Research & publications

Should-Cost Review: A Pragmatic Approach to Affordability
A should-cost review can improve affordability—reducing total program costs without cutting back on program scope or capabilities, or eroding suppliers’ profits.
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Helping Governments Do More with Less
As developed economies move to get their financial houses in order—difficult though it may be politically—governments and their suppliers are struggling to cut costs. Business as usual will no longer be tolerated.
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A Forward-Looking Way to Improve Weapons Programs
Business case analyses (BCAs) rooted in hard data can give weapons program leaders a deep look at their sustainment systems and the flexibility to adjust strategies as needed.
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More aerospace and defense publications and articles

A.T. Kearney Aerospace & Defense Services
What can the U.S. Department of Defense do to reduce costs, spending and debt while improving efficiencies?
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How to Run a Should-Cost Review
24 October 2011 — DefenseNews
The U.S. Defense Department is experiencing unprecedented cost pressures as demands to reduce government spending rise, and should-cost review is becoming the tool of choice to improve affordability.
By Bob Willen and Randy Garber
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Driving Down the Cost of Raw Materials
Amid volatile raw materials markets, companies must become more agreessive in managing their purchasing strategies.
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Supporting the Warfighter
For a weapons system program, strong support systems often mean the difference between a flourishing program and one that never quite meets its potential.
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India Aerospace: Poised for Takeoff
India is capturing a larger piece of the pie in the aerospace industry and is becoming one of the most important markets for new growth in the industry.
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Integrated Value Chains in Aerospace and Defense
How to manage relationships and complexity up and down the value chain is the biggest challenge for A&D companies.
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Aerospace & Defense Insights 2007
This timely overview of A&D discusses the factors that are shaping the industry, plus highlights in the two sectors: commercial aerospace and defense aerospace.
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Surviving the Rebound: European Aviation MRO Finds a New Path
As market conditions in the aviation industry improve, the results aren’t quite what most people expected.
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The End of the Village Store
Throw away those business models that have accumulated since B-school and beyond. It's time to adapt your strategies and supply chains for customers who want everything now.
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Want a More Flexible Supply Chain?
As complexity and demand for new prodcuts grow, companies are realizing that their supply chains need to be more flexible.
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Aerospace Innovation: The Differentiating Factor
OEMs in the aerospace industry—like their counterparts in automotive—are shifting responsibilities (and risks) to their supplier partners further down the supply chain.
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Operating Engineering Effectiveness
A.T. Kearney has transferred the tools used to improve operating asset effectiveness in factories to the world of engineering, with proven results.
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It’s Crunch Time. What’s Ahead for Tech and Telecom
If U.S. high-tech and telecom companies were in a heavyweight prizefight, the rival in the other corner would appear decidedly more threatening.
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RFID/EPC: Managing the Transition (2004-2007)
Radio frequency identification (RFID) has created a storm--capturing the attention and, in some cases, the ire of industries and consumers.
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The Agile Government: It's Not an Oxymoron
The public wants better and faster service. Can the taxman deliver? [Read Article]

Improving Performance in the Public Sector
Governments can be "agile" but only if they work at it, according to this study by A.T. Kearney and the London School of Economics.
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Shared Services in Government
Governments face an uphill battle to balance their books while responding to citizens' ever increasing expectations. Can they do it?
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