Intelli-Check – Mobilisa provides a total package security system for access control to protect airports, government and commercial buildings, military installations and other critical sites as well as for first responder initiatives. In addition, the company is the leading innovator of Wireless Over Water technologies, providing secure and efficient communication in a marine environment.

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NCMS is a supporting organization for Management Roundtable's fall conference, Profiting from Lean Product Development: Toyota Methods and Beyond, to be held October 14 – 15, 2008 in Chicago, IL. This brand new event will bring together leading thought leaders and advanced practitioners to discuss multiple approaches for incorporating lean concepts into product development to achieve breakthrough improvements and a competitive advantage in product development performance. NCMS Executive Director Lean Product Development Initiative Michael Gnam will lead a half-day workshop on Product Development for the Lean Enterprise.

The event features keynote presenters including James Luckman, Partner, Lean Transformations Group, LLC; Dr. James Morgan, Director, Body Exteriors & Stamping Business Unit Engineering, Ford Motor Company; Don Reinertsen, President, Reinertsen & Associates and author of Managing the Design Factory and case presentations from Steelcase, Microsoft, Abbott Diagnostics, Pfizer, Caterpillar, GE Healthcare and more. For more information, visit:

http://www.roundtable.com/Event_Center/Lean/LPD08/LPD08.html

Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) - a collaborative initiative teaming NCMS, its member companies and the Department of Defense (DoD) - held its 9th annual symposium April 7-9, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. The CTMA program, administered by the NCMS, is a unique DoD/Industry partnership designed to bring new technologies to the DoD maintenance community to increase warfighter readiness through increased weapon system reliability, improved maintenance procedures, and reduce costs.

The event was marked by the enthusiasm of satisfied CTMA customers whose most pressing maintenance needs had been solved through collaboration with NCMS. Some estimates place the overall value of the work delivered by CTMA at over $1 billion dollars from a DoD investment of $53 million. But most importantly, overall equipment readiness has improved drastically while maintainers have had direct input into the development of much needed equipment.

The Process Substitution Methodology project for composite materials provided immediate benefit to the Department of Defense (DoD) war fighting capability during missions in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Iraq.

The primary goal of this project was to develop and install the basic tools required to support material state management approach upon which the substitution methodology is based. The rapid revision of the processes that allowed for expansion of the Predator mission is just one example of potential applications. The material state management approach provides production personnel and support engineers with visibility on the effects of changes in process of the composite.

Cost:

$150.00 Non-members
$100.00 NCMS Member

This final report can be purchased online at the following link:

http://products.ncms.org/DEPT_RPT/RPT140318.htm

Project Category: Condition and Prognosis Based Maintenance.

Phase I of the Electrical Wiring Integrity Systems Program (EWIS) demonstrated the potential that can be realized by effective wire testing and maintenance. The EWIS results have resulted in success at each of the participant sites. However, as the expeditionary demand on military aircraft increases and the life cycle of these aircraft are extended, the need to effectively implement wiring integrity programs to maintain the health of these aircraft also increases. Quick identification of faulty wire paths and in locating the fault will provide improved repair time and increased mission readiness.

Phase II of this program will focus on moving aircraft maintenance from a reactive to a proactive posture. This transition will be accomplished by providing aircraft maintainers with the necessary inspection test protocols and processes to implement the EWIS technology effectively into a Phased Depot Maintenance environment. Establishing an effective wiring health monitoring and maintenance program for military aircraft will provide a viable insight into the degradation of aircraft wiring.

Current industry participants are Eclypse International, Boeing, and Aging Aircraft Consultants, Inc.