Vaughan Morris
Manager, PDM Development & Deployment
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Vaughan Morris is the manager of PDM development and deployment for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, working on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program since its inception in 1996. Mr. Morris has 32 years of experience in the design and manufacture of complex technical products. He also has 28 years’ experience in the aerospace defense industry and 5 years in the commercial products industry. He has held positions in manufacturing engineering, process re-engineering and business system development and deployment. His experience includes configuration management, engineering design release processes and systems, manufacturing engineering tooling, work instructions, bills of material systems and processes, aircraft fabrication, assembly and installation processes and business systems, MRPII implementation, procurement and data management systems.

Abstract

The Lockheed Martin PDM presentation is the story of the business problems and needs created by the Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) program. The JSF is a globally distributed design, manufacturing and sustainment program that has to be managed in an ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) environment. The key theme is “Digital from Design through Sustainment.” A cornerstone of the solution is collaboration and horizontal integration in the design development environment, and leveraging that capability all the way through manufacturing and sustainment phases. Issues discussed will be the specific business problems that had to be overcome and the depth to which PDM was used to solve them. The presentation finishes up with lessons learned.