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Aviation, Aerospace & Defense Supply Chains Can Still be Resilient in a Global Emergency

Maine Pointe

The aviation, aerospace & defense (“AA&D”) industry has been rocked by an unprecedented near shutdown of commercial aviation and faced the impact of unpredictable parts shortages as companies shutdown/lockdown facilities across the entire supply chain.

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Supply Chain Risk Management and Rocket Science

Supply Chain 24/7

The aerospace industry was an early adopter of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) which, as the name implies, involves reviewing as many components, assemblies, and subsystems as possible to identify failure modes and their causes and effects.

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Throw Back Thursday: Remembering ‘Meeting Customer Demand in a Complex Industry’ from Kinexions

Kinaxis

In this video hear, Gary Dietz, Manager, Global Logistics and Supply Integrated Supply Chain and Logistics, Kennametal, as he discusses the challenges his company faces in gaining full visibility of supply and demand, and in dealing with increasing supply chain volatility.

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Supply Chain Risk Report: Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Resilinc

Delays and shortages would also arise for many materials, parts, and components as supply chain executives make risk buys in anticipation of disruptions. But an effective and efficient supply chain risk management response to the crisis should weigh different scenarios.

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China Restricts Exports on Two Chip Metals, Raising Supply Chain Concerns

Exiger Perspectives

[Read the full client alert: China announces export restrictions on two essential metals ] Aside from the making of semiconductors, gallium and germanium are key for various military applications, from night vision goggles to highly advanced communications and sensor equipment in aerospace and space platforms.

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Prediction- Added Labor Activism Among Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

Within the aerospace and commercial aircraft industry, involuntary job losses among highly skilled workers that occurred in 2020 and 2021 are still being felt as the industry attempts to again ramp-up monthly production levels for commercial aircraft or address large scale aircraft engine premature component replacement needs.

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Global Independence: Reimagining the “What if Scenario”

NC State SCRC

Established in 2010, Resilinc is regarded as a leader in supply chain resiliency, with the main aim of examining and mapping supply chains and suppliers globally, towards increasing competitive advantage and efficiency in operations. Supply chain resiliency There is a pressing need to reimagine the “what if scenario.”