Follow the Sun Engineering:
Remote design refers to the practice of design being conducted at a considerable distance and in a substantially different time zone to both the manufacturing facility and the Prime design authority.

24 Hour working refers to the practice of the design being carried out over three geographical locations – so spaced that the work is conducted continuously over three sites. By definition at least one of these sites are conducting Remote Design in series with the other sites.

  • Benefits:
    • Reduced schedule / elapsed time
    • Access to global resource
    • Facilitate and enhance international partnerships
    • Pool skills and experience across all sites
    • Frequent peer checking leading to increased efficiency


Experience in 24 Hour Work:

KBE Wing Panel Tooling Design
Metallic stabiliser
Work performed:

  • Components and sub assembly
  • Initial design with changes made during the project
  • CATIA design work done in Melbourne, Australia; Tallassee, Alabama and Weston, UK.
  • Technical and project management from Australia
  • Circa 3 man month job done by three engineers in separate time zones, in under one month elapsed time

    • Metallic fuselage mainframe

  • Design shared between Australia, UK and St Louis, MO
  • Serial design of a single complex Fuselage Mainframe
    • Follow the Sun Engineering

    Site Modified 12 June 2009 by Phil Edon    Phil.edon@ukes.aerospace.gknplc.com

     

     

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