APRIL 2019CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM8IN MY ViewTFuture Innovations and the Impact of Digital Manufacturing on an Evolving Workforcehe influence of digital manufacturing continues to gain momentum at Boeing. As a part of our second century initiatives to accelerate productivity and growth, there is a deeper focus on how we are maximizing our digital capabilities to enable a more dynamic workforce and improve first-time quality during aircraft production. This is an exciting time for growth across the industry as the idea of manufacturing excellence transforms into a concept that is more dependent on leveraging the right technologies at the right time and adopting a more holistic approach. Digital manufacturing is all about capturing those processes that leverage precision and build on our competency and expertise. What I find most fascinating about this topic is how quickly certain technologies are really putting the power into the hands of those who need it most in real-time­technicians and support teams working on the factory floor.One major digital manufacturing capability that we are rapidly implementing is Production Analytics, which has proven to play a significant role in the way we better equip our employees to perform on a daily basis. Our production analytics capabilities integrate various legacy IT systems with new data visualization and predictive/prescriptive analytics technologies, and are helping Boeing unlock efficiencies across our end-to-end value stream.With these new digital technologies, production analytics is helping our technicians and the teams that support them to:· receive early warnings of potential part shortages and prescribe actions to the right team member to prevent themGENA LOVETT, BOEING VICE PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURING, SAFETY AND QUALITY, DEFENSE, SPACE & SECURITY, BOEING Gena Lovett
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