In-situ operational support
advalup is sensitized to hiring difficulties met by Aerospace and Defence industries, not only in periods of ramp-up, but also in support of urgent needs. Performance problems with suppliers, engineering or supply chain needs, RFP responses can all create high and unpredictable demand on critical resources.
advalup understands well the key skills required in the aerospace, defence and space markets and has a demonstrated track record of responsiveness to customer requests.
advalup has an extensive international network for identifying candidates to support customer needs. Generally, our customers extend our mandates after first contact, a clear sign that our value is recognised.
Our strategy is to offer senior experts for resolving your issues. Why a senior expert ?
1/ Important expertise with capitalisation of their professional experience,
2/ Available to go in-house, able to ramp up quickly and offer immediate help
3/ Independent, objective
4/ Passionate
Strategic Sourcing Support Activities
Please read the sourcing page for more detailed information.
Business development Support
advalup has participated in business development activities for various companies including previous personal experience within the Airbus Group. Which axes are proposed to our customers?
1/ Deep company knowledge on products, processes and employees (see industrial maturity exercise)
2/ Market analysis for identifying potential customers
3/ Diversification of offering to stabilize / increase revenues and industrial activities
4/ Developing international market opportunities (strong international network)
5/ Analysis of customer competencies and capabilities for market penetration
6/ Support definition of business development strategy
7/ Adapt Corporate Company Presentation to customer/market target
advalup is well-positioned on high added value services for industrial maturity, with a results-oriented approach. Our vast and international knowledge of the landscape and vast network can be leveraged to support our customers in many areas, such as:
- Strategic sourcing linked to offsets and reliable supply chain
- Back-up or second source solutions, new needs, sourcing requiring technical knowledge
- Important international knowledge and network
- ITAR product replacement solutions
- Benchmarking of suppliers vs industrial maturity level (OQD)
- Supply Chain management – Technical assistance in-house
- New technologies for engineering development support
Industrial maturity support and business development strategy
A complete maturity exercise of the company is done. This evaluation could be delegated to advalUP or done by our customer.
All results are discussed with your team and we accordingly propose improvement actions.
We use a maturity matrix based on different requirement for this evaluation and define together the main axis which need to be improved.
This activity is very important and request an important support of your team. all the following information are based on the supply chain management handbook (SCMH) from International Aerospace Quality Group IAQG.
Supply Chain Management
These different activities could be managed to align your strategic procurement approach with your business objectives.
The effectiveness and the performance should be improved with adapted process modification.
The respect of the needed On-Quality Delivery (OQD), On-Time Delivery (OTD) and On-Cost-Delivery (OCD) for your customer satisfaction is primordial for demonstrating your company professionalism.
The following subjects are presented and implemented in your company within an integrated team following complete diagnostic.
Introduction
- Supply chain function and industrial positioning,
- Main challenges,
- Objectives, competitiveness,
- Sourcing interest,
- Main key roles in supply chain,
- Logistic
- Existing tools,…
Main input of supply chain
Sourcing activities
Procurement
- Internal and external customer request.
- Supplier market.
- Material requirements.
- Company strategy & policy.
- Procurement requirements.
- Standards and regulations.
- Supply policy
- Commodity strategy
- Supplier approval
- Requirements définition
- Knowledge and cost base management
- Data capitalization / database
- Risk management
- Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Proposal evaluation and methodology
- Supplier selection
- Final negotiation
Purchasing
Quality Operation Management
Supply performance measurement & improvement
- Contracts and changes management – Change Request/Change Notice process
- Supplier monitoring and control
- Supplier evaluation and audits
- Supplier selection and anticipated assessment
- Supplier development
- Traceability
- No conformity management
- Performance measurement (KPI)
- Lessons learnt
- Planning improvement
Supply chain output
- Commodity strategy
- Material delivery on-time, on-quality and on-cost
- Cost basis & savings
- Quality management system and tools
- Market intelligence
- Capitalisation and knowledge management
- Supply base
Corporate presentation and strategy
advalUP benefit an huge experience on corporate company presentation. The communication is very important for developing your businesses. Sometimes key message or activities could be forgotten in the corporate support.
After a discussion on the main company activities, internal visit and exchange, advalUP propose you to work on your corporate presentation for improvement.
We also can support your company strategy definition according to our market knowledge, with its capabilities, risks and opportunities.
Quality management and project management
More and more, the industrial companies are working in a project mode through matrix organisation. Different notions could be presented and explained such as for example the Multi Functional Team (MFT).