TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AT PRATT & WHITNEY Following is a quote from Mr.. George David’s, CEO, UTC address at Yale University on April 24 th, 1996; “ The.

Slide 1 TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AT PRATT & WHITNEY Following is a quote from Mr.. George David’s, CEO, UTC address at Yale University on April 24 th, 1996; “ The principles of process re-engineering are straight forward. Make something only when you need it and never early. Make it in the smallest possible quantity and make it again when you need it, which of course requires set-up time and cost minimization, which is kaizen’s most basic initiative. Third, minimize the number of separate operations, and therefore hands off and therefore opportunities for inventories and delays, and minimize travel distance within the manufacturing process. Fourth, measure quality at every immediate step and eliminate re-work per operation rather than reject parts at final inspection”. TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS FOR PARTERSHIP INDUSTRIES PROF. ERNESTO GUTIERREZ-MIRAVETE ARJUMUND ABID (‘BOB) Slide 2 TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AT PRATT & WHITNEY----- Some Examples  Solid Modeling  Part Probing, which reduces processing time.  Closed Loop Machining  Limited operator role in machining process  Automatic collection of process data TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS FOR PARTERSHIP INDUSTRIES PROF. ERNESTO GUTIERREZ-MIRAVETE ARJUMUND ABID (‘BOB’) Slide 3 Pratt & Whitney-acquisitions, joint ventures &/or offset obligations Pratt & Whitney is looking at emerging markets for growth. The acquisitions, joint ventures &/or offset obligations are being looked at globally. Pratt & Whitney’s strategy calls for outsourcing non complicated parts to produce them inexpensively. Turn times are being reduced drastically from design to introduction into production. Slide 4 Pratt & Whitney-acquisitions, joint ventures &/or offset obligations.North Berwick, Maine founded in 1979 200 salary, 973 direct and 295 indirect employees Samsung Aerospace Started engine business in 1978. Total employees 1510 started business with P&W in 1985 Slide 5 Pratt & Whitney-acquisitions, joint ventures &/or offset obligations (cont’d) Singapore Aerospace Division of Singapore Technologies Approximately 150 employees Founded in 1986 for PW4000 Partnership industries. Eldim bv, Netherlands Part of interturbine one facility in Netherlands one facility in Germany