Lockheed Martin Factory of the Future Initiative Introduction

Lockheed Martin Factory of the Future Initiative Introduction to Engineering Design EDGSN 100 Section 002 Team / Design Team 1 Olivia Cook, www. personal. psu. edu/ojc 3, ojc 3@psu. edu Bryce Hoch, www. personal. psu. edu/bch 5283, bch 5283@psu. edu Pavani Samala, http: //personal. psu. edu/pjs 5672/, pjs 5672@psu. edu Nathan Schiffmann, www. personal. psu. edu/nms 5962, nms 5962@psu. edu Presented to: Prof. Berezniak Date: 04/26/2018

Purpose To address the project sponsored by Lockheed Martin for its Factory of the Future Initiative, present how our group went about solving one of these problems, and provide recommendations for the future based on our solution.

Background • Innovation Garage is currently tracking material usage manually. The materials used are inputted in a database manually, and the resources are scanned manually into an inventory database as well, creating a slow and nonreliable process. Employee space utilization is also not tracked. • Garage needs a new way to track materials and employee space utilization in an automated and more technological inserted process.

Sponsor • Lockheed Martin • Values: doing what's right, respecting others, and performing only with excellence. • HQ: Bethesda, Maryland • Other locations: Brazil, Australia and South Korea. • Various business areas: Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, Space Systems.

Project Requirements & Description • Find a new way to track employees, material, and equipment • Replace the current system and replace with a more innovative method • Lead into future automation projects, as well as other technological insertions • Include concept, method, equipment, and design

Project Statement • The Innovation Garage at Lockheed Martin is available for employees to use, but it lacks a way to track how the employees utilize the space 1. how many people are inside at a given time 2. which equipment is being used 3. Material • new automated way to track the materials and tools used in this area and/or the tracking of employees. • Replace the manual system

Design Method • Brainstormed as a group and wrote ideas down • Sorted through ideas for each project • Used Solidworks software to create digital design • Used features such as extrude bass, extrude cut, and revolve • Refined design using iterations of the engineering design process

Criteria for Success • Successfully track • employees entering and departing the innovation garage • inventory • who is using the equipment • Lead the company towards a more automated environment in the future

Procedures • Simple, yet effective technology to begin • Partially automated due to constraints on budget and infrastructure • Initially looked into using GPS sensor that would track each employee; however, it was too expensive for the scope of the project • However, we agreed that small devices could be worn by the employees in order to accomplish goals. • We then settled on the idea that each worker could pick up a wristband when entering the Innovation Garage.

Procedure • The design of this wristband first included an RFID sensor capability like those used in smartphones that would be able to register each tool and part by touching the wristband to it. • Then the problem came that this would require individual sensors installed all around the workshop, so this idea was abandoned for a simpler solution. • The final iteration of the wristband included a barcode scanner so that the worker could scan a barcode for each item they used.

Results and Discussion • Our final design was a wristband that are equipped with sensors that read barcodes. • Barcodes will also be placed on equipment to track who uses the machines at what time. • Decrease the time and effort for Lockheed Martin to manually complete the task. • Company can gather how the Innovation Garage could be improved in the future by examining how the employees use the space.

Conclusions and Recommendations • Our solution is viable and low cost • It will reduce the time and effort for Lockheed Martin to track which materials are utilized. • In the future, the company should use the feedback gained from the technology to improve the layout of the garage and the equipment located there. • We would be happy to assist in further discussion about a solution. (more detailed, better at tracking equipment)

Closing Thank You to Lockheed Martin for sponsoring our project and thank you everyone for listening to our presentation.