Nothing could have bettered the Farnborough International Airshow 2010 as a venue for the presentation by Peter Hogg, Director of Procurement Strategy, BAE Systems, of the SC21 Bronze Award to Hone-All Precision Ltd. Although there are currently 626 UK-based aerospace industry suppliers signed up to the SC21 supply chain initiative, Bronze level status has only been achieved by some thirty UK companies to date, with Hone-All Precision being number 25 on the list and having the distinction of achieving the Bronze Award milestone in the shortest timescale.
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SC21, which is backed by A|D|S – the trade body formed by the merger of, among others, the Defence Manufacturers Association (DMA) and the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) – is a crucial element in the UK aerospace industry’s drive to remove duplication and improve efficiency within the supply chain. And the UK’s premier aerospace event provided an appropriate high tech backdrop to the presentation of the SC21 Bronze Award to Wayne Wilson, Quality Manager, and Andrea Rodney, Director, the Leighton Buzzard subcontractor’s joint SC21 Champions. |
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In his role as Chairman of the SC21 task force Peter Hogg heads a team comprising the top 16 major suppliers to the UK aerospace industry. He says that while SC21 is a relatively recent introduction it is “resulting already in performance improvements, better delivery, better quality, and reduced overheads and cost…because suppliers only have to face a particular problem once within a multiple customer base. This is good news for our major customer – the Government and MoD – and for the UK economy as a whole.” FULL STORY |
