How GE Aerospace's Plant in Greenville Used Lean to Produce a New High-Pressure Turbine Blade During the Pandemic

GREENVILLE, SC—Source: How One GE Aerospace Plant Used Lean to Produce a New CFM56 High-Pressure Turbine Blade by Christine Gibson

By mid-2020, normal routines around the world had ground to a halt. Early-stage quarantine plans to make the best of the spare time — to get in shape or learn a new skill — were giving way to languor and endless doomscrolling.

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How GE Aerospace's Plant in Greenville Used Lean to Produce a New High-Pressure Turbine Blade During the Pandemic

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