Aerospace Industries Association
Aerospace and Defense: The Strength to Lift America

Supplier Toolkits

AIA Members may access the Code of Ethical Conduct and Business Continuity Plan toolkits by following these simple steps:

1. Login at the top right of the page (or if you don't have a password click help to create one)

2. Click: Councils, Committees, and Steering Groups

3. Click: Supplier Management Council

4. Click: How to Develop a Code of Ethical Conduct Toolkit
               or
               How to Develop a Business Continuity Plan Toolkit

Learn more about AIA membership.
       

Sponsorship Opportunities

2009 Aerospace Industries Association/Supplier Management Council
Fall Meeting and “March to the Hill” Sponsorship Opportunities

Location: Washington DC
Meeting Dates: September 15 - 17, 2009

SMC Golf Tournament Sponsor
Accepted - Thanks to BAE Systems!
Benefits per tournament include:
• Sponsor ribbons on designated badges
• Event signage on the entrance unit
• Sponsor related golf tokens (towels, hats, balls, etc)

Opening Reception and Dinner Sponsor
Accepted - Thanks to BAE Systems!
Benefits include:
• Company description (300 words) and logo in the conference on-site materials
• Sponsor ribbons on designated badges
• Event signage on the entrance unit
• Event signage throughout venue area

Lunch Sponsor
Accepted - Thanks to BAE Systems!
Benefits per lunch include:
• Company description (300 words) and logo in the conference on-site materials
• Sponsor ribbons on designated badges
• Event signage on the entrance unit
• Event signage throughout breakfast area

Breakfast Sponsor
Accepted - Thanks to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman!
Benefits per breakfast include:
• Sponsor ribbons on designated badges
• Event signage on the entrance unit
• Event signage throughout breakfast area
Investment: $5,000 per breakfast.

Break Area Sponsor
Accepted - Thanks to Southern California Braiding and L-3 Communications!
Benefits per break include:
• Sponsor ribbons on designated badges
• Event signage on the entrance unit
• Light refreshments for conference attendees during breaks (to include coffee, tea, sodas and/or water)
Investment: $2,500 per break.

Executive Padfolio Sponsorship
Accepted - Thanks to Raytheon!
The Executive Padfolio is very popular and will be handed out at the attendee registration desk. These padfolios are equipped with a pen, notepad and three ring binder and are carried throughout the entire event, and are great advertising both during and after the show.
Benefits Include:
• Sponsor ribbons on designated badges
• Event signage on the entrance unit
• Company logo on front of padfolio with an AIA logo on the pen
Investment: $6,000.

Literature Insert Sponsors (available to 10 co-sponsors, Associate Only): One page flyer (glossy and double sided) inserted into all the attendee padfolios.  Identify your company and its capabilities to your SMC peers. Company provides the promotional flyer materials. Pre-approval is required.
Investment: $595.00 each.

To reserve your sponsorship contact AIA, Peggy Boyd, (703) 358-1091 or email: peggy.boyd[at]aia-aerospace.org .  Please note the deadline for all sponsorships is August 21, 2009.

Speaker Biographies

• Richard Aboulafia
  Vice President, Analysis, Teal Group
• Norm Augustine
  Chairman & CEO (retired) Lockheed Martin
• Scott Donnelly
  President & COO, Textron
• Congressman Sam Graves (invited)
  Ranking Member, House Small Business Committee
• The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)
  Chairman, Senate Appropriations

Registration

• AIA members please email Peggy Boyd to request an invitation.
• Non members register here.

Agenda

Supplier Management Council Meeting
And “March to the Hill”
September 15-17, 2009
Washington, D.C.

SMC Leadership

SMC Executive Committee
 
Chair: Mary Simmerman, Textron Inc.
 
Co-Chair: Roger Weiss, Rockwell Collins
 
 
Derek Baggerly
ESIS, Inc.
 
Dennis Bent
BAE SYSTEMS North America Inc.
 
William Brown
Kaman Aerospace Corporation
 
Maurice Delorey
Lockheed Martin Corporation
 
Charles Gray
Frontier Electronic Systems Corporation
 
Jack House
The Boeing Company
 
Betsy Miller
Northrop Grumman Corporation
 
Robert Morris
Renaissance Services
 
Joseph Murphy
The Ferco Group
 
Varun Nikore
Tri Polus Inc.
 
William Peterson
Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.
 
Peter Rettaliata
Air Industries Machining Corporation
 
Mary Simmerman
Textron Inc.
 
Robert Sprole
Therm, Inc.
 
Roger Weiss
Rockwell Collins
 
Vickie Wessel
Spirit Electronics, Inc.
 
Robert White
Millitech, Inc.

White Papers

Archive: Human Resources

Archive: Information Technology

Archive: Logistics: Operations, Distribution, and Supply Chain

Archive: Process Improvement

Archive: Quality

Archive: Security

Archive Strategy

SMC News & Events

Upcoming Events

2010 Meetings

Spring SMC Meeting
Tucson, AZ
Hosted by Honeywell and Raytheon
March 16-18, 2010
(How to Do Business Seminars – members ONLY)

Regional Meeting
Orlando, FL
Hosted by Lockheed (Fire & Missile Controls)
April 21-22, 2010

Summer SMC Meeting
Baltimore, MD
Hosted by Northrop Grumman (Electronic Systems Sector)
June 15-17
(B2B meetings with primes – members ONLY)

Farnborough Air Show
July 19-25
(Supplier/Prime Contractor lunches, access to the DoD Static aircraft, tickets to
the Ambassador’s Reception,
Access to the AIA Chalet, and many more AIA member networking events…)

Regional Meeting
Location to be announced
Hosted by GE
August – Dates to be announced

National Aerospace Day/March to the Hill
Washington, DC
September 13-17, 2010

Fall SMC Meeting
Fort Worth, TX
Hosted by Bell Helicopter Textron
October 19-21, 2010 (Dates are tentative)
(B2B meetings with primes – members ONLY)

SMC Members will be notified via email when registration opens for these events.
If you are not a member but interested in attending a meeting, please contact karn.henderson[at]aia-aerospace.org.

