CHH CoNeX eyes aerospace success from Farnborough

The company, which is a member of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA), joined the UK-wide supply chain programme as part of its strategy to increase efficiencies and performance throughout the business.

SC21, which was launched at Farnborough in 2006, is a change programme designed to accelerate the competitiveness of the aerospace and defence industry by raising the performance of its supply chain.

SC21 companies are committed to achieving common industry development and performance plans derived from a common diagnostic framework. These companies also commit to working with suppliers in order to implement common, shared improvement plans.

CHH CoNeX, which joined the General Dynamics SC21 cluster in the West Midlands earlier in the year, will be sharing the benefits of the programme on its business to date at Farnborough whilst showcasing its innovative design, manufacturing, logistics and related services capabilities.

Tim Hughes, Managing Director at CHH CoNeX, said: “SC21 is designed to improve the performance of companies, thereby helping them compete better in the global aerospace and defence markets”.

“This modernisation programme aligns well with our strategy to continually add value and minimise waste, thereby becoming a true extension of our customers’ business.”

Tom Townsend, at TPT Consultancy, who has been supporting CHH CoNeX through the business and manufacturing excellence diagnostics stages of the programme said:

“Signatories to SC21 are committed achieving improvement in performance that can be measured across the supply chain is crucial to achieving SC21. Member companies have agreed to implement four strands of development and performance processes; sustainable improvement, performance metrics, improvement framework and recognition. All of these four areas must be addressed in order to achieve improvement through the supply chain.”

Commenting on CHH CoNeX’s journey to date, he said: “CHH CoNeX has completed both the Business and Manufacturing Excellence Diagnostics and is now developing the CSIP (Continuous Sustainable Improvement Programme). The CSIP will be used to drive the process within the company.

“CHH CoNex’s delivery and quality performance is 99.29% and 99.9% respectively and I believe the business will both benefit from SC21 and add enormous value to the defence and aerospace industry due to its exceptional focus on on-time delivery and quality.”

Mr Hughes added: “Farnborough is one of the most prestigious and well-respected aviation events in the world and is exactly the right stage for CHH CoNeX to showcase its capabilities to an international audience.

“In achieving this recognition and our success to date, SC21, the MAA and the Manufacturing Advisory Service West Midlands (MAS-WM) have all played a valuable role.

“We will continue with our strategy of being an end-to-end solutions partner for the defence, aerospace, security, telecoms, transport and industrial markets and to becoming the employer of choice within the region.”