Aerospace Organizations’ Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Strategies

Any strategy for sustainable development

Any strategy is a timetable or plan created to translate the vision and goal of a specific organization into actions that increase the business’s ability to compete in the market. Values are a component of every strategy, and sustainable development includes those that allow organizations to meet the requirements of the present without risking the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The expansion of aerospace-related organizations is discussed in this essay in relation to sustainable operations, supply chain strategy, and the IKEA business model.

Lack of sustainable operations and supply chain strategy

Engineering-related firms in the aerospace industry focus primarily on spacecraft and airplanes since they lack sustainable operations and a supply chain strategy to maintain smooth operation. Supply chain sustainability is an important idea in any business-oriented organization as it affects the whole organizational structure, its supply, logistic networks that are related to the risk of environment and costs. All aerospace companies need to have profits in all their operations, which should be stable and be made as a culture. As an organization, there is also an urge for seizing, going for all opportunities that create value thereby offering remarkable competitive advantages for all the people who obtain and revolutionize the process. Each organization needs to have all the components of sustainable operation. These components are usually three and include working on traditional economic aspects, social and ecosystem criteria category, and the economic field that typically deals with making a profit so that the organization can reach sustainability and compete well with others. To solve aerospace hitches the following should be considered: use environmental management systems, project-oriented management system, machines, and equipment, which are environmentally friendly.

Globalization and current issues

Aerospace related organizations face a lot of globalization in its aim of attaining developed economy and, hence, improved technology, efficient production of energy, highly advanced materials, procurement, restoring resources, regulation of harmful gases, responsible workers, and excellent service forward. By doing the entire above, the aerospace organization realizes all the set goals and the desired achievements (Seuring et al., 2008).

The role of informatics and global supplier networks

Aerospace related organizations have current issues that need to be considered in the supply chain and management systems to attain sustainability. If these matters are well handled about aerospace, then the field will realize high growth rate.

To start with, the internet that aids in the co-production of goods and services through sharing of information between the customers and the firm. Proper use of informatics allows improvement of the entire instances of inefficient customer related services within the organization bringing about a drop in the cost whereas improving the service to the client (Lambert et al., 2000).

In addition, aerospace related organizations like supply chain and management need to make proper use of global supplier, production-distribution networks. As it is evident in most large companies, most managers have failed to implement this strategy. Therefore, they require proper understanding of where control should be emphasized and where the autonomy is valid. Information from these systems helps to manage resources such as inventory and transportation system.

Utilizing IKEA’s strategy

IKEA’s strategy originates from a multinational group whose primary task is to design and retail kitchen appliances, home accessories, and furniture. Their headquarters are located in Netherlands. This strategy focuses on developing different products based on the consumer’s needs, ensuring affordable prices and the provision of attractive furnishings (Baraldi, 2008). This strategy provides competition in the business and the assurance of maintaining supplier base. Aerospace related organizations can utilize IKEA’s strategy by ensuring that they offer better services to their customers at a competitive price. In case the department is concerned with flights and travel, a good strategy is making the planes more enhanced and attractive to their customers. It will help their clients to be contented when using those planes. This strategy will help attract more customers making the business competitive.

Conclusion

To sum up the above-discussed points, the strategy is crucial for the growth and fostering of any given business organization. To maximize the profit, every company should consider putting in place working policies. It is, therefore, the duty of the aerospace-related agencies such as sustainable operation and supply chain management to spearhead in the realization of these strategies in order to boost their future growth.

References

Baraldi, E. (2008). Strategy in industrial networks: experiences from IKEA. California management review, 50(4), 99-126.

Lambert, D.M., & Copper, M. C. (2000). Issues in supply chain management. Industrial marketing management, 29 (1), 65-83.

Seuring, S., & Muller, M. (2008).From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management. Journal of cleaner production, 16 (15), 1699-1710.