Aerospace and Defense Outsourcing 3.0

摘要

Straight out of grad school, I landed in the aerospace and defense outsourcing industry, and I have experienced firsthand the last three decades of outsourcing. When I reflect upon the evolution of outsourcing within the industry, progression from outsourcing 1.0 to 3.0 is remarkable. But engineering and IT services providers have largely failed to recognize the clear pattern of change in outsourcing behavior and adapt to the new age to stay relevant. In the early 2000s, unlike the automotive industry, aerospace lagged behind when it came to outsourcing work to cost-advantageous countries like India, China, Poland, Mexico and Russia. Despite the clear opportunities for savings, the late 90s and the mid-20005, saw a very slow push from the aerospace industry to expand sourcing to emerging markets.