Opinion: To Cut Component Prices, Learn To Manage Supplier Costs

Credit: IAA
For the last 15 years, airframers and major subsystem providers have been on the wrong end of what seems like a zero-sum game with their suppliers. Prices have gone up, and suppliers' negotiating power—along with profits—has risen as well. The trend has been more pronounced in some areas of the...

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