Annual President s Meeting May 10, :00am CBIA Auditorium, Hartford

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1 ACM UPDATE F e b r u a r y 2 8,, AA SS Aerospace Components Manufacturers, Inc. P.O. Box 736, 1090 Elm Street Rocky Hill, CT (860) FAX (860) alsamuel@acm-ct.org The ACM Update & Calendar (and previous issues) are also available for viewing on the ACM website. ACM Trade Show March 21, :00pm 7:30pm Hartford Windsor Marriott Hotel featuring Keynote Address by Mr. Patrick Dempsey, President, Barnes Aerospace Our show s theme, Managing the Changing Marketplace through Cooperation conveys cooperation among members and their customers to strengthen our position in the world market. Expose new and existing customers to the value of our collaboration Promote networking, subcontracting and shared business among our Members Invite Your Customers Contact the ACM Office for Registration Information Annual President s Meeting May 10, :00am CBIA Auditorium, Hartford Returning to visit ACM after three years.. Pierre Chao Director, Defense Industrial Initiatives and Senior Fellow, International Security Program Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC June 7 th at 3:00pm University of Hartford s Wilde Auditorium will address "Strategic Challenges & Opportunities for the Aerospace Supplier Base" Member s Reception follows Presentation

2 In-Line Measurement Workshop March 6th 7:30am R.E. Morris Co., 17 Talcott Notch Road, Farmington, CT Measurement has become a major source of lost time as process flow velocity becomes more important. During recent ACM Technology Assessment meetings, many machine shops indicated this as the number one technology issue related to improving yield, reducing time to first article approval, developing a smart machine and keeping good statistically valid and accessible data. This workshop will span the range of instrumentation providing measurement, data collection, and machine feedback, with a cost spectrum and accuracy range of interest to all machining requirements. Planned are five presentations of measuring capability followed by a demonstration of the hardware: Caron Engineering Tool Monitor Adaptive Control System, Laser Tool Setting, and Automatic Work Gaging Faro Technologies ---Gage Plus, Power Arm, Control Station Mitutoyo America---Non Contact Video Measurement, Multi Sensor Coordinate Technologies and QV Stream Machine Eye---In-Process and Final Inspection Measurement on the Machine Detroit Precision Hommel---Hand Held and Sophisticated Optical Systems Roger Cormier---practical applications and histories of In-Line Measurement Through the courtesy of Connstep and The R.E. Morris Company, the workshop begins with registration and a continental breakfast at 7:30am with the first presentation at 8:00am; lunch 12:40pm to 1:30pm; hands on demonstrations 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Please RSVP to the ACM Office ACM Congratulates the Kamatics Corporation Team In Achieving UTC/Pratt & Whitney s Supplier Gold Certification Kamatics Corporation (subsidiary of Kaman Corporation) of Bloomfield, CT received the Pratt & Whitney Gold Supplier for their performance from 12/20/2005 to 12/19/2006 at a ceremony at Kamatics February 9, Kamatics was among five suppliers, worldwide, selected to receive this recognition. At the February 9 th Award Ceremony, P&W Commodity Manager Tim Daley presented the Gold Supplier award to Kamatics President John Kornegay and 450 members of Kamatics Team

