Abstract A Department of Defense (DoD) manufacturing company awarded a major DoD contract was unable to meet their vehicle build schedules inside a number of their assembly plants. The problem was identified as being caused by a number of component and assembly shortages coming from several key production tier 1 and 2 suppliers. TPS was brought in to several strategic supply locations to identify the causes of the delivery problems, enact corrective actions where required, and eliminate the production schedule disruptions. Challenge + The Assembly plants were frequently minutes away from shutting down production due to the lack of components. + TPS was to identify all issues impacting the focused supplier’s ability to deliver product on schedule and develop corrective actions around the

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