Global Supply Chain Solutions

Our partnerships with global industry leaders are reliant on our ability to respond with flexibility, ingenuity and speed. We manage a reliable and robust supply base with the goal of maximizing supply chain efficiency and customer value. Planning and communication are key to ensuring our operations are optimized throughout the supply chain. We focus on creating alignment throughout our production as well as with our suppliers, ensuring timely visibility to requirements and process flow in their operations.

As a part of our global supply solution, suppliers to our contract manufacturing program have been prequalified for quality, reliability, performance and value. Continuous assessment and expansion of our vendor base, coupled with sophisticated management systems, ensure optimized vendor selection for our varied contract manufacturing programs.

GD Group's supply chain management service also allows for easy and efficient incorporation of our customers' existing supply chain into our solution, which is especially important for expedited programs.

Supply Chain Optimization

Beyond design engineering, assembly, machining and manufacturing, we offer an impressive number of essential value-added services to meet our customer's most stringent requirements. These services facilitate reduction of customer cost and lead time, while increasing throughput with our supply chain optimization. Through quick turn manufacturing, assembly, installation, test, certification, and logistical support services, GD Group will manage your risk so you don't have to.

In addition to our in house high precision machining and complex assembly capabilities, we provide numerous other services with our integrated supply chain solutions. Turnkey services include but are not limited to heat treating, anodizing, painting, plating, welding, sheet metal, etching, penetrant inspection, NDT and marking. Our suppliers are industry experienced and are NADCAP approved, where required.

Our material management and procurement teams consist of program management, procurement, strategic sourcing and supplier engagement. Utilization of customized ERP software ensures timely material management, customer service, job status and strategic material costing. Our carefully managed strategic supplier relationships and our quality management systems and processes guarantees that all completion and finishing is managed to our customers' utmost specifications and expectations.

GD Group's supplier engagement and strategy remains focused on strong collaboration, communication and monitoring as well as continuous improvement and extremely detailed planning and execution tools.