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Successes and challenges: T56 engine line--Little Rock AFB.(Air Force Smart Operations in action)(Report)

Air Force Journal of Logistics

| June 22, 2008 | Hoffer, Jeffrey; Haar, David; Hagerman, Nicole | COPYRIGHT 2008 U.S. Air Force, Logistics Management Agency. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In 2006 the Engine Regional Repair Center (ERRC) set out to deliver T56 engines faster, with more precision, and using fewer resources by applying the key principles of Lean manufacturing as a part of Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century (AFSO21). Our initial goal was to increase efficiency 30 to 40 percent--meeting engine demand 100 percent of the time.

Introduction

The 463d Airlift Group's ERRC provides regional T56-A-7B/-15 Jet Engine intermediate maintenance for Air Mobility Command's (AMC) C-130 units at Little Rock, Dyess, and Pope Air Force Bases (AFB). The ERRC was first established in 1996 with a 54-man contract field team (CFT). In ...

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