Master the Quad Chart to break into the defence industry supply chain  

If you want to break into the defence industry supply chain, you need to master the quad chart.  

The quad chart is an essential tool to promote your business in the defence industry. Think of it like a capability statement on a single-page; it summarizes your business expertise, accreditations and capabilities quickly and succinctly. 

This practical quad chart workshop will:  

• Teach you how to craft a successful quad chart 

• Explain all about the defence environment 

• Look at defence customer personas 

• Detail defence procurement methods 

• Explain capability framing 

• Help you to define a unique value proposition. 

Why attend the workshop? 

The opportunity for local small businesses to become defence industry suppliers is huge.  

Cockburn is home to a $15 billion marine infrastructure cluster including major players like Austral, BAE Systems, Civmec and Luerssen Australia. Henderson’s Australian Marine Complex is one of only two naval shipbuilding locations in Australia and WA set to receive a significant share of an $11 billion defence shipbuilding investment.  

This Defence Quad Chart Development Workshop is the third in the City of Cockburn’s Defence Readiness Workshop Series of five essential workshops, which is running throughout 2025. This series is specifically designed to help local businesses enter the defence supply chain.  

Who is the workshop for? 

This workshop is ideal for small-business owners and managers looking to enter the defence industry or expand their defence industry opportunities 

About the presenter 

The workshop series is funded by the City of Cockburn and delivered by the City and our expert defence partners, including Rachel Falzon, the Director of Novel Management Defence Consultancy, who has 15 years’ defence industry experience and specialises in helping businesses enter the defence industry supply chain. 

Participants can register for individual workshops or the complete series. 

Want to register for the full series?  

Register for more defence ready workshops 

This workshop is part of the Defence Industry Readiness Series. Register for the other workshops in the series:  

• Defence Grant Writing Masterclass (Tuesday 1 April)  

• Understanding Defence Procurement Pathways (Thursday 8 May)  

• Defence Industry Security Program (Thursday 14 August)   

• Exporting in Defence (Tuesday 4 November).