There is a compelling need to improve... Today, the Aerospace and Defence Manufacturing industry is changing at an ever increasing rate. Competitive pressures require suppliers to make radical steps forward in manufacturing processes.

Industry Forum’s aim is to develop and sustain world-leading competitiveness in the UK based aerospace and defence industry. With international competition increasing the participation of companies of all sizes throughout the UK Supply Chain is critical in delivering sustainable results.

To this end, Industry Forum has created a number of programmes based around a Common Approach to enable any company in any part of the supply chain to make real measurable improvements in Quality, Cost and Delivery, whilst in parallel improving partnerships with its customers.

The Common Approach programmes are practical process-improvement activities implemented with a 'hands on' approach by a team of top calibre Industry Forum Engineers. They work with a company's employees to bring about tangible, bottom line results, directly impacting on the key business indicators of sales, profit, cash and margins.

Any manufacturer in the aerospace and defence industry supply chain with facilities located in the UK or abroad is encouraged to participate in Industry Forum activities and take advantage of the very real benefits to ensure a more innovative and competitive UK aerospace and defence industry.

“In today's globalised aerospace and defence industry every company at every level of the supply chain needs to be globally competitive if they are to survive and thrive. Industry Forum helps companies to improve their productivity by upskilling the workforce in line with national and international standards.”

Graham Broome, Chief Executive, Industry Forum

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