Applying Lean Assessment Tools at a Maryland Manufacturing Company

Manufacturing companies are implementing and adapting to a number of strategic practices to enhance quality and improve productivity to remain competitive and reduce costs.The use of Lean practices has proven to achieve these objectives.The purpose of this research is to evaluate and perform an assessment of the current status of a local manufacturing organization, Middle River Aircraft Systems (MRAS), located in Baltimore, MD.An assessment tool is used to evaluate MRAS's current Lean manufacturing state in terms of actual manufacturing practice related to inventory cycles, production processes, maintenance procedures and operations, facility layout, quality control, and other key metrics used to improve manufacturing facilities.