Aerospace and defense companies face an uncertain world in 2009 with a new presidential administration and a looming financial crisis. Supply chain professionals have a unique opportunity to deliver value to the business by bringing scale through an innovative and reliable partner network. Leaders will put the talent in place that can move beyond the traditional reactionary supply chain organization to one that helps achieve the goals of the business.
Through an innovative program called Expeditionary Logistics for the 21st Century, or eLog21, the U.S. Air Force is replacing outmoded, stove-pipe processes and disjointed IT systems with an enterprise-wide infrastructure that optimizes its supply chain.
There's no margin of error in the tightly scheduled Joint Strike Fighter project, despite the involvement of four principal partners and thousands of suppliers.
The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the aerospace and defense industry. Learn how aerospace and defense companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.
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