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Left on the shelf?
Whilst researching material for last month’s COTS related supply 5 News
chain obsolescence feature, I was struck by a comment that for me
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highlights a worrying trend: the decline of the high street shop.
14 Getting creative with composites –
Asked what he saw as the major obsolescence challenge facing the
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aerospace industry, Charcroft Electronics’ Ed Coady noted that one
of the key trends in aerospace manufacturing was “a move towards
Aircraft Programmes
placing global contracts with broad-line component distributors.”
24 The dream becomes reality – Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Aerospace engineering and procurement functions are in his view, Aerospace Clusters
specialist disciplines and in many ways similar to that of a Formula
26 Meet and compete – The Americas
One racing team in that they need the highest levels of expertise and
Supply Chain
reliability, yet have the lowest production volumes. “It’s rather like
27 Follow the leaders – Management
Brawn GP placing its annual tyre contract with Quick Fit,” he claimed.
While they do a great job in providing worldwide coverage for
Composites
30 It’s a hole new world – Tooling
products in production, broad-line distributors sometimes lack the
35 Designs on composites – Aerostructures
specialist knowledge or flexibility to identify and source alternatives to
obsolete components, leaving manufacturers vulnerable to the risk of
Metallics
unresolved obsolescence issues.
36 Testing times ahead – Testing
Coady’s point was that this kind of rationalisation limits the
Electronics
aerospace industry’s choice, whilst for me it mirrors the steady 38 The airborne software development challenge –
erosion of our local shops and market traders offering home grown Embedded software development
produce.
Design
Demand for low cost convenience shopping means a boom in ‘out of
40 A bill of substance – Design for environment
town’ supermarkets that suck the lifeblood from the
town centre. Okay, perhaps I’m taking the analogy
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42 Living the dream – Aerospace Meetings
a little too far here, but are the odds stacking up
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against small specialist component suppliers in the
same way as the shelves are stacking up against
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the independent traders battling with the major
46 Value added benefits – Martin Wright, CEO,
supermarket chains?
Northwest Aerospace Alliance
Next issue: Sukhoi Superjet 100, Landing gear,
Additive processes, Composite testing, Displays &
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