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Final Assembly Pull: Entering the Era of Aerospace Mass Customization Production

  • Guoqing Wang*
  • , Jincun Chen
  • , Weijia Yuan
  • , Qi Liu
  • , Runzhi Hu
  • , Guodong Wang
  • , Sihan Huang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
  • China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
  • Xi'an Aerospace Power Machinery Co., Ltd.
  • Beijing Shenzhou Aerospace Software Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Beijing Institute of Technology

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Abstract

China's aerospace manufacturing has gone through research and development dominated phase, development and production mixed phase, and now is entering a new phase of mass customization production driven by normalized high density emission of aerospace products, which calls for a new manufacturing mode that can simultaneously meet the major national strategy and the characteristics of China's aerospace industry. This article analyzes the direction of transformation and development in aerospace manufacturing, proposes the new aerospace manufacturing model named as final assembly pull, which the basic connotation and main characteristics are elaborated. This study proposes an implementation framework that includes four aspects: overall manufacturing control, efficient flexible assembly, complete supply chain management, and network collaborative manufacturing. It is committed to building a new aerospace product manufacturing system, achieving efficient collaboration among multi-level, multi legal person manufacturing enterprises across different regions, different networks, and different systems, improving the ability to deliver high-quality, efficient, and low-cost aerospace products, and cultivating new quality productivity in aerospace industry. The proposal of the aerospace final assembly pull manufacturing model could provide important support for the completion of major aerospace missions and the transformation and upgrading of the aerospace industry.

Translated title of the contribution总装拉动:航天制造迈向规模化定制生产时代*
Original languageEnglish
JournalJixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Volume62
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Mar 2026
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • aerospace manufacturing
  • final assembly pull
  • manufacturing mode
  • mass customization
  • overall manufacturing department

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