Other News
Read our newsletters and press releases to find out what else has been brewing!

SMC Committees

The Supplier Management Council has established eight action-oriented committees. All members are welcome and encouraged to participate as much as they are comfortable to ensure the committees are successful in addressing all supplier concerns.

Contact Bill Peterson or Peggy Boyd to join a committee today.

International Committee

Chair: Vince Hrenak, Raytheon and Varun Nikore, TriPolus Goals: Examine supplier globalization, marketing and business development, offsets, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and export controls, local customs and laws, and the best location for future AIA trade missions.

Contracting/Subcontracting Initiatives Committee

Chair: Peter Rettaliata, Air Industries Machining Goals: Establish consistent contract types, standardize award debrief processes, establish progress billings and cash flow process, and create flow-down accounting standards.

Continuous Process Improvement Committee

Chair: Tom Plungis, Lockheed Martin Goals: Examine Lean Six Sigma, theory of constraints, and alignment of metrics toward outcome achievement. Attempt to eliminate infrastructure and operations-related constraints to aerospace growth, to maintain an effective industrial base, and to help suppliers move up the value added supply chain. Spotlight member companies that have made extraordinary progress.

Supplier Ratings Systems Committee

Chair: Roger Weiss, Rockwell Collins Goals: Establish best-in-class supplier ratings, identify best-in-class supplier performance requirements, and establish common supplier ratings approach across prime contractors.

Small Business Initiatives Committee

Chair: Vickie Wessel, Spirit Electronics Goals: Influence small business policy and legislation, address issues at Small Business Administration (SBA), establish full member panel of Small Business Liaison Officers (SBLOs), expand scope of socio-economic committee, include TRIAD and other similar organizations, interact with disadvantaged business working groups, establish issues and action items, energize membership for tactical lobbying at state and federal levels.

Requirements and Technology Committee

Chair: Bob Morris, Renaissance Services Goals: Be the SMC window on emerging technology and requirements activity, provide a forum for understanding and formulation of positions, provide a catalyst for specific actions, as necessary, lead the effort to fill voids and generate guidance as needed (white papers, standards, "how to" guides), serve as primary interface to other AIA committees with similar charters (Technical Operations Council and Engineering Management Committee), link to other industry associations with similar interests (NDIA, GEIA), coordinate with government.

Employee Benefits Programs Committee

Chair: Chuck Gray, Frontier Electronic Systems Goals: Reduce members benefit rates, health care benefit pooling/Association health care plan, products liability insurance plan, discounted rates on airfare, hotel rooms, etc.

Legislative Committee

Chair: Vickie Wessel, Spirit Electronics Goals: Influence legislation to benefit aerospace primes and suppliers, establish one SMC rep on each AIA committee, track legislation key to SMC membership, identify new issues, lobbying to support key legislation, synergy with AIA legislative committees, SMC membership legislative profiles.

Electronic Enterprise Integration Committee (EEIC)

Co-Chairs: Ron Schuldt, Lockheed Martin nd Mike O'Shea, Dynabil Goals: EEIC is chartered jointly by AIA e-Business Steering Group (eBSG) and Supplier Management Committee (SMC) and reports to both. Based on the AIA objective, the overall concept of operations of the EEIC is to solicit, identify and rationalize specific business requirements; Identify and assess key standards and initiatives, as framework components within an overall framework for eBusiness; develop AIA position statements on relevant standards/initiatives; undertake projects to ensure that appropriate standards are available to industry in a timely manner, together with suitable guidance material if required; develop guidelines for deployment of such components to meet specific business scenarios; and seek industry endorsement of the resulting standards and solutions.

About the SMC

Get Active

AIA established the Supplier Management Council (SMC) to improve the relationship between suppliers and customers. The council recognizes that many suppliers serve numerous customers that compete and team with one another. The SMC is the forum where customers (AIA Regular Members) and suppliers (AIA Associate Members) come together to resolve problems in doing business. By resolving the challenges and helping educate companies in the aerospace and defense supply base, the aerospace industry remains a healthy, vibrant, and cutting edge component of the U.S. national economy.

If you are an Associate Member and wish to get active in the SMC, please contact Peggy Boyd at peggy.boyd[at]aia-aerospace.org. If you are an AIA Regular Member and wish to get active in the SMC, contact William Peterson at william.peterson[at]aia-aerospace.org. If you are interested in AIA Membership, contact Karn Henderson at karn.henderson[at]aia-aerospace.org

Supplier Management Council

The Supplier Management Council is a unique aerospace forum where customers, AIA Regular Member companies, and AIA Associate Member companies unite to find solutions. Established in 1997, the Supplier Management Council (SMC) is the primary industry forum for improving the relationship between suppliers and customers.