West of England Aerospace Forum

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West of England Aerospace Forum
SC21 Clinic AgustaWestland 19th February 2009
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West of England Aerospace Forum
Barry Warburton Chief Executive
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Introduction

• WEAF is supported by the South West Regional
  Development Agency to deliver the aerospace and
  defence strategy.
• Funding 48 Government - 52 industry
• Partnered with National International
  associations
• Led by Industry through its Board and Council

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Major Projects 2008 2010

• Supply Chains in the 21st Century SC21
• Innovative Supply Chains
• Through life solutions MRO
• Sustainable Aviation Environmental
• Space Supply Chain Development
• Skills - ATSW
• All Directed by WEAF industry Steering Groups

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SC21 South West

• WEAF have secured support funding for our SC21
  programme which is in addition with our partner,
  the South West Manufacturing Advisory Service
  (South West MAS)
• 421 Companies signed up nationally
• 90 companies in the South West Leading the
  national programme.
• 56 companies engaged in activities
• Encouraging cluster groups to form, for group
  delivery and learning.

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Regional SC21 development
SBAC Scotland Companies identified and funding
support for 2009 by Scottish MAS Prime /SME
support by Selex, BAE and Thales. Steering group
now formed.
Aerospace, defence and marine
Aerospace
Aerospace and defence
Northern Defence Industries North East Office
Link to MAS Yorkshire and Humberside Awareness
events held at AMCR (Rotherham)
North West Aerospace Alliance 35 Companies
engaged in SC21
Northern Defence industries Yorkshire office
Link to MAS Yorkshire and Humberside Awareness
events held at AMCR (Rotherham)
Invest Northern Ireland 30 Companies engaged in
SC21
Midland Aerospace Alliance 1.6 m funding
secured for the next 3 years 80 Companies
implementing SC21
Project office National oversight and
co-ordination of the programme
Aerospace Wales Forum Funding support agreed
through Welsh Assembly Launch event 14th
October 40 Companies now shown interest in SC21
SBAC
West of England Aerospace Forum 300k funding
secured for SC21 4 Workshop throughout Oct Nov
08 being held at prime facilities. E.g Cobham 80
Companies
Farnborough Aerospace Consortium 200k Funding
currently going through approval with Seeda. 60
Companies identified Thales roll out plan support
by funding from MAS South East
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SC21 South West
1. Accreditation and quality improvement need
to remove repetition, and unnecessary duplication
3. Relationships Need for better end-to-end
communication and collaborative planning
Initially SC21 will implement 3 action streams
to drive early transformation and improvement
WEAF
WEAF
2. Development and performance need increased
efficiency and remove waste
4. Innovative Supply Chains Creation of Clusters
to add value to customers
5. Through life capability management
MAS
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SC21 South West
SC 21 sign up
Self develop Or Supported
Develop a CSIP Continuous Sustainable Improvement
Programme
Deliver CSIP requirements
Approved Suppliers
Assessment/ Update CSIP
Deliver CSIP requirements
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SC21 South West

• SME Support funding available for
• CSIP assessment
• Determining Excellence
• Relationship Management
• Accreditation training
• Leadership training
• Innovative Supply Chains

• Evidence of achievement required
• prior to payment
• Matched funding required
• Customer input required
• De Minimus statement required

SBAC preferred partners will help you access WEAF
funding
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Questions
Questions