Supply Chain Fragility
Description
The barriers and threats to the UK Defence supply chain including cyber attack, business continuity and support in an uncertain environment and ensuring a broad and fair access to the Defence market for new/ SME suppliers.
Aspiration/Vision
A diverse, cyber secure UK Defence supply chain that mitigates single points of failure and supports and sustains SME access.
First Steps/Building Blocks
Identify geopolitical risk and select the five top risks to focus on, [based on value and impact] Identify key Defence stakeholders and actors Map the “as is” SCM processes Define human resource requirements to carry out agreed processes Identify strategic items of supply.
Events
Information on all sector-relevant events, run by TD-Info and other organisations.
Knowledge Fridays Café
‘Knowledge Fridays Café’ These regular informal meetings are opportunities to build our community and knowledge management practice through a series of guest speakers and discussion drawing from our memberships and further afield. These meetings help to inform our...
ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English® (STE) Training Courses
ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) Training Courses What is STE? ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) is a well-developed standard developed to make technical documentation clear, concise, and unambiguous. Read more on STE and the STE...
Industry Customer Engagement Forum (ICEF)
The ICEF fulfils two roles: it represents the interests of industry consumers of MOD information and, secondly, acts as an advisory change management board for those users of MOD products and services operating outside the MOD estate. Organisationally, the ICEF is...
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.
Team Defence Information Bulletin – July 2022
Introduction from our Managing Director, Phil Williams We really enjoyed meeting so many of you at Defence Information 2022 last month. After the pandemic, it was great to be anywhere! I was grateful to Charlie Forte for opening the conference by setting the scene...
VIMA is proud to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by KBR
VIMA is proud to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by KBR. KBR delivers science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex...
Team Defence Information Bulletin – June 2022
Introduction from our Managing Director, Phil Williams Dear TD-Info members We’re heading towards the mid-year point, and what a year it has been. We are busily preparing for the third of our major conferences this year, Defence Information ’22. Post-Covid, we are...