AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE
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Trends
Accenture highlights powerful market forces to consider as the Aerospace and Defense industry passes 100 years of commercial services.
Latest Thinking
Unveiling the Future of Aerospace and Defense
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Accenture Commercial Aerospace Insight Report
The commercial aerospace market faces continued headwinds that are tempering the gains made over the past few years. Continued 2016 softness in new orders may mean those operators who do come to the table enjoy more of a buyers’ market. As of the end of September, both Airbus and Boeing are at less than half of their 2015 full-year net orders. Flat production capacity, coupled with the continued ramp up in production, will put pressure on costs and drive additional investments in efficiency, production automation, cost visibility and supplier development.Learn More -
Accenture Aerospace and Defense 2015 Digital Supply Network Survey
As production rates soar, aerospace and defense companies need to make sure that the digital transformation of their supply chains catches up with the digitally enabled aircrafts and systems they are delivering to the market. Traditional supply chains need to become dynamic supply networks. And while technology has an important part to play in driving that transformation, the most decisive factor will be how digital integrates with existing processes and systems.Learn More -
Navigating Digital Turbulence
Accenture Technology Vision 2016 for Aerospace and Defense CompaniesThe aerospace and defense industry is now well into a new era of powerful market forces and disruptive technologies. These present entirely new mandates for building, operating and maintaining commercial, military and space products. These forces are reshaping the future of aerospace and defense. Some offer exciting opportunities. Others present clear threats and challenges.Learn More
Capabilities
Accenture’s team of experienced aerospace and defense professionals leverage the full range of Accenture services—strategy, consulting, technology, digital and operations—to design and deliver customized solutions that address today’s industry priorities. Example of these solutions include:
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Enterprise Product Information and Content (EPIC)
Improve productivity with single-source, self-service visibility of program and product information.Learn More -
SAP HANA for Aerospace and Defense
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Spare Parts Pricing Optimization
Grow revenue, margin and customer satisfaction with value-based pricing.
Client Case Studies
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ITP: End-to-end implementation of a product lifecycle management solution
Read how Accenture helped ITP to gain altitude and competitive advantage with a unified Product Lifecycle Management Solution platform.Learn more -
DigitalGlobe: Using distributed resources to address vital software development commitments
DigitalGlobe and Accenture collaborated to solve system integration challenges through distributed resources for the aerospace and defense industry.Learn more -
Spirit Aerosystems: Speeding production with analytics via the SAP HANA platform.
To combat cost overruns and production backlogs, Spirit AeroSystems worked with Accenture to obtain more current information by implementing in-memory computing based on the SAP HANA platform.Learn More
In The News
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Accenture and Airbus deliver wearable technology proof of concept for improving airplane cabin assembly
See how industrial-grade, Internet-connected, wearable technology can improve manufacturing, operations, supply chain and maintenance processes. -
How is wearable technology helping to build more aircraft? Do you know?
Discover how wearable technology is enabling improved productivity and quality while increasing operator satisfaction.
Leadership
John Schmidt
Aerospace and Defense Lead, Global, North America and Asia-PacificAs new digital technologies, such as 3D printing and wearable technologies, introduce altogether new ways to achieve efficiency and innovation, it’s an exciting time to be in aerospace and defense.
See John Schmidt at the 2015 Paris International Airshow.Julio Juan Prieto
Aerospace and Defense Lead, Europe, Africa and Latin AmericaThe importance of software in aerospace and defense products, and what makes them mission-capable, is more important than ever before.
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