Transforming the A&D organization for growth

All Aerospace and Defense companies are under pressure to transform the way they do business. They are faced with the need to grow internationally; rationalize global supply chains; and add value by taking greater responsibility for program design, development, and product integration. Many companies are considering how best to organize themselves and build new capabilities to address these 21st century challenges.

A&D companies are transforming in three key areas:

• As companies expand their operations internationally, they are typically developing new customer-facing capabilities in marketing and product support, while also developing and supporting their supply base to ensure supply continuity and security
• Faced with the need to add increased value, reduce cost, and accept greater program risk, companies are changing their business model internally and externally
• As they focus on new technologies, materials and manufacturing processes, many companies need to build new capabilities and skills

These transformation areas all have significant implications for organizational structure, decision-making processes, manufacturing and supply chain operations, and recruiting and staff development. The result in many cases has been significant re-organization, introduction of centres of excellence, and development of new ways of working.

A.T. Kearney has helped many of the world’s leading Aerospace and Defense companies transform their business operations through re-structuring, process improvement, manufacturing and supply chain rationalization, and talent alignment and development. Our Aerospace and Defense team and transformation experts work with client staff to design technical, business, and people change programs that address the challenges confronting the organization. However, our impact and value is especially felt as we help our clients implement the changes and deliver the required benefits, which typically result in outstanding post-project client assessments of our performance.