Our recommendation for greater stability

Securing a supply chain is not a project, but an ongoing strategic task.

In security-critical industries such as the defence industry, it is not just a question of material availability, but also of operational capability and reliability.

Based on our experience in numerous embedded computing projects, we recommend five specific steps for companies that want to stabilise their supply chain in the long term:

🔹 Assess risks early on
Critical dependencies can only be reduced if they are known.

🔹 Share responsibility
Suppliers are partners, not external resources. Stability comes from joint planning and clear roles.

🔹 Think regionally
European value creation strengthens control, transparency and security of supply.

🔹 Plan for the long term
Resilience is created over cycles, not through short-term decisions.

🔹Ensure technological sovereignty
Those who understand development and manufacturing can shape their supply chain, not just manage it.

You can find out more about these approaches and the opportunities they create in our white paper ‘The relevance of the embedded computing supply chain in the defence industry’.

📘 Free download: www.iesy.com/whitepaper