Industry News Supply Chain Excellence Forum 2015: Joint efforts to improve the supply chain – from correction to anticipation For the second consecutive year, Aerospace supply chain managers from BavAiria, but also from other clusters/associations like SPACE and Niedersachsen Aviation met at the Aerospace Industry Park of Oberpfaffenhofen to discuss how to manage the challenges of Tier n in the German Aerospace industry.In their welcome address, Mr Gundel and Mr Schwarz from the BavAiria welcomed over 150 participants, about 50% of them Aerospace SC managers from Bavaria. In their opening, they made a strong statement that clusters and associations take a responsible role to foster stable supply chains and support process innovations, which are perhaps sometimes neglected, in comparison to product innovations. (more…)
SCM Insights Are you collaborating already, or do you just exchange data? In spite of the continuing spread of the Internet and the associated improvements to companies’ electronic networks, business processes are still largely based on the exchange of unstructured data by e-mail or even fax.This may well surprise us, particularly as the fourth industrial revolution, ‘Industry 4.0,’ was proclaimed some time ago, (more…)
Industry News Highlights from the Aviation Forum 2014 in Hamburg – brief and to the point Storm or no storm – this was one of the crucial questions when the Aviation Forum 2014 started – as in 2013, storm “Xaver” was the reason why many participants of the Aviation Forum had to leave earlier.This time, everybody was lucky: the predicted storm staid an announcement without consequences. So there were no time-wise restrictions to discuss crucial issues derived from the motto of the conference: “Strategic Evolution of the Aerospace Value Chain: Strategies – Concepts – Solutions”. (more…)
SCM Insights Has the aerospace industry outdistanced the automotive industry? This seems to be a valid question: The figures reported by aerospace market analysts and managers can only seem a dream scenario for the automotive sector. Annual growth rates of approximately 7 per cent for commercial aircrafts with 150 seats – subsequently doubling the projected number for the next 10 years.The automotive sector, on the other hand, is struggling with over-capacities: The core markets are saturated and where rapid growth is present, particularly in China, new competitors are emerging. These will certainly get their share of the pie simply due to the fact that European manufacturers must engage in joint ventures, paying the price with precious know-how. Then add to the equation the growing expectations of end customers: Which end customer is willing to wait 6 months after ordering his individually customized dream-vehicle when the competitors can deliver a comparable, self-configured vehicle much faster? (more…)
Industry News Trends from the SpeedNews aerospace fair in Toulouse – brief and to the point More than 80 delegates, primarily decision-makers from OEMs and tier-1 suppliers, met at the 15th SpeedNews aerospace suppliers’ fair in Toulouse from September 15 to 17, 2014. The organizer, Joanna Speed, welcomed Matthias Gramolla, Head of Procurement Strategy and Services at Airbus, as keynote speaker. Similar to previous SpeedNews conferences, there was a effectual mix consisting ofProduct and forecast presentations by OEMsPresentations by major engine manufacturers and noted tier-1 suppliersAssessments of the industry’s current trends given by consultancies and banksPlus a panel discussion on the last day of the fairFrom the various presentations and discussions I was able to discern the following trend topics: (more…)
