Oops!
Below you will see that I mention the
supply change … I meant supply chain!
Sorry
DW
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Sent: 09 June 2004 09:27
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Subject: Research project to see
the year out!
Dear All,
How about those of you with an interest in
flying, aerospace, aeronautics and the like getting yourselves involved in a
project like this?
Go to http://www.sbac.co.uk/pdfs/ecommercereport.pdf
which contains a research document from the Department of Trade and
Industry
entitled A study of the
impact of ebusiness on the uk aerospace sector …
it’s dated 11 October 2000 … and follow up on this comment, to be
found on page 4of that document:
One of the key findings from this study, which should be viewed as a
snapshot of the situation as at the end of August 2000, is that there has been
little impact of web enabled e-business on the internal operations of
The majority of companies have traditional IT systems, e-mail and a
website. However, only a few companies have begun to address the IT, process
and people issues associated with adopting web enabled e-business.
The
…
Not surprisingly the key drivers for the adoption of e-business are the
opportunities to gain and retain new business and to reduce costs. There is
to-date no reliable evidence of benefits realisation and little evidence of quantification
of potential benefits. However, there are significant perceived barriers to
e-business adoption in the aerospace manufacturing sector. Whilst these are
principally implementation cost related, they also include concerns over
standards and security. There is also a general lack of both an understanding
of the scope of e-business and a common vision of the likely impact of
e-business on the industry in the future.
So four years later, has the situation changed?
Has the aerospace industry changed its position vis a vis ebusiness?
I’m sure we’d all be
interested in any findings that you come up with if you feel able to work on
such a project.
If nothing else, the DTI report gives
loads of examples relating to the aerospace supply change
its research methodologies
companies and contacts in the industry
characteristics of the industry
ebusiness within the industry and the pressures to adopt or
not adopt it
the value and life cycle chains
some nice looking graphics
Best wishes
Duncan Williamson