PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE
For Immediate Release – March 2005
AEGIS SOFTWARE FACILITATES BAE SYSTEMS LEAN
MANUFACTURING PROGRAM
Philadelphia PA – Aegis Industrial Software announced that BAE
Systems in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has implemented Aegis Manufacturing
Information Management Software to create a complete link among all
business and factory processes within one seamless system for optimum
lean manufacturing. The suite includes CheckPoint, CircuitCAM, and
Fusion iView software modules.
BAE Systems needed to upgrade its software solutions to a platform that
could handle all the latest technologies and integrate them into one
simple format. This included offline machine programming and importing
production and design information, bills of materials (BOMs) and more,
plus adding digital photos and video to electronic instruction
information and manual documents. The goal was to put 100% of product
and production information in one place and to make the information
accessible anywhere within the company at any time. After sending its
criteria to four suppliers and reviewing presentations, BAE Systems
selected Aegis as its provider.
Royce Binion, Manager of Business Development for Civil Aerospace for
BAE Systems, said "One of the things that impressed us with the Aegis
software was that when we bring in a BOM, we can append the bin location
and the lane location to each part number. We have more than 20,000
places to search for a part on our production floor. When an operator is
using the iView software, he is able to point to any component on the
circuit card and receive the component part number, where it's used, and
the reference designator information on it. He’ll also get a lane and
bin location so he can quickly go right to the part.
Out of all the packages, Aegis was the only one that tied the BOM to the
CAD drawing enough to where we can just point at a reference designator
in Fusion iView and get all the component information."
CheckPoint software allows BAE Systems to pull in any user selectable
information for each job and to link parts to bin location. These
features, Binion said, are critical for maintaining a true lean
manufacturing facility.
"We had quite a bit of criteria we demanded. Aegis was the only provider
that met all of our requirements and provided all the front end
applications for new product introduction," Binion said. "They can
generate all our machine programs, create electronic work instructions,
and display them through Web browsers."
About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is an international company engaged in the development,
delivery, and support of advanced defense and aerospace systems in the
air, on land, at sea, and in space.
BAE Systems North America is one of America’s foremost national
security, aerospace and information systems companies. It is a leading
provider of electronic and information-based systems and knowledge-based
solutions that meet our customers’ mission effectiveness and operational
safety needs. BAE Systems North America employs more than 30,000 people
at sites across the United States and the United Kingdom and generates
more than $5 billion in annual sales.
BAE Systems North America’s Fort Wayne facility manufactures electronic
circuit cards that go into high-reliability electronic controls for
aerospace. The controls are integral to all General Electric commercial
engines and military F-18s, F-16s, F-15s, the new Joint Strike Fighter
and the F-22 Raptor. Since these controls must operate in harsh
environments, every component goes through rugged environmental testing
and screening. Every step, from incoming parts to final test, is
processed with the highest level of reliability. The Fort Wayne facility
runs five different surface-mount technology assembly lines, 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, with a very high mix of assemblies.
For additional information contact:
Shaun Black, Marketing Director
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email: sblack@aiscorp.com
Phone: 714.828.9730