AirSupply Project - BoostAeroSpace

AirSupply Project 

Setting g the Supply pp y Chain European p Aeronautics new Hub 

BoostAeroSpace Conference 

Presented by 

Thierry y 

Caillard 

BoostAeroSpace Conference – Aéro-Club de France - May 25th, 2011

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AirSupply: a Great European Ambition … 

TODAY: Individual Supply Chain Marketplaces 

TOMORROW: A Unique Aerospace and Defence Supply Chain Hub 

© AIRBUS S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document. 


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AirSupply Functional Scope 



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AirSupply: Mains Benefits 

AirSupply is a collaborative HUB helping manufacturers and suppliers to gain visibility, control, 

and integration on the critical business processes [speeding time-to-market, increasing 

profitability and reducing risk] 

Business 

Efficiency 

Technical 

Improvement 

Service 

Oriented 


3 main areas of enhancement 

• Collaboration with main Aerospace and Defence customers on all published supply chain 

information (Forecast (Forecast, Purchase Order Order...) ) 

• Harmonization and standardisation of core processes (Despatch Advice, Purchase Order, 

Goods Receipt, Vendor Managed Inventory...) 

• Enhanced capabilities (Forecast collaboration, Despatch Advice,...) 

• Anticipation, focus ordering officers on added value actvities instead of chasing missing parts 

• Advanced ergonomics and use of state of the art web technology 

• Full Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) approach delivered by SupplyOn for Aeronautics 

activities, preventing product obsolescence and reducing long-term maintenance costs 

• Rationalization of Machine to Machine exchanges (Boost Aerospace XML) / downloading 

process 

• World Wide centralized service available 24hX7, 99% (offered by Service Provider) 

• Available in 4 languages (G, F, UK, E) 

• More robust and faster platform, better performance and availability (response time, ...) 


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AirSupply: Mains Benefits 

1.Standard Supply Chain Collaboration (Forecast – Call up – Despatch/Receipt) 

1.Service Level improvement 

� Reduction of security y stock 

2.Procurement activity benefits 

� Forecast distribution, response type-in, monitoring….tasks productivity 

3.Receipt activity benefits 

� No more data entry just confirmation of supplier data 

2.VMI 

1.Service Level improvement 

� Above 99% 

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2.Inventory reduction 

�� SSecurity it stock t k suppression i for f Customer C t ( (consigned i d VMI) 

� Global inventory reduction for Supplier (finished + in-process goods) 

3.Quality improvement 

�� Drastic reduction of non non-quality quality impact 

4.Process improvement 

� Procurement, Receipt, Inspection tasks suppression 

� Disputes sputes reduction educt o linked ed to reception, ecept o , inspection spect o and a d billing b g 



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AirSupply Project Status 

2011, deployment preparation & Pilot Phase 

Business acceptance tests are on-going 

Launch Machine To Machine projects 

Focus on Pilot Phase 


Requirements 

validated by 

all industrials 

Roadmap Roadmapp 

Logistic CConditions 

re-signature 

Industrial deployment process for 2012 

Today 

BoostAeroSpace Conference – Aéro-Club de France - May 25th, 2011 

Project 

delivered 

On time/ 

On quality

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How to access AirSupply? 

http://www http://www.airbussupply.com 

airbussupply com 

► User will access with 

same account and 

password as today 

AirSupply Hub is accessible from the Service Provider Portal (Supply On). 

Airbus decided to give access through its own AirbusSupply portal. 


Or 


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My Workspace: a Mirroring User Interface 

Both customer and supplier work on the same interface… 

Customer view Supplier view 

Better mutual 

understandingg 

Unique place to aggregate Supply Chain Data for one Supplier 

… and enhanced collaboration 



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My Workspace: User Customization 

My workspace layout overview 

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A personalized 

cockpit to ease 

day to day work ! 

1 Process/Problem 

Matrix: 

management by 

exception 

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3 

User configuration: 

possibility p y to define 

own portfolio 

1 -> Possibility to 

select preferred 

llanguage

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Search Functionalities 

Advanced search 

Advanced search allows “multi criteria” search (material number, date, supplier …) 

User can save the defined filters in « search profiles » for reuse 



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Perform and 

save accurate 

queries for later 

reuse and 

save time

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E-mail Notifications 

Ability to create e-mail notification to be alerted on selected 

item (new ( PO…) ) 



Get personalized alerts on 

your personal corporate 

mailbox (Ex : Outlook) 

1 Select one of your 

« search profile » 

2 Tick days when you 

want be alerted by 

email 

3 Fine tune your alerts 

(customize ( hours, , 

frequency …)

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Forecast Collaboration Overview 



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Forecast Collaboration 

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Collaboration View 

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1 Management based on exceptions: Collaboration is needed only on buckets with 

exception . Exceptions are triggered based on tolerance. 

