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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. Boeing is now a case study in how not to outsource a supply chain. The outsourced R&D, in turn, supported outsourced manufacturing with over 50 key suppliers.

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Van Horne Institute Considers Alaska Transport Route, and Weighs Trump’s Plans for Keystone XL

NC State SCRC

The Alberta government asked the Van Horne Institute to examine the case for building a railway from the Oil Sands fields of Fort McMurray to the Delta junction in Alaska. The proposition of the study would be to have the bitumen mixed with product coming off the north slope, and offshored to customers by ships in Valdez.

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Boeing’s Corporate Culture Fix is a Systemic Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

Background 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. Fortunately, the aircraft was able to return to its point of departure, Portland, Oregon for an emergency landing.

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Diversity of Supply Article – US centric

Claritum

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Studies and real-world results have proven that a diverse supply chain provides a number of benefits: Agility of the suppliers. Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) and Indian Tribes that have not been certified by SBA as Small Disadvantaged Businesses. Introduction. Tracking success.

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Minority Business Enterprises – Diversity of Supply Article

Claritum

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Studies and real-world results have proven that a diverse supply chain provides a number of benefits: Agility of the suppliers. Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) and Indian Tribes that have not been certified by SBA as Small Disadvantaged Businesses. Introduction. Tracking success.

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Supply Chain Management:Lubrication Management - An Integral.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Case Studies. |. There was an incident where Alaska Airlines (flight 261) flying from Mexico to Seattle airport plunged into the Pacific Ocean. Procurement Blog. Business Process Outsourcing. Distribution.