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Connecting you to your customers

November 6, 2012

Procurement at Babcock is working ever-more closely with operations to satisfy customers’ growing demand to share risk with its suppliers.

The Ministry of Defence is no exception. Warship refits have traditionally been approached as the equivalent of 10,000-mile services of cars, where a standard series of maintenance tasks will be completed at fixed intervals and any problems dealt with as they arise. This approach can – and has – worked, but smaller fleet sizes and increasing operational workload make it desirable to maximise the availability of each asset. Or in this case, maximise the days at sea of each ship. (more…)