The Pemstar acquisition failed to offset the much larger than expected 42 percent year-over-year sales decline Benchmark...

February 5, 2008 - NASA still accounts for less than 1 percent of the federal budget.  The NASA budget includes $5.78 billion for the space shuttle and space station programs, $4.44 billion for science ...

September 2, 2007 - Boeing has signed an agreement with Honeywell Aerospace that will allow them to significantly reduce an airline's maintenance costs by providing expendable parts.

Typically, what many OEMs are presented with from their contract manufacturing partners, with regards to supply chain contract scheduling and schedule changes, allows for schedule changes to occur but there is a limit to the degree of change in manufactured product volumes delivered.

"Meanwhile, industry consolidation has resulted in a handful of large, prime contractors controlling a majority of key programs. The same is true for EMS providers, as traditional ‘commercial' suppliers, now entering the A&D..."

The avionics and aerospace electronics outsourcing market is growing faster than the overall outsourcing market. One of the quality standards OEM executives must be sure their contract manufacturing partners have is AS9100 for the aerospace industry.

Startup executives can refer to this plan to help them review internal depth and scope capabilities against anticipated company capability requirements so they may then determine at what point it may make sense to consider evaluating and engaging a contract product design partner or contract manufacturing partner.

Typically, contract manufacturers will purchase specified quantities of long lead time material and OEM customer-unique materials only when the OEM customer authorizes such in advance and in writing.