Industry News Aviation Forum 2022: A new era of aviation — sustainable, resilient, together Arvid Holzwarth December 8, 2022Last updated: December 13, 2022 Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Xing Share via email The Aviation Forum 2022 was again packed with insights, discussions and participants“A new era of aviation: Sustainable. Resilient. Together!” Under this motto, Prof. Dr. Walther from IPM welcomed around 1,900 participants and 130 exhibiting organizations to this year’s Aviation Forum, now in its 12th year. Munich was the venue for the second time.The event’s title set the central themes: climate-neutral aviation, a resilient supply chain amidst a renewed rise in production rates, and partnership-based collaboration between all stakeholders. All three are key success factors for mastering the challenges of the future.Jürgen Westermeier (CPO Airbus), Michael Haidinger (President Boeing Germany), Volker Thum (General Manager BDLI) and Prof. Dr.Johannes Walther (CEO IPM) ceremonially open the Aviation Forum 2022 (picture courtesy of IPM)Goals and strategies for more sustainability, resilience and competitivenessIn his opening speech, Airbus CPO and Aviation Forum host Jürgen Westermeier highlighted his company’s ambitious goals: The production of 75 A320 family aircraft per month and zero-emission flying by 2050.In her highly acclaimed presentation, Marjolaine Grange, Head of Purchasing at Safran Group, spoke about the systemic axes along which performance and competitiveness in the aerospace supply chain can be enhanced. She emphasized the importance of SupplyOn AirSupply as a collaboration standard for aerospace SCM processes. It is used by 10,000 suppliers, including currently 550 at Safran alone and 700 more planned in the future.The industry standard AirSupply is growingSupplyOn works very closely with the industry consortium BoostAeroSpace for AirSupply, making it a successful industry standard and community solution.From left to right: Dr. Stefan Berndes (Head of Department Air Transport, Equipment & Materials, BDLI), Rodolphe Péricat (CEO BoostAerospace), Markus Quicken (CEO SupplyOn)The AirSupply community continues to grow: this year, SupplyOn joyfully welcomed new AirSupply customer MT Aerospace to its booth:New AirSupply customer MT Aerospace welcomed at SupplyOn booth (left: Jean-François Castex, Senior Vice President Procurement & Supply Chain Management; right: Markus Quicken, CEO SupplyOn)Future-proof and efficientKlaus Richter, former host of the Aviation Forum and now CEO of the Diehl Foundation, spoke about what it means to bounce back after the crisis as a major Tier 1 and to prepare properly for the future.Klaus Richter, CEO Diehl Stiftung, presented on “Strategic priorities for 1st tier suppliers in the upcoming 5 years” (photo: courtesy of IPM)Highlights of the two-day Aviation Forum from my point of view were, besides the expert presentations, the many personal conversations at the booths, the exchange at the Gala Dinner, which has become a tradition by now, as well as the Executive Workshops with brainstorming on the supply chain of the future.Moderator Prof. Dr. Stefan Wagner (ETH Zurich) welcomes the experts in the Executive Stream “Best practices on how to strive for operational excellence”, Mirentxu Delmas (Airbus), Bernhard Lietzmann (Ingenics), Torsten Mehlenhoff (Broetje-Automation) and Juraj Zamecnik (3IPK)Factory Tours: Aviation hands-onThe Aviation Forum concluded with the Factory Tours. Destinations for these tours included SupplyOn customers Airbus Defence & Space and Deutsche Aircraft, as well as key industry players such as MTU Aero Engines and GKN Aerospace.The author was impressed by the transition at Deutsche Aircraft from a MRO provider for the Do328 to an OEM/integrator for the new D328eco. The aircraft is set to be developed and manufactured in Germany.Factory tour to Deutsche AircraftFollowing the still heavily Corona-influenced 11th Aviation Forum last year, it was widely evident how important personal contacts are in an industry which is based on collaboration.The date and location for the Aviation Forum 2023 have already been set: December 5 and 6, 2023, then again in Hamburg.
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