Quality Control and Improvement at Lockheed Martin

BUS 601 OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT
Student’s Name
 Quality Control and Improvement at Lockheed Martin

Introduction
 Currently, competition is at the pick both in the international market
and in the local areas.
 The fact behind this ideology is that failure to offer quality products,
services and processes to the customers lures them to satisfy their
taste and preferences from competitors.
 It is therefore significant to employ quality control and improvement
operations such as process quality control, use of control charts,
designing of quality control systems, lean and six sigma, and
continuous improvement strategy.
 This presentation is therefore brought forth to explore various aspects
related to continuous quality improvement as presented by Lockheed
Martin corporation operations.

Operation definition
 Continuous improvement refers to the concept of periodically making
adjustments in the service, product and process involved in the
operations of the company with a fundamental aim of promoting
quality for competitiveness in the market area.
 The developmental strategy of developing the product, process and
service can either be incremental or breakthrough.
 The incremental strategy operates over predetermined period unlike
the breakthrough strategy whereby all the operations are compiled
together and performed as an entity.

Operation Framework
Continuous
Improvement
Quality Control and
Improvement
Breakthroug
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Incremental