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Building and operating an Advanced Manufacturing Facility places Aerojet Rocketdyne at the cutting-edge of technology and innovation , but , as noted above , modern customers demand a combination of innovation and cost-effectiveness . To this end , as Aerojet Rocketdyne moves into new markets and develops new technologies , it must continuously assess its own capabilities to do so . One such way in which the company is doing this is through its Competitive Improvement Program . The goal of this program is a simple one : to ensure that its products are more affordable across the enterprise and bring that value back to its customers .
The Advanced Manufacturing Facility is but one part of this program as Aerojet Rocketdyne chose to consolidate its footprint ; the next step is rationalisation across the entire enterprise . “ It ’ s about our product affordability going back to our customers ,” says Avakian , “ and along with that we ’ re also reducing our administrative and overhead costs . In order to bring value back to our customers , it ’ s about making sure we ’ re using everything that we can from an efficiency and effectiveness perspective .”
A Continuous Improvement Program is all well and good , but much like the information provided through automation and machine learning , Aerojet Rocketdyne must extract
DECEMBER 2018