Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E108: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones – Part 5

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This is part 5 of the 2006 speech given by Rockwell Collins CEO, Clay Jones. I worked at Rockwell Collins from 1999-2017, and was heavily involved in the Lean Electronics program.

In this clip, you'll hear him discuss the 5 lessons learned from the first 8 years of the Lean journey at Rockwell Collins (1998 to 2006).

  1. Senior Leadership alignment
  2. Managing change and resistance
  3. Course correction when needed
  4. Implement Value Stream Mapping first
  5. Ask for help

“If leadership isn't driving your Lean transformation, don't even start. It's like teaching a pig to talk. You're wasting your time, and you're annoying the pig” – Clay Jones

He shares some impressive results that were partly due to Lean implementation. Stock price increase of 260%, return on investment capital from 21% to 38%, sales almost doubled from $1.8B to $3.5B, net income over 80%, both business units over 18% operating margin, along with the traditional improvements to on-time delivery, customer acceptance (quality) and sales per employee.

You can watch the entire video at ⁠⁠⁠http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/16101-leading-rockwell-collins-lean-transformation⁠⁠⁠

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