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August 31, 2005
Leading Defense Supplier Implements the SEA Supply Chain Conversion Plan
SBS Technologies' Government Group, located in Albuquerque, begins implementation of the Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA) Supply Chain Conversion Plan. Aerospace, defense, and space suppliers leverage the Supply Chain Conversion Plan to improve on-time delivery and quality performance while reducing costs.
Albuquerque, NM (PRWEB) August 31, 2005 -- According to Vice President and General Manager, Dave Wessing, SBS Technologies’ Government Group, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is launching the implementation of the Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA) Supply Chain Conversion Plan. “We’re excited about the possibilities and eager to get underway,” notes Wessing.
The SEA Supply Chain Conversion Plan is the industry standard business system being adopted by aerospace, defense, and space suppliers to help the U.S. supply chain become more competitive.
SBS Technologies, founded in 1986, designs and builds open architecture embedded computer products that enable original equipment manufacturers to serve government, commercial and communication markets. SBS has eight primary operating locations. SBS’s New Mexico-based Government Group provides a wide range of products to aerospace and defense primes, including The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. The SBS Albuquerque location has a workforce of 150 employees.
About the Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA)
SEA is the joint program office for the aerospace, defense, and space industries’ supply chain conversion. As a non-profit alliance of leading industry prime contractors, SEA’s purpose is to accelerate supply chain performance and help U. S. suppliers become more competitive. SEA member companies include The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Company, United Technologies, Parker Aerospace, Rockwell Collins, Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Sundstrand, Textron, Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft, and Bombardier.
The industry Conversion Plan deploys a collaborative business system to help suppliers expand capabilities and achieve immediate and sustainable improvements in on-time delivery and quality performance, while reducing costs. The Conversion Plan helps supplier companies develop new capabilities that will enable them to become more competitive and better support the emerging needs of their customers.
To learn more about SEA visit the SEA website at http://www.seaonline.org.
Posted by Industrial-Manufacturing at August 31, 2005 04:34 AM