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Update on Boeing 737 MAX Fuselage Door Plug Incident

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an additional update on the latest incident involving a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft’s decompression. That has implications for Alaska, United and Copa airlines, the noted operators of this MAX variant. This one is and it is very important that we understand that. ” All rights reserved.

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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. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Boeing’s Financial Performance- External Pressures Increase

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of Boeing ’s latest report of 2023 financial performance along with added and growing implications from the latest 737 MAX 9 aircraft door plug blowout incident. Such urgency is not lost for this industry, its customer base and for its global-wide supply chain networks.

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Breaking News- Major Senior Leadership Change for Boeing

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights breaking news of an announced major senior leadership change for commercial aircraft designer and producer Boeing. We trust that the company’s board of directors and investors will further seek to externally recruit leadership with extensive operational and supply chain leadership track records.

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Airbus Sets 2024 Aircraft Production and Delivery Target

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights the announcement from Airbus setting aggressive aircraft production and delivery targets for 2024. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. This announcement is noted as again taking an extended industry lead from rival Boeing.

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Boeing’s Corporate Culture Fix is a Systemic Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters Editorial , Founder and Executive Editor Bob Ferrari focuses on Boeing’s ongoing corporate culture challenges. 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.

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

Supply Chain View from the Field

Sealaska was producing the plastic caps for Liquid Tide, and Andy’s first thought was “well, we can surely finding someone who is more responsive and agile for our needs than a diverse supplier in Alaska!”