representing companies supplying civil air transport, aerospace defence and space
Thursday 07 August 2008

21st century supply chains (SC21)

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21st century supply chains (SC21)

welcome to SBAC's 21st century supply chains (SC21) website

Achieving supply chain improvement is critical to the continued competitiveness of the UK aerospace and defence industry. This key programme is overseen by SBAC's Enterprise Excellence Board and continues the work of the Aerospace Innovation and Growth Team

SC21 aims to accelerate the competitiveness of the aerospace and defence industry. With international competition increasing, the participation of companies of all sizes throughout the UK supply chain is crucial to delivering real results from this modernisation programme.

Signatories have undertaken seven commitments designed to ensure the UK supply chain remains competitive and delivers increased value to customers.

This website sets out the national action plan, implementation guide and improvement processes produced and agreed by industry. Three areas are initially seen as critical:

SC21 will continue to develop the programme to also address the following during 2008:

  • innovation
  • through-life capability

weekly highlights: 4 - 10 August 2008

SC21 online communities

SC21 popular downloads

SC21 national implementation plan August v.10 (103.6 KB)
SC21 A1 poster (861.4 KB)
SC21 implementation guide - 2nd edition (1.4 MB)
SC21 relationships code of practice (1.2 MB)
SC21 awareness presentation - June 2008 (6.0 MB)
SC21 elevator brief - June 2008 (145.1 KB)
SC21 implementation starter pack (1.7 MB)