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作为一家拥有136,600名员工和720亿美元年销售额的全球性公司，空客有70％的组件来自供应商。目前，他们在法国、德国、西班牙、中国、英国和美国生产零件或组装飞机，在全球拥有12,000多家用于商用飞机的供应商。
在西北航空联盟（Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance）2018年会议上，空客公司的高管描述了他们在选择合乎其要求的供应链合作伙伴时优先考虑的事项。他们强调说：“零件的采购和交付不能有任何意外的发生。我们需要能建立起信任并具有可靠性的供应商，以持续地适应市场的发展变化和满足航空公司的期望。”要点包括准时交货、质量、成本、供应链管理、加速生产、创新等。总之，性能和承诺是成为空客的供应商的关键。详情请见《性能和承诺：选择正确的供应链伙伴》。
3D打印使航空公司能够获得传统技术无法实现的复杂组件。这有助于创新，同时在复杂、高度监管的环境中可以降低成本和周转时间。它能够灵活地为数百或数千个应用打印特定的航空零件，而无需进行费时费钱的工具更换。它还可以推动航空结构件的轻量化发展，提高燃料节省并减少对环境的影响。我们也期望现场3D打印的开发，这将减少零件的供应链、运输和存储成本。未来5到10年将迎来激动人心的变化，航空航天业与3D打印的合作将日益发展。我们迫不及待想看到这一幕。请见《3D打印助力航空制造》一文。

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