A Study on Crucial Factors for the Establishment and Administration of Aviation Sourcing Center

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study is to identify the crucial factors in the establishment and administration of an aviation sourcing center. The critical role of the aviation sourcing center for Taiwan aviation industry is highlighted and the focus of this study from the regional supply chain perspective. In addition, the vital factors of the sourcing center?s administration such as policies and decrees, logistic alliances, core functions, characteristics of the aviation industry, customer satisfaction, logistics e-business platform and logistics outsourcing policy are all discussed in depth. The main findings of this thesis have been derived by use of focus group technologies with expertise obtained from within the aviation industry having extensive hand-on working and/or management experience in the maintenance, manufacture, logistics and marketing fields. The findings and conclusion can be summarized as follows: 1.This first priority for developing an indigenous aviation sourcing center in Taiwan is to implement aviation industry logistics alliances both domestically and internationally. 2.The Aviation sourcing center must incorporate parallel logistics alliance and integrate a vertical channel simultaneously. 3.The core competitions of aviation sourcing center depends on business source control, good cooperation relationships with suppliers and a build up of a mutual information platform. At this level, the integration capability of the supplier?s is a vital factor. It is optimal to set up the sourcing center by major aviation companies via developing and establishing a fourth party logistics(4PL) center. The 4PL then becomes an aviation supply chain window an provides the best solution for overall logistics and supply chain within in the industry. 4.Due to the international politics involved, the R.O.C government should lead and assist the aviation industry. 5.Regulations should compliment and foster development of the industry as to encourage economic growth through relaxed restrictions and amendment of regulations, offer rewards or incentives to attract foreign investement and drive Taiwan to become a major center for global operations