Title: Changing A System From Within – And Get Hit By The Unexpected Surprises.
Abstract: Continuous improvement of manufacturing systems requires concurrency of systems engineering with production. Production is mostly driven by delivery while manufacturing systems engineering tends to be more driven by cost reduction and a search of excellence. Systems integration of new or modified systems represents potential risks to the production system and therefore a threat to the scheduled delivery to the customers.
At GKN Aerospace Norway we are introducing a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems to handle all information related to products, production processes, production facilities and resources required for production. The integration of the PLM-system poses both technical and organizational challenges.
Biography: Andreas Thorvaldsen has nearly twenty five years of industry experience related to materials development, manufacturing and systems development both in Norsk Hydro and GKN Aerospace Norway. He received his doctorate in 1997 on grain growth in polycrystalline materials. From 1997 until 2005 he worked at Buskerud College where he started the present program on Systems Engineering. Currently his is manager of continuous improvement at GKN Aerospace Norway.
