Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance’s 13th Annual Conference near Seattle is the premier aerospace conference on the US West Coast. PNAA gathers OEM supply chain leadership and provides expert analysis on key programs and trends. Register to hear: Richard Aboulafia, Boeing,…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $2.75 million civil penalty against Boeing for quality control violations, it announced this afternoon. Read more here…..
Some suppliers are using DNA marking to guarantee the authenticity of chips. Read more here……
The Pentagon’s reliance on foreign countries for parts and raw material is a national security threat, a new report from the manufacturing industry argues. The report, released Wednesday by the Alliance for American Manufacturing comes as companies are concerned about…
CTMA posted an interesting article about how outsourcing has led to risky supply chains and the new trend to bring manufacturing back to the US. Read more here.
Digital Manufacturing Report provided captured an interview with John D’Andrea, Dell’s Director of Global Supply and Fulfillment. Read more here.
Dan Sokol provides a nice overview of the DISCUS Software suite of characteristic accountability and verification tools. Click here to read more
The Winter Supplier Management Council meeting, which is convened by the AIA, will give AIA members and suppliers a chance to meet with Boeing representatives and hear more about how they can maintain, or find, defense work with the company.
Looks like an interesting symposium on Supplier Forecasting to be held in Seattle in March 2012. This one-day Symposium will present key forecasts covering: • Global aircraft growth forecasts; • A special look at the developments of Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier,…
Managing Automation Magazine has a nice article on the new DISCUS Connect software. This software allows the sharing of technical data package (TDP) contents with suppliers and customers, provides a workflow for routing FAI approvals, and a dashboard of key…