JAY: Kitting as optimization tool of aircraft maintenance

Kitting as (LEAN) method in handling and supplying material and tools is not used in the aircraft maintenance process of KLM. That was one of the researchers first findings when starting this study for KLM Royal Dutch airlines. Kitting is the gathering of components and parts needed for the manufacture of a particular assembly or product....

Optimized structural design of Plug & Play Core© modular stadia during preliminary design

Modular construction is the on-site assembly (installation and connection) of factory made units (Lawson et al., 2014). It allows fabrication of structural components to be moved from the building site to controlled environments. Ballast Nedam adopted modular construction as a key business strategy for the future (Ballast Nedam, 2014). Plug &...