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Engine Reliability and Supply Surfaces for Commercial Aircraft Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

According to business and industry media reports, the engine recall will affect upwards of 1,200 engines produced between 2015 and 2021. In the specific case of the Airbus A320 neo narrow aisle family, backlogs now extend to the year 2030.

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Sustain 2018: Now Is the Time to Change the Mindset and Embrace the Impossible

EcoVadis

Mr. Borschberg not only flew it around the world in 2015, he also broke the world record for the longest solo flight in any airplane. Borschberg talking about his enterprise, Solar Impulse, which constructed a solar airplane that the aviation industry had said was impossible to make.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused much supply chain disruption, increasing system complexity for S&OE as well as business impact, and at an unprecedented scale. Human-machine collaboration will also be essential for a company to stay competitive. Teichler, J. Van Hove, N. Van Hove, N. Foresight, issue 42 (Summer 2016).