SUPPLY CHAIN QUALITY GOING FULL CIRCLE?
The tightening of quality oversight will cause production headwinds in the future. Supply Chain Quality Going Full Circle? Two years ago Charles Edwards identified substantial quality oversight of the supply …
WHEN A BOUNTIFUL ORDER BOOK IS NOT HEALTHY
This is a cautionary tale from a little over a decade ago. Read this article on AVIATION WEEK
TACTICAL RESPONSES WITH STRATEGY IN MIND
Despite this Force Majeure event, there are many tactics aerospace suppliers can employ to live to fight another day. In this time of great uncertainty, there is nothing for aerospace …
MORE MAX TURBULENCE
The 737MAX production shut down is a serious blow to aerostructures subtier suppliers and will likely constrain build rates in the future. 737MAX is once again in the news, only …
INCENTIVE TO INVEST?
The lack of incentive for raw material mills to invest in excess capacity may hamstring efforts to achieve build rates that the primes set. In the midst of the concerns …
MAX OVERSIGHT FIXES COULD REACH FAR INTO BOEING SUPPLY CHAIN
Suppliers should expect additional quality oversight and prepare for erosion of margin as a result. There is a thread emerging from the fallout of the 737 MAX crash investigations that …
