The Decentralisation of Airbus Production and Services

Marie-Christine Monnoyer and Jean-Marc Zuliani

The Service Industries Journal, 2007, vol. 27, issue 3, 251-262

Abstract: Airbus has been multisourcing production since the first rollouts in the late 1970s, spawning clusters of suppliers around its locations in Bristol, Hamburg, Madrid and Toulouse. Moreover, both the A380 project and globalisation of the aircraft market pointed up the need and value of outsourcing. This paper analyses the outlook for supplier clusters in Toulouse and elsewhere based on Airbus thinking and practices before identifying the ingredients of successful outsourcing.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1080/02642060701207056

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