Name That Tool
This safety tool protects your eyes from debris and sparks.
What are safety glasses/goggles?
In 1913, this automotive company revolutionized manufacturing by introducing the first moving assembly line for the mass production of the Model T.
Who is Ford Motor Company?
This policy is the official Textron Systems manual that defines how Government Property must be managed, controlled, and recorded.
What is Government Property Management Manual OR GOV‑POL‑001?
Textron Systems is committed to pride and safety in everything we do to support quality, delivery, continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction.
What is Textron System's quality policy?
Textron’s global headquarters is located on Westminster Street in this New England state capital.
What is Providence, Rhode Island?
This specialized tool compresses electrical lugs or terminals to ensure a secure mechanical and electrical connection.
What is a crimping tool?
Named after the Japanese word for "the real place," this type of daily walk involves managers going directly to the shop floor to see processes and talk to frontline workers.
What is a Gemba Walk?
This procedure requires that no equipment be used unless it has a valid calibration label or certification.
What is the Wilmington Calibration Manual OR QUAL‑PROC‑036?
Textron Sytems quality objectives.
What is safety, on time delivery, and product conformity?
During World War II, Textron manufactured millions of these crucial textile supplies for airborne troops.
What are parachutes?
A common accessory in UT inspections, this gel ensures proper transmission of sound waves from the probe into the part.
What is couplant?
When a planner builds a production schedule based on the maximum output of the plant’s slowest, most restrictive machine rather than infinite theoretical capacity, they are planning around this operational concept.
What is the Bottleneck (or Constraint)?
This procedure contains the requirements for production and engineering areas. It is intended to ensure proper handling and storage of parts, materials, tooling and fixturing, proper storage requirements and compliance to general industry standards.
What is the Wilmington Work Area Operations Manual OR MFG-PROC-005?
QA Manager, Manufacturing Engineer, Quality Engineer, and Design Engineer make up what quality board?
What is the material review board (MRB)?
Textron entered the aerospace and defense sector in 1960 by acquiring which defense division?
What is Bell Aircraft (or Bell Textron)?
This tool uses a lever‑style probe to detect high and low points on a workpiece, often during CNC setup to establish true centerline.
What is an edge finder (or wiggler)?
Unlike a traditional straight-line assembly line, world-class plants often arrange workstations into this specific alphabet-letter shape to allow one operator to efficiently monitor multiple machines at once.
What is a U-shaped line (or U-cell)?
This procedure mandates that the Manufacturing Plan must describe in detail how the product will be produced, including capacity analysis, plant layout, material flow, WIP loading, and required Manufacturing Prove‑Out activities.
What is the Transition to Production Instruction OR MFG‑INST‑034?
This government agency supports military programs to ensure contract and product compliance.
Who is DCMA or DCMAS?
Introduced as Textron Aviation's largest, longest-range flagship business jet, this model features a spacious flat-floor cabin and a range of up to 3,500 nautical miles.
What is the Cessna Citation Longitude?
This high‑precision measuring instrument uses a spindle, thimble, and anvil to measure small dimensions more accurately than calipers.
What is a micrometer?
Originating from the German word for the baton used by an orchestra conductor, this metric calculates the precise rhythm or "heartbeat" at which a plant must produce a part to perfectly match customer demand.
What is Takt Time?
The online form is used to request material out of the stockroom. This form would be utilized for anything that is on a discrete job (DJ).
What is the PC&L Material Request Form OR PLN_PCL-FORM-003?
In a composite positional tolerance feature control frame, this specific line governs the location of the feature pattern as a whole relative to the specified datum reference frame.
What is the Pattern-Locating Tolerance Zone Framework?
This entrepreneur founded Textron’s earliest predecessor, the Special Yarns Corporation, in Boston in 1923.
What is Royal Little?