Editing Lockheed Martin (section)

== Management ==
Senior management consists of the [[CEO]], [[CFO]], and [[Executive Vice President]]s (EVPs) of four business areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/leadership-governance.html |title=Executive Leadership |date=September 23, 2021 |publisher=Lockheed Martin |access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Our Businesses |date=March 11, 2021 |url=https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/business-areas.html |publisher=Lockheed Martin |access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref> The EVPs are responsible for managing major programs.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

On March 16, 2020, Lockheed announced that CEO [[Marillyn Hewson]] would become executive chair and be succeeded as CEO by James Taiclet on June 15; Taiclet was at the time the head of [[American Tower]], and had previously been the president of [[Honeywell Aerospace]] and before that a VP at [[United Technologies]]. Lockheed also announced that it would create the [[chief operating officer]] role, to which current EVP Frank A. St John would be promoted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/16/lockheed-martin-ceo-marilyn-hewson-to-be-succeeded-by-board-member-james-taiclet/ |title=Lockheed Martin CEO Marilyn Hewson to be succeeded by board member James Taiclet |website=TechCrunch.com |last=Etherington |first=Darrell |date=March 16, 2020}}</ref>

Employees in each program are organized into four tiers: Tier 1: Program Manager/VP, Tier 2: Functional Teams (Finance, Chief Engineer, Quality, Operations, etc.), Tier 3: Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) (Weapon System Development, Weapon System Integration, etc.), and Tier 4: detailed product development.  Floor or touch workers belong to component assembly teams.<ref name="libsys.uah.edu">{{cite report |last=Cox |first=James D. |title=Organizational Challenges in the Integrated Product Team Implementation |publisher=Proceedings of the Third Annual International Symposium of the National Council on Systems Engineering |date=July 26–28, 1993 |location=Arlington, Virginia |url=http://libsys.uah.edu/library/incose/Contents/Papers/93/9366.pdf}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Lockheed Martin manages and maintains its relationship with these touch workers through its supervisors and unions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Job search-Labor Relations Representative in Marietta Georgia United States |publisher=LockheedMartin.com. |url=http://lockheedmartin-veterans.jobs/marietta-ga/labor-relations-representative/30654895/job/}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

Lockheed Martin manages employees through its Full Spectrum Leadership and LM21 programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Full Spectrum Leadership |publisher=Lockheed Martin |url=https://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/who-we-are/leadership/full-spectrum-leadership.html |access-date=October 5, 2012}}</ref> The LM21 program relies on [[Six Sigma]] principles, which are techniques to improve efficiency. Senior management constructs leadership councils and assigns managers to facilitate [[Kaizen]] events, which target specific processes for improvement.  A manager facilitates teams and processes stakeholders and suppliers to streamline process implementation.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Joyce |first1=Michael |first2=Bettina |last2=Schechter |title=The Lean Enterprise- A Management Philosophy at Lockheed Martin |journal=Defense Acquisition Review Journal |pages=173–181 |date=2004 |url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA435279 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-date=April 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413152204/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA435279.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=E. |last=Mayo |chapter=Hawthorne and the Western Electric Company |title=The Social Problems of an Industrial Civilization |publisher=Routledge |date=1949 |pages=60–76 |url=http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic1074572.files/Mayo_HawthornWesternElec.pdf |access-date=October 19, 2012}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="libsys.uah.edu" />

Tier 2 Functional Leads and Tier 3 IPT Leads report to Tier 1. IPT leads are responsible for entire systems or products defined by the contract's Statement of Work.<ref name="libsys.uah.edu" />

To control quality, Lockheed Martin trains and builds IPT teams.<ref name="libsys.uah.edu" /> and ensures that work is executed correctly through a Technical Performance Measure (TPM) system which emphasizes its Lean and 6 Sigma processes. Middle management uses commitment mechanisms that parallel high commitment and human relations theory.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Walton |first=Richard E. |title=From Control to Commitment in the Workplace |journal=Harvard Business Review |date=March–April 1985 |pages=77–84}}</ref>

Floor employees assemble aircraft using Flow-to-[[Takt time|takt]] lean manufacturing process<ref>{{cite web |title=The Factory Flow, Assembling Major Components |website=F35.com |url=https://f35.com/building-the-f-35/production/the-moving-line.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801193332/https://f35.com/building-the-f-35/production/the-moving-line.aspx |archive-date=August 1, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2012}}</ref> which uses properties from both division of labor and scientific management. By separating tasks based on parts, Lockheed Martin utilizes the division of labor theory,<ref>Frank Dobbins Lecture, September 10, 2012 Harvard University</ref> specialization on a specific area creates efficiency.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

=== Double Helix methodology ===
The "Double Helix methodology" is a systems development methodology used by Lockheed Martin. It combines experimentation, technology, and a warfighter's [[Concept of Operations|concept of operations]] to create new tactics and weapons.<ref name="DoubleHelixInfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.atl.lmco.com/news/techbriefs/techbriefs_DH.php|title=The Right Technology for Tomorrow – Today|work=Tech Briefs|publisher=Lockheed Martin|date=October 24, 2008|access-date=November 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904152607/http://www.atl.lmco.com/news/techbriefs/techbriefs_DH.php|archive-date=September 4, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>