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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

Alaska Airlines Door Blows Out in Flight For 20 years, Boeing has engaged in collaborative product development with a significant number of suppliers. This “harmonization” in turn would “improve collaboration, innovation, product quality, time-to-market and return-on-investment.” At the time, this program was considered groundbreaking.

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Breaking News- Major Senior Leadership Change for Boeing

Supply Chain Matters

Since January’s incident involving an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX aircraft experiencing cabin de-pressurization because of a rear cockpit door blowout the crisis surrounding Boeing with airline customers, flyers, and major suppliers has only deepened.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. The article cites Dr. Darren Prokop, of the University of Anchorage Alaska, who explains supply chain visibility involves seeing “a particular activity with access to information at selected nodes.”

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Diversity of Supply Article – US centric

Claritum

million people are employed by 909,000 of these minority owned businesses (Source: www.mbda.gov). Source unknown). Drivers including opening up new markets/customer groups, investors supporting initiatives for diversity, brand awareness and to encourage increased levels of innovation in their supply chain. 5 Tracking success.

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Minority Business Enterprises – Diversity of Supply Article

Claritum

million people are employed by 909,000 of these minority owned businesses (Source: www.mbda.gov). Source unknown). Drivers including opening up new markets/customer groups, investors supporting initiatives for diversity, brand awareness and to encourage increased levels of innovation in their supply chain. 5 Tracking success.

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Supplier Diversity at P&G: A Core Part of the Business Strategy

Supply Chain View from the Field

He shared with me his insights on sourcing from a diverse supply base, and how this has become truly engrained into P&G’s corporate culture. And I learned how my ability as a sourcing manager to impact the world and communities in far-off places was amplified through the lens of supplier diversity.

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Contrasting Airbus and Boeing Q1-2024 Aircraft Delivery Performance

Supply Chain Matters

After the incident of a rear cabin door blowout of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 8 aircraft that occurred in January, the U.S. As we have further stated: Boeing needs to rebuild itself to again be a vibrant industry competitor, aircraft designer and contributor to innovation.