Next Generation Manufacturing Study Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

1. Next Generation Manufacturing Study Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain http://adrc.asu.edu/node/104 Montreal, Canada December 5, 2011

2. Project Sponsor: Arizona Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Arizona MEP) This project was partially supported by the State of Arizona Governor’s Office of Economic Recovery and the Science Foundation Arizona Research conducted by the Arizona State University, College of Technology and Innovation under the Cooperative Agreement # 70NANB10H192 Agreement Period: July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

3. Project Objective(s): Identify immediate lean manufacturing and supply chain needs of Arizona’s aerospace companies and suppliers. Operations/Problems Areas Addressed:Build a database of Arizona based aerospace tier 1,2,3 suppliers. Conduct a survey of suppliers for their use of next generation manufacturing concepts, e.g. lean six sigma; identify and assess needs. People: Gary R. Waissi, Jane E. Humble Sponsor(s): Arizona Manufacturing Extension Partnership (AZMEP) Science Foundation Arizona Arizona Governor’s Office for Economic Recovery Users/User Community: Aerospace suppliers Future Funding Targets: AZMEP, DoD, aerospace companies • Technology and Impact : • Database of Arizona aerospace suppliers • Current status with respect to next generation manufacturing (NGM) • Can help identify, support and advance competitiveness of the Arizona aerospace cluster.

4. Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain Value The database includes 1,338 companies. We believe that the database is the most comprehensive single source of Arizona aerospace companies. This database will be helpful to the companies themselves, to government agencies, to universities and to research institutions, as well as to the Aerospace Defense Research Collaboratory, Arizona Aerospace Commission, Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) and Arizona MEP. The database, if fully utilized, will help strengthen the Arizona aerospace cluster. We recognize that we may have missed some important companies. Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

5. 2. The survey results give a snapshot (current 2011 status) for a relatively broad sample of the aerospace companies relating to their strategic strengths, weaknesses, as well as opportunities and threats. Because the survey results will be shared with the participating companies, they can then compare themselves in various categories to the other companies. For example, do they believe that they are competitive globally, are there opportunities for improvement, are there changes within the company or external to the company that should or must be considered, etc? Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

6. Core of the study --- Focus on eight areas/ survey question categories as follows: • Company demographics • Leadership • Customer satisfaction and innovation • Workforce strategies • Supply chain management • Lean process improvement • Sustainability and green • Global engagement. Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

7. Table 2-3: The Company Size Classification of this Study: Six Categories Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

8. Table 3-1: Data Categories and Primary Data Sources AZ DoC = AZ Dept. Commerce AZ MEP = AZ Mnf. Ext. Prtnshp D&B = Dunn & Bradstreet BvD = Bureau of Van Dijk Reference USA ACC = AZ Corp. Commission CCR = Central Contractor Reg System cw = company website Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

9. Figure 3-1: Arizona Aerospace Supplier Database Structure Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

10. Table 4-1.2: Number and Percentage of Respondent Companies by Size Category Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

11. Table 4-1.7: Product Categories During the Past Five Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

12. Table 4-5.1: Suppliers for Direct Materials Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

13. Figure 4-6.10: What process improvement systems are in place within your organization? [Check all that apply] Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

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15. Figure 4-6.14: What formal certifications does your company have? [Check all that apply] Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

16. Figure 4-7.3: Does your company have a green enterprise strategy in place? Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

17. Table 4-8.1: Where are your customers located? Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

18. Table 4-8.2: Where are your suppliers located? Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

19. Table 4-8.4: Is your company planning to expand operations globally? Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

20. Next Steps As a continuation and leveraging from this study we plan to conduct a strategic assessment of selected Arizona based aerospace companies focusing on operational excellence, supplier development, strategic growth, current and future workforce needs and development, technology adoption and integration, as well as green products and practices. The primary goal of that planned effort is to develop a standardized Strategic Assessment Framework, or Tool, that could be repeatedly utilized by companies in the aerospace industry, or by consultants working with those companies. The secondary goal is to provide immediate value-adding feed-back to the companies assessed. Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

21. Issues: • Continuous updating and improvement; database will be outdated quickly • Aerospace Small Medium Enterprise (SME) needs • Funding sources for future work • For details and to download the full report go to: • http://adrc.asu.edu/node/104 Questions/comments Arizona Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain