Joed DoughertyJoed Dougherty
Manager, Product Lifecycle Management
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems - Rotorcraft

Joed Dougherty is the engineering manager of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for Boeing Rotorcraft’s Philadelphia site. The organization combines configuration management (CM), data management (DM) and lifecycle management functions into a new engineering organization chartered to enable full integration of the information management processes and tools. Dougherty is responsible for improving the efficiency and quality of processes, tools, technologies and skill utilization across the Philadelphia site. Prior to this assignment, Dougherty was the Philadelphia Site Lean Engineering project manager, where he was responsible for the development and deployment of new processes and tools within the Lean Enterprise domain. The three critical thrusts of the Lean Engineering group included model based definition and environment (MBD/E), product data management (PDM), and advanced collaboration environments. Dougherty played a major role in transforming the Philadelphia site into a lean enterprise. Since joining Boeing in 1994, Dougherty served in a range of engineering, product support and project management assignments across the rotorcraft programs. He was a technical publications author on the CH-47 Chinook and CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter programs, a supportability systems architect responsible for the interactive electronic technical manuals (IETM) on the RAH-66 Comanche and the Bell Boeing 609 programs, as well as a principal investigator for advance maintenance and training systems on the Boeing X-32 Joint Strike Fighter. He was then appointed by the Philadelphia site chief engineer to the Lean Enterprise Program leadership team in 2000, charged with reengineering process and tools across engineering and manufacturing to achieve cycle time and cost reductions. Dougherty received his bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Long Island University and a master’s degree in information technology from Penn State University. He also has attended the Executive Program for Product Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Business. He was born September 30, 1968 in Philadelphia.

Abstract

Model-based Definition (MBD) In The Product Support Environment -Technical Data Development and Use

Model-based definition (MBD) and advanced design tools have become ever-increasing industry design approaches within the aircraft manufacturing industry. Identified as processes and tools that have been proven to greatly decrease engineering design non-recurring costs, MBD’s requirements and impacts for implementation at the product support level are often overlooked. This discussion will encompass experiences, lessons learned and challenges of MBD in the product support (technical data) world.