Case Study - Thales Transforming Productivity in High Complexity Manufacturing for the Aerospace and Defense Sector

A leading global manufacturer of ground to ground, ground to air, and air to air missiles had won a new contract. Two immediate problems arose after the contract was signed.

• First, the tender for the contract had been highly competitive, and margins were slim. Cost control, in short, would be critical.
• Second, the contract came with a traceability requirement in the shape of what were called ‘ammunition data cards’— effectively a full ‘as built’ record of the individual components going into every single missile produced.

An early ‘win’ was a visit to another plant running the Eyelit MES, where the team saw the potential for barcoding work in progress and getting suppliers to barcode components.

To learn more, Download the Full Case Study