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The impact of supply chain relationship configurations on supplier performance: investigating buyer–supplier relations in the aerospace industry
Purpose A supplier may sell not only to one buyer (sole relationship configuration) but also to the buyers competitors (shared relationship configuration) for a specific product category. This study examines the performance implications when suppliers establish shared relationships with the buyer’s competitors.Design/methodology/approach Secondary data are used to test hypotheses relating a supplier’s relationship configurations to its operational performance. A seemingly unrelated regression approach (SUR) is applied to analyze the data, followed by endogeneity checks of the empirical findings.Findings The study shows that suppliers with less-shared ties with buying firms’ competitors exhibit superior inventory efficiency and asset turnover. Thus, suppliers can improve operational efficiency by creating relatively exclusive, deep and trust-based relations instead of more extensively shared and shallower relationships.Research limitations/implications Based on agency theory as a theoretical lens and aerospace industry data, this research contributes by addressing the supplier’s perspective and linking its operational efficiency performance with its chosen supply relationship configuration.Practical implications Suppliers need to understand the performance implications of choosing relatively exclusive relationships versus shared relationships with buying firms. The research provides new insights for managers and can guide their supply chain decision-making.Originality/value Little is known about how a supplier’s relationship configurations can elevate, or impair, its operational efficiency. While conventional wisdom holds that suppliers should focus on multiple avenues of revenue growth by selling to buyers’ competitors, this study demonstrates that more sales to a buying firm’s rivals might, in fact, reduce a supplier’s efficiency.
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Safran and HAL strengthen cooperation to produce LEAP forged parts
India is CFMs third largest market in terms of the number of engines in service, with 75% of the Indian commercial fleet equipped with CFM engines. The agreement further highlights the growing integration of India's aerospace manufacturing to the global supply chain and deepens SAE's Make in India initiative. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Mr. Dominique Dupuy, Safran Aircraft Engines' Purchasing VP and Mr. Gautam Maini, Managing Director, MPPL, in the presence of Mr. Gautam Singhania, Chairman & Managing Director, Raymond Group, at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget 2025.
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Drones, drone strikes, and us policy: the politics of unmanned aerial vehicles
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in military operations is currently among the most hotly debated topics in the national and international media. While at first few showed interest in this military technology, the increasing number of missile strikes carried out via UAVs in remote areas of Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia by the United States Armed Forces and the CIA has raised public awareness. Today, reports on drone strikes are published daily; UAV names such as Global Hawk, Predator, or Reaper are on everyone's lips. Criticism of the use of unmanned technology has equally gained momentum. Several organizations lobby for the complete or partial ban of drones, efforts which have resulted in a discussion on adding a protocol to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) to ban fully autonomous UAVs. High-ranking members of the US defense community have advised caution regarding the use of armed drones and propose moratoria on US drone strikes. Drones -- unmanned, remotely piloted, aerial vehicles, short UAVs -- are now used by the armed forces of approximately 70 countries around the world. The club of armed UAV holders remains more exclusive; for the moment, its members only include Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States, and most likely China and Iran. This situation, however, is likely to change sooner rather than later with many countries considering the procurement of armed drones. The four books reviewed in this essay are all motivated by the belief that the precipitous increase in drone use we have witnessed over the past few years represents just the beginning of the proliferation and widespread use of UAVs, across many contexts. Disagreement may reign over whether or not this development is positive; however, the authors agree on one point: drones are here to stay. Many articles and papers have been written on UAV use, but scholarly debate has been surprisingly slow with academia only getting intensively involved in recent years. Accordingly, this review features works by a journalist, an anti-drone activist, and several academics. Adapted from the source document.
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