committee Chair/First Advisor
Dr. Kami Anderson
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Woodrow Winchester III
Abstract
The aircraft industry focuses a large portion of its resources on tool control during the assembly of aircraft. Tool control is a strict process that demands time from the assembly process. This time is removed from the value-added time spent actually assembling the aircraft. A study at Lockheed Martin conducted in the Spring of 2016 is discussed that examines the time spent on tool control. Tool control is necessary in aircraft assembly to prevent tools from entering compartments of the aircraft. If such an event occurs, the tool may damage the aircraft. All aircraft assembly processes must be tool controlled, and to retain as much efficiency as possible, the tool control process must be implemented carefully in the context of the assembly organization.
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Other Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering Commons, Systems Engineering Commons, Systems Engineering and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Commons