Using GenAI to achieve operational excellence
The boom in Generative AI is creating new opportunities for aerospace and defence sector manufacturers. Used correctly, GenAI capability can help to optimise production processes, improve supply chain resilience, ringfence knowledge and reduce costs.
Digital supply chain collaboration is a new deterrent
Ongoing instability has brought pressures for defence industry manufacturers, requiring greater focus on supply chain resilience. Working collaboratively helps to mitigate supply chain risks, while creating a stronger national deterrent.
Fracturing supply chains: where will it end?
It seems that examples of supply chain disruption are all around. What started out as a symptom of the post-Covid ramp-up is now part of the new order, but what is causing all this disruption and will it ever end?
Challenging times for A&D supply chains
By developing a ‘digital backbone’ that others can key into, OEMs and Tier One manufacturers can give themselves a competitive edge in collaborative programmes, where end-to-end supply chain integration is required.
Bringing innovation to life
With product innovation flourishing, manufacturers could be forgiven for innovating first and thinking about whether their value chain is capable of bringing it to market later. Yet taking this approach could be selling themselves short.
Is poor inventory turn performance holding your business back?
In the midst of a ramp up in production, many manufacturers have been adding stock buffers. However, holding more stock has impacted inventory turn performance and eroded working capital.
Making the most of the ramp-up opportunity
This report sheds light on the challenges many businesses are facing as production rates increase. Key to their success is balancing the need to improve operational performance while optimising supply chains.
Managing risk when ramping up
Demand for new aircraft has rebounded more quickly than many industry experts expected over the past year, but are sector supply chains ready to fulfil new levels of demand?
Are aerospace just in time supply chains a thing of the past?
The civil aviation industry is making progress in ramping up production and demand levels across the defence sector have rarely been higher. But what does this mean for buffer stocks – will they need to continue for a while longer?