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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for Six-Sigma Part Quality, Phase II

The PLM for Six-Sigma project examines how commercially available software solutions could be deployed and integrated with reengineered business process to better meet the competitive challenges in manufacturing complex, highly-engineered components. Phase I of the PLM for Six-Sigma project addressed major opportunities for improving the way in which product design data is linked to the Quality plan and manufacturing information throughout the supply chain and product lifecycle from initial design to Depot maintenance. The pilot demonstration used a new production part similar to one that currently receives Depot maintenance at OC-ALC. Applying the savings across all new releases and engineering changes for a typical OEM yields benefits on the order of $11–15 million per year, a payback period of six months to one year, and ROI in the 100% to 200% range.

Program Manager: Tony Haynes, tonyh@ncms.org, 734-995-4930.