SLIDE 5 The Aerospace & Defense Forum Los Angeles Chapter October 17, 2014 5
Airbus Supply Chain – Key expectations “We want a trusting and long-term relationship with our supply chain partners. With their support we will improve our competitive edge, performance and market share,”
Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer - Fabrice Brégier
“We are in a long-term marriage with many of our suppliers and we typically work on everything together,” “Our partners are very strong technology companies that comprise the most innovative supplier portfolio in the aerospace industry.”
Executive Vice President Airbus Procurement - Klaus Richter
compliance to requirements (quality, supply chain, manufacturing engineering…)
from the start
- Develop maturity of requirements during review
- Set-up strong project organisation (OBS, WBS, RBS,
CBS)
- Identify Critical To Quality items
- Reduce risks (FMEA) and variability (Kc, Control
Plan, SPC…) to increase capability –
- Develop a proactive and continuous improvement
culture
continuous assessment / performance review and control change management.
process capability
Airbus Supply Chain – Key expectations