{"id":38550,"date":"2019-04-09T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa1.ats-global.com\/right-first-time-best-practices-in-aerospace\/"},"modified":"2023-04-05T07:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:19:40","slug":"right-first-time-best-practices-in-aerospace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ats-global.com\/es\/right-first-time-best-practices-in-aerospace\/","title":{"rendered":"Right First Time Best Practices in Aerospace"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently attended an Automotive conference where the presenter talked about Straight Through Ratios (STR). What he meant was a vehicle that went through the full assembly process without a single fault being detected.He showed a live screen with today\u2019s statistics, presented on a huge Andon Board (LCD screen) along the assembly line. Only 32% of the vehicles went straight through without a fault. He described the cost of both detecting and correcting defects on the 68% of vehicles coming down the line with problems. A massive cost.<\/p>\n

I cannot recall such a statistic being used in Aerospace. Imagine if we were to calculate the straight through ratio on a civil aircraft including all sub-assemblies. I guess we would have a 0% STR? It would therefore not make much sense to measure, however what we can measure is the Right First Time (RFT) ratio for a component or sub-assembly by operation or series of operations. By focussing on a tighter measure we can focus design engineers and manufacturing engineers attention and give them a real measure of their performance.<\/p>\n

Essentially there are three ways to implement:<\/p>\n

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  1. We can tackle at the design and pre-production phase<\/li>\n
  2. We can tackle when the component or sub-assembly is in production<\/li>\n
  3. Or both of the above<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This is what ATS was asked to do at a major Aerospace OEM. For the design and pre-production phase we used dimensional and tolerance data from the CAD\/CAM system and compared with the physical pre-production parts. The resulting differences enabled us to help the OEM to refine the design and manufacturing process to achieve close to 100% RFT levels during production runs.<\/p>\n

    For the production process we implemented a combination of attribute (visual) and variable data collection systems at the inspection steps to continually improve the process.<\/p>\n

    Our experience and the improvement in RFT has led to a new data driven program being introduced by the OEM for their suppliers so they can improve their RFT ratios.<\/p>\n

    In Aerospace we cannot offer a one size fits all solution but if you would be interested in sharing experiences with us just let me know and we can discuss initially on a conference call.<\/p>\n

    \"Mike
    \nby Mike James<\/b>
    \nGroup Managing Director, ATS International B.V.<\/i>
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