You may have noticed some changes on this blog, aside from the layout of course. Every day, I have a feature, which makes your reading more varied yet informative.
Today, I’m launching another feature that I title, Innovation of the Week. After all, Six Sigma is the formula for breakthrough innovations. So, toward the end of the week (Thursday or Friday), I will share with you innovation news.
For this week, I’m sharing with you a U.S. fighter plane that will built in such a way that no other American fighter plane, or any other fighter plane for that matter, has been since WWII. This warplane is called F35.
What’s unique about this plane is that it will be assembled more like a car: on a moving line in a process that the Pentagon hopes will dramatically cut costs and speed production—much like achieving Lean and Six Sigma.
The article on LA Times.com describes F35 as:
The F-35 would be the only fighter to enter production in the next decade, and could even be the last piloted warplane aircraft bought by a U.S. military that is shifting to robotic planes and other means of delivering weapons to their targets.
The three basic variants of the F-35, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, are intended to replace Air Force F-16s, Navy F/A-18s and Marine Corps AV-8Bs.
Is this going to be the same way for ships as well?
If you have innovation news or stories—much better if driven by Six Sigma or initiated by Six Sigma companies—that you would like to share, please email at ma.merdekah[at]gmail[dot]com.
Source: LATimes.com, “A fighter on the line”
Shout out: Thanks to Renee, my colleague, who designed the logo for this feature. 
