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<\/a><\/p>\nBenoit Schultz. Credit: Airbus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSpeaking on the opening day of the 2025 Hamburg Aviation Forum in Hamburg, Germany, newly appointed Airbus chief procurement officer Benoit Schultz reflected on the aerospace industry\u2019s ongoing work to mitigate an evolving landscape of challenges.<\/p>\n
Crucially, endeavours to strengthen a global supply chain come at a time when new threats challenge the resilience of a sector that has, over the last five years, faced ample Covid-related complexities.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn recent years, the aviation industry has undergone the most severe test in its history,\u201d explained Schultz. And although the industry has also \u201cbecome even more global\u201d over the last several years, something Schultz believes has \u201cadded to [its] strength,\u201d this also brings trade-offs. \u201cWe have learned that complex does not always mean robust, and that global can also become a vulnerability,\u201d he continued. \u201cThis lesson has driven a shift in mindset from efficiency at all costs to resilience and robustness as a strategic imperative.\u201d<\/p>\n
Notably, Schultz believes that \u201cthe speed of change is accelerating,\u201d driven by a combination of national political instability, the complexity of trade barriers, and rising geopolitical tensions hindering access to raw materials, parts and technologies. The ability to manage these ongoing risks is especially crucial projected increased demand for aircraft. Airbus\u2019 annual Global Market Forecast, published in June 2025, identified a worldwide fleet of some 50,000 operational aircraft in the next two decades (of which new deliveries will comprise around 45%).<\/p>\n
Imperative to have better \u201canticipates\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\nAs such, it\u2019s perhaps never been as imperative to \u201cshape a supply chain that not only recovers from disruptions, but better anticipates. One that is strong enough to deliver on today\u2019s commitments and agile enough to adapt to tomorrow\u2019s uncertainty,\u201d Schultz stressed.<\/p>\n
In practical terms, this means combining industrial resilience (leveraging accessible capacity and planning stability) with operational resilience (including transparency, the ability to identify potential disruption as early as possible, and measures to mitigate disruptions).<\/p>\n
Increased adoption of digitization will play a key role in evolving these strategies. \u201cIf we define resilience as a foundation, it was said for years that digitalization must be our accelerator. Today, this is no longer a technology project, but a business imperative and the backbone of our long-term stability and competitiveness,\u201d said Schultz. However, he stressed that while augmented digital initiatives have value across the entire supply network, \u201cdigitization is not about perplexing people \u2013 it\u2019s about augmenting people with better insight and better tools to make decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
New collaboration<\/strong><\/h5>\nThe 2025 launch of a new collaborative project has also marked a significant step towards a decentralized digital ecosystem. DECADE-X (Digital ECosystem for Aerospace and DEfence) was initiated with founding partners BoostAeroSpace, Collins Aerospace, Liebherr and Thales. This collaboration is \u201cdesigned to enable multi-tier collaboration, sovereign data exchange and full interoperability, while also being adapted to smaller and medium-sized enterprises,\u201d explained Schultz.<\/p>\n
Airbus\u2019 participation in the Aero Excellence International initiative (operational in France since January 2024) is a further example of its intention to help strengthen companies\u2019 long-term stability. Working in five areas across three maturity levels, the program helps participants identify their own maturity and resilience through a series of universally recognised, evidence-based process that negates the need for multiple separate assessments.<\/p>\n
Sustainability is a new value driver<\/strong><\/h5>\nSustainability, acknowledges Schultz, \u201cis no longer a reporting operation [but] a new value driver,\u201d recognising that an evolving supply chain ecosystem must be \u201cnot only cost effective and technologically advanced but [also] environmentally responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, despite these myriad challenges, his conclusion is one of optimism. \u201cI find it absolutely striking to see the speed at which our world has evolved, how our industry environment has evolved, but also how we were able to adapt to the changes,\u201d he mused. \u201cAnd at a time when the world is more uncertain, when individualism sometimes seems to be on the rise, it\u2019s important to remember that our industry has always been a force of stability and unity.\u201d<\/p>\n
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