3 Kamatics provides high performance, specially designed self lubricated bearings used in engine control and variable stator support and actuation systems of all Pratt & Whitney commercial and military engines. In addition, Kamatics manufactures high-performance self-lubricated bearings for airframe and landing gear applications for use in commercial and business jets and military aircraft and helicopters. Kamatics began its lean journey in 1999 with Kaizen events in 5S and Set-up time reductions, receiving strong encouragement from Kaman President and CEO Paul Kuhn. In 2000 Kamatics kicked off its Lean Initiatives for a Vibrant Enterprise (Kamatics LIVE) Program by creating a Model Line for its first Value Stream, self lubricated bushings. Within two years manufacturing operations, engineering, and planning for all bearing types were converted into Value Streams resulting in significant gains in throughput and on-time delivery performance. Kamatics has now embraced lean principles throughout the enterprise with continuous improvement as an integral part of the everyday culture within the organization. Kamatics was able to achieve the following results in 2006 in order to meet the requirements of Pratt & Whitney Gold: -MFA customer satisfaction score of 6.3 out of a possible 7.0 -Zero Category 1 or Category 2 escapes -MRP delivery performance of 96% or above -Supplier Gold lean assessment score: 27 out of 32 Kamatics continues to provide its customers the highest quality products and services. In order to maintain this satisfaction level, Kamatics pursues excellence in all of its operations and is constantly seeking opportunities to continuously improve its performance with respect to quality, delivery, and value to the customer in today s ever-changing environment. With the organization s focused leadership, commitment to lean, and an empowered workforce, Kamatics will continue to set the standard for supplier performance and customer satisfaction. ACM is proud to note that Delta Industries (East Granby) and Whitcraft LLC (Eastford) have been prior recipients of Pratt & Whitney s Gold Level certification. Business Development ACM s Business Development Team met on February 20 th ; again, attendance was excellent with twenty-five members in attendance. The Team reviewed planning for ACM s Trade Show. Members were encouraged to send invitations to their customers; Al Samuel will members the list of customers who have pre-registered. The Heli-Expo 2007 Show takes place March 1-3 in Orlando, FL; link is: The ASME Turbo Expo 2007 takes place in Montreal May th ; link is: Attendees will provide feedback at our next Team meeting. In their roundtable, members continued to report excellent business activity; programs discussed were: -UTC/Hamilton-Sundstrand s work in support of the Boeing 787 was extremely busy. -Honeywell s rebuilding effort on AGT1500 tank engine is active. -Ground-based turbine business is again strong, specifically the P&W GG8 program was reported to have added 20 engines to this year s schedule -Pratt & Whitney Canada 600 series; likely supply-base issues at Eclipse Aviation are effecting the PWC610 engine schedule; both the PWC615 engine supporting the Cessna Mustang and the PWC617 engine supporting the Embraer Phenom 100 were reported as solid programs. -GE Aircraft Engines is likely to produce 3500 engines in the next 4-5 years. -F119 engine manufacturing supporting the F-22 Raptor is peaking in manufacturing rate this year, with lower levels over the next few years.

4 -Rolls-Royce Indianapolis is likely to take on the procurement support for Rolls-Royce UK for BR715 engine series. -Aerospace business in Western Europe was reported to be looking to increase sourcing in the U.S., driven by current favorable exchange rates and aircraft sales being priced in U.S. dollars. The next regular Team meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 24th at 8:00am at CERC, Rocky Hill. No Team meeting is planned during March to allow for the March 21 st Tradeshow. Progressive Manufacturing ACM s Lean Team meeting (postponed from February) will be held on March 8 th at LVSI, East Windsor; LVSI s Tom DeForge will host this meeting and discuss the concept Autonomation. Of the several elements that make up the Toyota production system model, Autonomation is one of the concepts that is mostly misunderstood and not taken advantage of in the relentless drive to take waste out of a process. Tom will present short, shop floor video clips of this concept in action. Please plan to attend and see how it can fit into your future kaizen events! ACM conducted a half day seminar, Lean as a Growth Strategy, on February 6 th, facilitated by Ed Miller of Strategy Development Services (photo, right); held at Trumpf s Customer and Development Center, the seminar was attended by 43 senior managers. Ed addressed the basic issues of Lean transformation stressing enterprise-wide implementation and the critical importance of senior management s involvement. He presented a primer on Hoshin Kanri, also called policy deployment, a lean tool used to define, implement and track a firm s strategic goals. John Kravontka, President, Fuss & O Neill Manufacturing Solutions LLC, Manchester, CT x5699 and longtime ACM member offers a single point lesson as a visual best practice to help foster the spreading of game changing ideas leading to improved safety, quality, lead times and profit (see, right). Mr. Yoshihisa Doi returns to Connecticut to spend the week of April 30-May 4 th consulting with ACM member firms. Mr. Doi is available to support your kaizen or consult with management on plans to implement lean business practices. His services are offered in half-day blocks of time; members will receive notices providing them the opportunity to reserve his time. For more information on Mr. Doi, see his website at

