All articles with Defence category http://www.paconsulting.com/rss/industries/defence.rss Companies operate with global supply chains, driven by the need to grow market share and to reduce the cost base. Organisations are forced in their supply chains to deliver cost, service and cash flow improvement as well as differentiation and to cope with complexity and risk by innovatively managing resources and assets. http://www.paconsulting.com/our-thinking/putting-the-supply-chain-at-the-heart-of-your-fitness-strategy/ 522 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:41:03 GMT 20121106144103 Tue, 26 May 2009 23:09:43 GMT 20090526230943 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:41:03 GMT 201211061424103 Alexander Tasker Supply chain Manufacturing Defence Thought leadership (Our thinking) Procurement Fit for the future Surviving and thriving in the economic crisis http://www.paconsulting.com/our-thinking/economic-crisis/ 523 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:52:24 GMT 20121116165224 Tue, 26 May 2009 23:10:46 GMT 20090526231046 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:52:24 GMT 201211161645224 Helen Deckers Resilience Sourcing Defence Downturn/recession Netherlands Thought leadership (Our thinking) Marketing US Department of Defense We developed and implemented a pioneering approach for the MOD to procure a range of armoured vehicles, weapons, sensor and communication systems. The approach is now being used in other complex programmes. http://www.paconsulting.com/our-experience/helping-uk-mod-procure-a-uor/ 1116 Thu, 16 May 2013 15:08:26 GMT 20130516150826 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:22:58 GMT 20090609162258 Thu, 16 May 2013 15:07:08 GMT 201305161530708 Anna Chatburn Defence Case study (Our experience) Supply Management asked Ed Savage for his comments on overcoming problems caused by delays and cost overruns on procurement projects for the Minstry of Defence. http://www.paconsulting.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/articles-quoting-pa-experts/supply-management-is-the-battle-being-won-an-article-on-defence-procurement-28-april-2009/ 1169 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090428000000 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:56:33 GMT 20090610115633 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:53:29 GMT 200907141315329 Defence News and articles content (for right-hand side) Media - PA in the media (list pages only) Articles about PA Risk management The 2009 Defence Acquisition Workshop, also known as Shrivenham 4 gave senior leaders and influencers in the defence community the opportunity to discuss the challenges facing acquisition, and in particular, effective industry engagement in TLCM. http://www.paconsulting.com/events/2009-defence-acquisition-workshop/ 1171 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:13:12 GMT 20100922171312 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT 20090610120000 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:13:12 GMT 201009221751312 Mark Cripps Defence United Kingdom Event To deliver the UK's defence ambition, it is vital that there is effective partnering between the UK MOD and defence industry, as well as between partners in the supply chain. There are four key elements to a successful partnering approach. http://www.paconsulting.com/our-thinking/delivering-defence-reform-and-the-defence-materiel-strategy-effective-partnering-in-uk-defence/ 1194 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:40:11 GMT 20130515154011 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:26:35 GMT 20090610142635 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:39:46 GMT 201305151533946 Anna Chatburn Defence United Arab Emirates Thought leadership (Our thinking) Network Enabled Capability (NEC) and Network Centric Warfare (NCW) continue to evolve, particularly with a fresh focus on achieving more tangible outcomes. In parallel, the rate of technological improvement and innovation in the private sector seems to increase year on year, offering new opportunities and the potential of realising earlier seemingly distant aspirations. Edited by PA Consulting Group, NECWORKS aims to bring together insight and experience in NEC and NCW from military, industry, academ http://www.paconsulting.com/our-thinking/necworks/ 1258 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:44:18 GMT 20101019094418 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:39:40 GMT 20090611093940 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:44:18 GMT 201010190994418 Defence Thought leadership (Our thinking) PA Consulting Group, the leading international management, systems and technology consultancy, has completed a seven month study of radio spectrum enabling the MOD to forecast its future demand in terms of military capability needs and how these may evolve over time. http://www.paconsulting.com/our-experience/identifying-future-military-radio-spectrum-for-mod/ 1417 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:21:28 GMT 20120518102128 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:08:28 GMT 20090612180828 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:21:28 GMT 2012051810102128 Defence Case study (Our experience) There are risks and advantages to speeding up tender times. Ed Savage describes five ways to make it work http://www.paconsulting.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/supply-management-going-faster-five-ways-to-successfully-speed-up-tender-times-5-march-2009/ 1573 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090305000000 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:04:32 GMT 20090615180432 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:10:26 GMT 200907081751026 Defence News and articles content (for right-hand side) Media - PA in the media (list pages only) Opinion by PA General Sir Mike Jackson and Giles Beattie, from PA Consulting Group, examine the lessons that can be learned from the MoD's recent and successful delivery of a large number of UORs. http://www.paconsulting.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/defence-director-learning-the-lessons-from-successful-uor-delivery-1-january-2009/ 1835 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090101000000 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:19:05 GMT 20090624111905 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:54:59 GMT 201004300885459 Defence News and articles content (for right-hand side) Media - PA in the media (list pages only) HR Opinion by PA The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters before the shooting begins. Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. Nick Burton of the pa consulting group outlines how innovations in logistic it networks are making life easier for the operational commander. http://www.paconsulting.