Re-Engineering to reduce the business cost base Since 70% of the final product consists of vendor/bought out equipment, British Aerospace’s suppliers’ performance is critical to enable British Aerospace to achieve improvement, obtain better customer satisfaction and win more business in this competitive environment. Within the Military Aircraft Division, British Aerospace has introduced a Preferred Supplier Process which is designed to improve the performance of the supplier base in meeting the wider aims of the business. There are three elements against which a supplier’s business is assessed:
Statistical process control;
Detailed business assessment;
Measurement of performance.
Multi-functional teams are examining the ways in which these companies operate to ensure that these compliment British Aerospace’s internal business process re-engineering (BPR) in the production of a ‘world class’ best practice.