5 Consolidated Purchasing The next Consolidated Purchasing Team meeting is scheduled for 8:00am on Tuesday, April 3rd at CERC, Rocky Hill. This will be a special Team meeting and to discuss incorporation of lean thinking into raw material procurement and manufacturing support services. Aerodyne Alloys, Bodycote Thermal Processing and Metals Testing Company plan to present innovative suggestions in which manufacturers and suppliers can work together to reduce the cost of raw materials and manufacturing support services. This meeting is intended for Purchasing, Engineering and Estimating personnel; ACM Presidents and Purchasing Team members are asked to forward this information to their technical staffs and encourage their participation in this meeting. Please RSVP to alsamuel@acm-ct.org or Workforce Development The WorkForce Development Team met on February 22 nd. The following are courses having completed since the previous Team meeting or currently in progress The following are courses having recently completed or are currently in progress: Course Date (Start) No. of Days Date (End) Host Company or Location Participants Use of Measurement Tools 12/14/ /1/2007 Delta Industries Delta Industries Stowe Machine Shop Math Level 1 1/9/ /6/2007 Sterling Machine Sterling Machine Acceleron Delta GD&T 1/10/ /14/2007 Barnes Windsor Barnes Windsor BASF Sterling Machine Stowe Machine CBS Mfg First Line Supervisors Development Kamatics 1/10/ /4/2007 MTU AENA MTU BASF Howmet Sterling Machine Aerodyne Alloys Bodycote BluePrint Reading 2/27/ /1/2007 Barnes Windsor Barnes Windsor BluePrint Reading 2/28/ /2/2007 Barnes Windsor Barnes Windsor BluePrint Reading 3/1/ /3/2007 Barnes Windsor Barnes Windsor Shop Math Level 2 3/20/ /26/2007 Sterling Machine Team members requested Shop Math Level 2 be offered following completion of the current Shop Math Level 1 course, to be hosted by Sterling Machine, Enfield beginning on March 20th. Use of Measurements Tools course was also requested; please advise the ACM Office if you wish to host this course. Please advise the ACM office regarding other suggestions for courses. ACM s course syllabus may be found on the website library; go to Member Log-in, Library, Workforce Development and download (or view): WFD Course Syllabus a-o Sep, 2005.pdf.

6 This Team meeting was held at Connstep for the purpose of reviewing the MOST program, a federally funded entry-level machine operators program managed in Connecticut by Connstep. MOST is currently operated as a pilot program, offering candidates classroom and on the job training in preparation for entry level positions as machine operators. Since June 06, Connstep has managed three sessions of training with a fourth scheduled for March; the first three sessions were completely supported by ACM member firms. Members discussed the program s benefits, pros / cons and offered their recommendations to improve the candidate interview process and the actual training. Feedback from the participating firms indicated the program looks like a better way and offered them exposure to employees that normally would not have been considered for employment. Recommendations included: -setting up tours at companies for potential trainees prior to Connstep s detailed interview process, to act as an initial screen of trainees interest in the manufacturing environment -conducting background checks of applicants prior to their acceptance into the program -improvements to the templates offered by Connstep for the on the job training curriculum -conducting a workshop among participating companies to further development and standardization of the on the job training curriculum -improvements to the in-kind funding reporting documents. Comments regarding the curriculum were answered by program coordinator Ted Bauer, of the Massachusetts MEP, who advised the classroom (on the bus) portion of the curriculum has already undergone significant change; changes implemented include enhanced shop math and blueprint reading, the addition of metrology as part of the basic curriculum and allowing students who have completed the basic curriculum access to more advanced training modules. Please contact Connstep, Frank Rio at or John McCarroll at , for additional information regarding the MOST Program. The WorkForce Development Team has scheduled its next meeting for Thursday, April 19 th at 8:00am at Aerospace Techniques, Middletown. News from ACM Members Please forward significant company news and announcements to Allen Samuel at alsamuel@acm-ct.org for posting on the ACM website and publication in the UPDATE.