Precise Flight, Inc. Announces Implementation of the
Supplier Excellence Alliance Lean Enterprise System
Irvine, California –September 24, 2007 – Precise Flight, Inc. located in Bend, Oregon, announced today it has
begun implementation of the Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA), Lean Enterprise System.
The Lean Enterprise System (LES) is a continuous improvement system developed by aerospace, defense, and
space suppliers, along with prime and tier-one contractors. The LES helps suppliers build new capabilities that
will enable them to better support the emerging needs of their customers. The LES also helps establish a
culture where lean production principles and standard work are applied in all areas of an organization to ensure
sustained improvements in delivery and quality, while reducing lead time and cost.
Precise Flight, Inc., a leading supplier of integrated performance systems, manufactures and markets
SpeedBrakes™, Precise Oxygen Equipment, the Pulselite® System, and HID and LED aviation lighting for
aircraft and defense applications throughout the world. Since its inception in 1980, Precise Flight has upheld its
commitment to quality and customer service, while providing integrated systems that improve upon the safety
and performance of its markets.
Precise Flight’s Pulselite® System is recognized as so critical to operational safety that it has been adopted by
organizations that maintain the highest standards of safety and is the most broadly certified early recognition
system on the market. Precise Flight also manufactures SpeedBrakes™ at the OEM level for Mooney, Columbia
Aircraft Company, Kit Components, and The New Piper Aircraft Company, and PreciseLite HID Aviation Lighting
for Mooney, Columbia Aircraft Company and Robinson Helicopter Company, and Precise Fixed Oxygen
Systems for Cirrus Design Corporation and Columbia Aircraft Company, to name a few.
Precise Flight’s CEO, Brad LeHuquet, notes, “In today’s global market, it is imperative enterprises work together
to reduce lead time, increase quality and decrease cost to their customers. Precise Flight is pleased to
implement SEA’s lean enterprise continuous improvement system to acquire the advanced tools that will keep
Precise Flight competitive, now and into the future.”
“We’re looking forward to further developing our reputation for quality and continuous improvement by joining
the lean enterprise training with SEA. Many of Precise Flight’s recent developments require us to remain as lean
as possible to continue to provide our customers world class service and support,” observes Precise Flight’s
Vice President, Scott Philiben.
As a non-profit alliance of leading industry prime and tier-one contractors and production suppliers, SEA’s
purpose is to accelerate supply chain performance, ensuring US suppliers become more competitive, while
helping the supply chain become more adaptive, agile and aligned. SEA member companies represented on its
board of directors include BAE Systems, The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman
Company, United Technologies, Parker Aerospace, Rockwell Collins, Cessna Aircraft Company, Honeywell,
Hitco Carbon Composites, Firth Rixson, Dresser-Rand, Roberts Tool Company, Cristek Interconnects, Photo
Etch Company, Bodycote Thermal Processing, and DRS Technologies.
SEA partners and alliances include Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), International Aerospace Quality
Group (IAQG), California Council for Excellence, California Employment Training Panel, California Space
Authority, UAW-Labor Employment and Training Corporation, CONNSTEP, Inc., Alliance for Manufacturing &
Technology (AM&T), ASG Renaissance, and Net-Inspect.
To learn more about Precise Flight, visit
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