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/understanding-nec-uk-ministry-of-defence-what-can-nec-do-for-logistics-april-2009/ 3246 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090401000000 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:08:53 GMT 20090730150853 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:36:16 GMT 201003121533616 Defence Media - PA in the media (list pages only) Opinion by PA The UK MOD's CSIS Integrated Project Team (IPT) was responsible for delivering around 40 programmes to deliver critical support go front-line military operations through a few core service contracts. These contracts were coming up for renewal and needed to be extended. However, the systems were planned to be phased out in the near future, the customer was seeking a better service and the budget had been reduced. Negotiating with the incumbent service provider was the only solution. http://www.paconsulting.com/our-experience/saving-the-mod-contract-costs-of-16m/ 3734 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:47:25 GMT 20100212114725 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:25:35 GMT 20090812092535 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:47:24 GMT 2010021211114724 Defence Case study (Our experience) General Sir Mike Jackson and Nick Newman, PA Consulting Group, discuss the key characteristics of the next defence review and how it must be capability-led, resource-constrained. http://www.paconsulting.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/defence-management-journal-a-comprehensive-approach-to-the-next-defence-review-autumn-2009/ 4917 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090901000000 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:55:10 GMT 20091006105510 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:57:38 GMT 2010012710105738 Laura Hamblin Defence Thought leadership (Our thinking) Media - PA in the media (list pages only) Opinion by PA HM Naval Base Devonport, the largest naval base in Western Europe and the Royal Navy's only nuclear repair and refuelling facility, came under pressure to reduce its surface ship support costs. Following earlier pilot schemes, the naval base's management team believed that the Lean approach could both deliver short-term savings and provide a basis for sustainable improvement. However, because the skills required were not available in-house, and there was no funding available for external support, any L http://www.paconsulting.com/our-experience/reducing-the-cost-of-surface-ship-support/ 6669 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:47:47 GMT 20100705164747 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:08:47 GMT 20091211100847 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:47:47 GMT 201007051644747 Defence Case study (Our experience) The UK Government's Defence Industrial Strategy highlighted the need to retain key industrial capabilities in the UK, including the ability to build and support complex warships. Whilst the current warship building programme will stretch industrial capacity in the near term, future demand will be much lower and more variable, threatening the maintenance of key capabilities. http://www.paconsulting.com/our-experience/delivering-a-critical-commercial-agreement/ 6670 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:11:52 GMT 20100212111152 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:25:27 GMT 20091211112527 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:11:52 GMT 2010021211111152 Defence Case study (Our experience) APS, Selex Galileo's UK support business and part of the Finmeccanica Group, provides maintenance, repair and overhaul of the avionics for fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Over the five years that APS has been operating, revenue has grown rapidly by 30% per annum. APS now faces the challenge of continuing that growth and moving to the next stage of development. http://www.paconsulting.com/our-experience/developing-a-supply-chain-strategy/ 6707 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:10:56 GMT 20100212111056 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:52:59 GMT 20091214105259 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:10:56 GMT 2010021211111056 Defence Case study (Our experience) General Sir Mike Jackson and Cate Pye of PA Consulting Group set out some of the key components of the forthcoming Strategic Defence Review http://www.paconsulting.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/defence-management-journal-shaping-the-future-of-defence-december-2009/ 7020 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20091201000000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:47:24 GMT 20100104134724 Tue, 11 May 2010 12:30:24 GMT 2010051112123024 Defence Thought leadership (Our thinking) Media - PA in the media (list pages only) Opinion by PA We helped DML and the MOD address long-term partnering challenges. As a result, the cost of nuclear facilities was reduced by around 30 percent a saving of £60 million over five years. http://www.paconsulting.com/our-experience/reducing-cost-and-improving-partnering-relationships/ 7059 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:26:33 GMT 20130515172633 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:51:24 GMT 20100105155124 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:25:07 GMT 201305151752507 Anna Chatburn Defence Case study (Our experience) Fit for the future PA Consulting Group works closely with the Armed Forces, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), European defence ministries, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the global defence industry to deliver defence transformation. Our teams works at the heart of defence in key areas of strategy, policy and change; our expertise includes defence acquisition and the implications of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). http://www.paconsulting.com/our-thinking/the-uk-strategic-defence-and-security-review/ 7476 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:27:05 GMT 20110726152705 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:29:40 GMT 20100126102940 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:27:05 GMT 201107261532705 Kathryn Hampson Defence Government and public services Thought leadership (Our thinking) SIR The question of a single service ("Armed Forces could become single service," report, February 4) is not a pressing issue for the future of defence. http://www.paconsulting.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/the-daily-telegraph-back-defence-aims-with-resources-5-february-2010/ 7670 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:35:00 GMT 20100205093500 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:28:41 GMT 20100205092841 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:43:20 GMT 201002050994320 Laura Hamblin Defence News and articles content (for right-hand side) Media - PA in the media (list pages only) Opinion by PA