Opinion: Is Vertical Integration The Next Big Thing?

Credit: SpaceX
Aerospace supply chain strategies are prone to ebb and flow. The post-World War II era, characterized by vertical integration and insourcing, gave way to outsourcing and partnering in the 1990s and 2000s as companies pursued market access, business simplification and labor arbitrage. So it is...
Kevin Michaels

Contributing columnist Kevin Michaels is managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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