Industry

Production is a chain of dependencies.

Orders become deliveries through suppliers, tooling, qualification and workforce. Not all of those dependencies are under the company's control.

Areas of work

Assess the role a business can credibly play in a program, capability area or supply chain.

Examine what a partner provides — production, qualification, access or presence — and where dependence becomes a constraint.

Compare an order book with tooling, workforce and supplier lead times — and test what a higher production rate would require.

Set out options, conditions for success and the evidence that could change the recommendation.

The working principle

An assessment can separate what the company controls from external dependencies, and test when a production commitment is credible.