2024-05-01T22:16:32-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150221687/a-d-goes-carbon-neutral-innovations-in-supply-and-manufacturing-chains Sponsor 2020-09-17T16:25:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9a/9a7a9b4f5ff31028800b5c4c77efb26b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><em><strong>This post is brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://parade.build/" target="_blank">Parade</a>, the only online platform dedicated to tracking new product releases for the A&amp;D industry</strong></em></p> <p>So the story goes, when Elon Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX was faced with a $120,000 price tag for a rocket booster actuator, the famed visionary advised his engineer thusly: &ldquo;That part is no more complicated than a garage door opener. Your budget is $5,000. Go make it work.&rdquo; Some nine months later, the actuator was finalized at a price tag of $3,900, accelerating production of the rocket while similarly providing impetus to Musk&rsquo;s objective of verticalizing his supply chain in order to enhance quality, decrease transportation costs, and reduce fossil fuel use.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/23/237ad3d2e66882c03ddbd966860d7519.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/23/237ad3d2e66882c03ddbd966860d7519.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Keilhauer products are designed for a long, useful life with replaceable components. Their End of Product Life documents may be used as guidance for those wishing to replace product components or dismantle and recycle products at home.</figcaption></figure><p>Though arguably the most famous, Musk certainly isn&rsquo;t the only one bent on innova...</p>