Using Lean Performance Metrics - Benchmarking the Aerospace Industry with the

Automotive Industry

The four impacts of Industry 4.0 on aeronautics

1. A unique data system (from the silo to cooperation)

Reconnect all these silos in order to create vertical integration, a continuous chain of these
data. Tangibly, sensors will be installed throughout the chain and will constantly send data
on production status, stock management, possible problems, etc.

2. New digital production technologies

3D modelling and additive manufacturing

Parts to be designed with less material: lighter, smaller, and therefore less
expensive to produce.
All of the new machines being digital allows them to analyse their mechanisms
thanks to artificial intelligence that will reduce error rates and down time. A McKinsey
study, therefore, shows that these new machines can reduce quality cost by 10 to
20%, storage cost by 20 to 50%, and maintenance cost by 10 to 40%.
3. A centralized control rooms

4. Interaction between man and machines

Cobots
McKinsey therefore estimates that unit productivity per post could be increased by
75%!