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Article: Lockheed Martin streamlines process documentation.(Assembly in Action)
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- Assembly
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., a division of Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, MD) manufacturers some of the most advanced military aircraft in the world, and is lead contractor for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program--the single largest defense contract in history.
To help land the JSF contract, Lockheed Martin decided it needed to streamline its existing mainframe and paper-based process control systems. The result was the Electronic Work Instructions (EWI) project, a comprehensive effort to cut costs and increase manufacturing efficiency throughout the company.
The EWI project consists of two components, both supplied by the manufacturing ...