People & Partners
– Chief Engineer Role in Development phase (misunderstood in Aerospace Industry)
§ Highly experienced in Product development, small team, clear technical authority over all internal & external Eng’s, Voice of the Customer, guardian of the specifications, not a Programme Manager. Unity of leadership
§ Decide Product & trade off between design/ Manufacturing/ Suppliers & Customer Support/ ILS so that product fulfils all requirements
§ Identify & remove Development roadblocks internal & partners/suppliers
§ Dev. schedule, product recurring costs, product reliability & op costs,
– Balance functional expertise & Programme integration
§ Programme Plateau (early concept phase & integration tasks) or Functional Plateau
(Detail design phase, cross programme optimization & learning, standardization, product/process skills)
(Detail design phase, cross programme optimization & learning, standardization, product/process skills)
– Develop towering technical competence
§ Proactive hiring, early experience in other functions: Manufacturing, Customer and Support/
§ Link to HR (Expert network, competence Mgt, specific technology dev. skills, process)
– Suppliers/Partners integration into Product Development
– Build in learning & Continuous Improvement
§ Companys’ culture are mainly based on history & diff. functions (customer value,
multicultural…)
multicultural…)
– Build a culture to support Excellence & Relentless Improvement
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