Aerospace and defense: Literature

Global integration in the A&D industry is far from mature, and how a company responds to the challenge of a world that conducts business globally can be a key factor in helping to determine its future business success.

Al Henderson, a consultant with IBM's Institute for Business Value, talks with Ralph Carpenter, supply chain expert and one of the leaders in IBM’s aerospace and defense worldwide consulting team.

Collaboration will become increasingly important in the commercial airline maintenance, repair and overhaul business.

Manufacturers may find a tremendous business opportunity "hiding" in their Service function.

Today’s space pioneers are belying the complex and cumbersome characteristics that many believe are inherent in the industry. Their stories demonstrate that innovation and speed-to-market are possible despite constrained budgets.

IBM Business Consulting Services conducted the 2004 IBM European supply chain survey with L'Usine Nouvelle magazine. This survey identifies current practices, significant trends and operational performance benchmarks in five key areas of supply chain management (SCM).

The need for tighter integration and collaboration among Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industry participants has created a more networked and complex industry structure where the success of individual companies is increasingly intertwined with the performance and capabilities of others.

This white paper presents a high-level view of network-centric operations for the military. It discusses transforming the armed forces from the current platform-centric organization to a network-centric organization, which can increase effectiveness exponentially.

This survey identifies current practices, captures significant trends and establishes operational performance benchmarks in five key areas of supply chain management (SCM): new product development, supply chain planning, customer order management, procurement and logistics.