11.4.1 An Experience Report at Thales Aerospace: “The Lean Journey”

Abstract

AbstractThis experience report illustrates the implementation of ‘Value Streams’ in Systems Engineering and Product Development at Thales Aerospace. It explains how non‐added value elements are eliminated thanks to these value stream mappings.This paper is based on one of our real experiences. Therefore, it could be considered as a concrete example of Lean Principle 2 of Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering developed by the INCOSE Lean Working Group:This experience report describes an achieved example of value stream mapping and its positive impacts on Systems Engineering. It also offers an overview of this pragmatic methodology and the training courses for implementation. Current worldwide deployment status and achievements in terms of performances and customer satisfaction are also provided. Finally key success factors and upcoming steps are described to further improve the performance. “have cross functional stakeholders work together to build the agreed value stream” “use formal value stream mapping methods to identify and eliminate Systems Engineering and Product Development waste, and to tailor and scale tasks”. imageThis experience report describes an achieved example of value stream mapping and its positive impacts on Systems Engineering. It also offers an overview of this pragmatic methodology and the training courses for implementation. Current worldwide deployment status and achievements in terms of performances and customer satisfaction are also provided. Finally key success factors and upcoming steps are described to further improve the performance.