OEM COG: Second Source Manufacturing: Lessons Learned from the Second World War

Second Source Manufacturing: Lessons Learned from the Second World War
Thursday, September 15, 2022 | 12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern

Join ICEAA’s OEM COG for an encore presentation of the winner of the Best Paper Overall from the 2022 Professional Development & Training Workshop: Second Source Manufacturing: Lessons Learned from the Second World War.

Manufacturing defense systems at different sites is increasingly common due to foreign coproduction and international cooperative ventures. These situations challenge estimators, posing questions about the transfer of learning and relative efficiency of multiple production sites. This paper examines cost history from World War II, when U.S. bomber production lines were shared across multiple companies. The conclusions are tested against modern experience and guidance provided to estimators seeking help.

Author: Brent M. Johnstone

Brent Johnstone is a Lockheed Martin Fellow and production air vehicle cost estimator at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Fort Worth, Texas. He has 34 years’ experience in the military aircraft industry, including 31 years as a cost estimator. He has worked on the F-16 program and has been most recently the lead Production Operations cost estimator for the F-35 program. He has a Master of Science from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Attending this webinar counts as 1 hour of training or 0.1 points towards your CCEA recertification.