The make-buy boundary

Posted on 13 Dec 2013 by The Manufacturer

Nigel Whitehead, MD programmes and support at BAE Systems gives a peak behind the barbed wire that surrounds the defence contractor’s operations to explain why it chooses to manufacture and how market forces are driving the integration of its technology and working practices

Nigel Whitehead, Managing Director, Programmes & Support, BAE Systems
As the largest UK defence contractor, BAE Systems is constantly tinkering with the make-buy ratio in the delivery of promised capability to the UK government, and others around the globe. “We choose to manufacture. And when we make that choice we consider…

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