TEWKSBURY, Mass., Sept. 22, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon's Integrated Air
Defense Center (IADC), Andover, Mass., received the Northeast Regional SHINGO
award for excellence in lean manufacturing during an awards dinner held at the
University of Massachusetts' Boston Campus last week.
The award recognizes organizations that use world-class manufacturing
strategies and practices to achieve world-class results. The award was
established in 1988 to promote awareness of lean manufacturing concepts and
recognizes companies in North America that achieve world-class manufacturing
status.
More than 4,000 employees work at Raytheon's IADC, ensuring that the
missile guidance systems, radar sub-assemblies and final systems that are
destined to support the warfighter, will work first time, every time.
Additionally, the employees at the IADC produce the critically required
circuit cards for all Raytheon businesses.
"This award validates the dedication and teamwork of all employees at the
Integrated Air Defense Center including the more than 1500 IBEW and IAM
employees who embraced and employed the concepts of 'Lean Manufacturing' in
order to provide for mission assurance and 'No Doubt' in all of the products
and services they provide to our nations warfighter," said Dan Ryan, vice
president of Operations for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. "These
people 'stepped up to the plate' when it came to applying lean concepts into
their work environment day in and day out."
Based in Tewksbury, Mass., Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader
in joint battle space integration. With a strong international and domestic
customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. armed
forces, Integrated Defense Systems provides integrated air and missile defense
and naval and maritime war fighting solutions.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2004 sales of $20.2 billion, is an
industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information
technology, technical services and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people worldwide.
Contact:
Guy Shields
978.858.5246
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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CONTACT:
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