Confronted with a rapid increase in demand from the customer, an aerospace defense manufacturer had to rapidly expand production 50% without major increases in capital or manpower.  By focusing on the constraint operation in the value stream making improvements in workplace and station layout, standardizing tools and making available to all,using JI to train and cross train additional team members, and focusing on first time quality, the organization was able to meet the increases in demand.  No major capital expenditures or adding of manpower was required to achieve this increase.