Aerospace & Defense Suppliers
Shifting demands in aerospace and defense requires new supplier strategies to deliver on time, on target and on cost.
What are the Trends Changing the Supplier Landscape?
The Aerospace & Defense industry is known for its complexity, high standards, and significant impact on global transportation and defense capabilities. Technological and environmental leaps are reshaping the industry. What are they and how will they affect your business?
- Production Ramp Up
- End to End Quality
- Precision Manufacturing
- Smart Procurement
How to optimize the supply chain performance?
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How to scale production while staying resilient and sustainable?
As Aerospace & Defense companies navigate economic, technological, and environmental pressures, the ability to ramp up production efficiently—without compromising quality or agility—is a strategic imperative. With commercial airframe backlogs reaching eight years, manufacturers must increase output while managing global supply chain complexity and risk.
To meet this challenge, production ramp-up must go hand-in-hand with manufacturing agility. OEMs are demanding greater visibility and coordination from suppliers to anticipate disruptions and ensure continuous flow. Suppliers, in turn, must modernize operations—making them leaner, more connected, and resilient.
Dassault Systèmes enables this transformation by connecting the value network through digital continuity. Leveraging technologies like robotics, additive manufacturing, IoT, and AI, manufacturers can optimize operations, increase responsiveness, and protect intellectual property—all while advancing sustainability goals.
“Internal and external collaboration, vertical and horizontal integration: the 3DEXPERIENCE platform covers the full value chain.”
Elevating Quality, Empowering Your Vision
Redefining aerospace and defense: Continuous quality improvement as the enabler for innovation
How can suppliers deliver consistent quality under pressure?
In the Aerospace & Defense supply chain, quality is non-negotiable. It directly impacts delivery performance, program costs, and long-term customer trust. Yet, many suppliers still operate with fragmented tools and isolated quality processes—slowing response times and increasing the risk of non-conformities.
Dassault Systèmes offers an End-to-End Quality Management solution tailored to suppliers, connecting engineering, manufacturing, and operations through a single, digital thread. From Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Design and Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA & PFMEA), to model-based planning and real-time shop floor feedback, suppliers gain full visibility and control across the production lifecycle.
With digital continuity, suppliers can proactively manage risks, accelerate root cause analysis, and ensure traceability at every step—turning compliance into a competitive differentiator.
Now is the time to make quality a driver of operational excellence and customer satisfaction—not a constraint.
“Production ramp up requires more than speed—it demands end-to-end quality across the entire value network, from suppliers to final assembly.”
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How can suppliers deliver precision and innovation—without compromising cost or compliance?
Aerospace & Defense suppliers face growing pressure to deliver increasingly complex components at scale—while reducing costs, ensuring flawless quality, and meeting stringent regulatory requirements. From structural assemblies to turbine and guidance systems, precision manufacturing is mission-critical.
To stay competitive, suppliers must invest in advanced capabilities like CNC machining, additive manufacturing, and automated inspection. These technologies enable the production of lightweight, high-performance parts with micron-level precision. But true differentiation comes from connecting engineering, manufacturing, and quality in a unified digital environment.
Dassault Systèmes empowers suppliers with an integrated approach that ensures design intent flows through to production. By improving traceability, enabling real-time verification, and reducing non-conformities, suppliers can meet OEM demands with greater agility and confidence.
Delivering precision at scale is no longer a challenge—it's a strategic advantage.
“We can create a 3D representation of a production facility, not only adding the parts, the machines and the manpower to account for space, but connecting all of these resources to estimate timings so that we can accurately work out how many components we can deliver in a given time.”
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How can smarter procurement drive both resilience and profitability?
In Aerospace & Defense, increasing production alone is not enough—long-term program success also depends on smarter, more efficient procurement strategies. As supply chains grow more complex, suppliers must simplify sourcing, reduce part variability, and strengthen negotiation power to control costs and improve delivery performance.
Dassault Systèmes supports suppliers with smart procurement capabilities that streamline sourcing, enable part standardization across programs, and increase visibility across the supply chain value network. This approach improves agility, reduces risks, and aligns procurement with production goals.
As the industry diversifies into new markets—zero-emission aircraft, advanced air mobility and reusable space systems,—suppliers must be ready to collaborate more closely with OEMs. Transparency, digital continuity, and strategic sourcing are essential to accelerate innovation and break through technological barriers.
Smart procurement isn’t just about cost savings—it’s about enabling competitive growth in a rapidly evolving Aerospace & Defense landscape.
“Timely access to data is everything…. Customers want accurate information, fast.”
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