One of the benefits/attributes of being in the LGO program is touring the facilities of our partner companies and other interesting plants. The major "Plant Trek" is in January of the first year (Jan '10 for my class) and will involve us traveling around the US visiting a variety of sites and performing reviews of what we observe. Check out some of the bloggers of the 2010 class for their experiences on the Plant Trek. To get a little more perspective and to be prepared for the January tour we start visiting more local facilities in the summer.
The first of these came last week with a trip to Pratt and Whitney's jet engine production facility in Middletown, CT. While I probably can't divulge everything we saw, I can say that it was a pretty impressive facility. They try and follow Lean practices to their fullest and have an incredible attention to detail. It's really a necessity when your products cost a few large bills; there is not really a whole lot of room for scrap or excess inventory.
Check out the F135 engine on Wikipedia, it's an integrated Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL), an incredible piece of machinery!
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