The Kitty Hawk Aeronautics 2007-2010
Strategic Plan includes the following goals:
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Increase profit by at least 7%
per year
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Establish a customer base in
Asia/Europe for the Commercial Aviation line of business
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Establish a "General Aviation
Systems" line of business
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Control costs by establishing
activity based cost accounting in all lines of business
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Improve the value of investments
in information technology
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The current strategic-level
initiatives that fit the strategic goals in each of the LOBs are as
follows:
Increase
Profitability
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Reduce average warehouse
handling time by 10% per year
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Minimize spending on
research and development by 10% per year
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Sell non-profitable Line
of Business
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Create competitive
advantages through innovation and investigative research driven by
customer requirements.
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Ensure all LOBs are
operating at optimum levels (within their area of expertise) and are
proficient with their product lines and services.
Commercial Aviation
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Open a Sales & Marketing
European branches in London, Paris and Frankfurt
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Open a Sales & Marketing
Asian branches in Bangalore, Beijing and Singapore
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Start on product
promotion campaign in
Asia and Europe in July
2008
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Sell after-market
electronic assemblies and parts for airline fleets in Europe
and Asia.
General Aviation
Systems
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Roll-out a new commercial
component manufacturing plant in San Diego, California (200 new
employees).
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Expand avionics product
line to include Boeing MD-80.
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Improve electrical
harness product line quality and cost competitiveness.
Control Cost
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Establish an
enterprise-wide cost accounting system and migrate from separate
legacy finance, payroll, and general ledger accounting systems.
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Integrate financial
information with sales and warehouse data, and establish access
controlled data marts that push pre-formatted reports daily.
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Implement a
performance-based contracting approach that uses standard on-line
templates and a document tracking/correspondence control system
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Integrate contracting
information with finance and accounting information.
Investment in
Information Technology
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Establish and maintain an
enterprise architecture program and on-line repository of actionable
EA information.
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Establish an IT capital
planning program to improve the value of investments in IT.
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Expand the IT Common
Operating Environment (IT-COE) to host all front-office and
back-office applications at each company location, and expand LAN/WAN
capabilities.
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Develop and implement a
follow-on IT Security solution for the IT-COE.
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Establish a Knowledge
Warehouse for the KHA enterprise.
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The following LOBs are on-going programs
and other measures that are not aligned with current strategic-level
initiatives:
Defense Systems
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Deliver the MH53J
Pave-Low IV Tactical Communications Radio for the USAF.
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Deliver FA-18 Block-III
VHF radios to Naval Aviation Systems Command.
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Support
Northrop Grumman outfitting of USCG Deepwater Cutter UHF/VHF radios.
Space Systems
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Deliver the
recently-awarded USAF Ultra-Low-Latency Satellite Communications
System, and migrate functionality and data from the legacy USAF
GeoTalk System.
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In partnership with the
Jet Propulsion Lab, develop the telemetry system for the Mars Lander
IV Program.
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Support Raytheon as
subcontractor in delivering the Challenge Athena III Wideband
Satellite Communication System.
Research and
Development
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As a subcontractor to
Boeing, support research and development activities for the Next
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Generation Space Shuttle
Avionics Program (NGSSAP).
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Develop multi-function
electronics busses for the Boeing Dreamliner.
Shipping and
Receiving
Contacts and Legal
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