Pierre Harter – Taking flight with the Factory of the Future

Manufacturing large aircraft structures such as a 737 fuselage can require tracking and installing tens of thousands of parts. That’s why Spirit Aerosystems, the world’s largest first-tier aerostructures manufacturer, has piloted (no pun intended) new technologies like IoT to improve factory operations. Pierre Harter, Director of Advanced Manufacturing Strategy, chats with Mr. IoT about the impact and how they measure success, lessons learned, and the importance of focusing on change management to ensure successful adoption by the “real customers”—the factory floor workers.