Merc Aerospace has joined the SC21 initiative as part of our ongoing commitment to continuous improvement. This is a key venture for the aerospace, defence, petrochemical and energy industries and aims to achieve supply chain improvement to ensure the continued global competitiveness of UK industry.

SC21 was developed by the UK Aerospace and Defence industry to accelerate competitiveness within the global marketplace. Its implementation is vital to the on-going success of the industry within the UK. It provides a framework for improving the effectiveness of supply chains. SC21 signatories are committed to developing supply chains to ensure they remain competitive and able to deliver increased value to customers.

Signatories to SC21 are committed to developing supply chains to ensure they remain competitive and able to deliver increased value to customers. SC21 signatories are committed to working openly and transparently through collaborative working to deliver benefits across the industry. They are also committed to delivering innovation and becoming leaders in the development of competitive value chains.

Since its implementation in 2006, SC21 has seen companies benefitting from a wide range of benefits and savings including reduced overheads from implementing business excellence and lean principles, operational improvements, increased competitiveness, leaner production, cost reduction and lower set-up times.

Here at Merc Aerospace, we are delighted to be SC21 signatories as it matches many of our own core values and our ambitions to be a world class precision engineering company. We are committed to ensuring that we deliver competitive solutions for our customers and are pleased to do this with the backing of the SC21 initiative. By participating in the SC21 initiative, we will also be better able to understand how the engineering industry will be changing in the future and will be kept fully up to date with important developments in the sector.