Programs Don't Run on Design Alone

It's not surprising that profit opportunities for most enterprises in A&D link to program performance. Successfully achieving established program goals requires collaboration with teams often spread far and wide in different companies, countries and cultures. Faced with these challenges, program managers need help to keep a project within budget and on schedule. Successful programs demand that customer goals are met while managing through continuous change over the program's lifespan.

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ENOVIA A&D Accelerator™ for Program Management

The ENOVIA Aerospace & Defense Accelerator for Program Management improves program performance-to-contract. One key aspect of the solution enables companies to ensure the successful performance of program and contract deliverables by enabling critical integration and collaboration among the business office, program office and supply chain.

The era of a single manufacturer producing the entire airplane is gone. Today in the aerospace industry, OEMs undertake the role of component assembler and key suppliers become partners who manage the entire development and manufacturing of specific components. Progressive aerospace organizations rely on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to harness global expertise and build closer relationships with their customers.

Dassault Systèmes delivers aerospace PLM solutions for aerospace companies and their suppliers to accelerate the development of innovative products. As the de facto PLM solutions leader in the aerospace industry for more than 25 years, we are committed to continuously helping our customers advance innovation by providing solutions that integrate business process management with cutting-edge tools for design, engineering, production planning and after sales services.

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Speed your innovation. Capture the "voice of the customer" and translate customer requests into user requirements that define new products. Find out why the new ENOVIA Requirements Management solution enables organizations to improve their overall global requirements management process.

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Boeing will continue to rely on global partners

Boeing will continue to rely on partners around the world when it develops its next jetliner, CEO Jim McNerney said. Problems with partners have delayed the company's 787, but McNerney noted that Boeing has learned valuable lessons from the process. "The supply chain was a very aggressive move by us," McNerney said. "I believe in this strategy. We may have drawn the line in the wrong place in a couple of areas. And we have had to do more work in Seattle than we originally thought." Seattle Post-Intelligencer (5/5)

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Several defense contractors are competing for a contract worth up to $40 billion to build a vehicle to replace the military's Humvee transports. Lockheed Martin, Boeing and General Dynamics are among the companies vying for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract. "This could be incredibly lucrative," noted Dean Lockwood, a military-vehicle analyst at Forecast International in Newtown, Conn. "You'd be crazy to not get involved." Bloomberg (6/5)

Airbus reviews A380 delivery schedule, warns of delays

European jetmaker Airbus has informed large Middle Eastern airlines that it is reviewing its A380 delivery schedule and has warned the carriers of possible delays. The company is reviewing its production plans and will know its schedules in the coming weeks, Airbus CEO Thomas Enders said. The jetmaker has booked 192 orders for the plane. Separately, Airbus said it has ended talks with a French aerospace firm that could have resulted in the sale of two of its French plants. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (5/7)

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