Lean Aircraft Initiative Implementation Workshop #3: Customer and Supplier Integration Across the Supply Chain

The integration of customers and suppliers along the supply chain involves a fundamental transformation of the way business is conducted in the Aerospace industry. Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI) members, as well as representatives from their supplier base, had the opportunity to examine this challe...

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Main Authors: Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel, Bertelli, Dominick
Language:en_US
Published: 2002
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1663
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Summary:The integration of customers and suppliers along the supply chain involves a fundamental transformation of the way business is conducted in the Aerospace industry. Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI) members, as well as representatives from their supplier base, had the opportunity to examine this challenge and the dynamics of implementing system-wide change during the third implementation workshop sponsored by LAI, February 12-13, 1998 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.