Lockheed Martin - Industrial Engineering Activities and Jobs

Information for IE - Case 53 of Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course

Industrial Engineering - Productivity Improvement - Process Improvement - Product Redesign - Continuous Improvement

Industrial engineering is improvement in various elements of engineering operations to increase productivity. Along with engineering elements, industrial engineers evaluate and improve many other elements also as they are responsible for productivity and cost of items produced in a process. Through assignments of improving productivity and efficiency of information technology and software engineering processes, industrial engineers specializing in IT were given responsibility for business processes also. Thus industrial engineers with focus on various branches of engineering provide their services to companies and society to improve various elements of the products and processes on a continuous basis over the product life cycle. They are active in engineering or production-maintenance-service-logistic processes and business processes.

Productivity improvement always focuses on quality and flexibility issues as productivity improvement should not lead to any deterioration in quality or flexibility. Delivery and cost are always at the core of industrial engineering. Thus when QFCD paradigm came, that is attention to quality, flexibility, cost and delivery became prominent, many industrial engineers were given the responsibility of managing this function of continuous improvement.

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Focus Areas of Industrial Engineering - Brief Explanation

Productivity Science: Science developed for each element of machine operation and each element of human tasks in industry.
Productivity Science - Determinants of Productivity

IE Research by Taylor Part 1 to 5 - Productivity Science of Machining 

Product Industrial Engineering: Redesign of products to reduce cost and increase value keeping the quality intact.
Product Industrial Engineering

Process Industrial Engineering: Redesign of processes to reduce cost and increase value keeping the quality intact.
Process Industrial Engineering

Process Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course (Module)

Industrial Engineering Optimization: Optimizing industrial engineering solutions created in Product Industrial Engineering and Process Industrial Engineering.
Operations Research - An Efficiency Improvement Tool for Industrial Engineers

Industrial Engineering Statistics: Using statistical tools like data description, sampling and design of experiments in industrial engineering activity.
Statistics and Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering Economics: Economic analysis of industrial engineering projects.
Engineering Economics is an Efficiency Improvement Tool for Industrial Engineers

Human Effort Industrial Engineering: Redesign of products and processes to increase satisfaction and reduce discomfort and other negative consequence to operators.
Motion Study - Human Effort Industrial Engineering

Productivity Measurement: Various measurements done by industrial engineers in industrial setting to collect data, analyze data and use the insights in redesign: Product Industrial Engineering and Process Industrial Engineering.
Industrial Engineering Data and Measurements

Productivity Management: Management undertaken by industrial engineers to implement Product Industrial Engineering and Process Industrial Engineering. Management processes industrial engineering is also part of productivity management.
Productivity Management

Applied Industrial Engineering: Application of industrial engineering in new technologies, existing technologies, engineering business and industrial processes and other areas.

Applied Industrial Engineering - Process Steps

How many Industrial Engineers can a Company Employ for Cost Reduction?

For $100 million cost, there can be one MS IE and 6 BSIEs.
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/03/value-creation-model-for-industrial.html

Lockheed Martin Corporation  -  Industrial Engineering Activities and Jobs

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/index.html

Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technologies company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington, D.C., area. Lockheed Martin employs approximately 110,000 people worldwide as of January 2020

James Taiclet Takes Helm of Lockheed Martin
June 16, 2020
Lockheed Martin on Monday completed its planned leadership transition with James Taiclet entering as its new president and CEO, succeeding Marillyn Hewson who remains with the company as executive chairman.
https://www.satellitetoday.com/business/2020/06/16/taiclet-takes-helm-of-lockheed-martin/


https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/leadership-governance/marillyn-hewson.html


2018
https://chiefexecutive.net/lockheed-martin-marillyn-hewson-ceo-year/


Pick Chart for Assessing Improvement Ideas - Lockheed Martin Tool
https://thinkinsights.net/strategy/pick-chart/

2016
https://today.tamu.edu/2016/09/21/prepare-for-takeoff-lockheed-martin-texas-am-team-up-on-f-35-production/

June 23, 2020

Logistics Information System Problem - Information Defects Causing $55 Million Extra Cost to User

An ongoing House Oversight and Reform Committee with the chairwoman, Rep. Carolyn Maloney,  in a June 18 letter to Lockheed’s new chief executive, James Taiclet highlighted  that the Department of Defense incurring extra costs  because of deficiencies in the data fed to the software system that supports the F-35, called the Autonomic Logistics Information System or ALIS.

