Boeing’s Dr. Alfredo Herrera Accepts DFMA Supporter of the Year Award
WAKEFIELD, R.I.— Dr. Alfredo Herrera of The Boeing Company received the “Distinguished DFMA Supporter of the Year Award” at the 2014 International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) held in Providence, RI, June 4-5. Herrera received the award for his role in educating the larger engineering community—not only about DFMA, but about integrating the program into corporate-wide Lean and Value Engineering (VE) efforts.
At a previous DFMA Forum, Herrera presented a paper (also published in Aerospace Manufacturing and Design) on the AH-64D Apache Helicopter. The article outlined the customer demands Boeing Mesa engineers were able to meet by using Model-Based Definition (MBD), DFMA best practices, Dimensional Management and Advanced Technology Assemblies (ATA) analysis, among other collective approaches.
Dr. Herrera works at Boeing Mesa as Lean+ Engineering Project Manager and often cites the top-down commitment of the organization to Lean, value-focused thinking.