The Consolidation of the Aerospace Supply Chain

By Logan Wamsley

While each industry can be defined by its own defining features and challenges, the aerospace industry stands apart as being particularly unique — and risky. By 2023, the Airbus Global Market Forecast projects there to be roughly 37,400 passenger and freight aircraft in regular rotation, up from 18,460 in 2014. Despite this growth, however, the…

Fire: The Oldest and Deadliest Risk to Supply Chain Business Continuity

By Logan Wamsley

The idea of a raging fire consuming large portions of what we hold dear is one of the oldest threats mankind has faced — and while multiple millennia’s worth of technology, planning, and old-fashioned trial-and-error have minimized this risk somewhat in general households, in the manufacturing industry many analysts have moved this issue back to…

Risk and Reward in Your Aerospace Supply Chain

By Logan Wamsley

Driven by increased travel demand and decreased fuel costs, the aerospace industry is perfectly poised for a new era of growth and expansion. In a recent study, the aerospace sector grew by 2.4 percent in 2016 alone, with a total revenue nearing $674 billion. With such opportunity, however, aerospace leaders such as Boeing and Airbus…