In response company spokesman said in a statement that Lockheed Martin had made several improvements to the process to improve the performance.

Each electronic log of a spare part consists of detailed data, including a part’s history and remaining service life. But, the data is not complete and correct for many parts. Staff reported that  bases continue to receive spare parts without electronic equipment logs,  or logs that  incorrect, corrupt or missing. Staff of a based reported that 60 percent of the parts it received from June through November 2019 had logging problems. The problem  was considered so serious that the problem was labeled a “category 1″ deficiency  last year. Later,  it was downgraded to the lesser “category 2” based on the ALIS data quality improvements that have been made in the last two years based on the earlier  complaint. Subsequent to the complaint and follow up activity, the number of  parts considered “ready to issue,” at bases increased from an average of only 50 percent to a high of 87 percent. This improvement occurred after a Lockheed and JPO team discovered that one major driver of electronic log problems were discrepancies created when  the “advanced shipping notice,”  ws entered in the system. Lockheed implemented a new software fix that validates that part numbers in the advanced shipping notices match with the part numbers correspond to an existing F-35. The company has now the target of 90 percent “ready to issue” requirement to reach by 2021 and  Lockheed has plans to put into place additional software changes. 

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2020/06/23/house-committee-targets-lockheed-in-probe-of-f-35-parts-problems/

The problem Lockheed is facing is an important example showing the necessity of  Inspection Operation Analysis

News - Information for Inspection Operation Analysis

https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2020/06/news-information-for-inspection.html

Shingo Award to Lockheed Martin in 2000

https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2000-07-13-Lockheed-Martin-Unit-Celebrates-Receiving-Coveted-Shingo-Prize

Lockheed Martin - Success in Performance Engineering and Cost Engineering (Industrial Engineering)

Lockheed Martin - F-35 Cost Reduction Achievements

There is continuing cost analysis and engineering effort to reduce costs in long term development, design and supply contracts of high value defence equipment. Industrial engineers can learn how engineering and cost analysis go together to achieve a continuous cost reduction based on engineering developments, industrial engineering studies, cost analysis discoveries of reduction opportunities, learning effect, and employee involvement.

Oct 29, 2019
Lockheed Martin Successful in Cost Reduction and Agrees for Lower Price on F-35 Fighters
The F-35 fighter is a success, in fact one of the greatest engineering achievements of this generation.
 F-35  has 50 years of operational service lie ahead
The most common variant, to be used by the Air Force  will cost less than $80 million to manufacture for future deliveries—below the cost of buying a new F-16, the legacy fighter F-35 is supposed to replace. F-35 is better in performance and lower in cost.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2019/10/29/pentagon-and-lockheed-martin-agree-to-big-cost-reduction-on-f-35-fighters/


May 15, 2019
F-35 Lightning II Program Status and Fast Facts


Cost Reduction Statistics
• More than 60% reduction in Unit Recurring Flyaway cost since Lot 1.
• More than 5% reduction in Unit Recurring Flyaway since previous contract.
• Blueprint for Affordability efforts projected to save more than $6 billion over the life of the program.
• As production ramps and additional improvements are implemented, Lockheed Martin’s goal is to reduce the cost of an F-35A to $80 million by 2020, which is equal to or less than the cost of legacy aircraft while providing a generational leap in capability.

2019

Cryogenic Machining Technology Used for Cost Reduction

The thru-tool cryogenic machining technology was further developed 5ME LLC under  license and it  markets it as 5ME® Cryogenic Machining Technology. The system can be used to optimize the performance, sustainability, and part quality of steel, aluminium, and other alloys as well as composite materials. Lockheed Martin is using the cryogenic machining technology to cut titanium parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, significantly increasing efficiency and lowering costs. Lockheed's Value Engineering team estimates the cost savings/avoidance as over $500 million for the program.

Sep 14, 2018
The Evolution Of The F-35's Unit Cost [Infographic]
Niall McCarthy Contributor
Business Data journalist covering technological, societal and media topics
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/09/14/the-evolution-of-the-f-35s-unit-cost-infographic/

Lockheed Martin Follows ‘Blueprint’ To Drive Down F-35 Costs
by Bill Carey
 - June 12, 2015,
Lockheed Martin (Chalet 316) is taking steps to improve its manufacturing processes for the F-35 Lightning II. The company contends that more efficient manufacturing methods will help it drive down the flyaway cost of the fifth-generation fighter by $10 million by 2019, and by more if the U.S. government invests.

Last July, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), Lockheed Martin and its industry partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems announced the “blueprint for affordability” accord to reduce the unit recurring flyaway cost of the F-35 to a price that compares with current fourth-generation fighters. The agreement required the contractors to invest $170 million over two years on new materials and processes, with Lockheed Martin spending the majority of that amount. If they succeed in significantly reducing the fighter’s unit cost, the U.S. government has the option of investing another $300 million over three years, which it would recoup by paying less for the F-35.
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2015-06-12/lockheed-martin-follows-blueprint-drive-down-f-35-costs

Lockheed Martin - Industrial Engineer Jobs

Search Results for "industrial engineer" in "United States" on Lockheed Martin Jobs Site
Showing 15 out of 1,962 results

Senior Industrial Engineer (Level 4)
Palmdale, California
Date Posted: 03/17/2020
Job ID: 522030BR

Operations Engineer / Industrial Engineer
Goleta, California
Date Posted: 03/22/2020
Job ID: 522580BR

Industrial Engineer Associate - Camden, AR
Camden, Arkansas
Date Posted: 03/16/2020
Job ID: 519343BR

Industrial Engineer Associate - Camden, AR
Camden, Arkansas
Date Posted: 03/25/2020
Job ID: 519246BR

Industrial Engineer Sr. - Camden, AR
Camden, Arkansas
Date Posted: 03/30/2020
Job ID: 520337BR

Experienced Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer
Bethesda, Maryland
Date Posted: 03/03/2020
Job ID: 521082BR

Experienced Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer
Bethesda, Maryland
Date Posted: 03/03/2020
Job ID: 521080BR

Industrial Engineer Internship
Stratford, Connecticut
Date Posted: 02/27/2020
Job ID: 518296BR

Industrial Engineering Intern - Camden, AR
Camden, Arkansas
Date Posted: 02/26/2020
Job ID: 519419BR

Industrial Engineering Intern - Camden, AR
Camden, Arkansas
Date Posted: 02/26/2020
Job ID: 519530BR
Industrial Engineering Intern - Camden, AR
Camden, Arkansas
Date Posted: 02/26/2020
Job ID: 519529BR

Industrial Engineering Labor Estimating Manager
Stratford, Connecticut
Date Posted: 03/13/2020
Job ID: 522107BR

Senior Industrial Engineer / Scheduler /Level 3
Palmdale, California
Date Posted: 03/19/2020
Job ID: 498911BR

Industrial Engineer Associate - Ocala, FL
Ocala, Florida
Date Posted: 11/21/2019
Job ID: 509662BR

Industrial Engineer Associate - Ocala, FL
Ocala, Florida
Date Posted: 02/05/2020
Job ID: 518464BR

https://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/search-jobs/industrial%20engineer/United%20States/694/1/2/6252001/39x76/-98x5/50/2  Accessed on 13 April 2020


Industrial engineers are employed and productivity improvement and cost reduction are practiced in many companies using Industrial engineering philosophy, principles, methods, techniques and tools.

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Updated on 10 July 2020, 14 April 2020