“WE KNOW WE CAN COUNT ON TWO KEY LEVERS FOR GREATER BUY-FIRST THE COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT OF GROUP MANAGERS, AND SECOND THE MOTIVATION OF OUR TEAMS AND THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS.”

Carine Vinardi
Executive Vice-President, Group Lean

For its third Suppliers Day, held at Montreuil in July 2014, Zodiac Aircraft Systems hosted around a hundred of its European strategic suppliers. It was an opportunity to engage them in the challenges and goals of Zodiac Aircraft Systems, which buys 50% of what it eventually sells as an end product. Four key themes were developed during this highly informative and productive event: (i) commitments and results; (ii) quality, cost, delivery (QCD) obligations; (iii) supplier innovation; and (iv) the Air Supply e-business portal project. The day concluded with the presentation of the Zodiac Aircraft Systems Supplier Award to MGB. In 2015 the event will be broadened to include U.S. suppliers.

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