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Exchange ideas on long-lead parts, export controls and supplier qualification

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What this community discusses

Aerospace and defence programmes run for decades, and every border crossing is controlled. This is the place to discuss how one long-lead component can delay a whole programme, how export controls follow a part through every tier of the supply base, and how to keep suppliers qualified for the life of a platform.

  • Long-lead parts and programme schedules
  • Export control and multi-tier compliance
  • Supplier qualification over decades
  • Working with prime contractors and subcontractors

Where the industry is heading

It also covers how digital engineering, data and automation are reaching the programme, the shift the Industry Essentials course calls Industry 5.0, and how that changes supplier oversight, compliance evidence and long-range planning.

Who it is for

Supply chain, procurement, subcontract management and compliance professionals at prime contractors, tier suppliers, maintenance organisations and airlines.

Build your expertise

Begin with the free Industry Essentials 5.0: Defense and Aerospace course, covering how programmes, primes and subcontractors fit together and why lead times and compliance decide the margin. Then take the Defense and Aerospace Supply Chain (CPDAS) or Defense and Aerospace Procurement (CPDAP) certification.