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Possibility to display data from the previous week 

Possibility to access quickly related Purchase Orders 



5 Purchase Order Macro Process (1/3) 

“No No issue on delivery for supplier” supplier case 

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Purchase Order Macro Process (2/3) 

“Supplier Supplier asks for delivery modifications” modifications case 



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Purchase Order 

Purchase Order list 

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1 Status of PO Schedule Line. Promised Date and Quantity are editable by the supplier. 

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Shipped and Received Quantity are displayed for information. 

Possibility to access the Purchase Order history and to print it in PDF format 

Possibility to send a message to your contact including a URL link to a Purchase Order 



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Despatch Advice Process (1/2) 

A new PO has been 

published in AirSupply 

tool 

Collaboration phase on PO 

+ 

Goods are ready to be shipped, 

supplier creates the Despatch Advice 


Collaboration on PO 

3 

1 

Supplier packs the 

goods (or part of them) 

All checks are processed in 

AirSupply tool - Despatch 

Advice is initialized … 


Customer 

ERP 

AirSupply 

Logistic 

step 

ERP / AirSupply 

synchronisation

… 

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Despatch Advice Process (2/2) 

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Despatch Advice processed 

for errors; if none, D.A. is 

transferred to customer ERP 

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Supplier can print 

Despatch Advice label 

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Supplier ships goods Customer scans the 

> PO status automatically 

updated in AirSupply 


Customer 

ERP 


Triggers 

Logistic 

step 

data check ERP / AirSupply 

Despatch Advice bar 

codes 

Supplier labels each 

box with previously 

printed labels 

Goods receipt process 

can be performed 


synchronisation

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Goods Receipt Process 

Physical reception 

of ordered goods 

is performed 

At customer ERP level 

At AirSupply level 

Logistic g stepp 


Goods are accepted 

( (ready d to t be b used) d) 

> Status “RECEIVED” is 

visible in AirSupply 

Goods are not 

accepted 


synchronisation 

OR 


Goods are sent back to 

supplier 

> Status “RETURNED” is 

visible in AirSupply 

Goods receipt is cancelled 

> Status “CANCELLED” is 

visible in AirSupply

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Goods Receipt 

Goods receipt list 

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1 Description of stock movement 

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Possibility to access quickly to related Purchase Order or VMI 



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Vendor Managed Inventory Process 

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Agreed minimum and 

maximum i stocks t k 

are agreed 

Demand is computed 

and di inventory t is i 

managed 

Supplier can plan 

ddeliveries li i based b d on 

agreed limits 

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In 

transit 

Whil While goods d are 

being dispatched, 

inventory monitor shows 

them in transit 

Customer ERP level 

At AirSupply level 


Goods are booked into 

the system upon 

delivery 


synchronisation 

TTransfer f of f property t 

from supplier to 

customer is done on 

goods consumption 


Despatch advice is entered 

into AirSupply by 

supplier 

SBI 

or 

credit note 

A self-billing invoice 

or credit note is 

generated on goods 

consumption 

Daily update of demand, stock 

level, stock movements and selfbilling 

invoices

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2 

Vendor Managed Inventory 

Inventory Projection 

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3 

1 Explicit diagram and visual status 

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1 

Possibility to simulate your best replenishment strategy 

Exception management according to stock level 



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Pricing Service Fee: The Flexible Model 

SupplyOn CONNECT: one SupplyOn Service 1) with one customer 

Your company 

(all worldwide locations) 


€35 p.m. 


€35 p.m. 

Your customer - EADS 


Your customer – e.g. 

Safran 


● Campaign: Free of charge until 31.12.2011 for 

AirSupply pp y Service with Airbus 

● All your locations may use the services with all 

plants of your customers worldwide 

● No transaction additional costs 

● Unlimited number of users 

● Competent Customer Support, 24 hours a day 

in 4 languages 

● M2M possibilities for data exchange with your 

internal systems 1) SSupplyOn l O SServices: i Ai AirSupply S l ( (plus l €100f €100 for each hbbasic i registration). 

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AirSupply: Conclusion/Way Forward 

� Competitive advantage for customers and suppliers 


� Contact your customers to be on board. 

Questions and Answers 

Q A 


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Appendices 



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Forecast collaboration 

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Collaboration View 

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4 All materials are managed through LOGISTIC FAMILIES (LF). Airbus and the 

Supplier have to agree on the LF they will use for each material. The LF defines the 

duration of the 3 different horizons (Firm, ( , Flexible and Provisional) ) 

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Exceptions can be CRITICAL or MEDIUM depending on the material settings. 

Commit tuning: Commit tuning will be kept from the previous week if demand is 

stable (variation within tolerance), increasing exception accuracy. 



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Purchase Order macro process (3/3) 

“Customer Customer asks for delivery modifications” modifications case 



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Despatch Advice 

Dispatch Advice creation 

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1 Mandatory fields are highlighted 

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Possibility to configure some information (e.g. Ship From and Forwarder) to avoid 

recurring manual data entry

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