Manufacturing Industry
Boeing 787 program flying smoothly with Exostar collaboration engine.
Manufacturing Business Technology, March, 2007
By Staff In preparation for delivering its next-generation commercial aircraft--the 787 Dreamliner--Boeing adopted a new business model. For the first time in its history, the Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer is asking supply chain partners to build large portions of an aircraft rather than simply supplying parts.
The partners will deliver full sections of the 787 to Boeing's primary production facility in Everett, Wash., where the final aircraft will be assembled and tested. "This new way of doing business greatly reduces opportunity for error by minimizing inventory and handling in the supply chain, which allows us to offer a better final product," explains Tim Opitz, director of product operations and support for the 787, which is...
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