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Added Boeing Developments Related to Production Quality Challenges

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a further update on the ongoing production quality, corporate reputational and cultural challenges that collectively surround commercial aircraft producer Boeing. Ongoing supply chain disruptions related to late arrivals add to the pressures for maintaining a monthly output cadence.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

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. aims to block from obtaining American high technology. A big story earlier this month was the reported Chinese spy balloon. On February 4, the U.S.

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What’s Holding Back Customer-Centric Air Cargo?

Freightos

The Technology Is Already Here. Real-time resource scheduling that turns “supply chain” into “demand chain”. Harnessing cloud-based software to automate freight pricing. It was clear from the speakers that by and large, air freight technology and signs of innovation already here.

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Boeing 737 MAX Door Plug Incident- Expanding Implications

Supply Chain Matters

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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Supply Chain Talk: The Secret to Standardization – Imagine Wearing a Standard Shoe Design on Both Feet

Arkieva

How do I standardize my supply chain process? In this week’s supply chain talk, Arkieva CEO Harpal Singh, discusses the key components to standardizing supply chains. In a follow-up discussion with a webinar attendee , he mentioned an interest in learning more on how to standardize supply chain processes.

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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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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. Added Perspectives Ten plus years of order backlog spans new product development, not to mention added technological cycles. All rights reserved.