Lean Mindset
Leaning In: Teams Use Lean to Eliminate Waste, Bolster Efficiency, and Drive Continuous Improvement
As GE Vernova prepares to stand up as a publicly traded company in April 2024, the company has laid out five central principles called the GE Vernova Way: “We drive Innovation in everything we do, serve our Customers with pride and focus, and operate with a Lean mindset, focusing on safety, quality, delivery, and cost, across our operations.
Gas Turbines
Powering Up: This Venerable Turbine Repair Shop in Singapore Is Preparing for the Global Stage
On the western tip of Singapore, there’s a sprawling facility that began life in the 1970s as a shipyard for tugboats and drill ships exploring the turquoise deeps of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. But the site’s days as a local repair shop are no longer. GE’s Global Repair Solutions Singapore (GRSS) is now a global hub for fixing the key components in the world’s fastest-growing fleet of H-class heavy-duty gas turbines.
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Tapping the Lean Machine: How a Jet-Engine-Servicing Plant in Brazil Solved the Puzzle of Missing Spare Parts
Soon after the pandemic hit in 2020, a team of logistics employees at a GE Aerospace plant in Brazil that services jet engines detected something odd, and worrisome: The number of available spare parts, used to repair engines, had dropped dramatically because of a cut in air freight deliveries. And those that did arrive often came in patchwork fashion and wound up stuck on the ground at Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão International Airport, stalled by lengthy import-paperwork delays. The consequences were potentially serious.
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Clearwater Revival: How a Florida Plant Embraced Lean to Boost Productivity and Enhance Safety
Every day, the world’s power grids are adapting to bridge the gap between the fossil fuel era and the renewables age. Instrumental in building that bridge are the 700 operators and managers who work at GE’s Grid Solutions Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Clearwater, Florida, and produce thousands of components such as capacitors and power sensors, which help the grid absorb wind and solar generation smoothly and safely.
Lean Management
Smooth-Running Machine: Lean Techniques Help a GE Aerospace Plant in Italy Find Its Footing
Any GE Aerospace employee who has spent the day at Avio Aero’s plant in Pomigliano d’Arco, Italy, would probably agree that two aspects of the workplace are unimprovable: the view and the food. The GE-owned plant in northeast Naples, which manufactures blades, combustors, and other components for some of the world’s largest jet engines, looks out on Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that buried Pompeii in ash two millennia ago.
Lean Management
The Heat Is On: How The Kaizen Approach Is Helping GE Gas Power With Carbon Emissions And Energy Costs
Dan Morey had a problem. He knew the vast compressed air system in Building 273 was leaking air, but he didn’t know where.
Lean Management
Small Gains, Big Difference: How GE Workers Are Using Lean To Improve Ergonomics In Factories
L.R. Phanindra is a strong believer in working smarter. The environmental health and safety (EHS) manager has spent nearly two decades improving production lines, including at the Wipro GE Imaging plant in Bengaluru, India, which manufactures CT machines, MR scanners and other GE Healthcare technology.
Lean Management
Lean Management: GE’s Wind Turbine Plant In Florida Is Using Continuous Improvement To Serve Customers Better
Workers at GE Renewable Energy’s plant in Pensacola, Florida, have a reason to feel good about their work. They make some of the most popular onshore wind turbines on the planet. The GE unit’s 2-megawatt (MW) onshore wind turbines reached a mind-blowing milestone in 2020 — a combined 20 gigawatts of installed capacity in 23 U.S. states and 10 countries. That’s enough to power the equivalent of 12.9 million homes around the world.
