Supplier Partnership Progress Report

December 31, 2014 volume 37

Aerospace

Message to Aerospace employees from Heidi Dulaney

What is Partnership?
A direct procurement connection with critical suppliers
at the suppliers location, providing a 100% dedicated
on-site monitoring of Quality, Delivery, and Cost
performance. Offering real-time systemic solutions to
gaps and barriers discovered and effectively execute
warm replenishment strategies in support of demand.

Featured Partnership Supplier for December: Skilled Manufacturing, Inc. (SMI)

Addition of YB1200 machine to increase HTF
capacity (including critical Front Frames). reduce
set up and double capacity of YB parts (August)

YB 1200

Utilized outside vendor on Rough Cut operation

to alleviate SMIs capacity on the YB machine
(OP on board since February )
2 CMMs added, eliminating HTF inspection
bottleneck (April and October)
Shipping area moved to accommodate
increased flow of HTF parts in and out of the
facility (move completed in October)
NADCAP approved for Fusion welding in
September (Front Frames, #1 Bearing Housing)
Additional horizontal machining center
purchased to improve overall HTF product
delivery (installation prep in progress)
TECO approved and new print in process
for additional shot peen media eliminating
need for set up change at outside process
for HTF (Metal Improvement Company )
SMI
Front
Frame

SMI programmed different machines to

manufacture parts to clear capacity from
the YB machine

Supplier Partnership Progress Report

December 31, 2014 volume 37

Aerospace

Featured Partnership Supplier for December: Skilled Manufacturing, Inc. (SMI)

Dedicated Honeywell work centers
created for both HTF and non-HTF parts
Machines re-arranged and dedicated to
Honeywell parts, resulting in set up
reduction, increased uptime for Honeywell,
optimization of part travel and less walking
and movement of operators
Lean Boot camp to cover Lean principles
for on the floor implementation of Lean
Manufacturing for 6 key employees, to
commence January 2015, 6 week program
Paperless processing implemented throughout the facility with barcoded process routers, process
traceability, ballooned drawings, standardized work instructions, and real-time SPC (statistical
process control) in the workcenters to track machine processes

Faro Arm implemented for in process, on the floor inspections

at machines in machine inspection for large diameter parts,
instant feedback to the operator for faster setups and decreased
downtime (January)
Nikon Laser scanner implemented for additional detailed
inspection at machines resulting in reduced CMM inspection
requirements by allowing in machine/on the floor inspection,
resulting in increased throughput (July)
AF5333 (Cleaning and Oil Flow AF) approved in October,
permitting for oil flow, cleaning for both HTF and non-HTF parts
GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and blue
print reading classes/training for all SMI employees to increase
employee knowledge of manufacturing prints