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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. The outsourced R&D, in turn, supported outsourced manufacturing with over 50 key suppliers. At the time, this program was considered groundbreaking.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

Shoppers can choose from 10 different ButcherBox products, which include grass-fed, grass-finished beef, free-range, organic chicken, pork raised crate free, wild-caught Alaska sockeye salmon, and wild-caught scallops. For one large supermarket chain, the idea of jumping on the buy and source locally trend makes too much sense.

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LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

The latest addition to this portfolio includes LTL and truckload freight services, which complements UPS’s global capabilities to provide customers a single source for multiple modes of transportation. UPS Freight’s service area includes all of the United States including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam.

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Boeing 737 MAX 9 Door Plug Incident- Latest Update

Supply Chain Matters

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. Alaska itself is indicating the need for a $150 million added charge related to the disruption.

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Added Boeing Developments Related to Production Quality Challenges

Supply Chain Matters

Department of Justice has reportedly opened a formal criminal investigation concerning the blowout that left a hole in the side of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 aircraft in January. Paid subscription). This report accounts for the notions of unconforming quality repair needs that are termed traveled work.

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Matrix Commerce is Coming Will You Be Ready?

Supply Chain Network

Matrix Commerce describes the complex construct integrating marketing, sales, sourcing, pricing, profitability, service levels, delivery and consumer perceptions. Well the simplest part of this is the carbon footprint generated from production which is a factor of the energy source of the plant for the most part.

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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.