Digital disruption isn't so much an IT project as the future of business, and this requires widespread collaboration across all units.
Integrating the Supply Network
The aerospace-and-defense industry is using digital tools to integrate an enormously complex supply network. According to Dave Evans, CEO of Fictiv, an example of this is a modern jet turbine engine that has hundreds of individual parts, some of which the engine manufacturer makes in-house, and others it sources from a network of dozens of vendors.
"Cloud computing-based tools enable a new level of transparency between engineers and suppliers, reducing the labor required to manage design changes, and increasing speed across the entire product development process," says Evans.