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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

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More cancellations are planned this month following the Golden Week holiday in China where manufacturing sites are idled, according to boxship executives and brokers. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines said it would work with Santa Monica, Calif. Alaska, for its part, has set a goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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Boeing 737 MAX 9 Door Plug Incident- Latest Update

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Background As highlighted in our original commentary , in early January, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft flying at 16,000 feet experienced a main cabin decompression as a result of a rear exit fuselage door plug blowing out. The unidentified employee observation has caught the attention of Boeing management.

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Boeing’s Production Quality Crisis Significantly Escalates

Supply Chain Matters

We do so in the lens of supply chain management and manufacturing. While such an application might have been effective, and Procter and Gamble might have been pleased, it is not in conformance with the approved manufacturing process instruction specification for the aircraft.

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Boeing’s Financial Performance- External Pressures Increase

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Management Commentary As we have noted in prior updates, the latest being last week , the incident of a near catastrophic blowout of an Alaska Airlines newly delivered Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft has triggered a series of new events hat have added more scrutiny to Boeing ’s production and quality control processes.

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Boeing 737 MAX Door Plug Incident- Expanding Implications

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The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an additional update on the incident involving an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft’s decompression. Inside Boeing’s Manufacturing Mess ( Paid subscription ), was far reaching in the implications of the latest incident.

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Boeing’s Newest Production and Quality Challenge

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Latest Incident On Friday of last week, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft flying at 16,000 feet experienced a main cabin decompression as a result of a rear exit fuselage door plug blowing out. based carriers Alaska Airlines and United Airlines. Global air regulators are expected to follow.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

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From January 28 to February 4, a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon was seen in North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. The companies want the solution to work with the products exactly as they’re currently manufactured, which means handling a wide range of resins and shapes.