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Boeing’s Newest Production and Quality Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

Boeing Acts Swiftly According to reporting from Bloomberg , Boeing CEO David Calhoun immediately cancelled a planned annual senior leadership retreat which was scheduled to begin today, and has since summoned company employees to an all-hands meeting to be webcast on Tuesday from the company’s 737 production facility in Seattle.

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The key to success lies in operations

Supply Chain Movement

This sent shockwaves in Seattle, a city that has been living in a tech bubble for the past decade or so. And in the case of services, quality of service is another additional buffer, e.g. the medical specialist spends a little less time on each consultation. The ‘tech-cession’ has been rumbling on for a few months now.

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TikTok Creating Fulfillment Network in U.S., Globally

Multichannel Merchant

from Seattle to Austin to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Mountain View, CA and Washington, D.C. Based on the listing titles, Seattle, Los Angeles and Mountain View seem to be where facilities will be located here initially, as well as in London, Bangkok, Madrid and São Paulo. .

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UAW Targets a Second Nonunion Automaker in the U.S. South

Supply Chain Matters

In the midst of the ongoing production quality crisis involving commercial aircraft producer Boeing , labor contract renewal talks among union workers at the Seattle production complex are anticipated to get underway. Presidential election cycle leading up to November. Such activism involves other industries as well.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule September 8 2023- Boeing and Toyota

Supply Chain Matters

Yesterday highly noted Seattle Times aerospace industry reporter Domenic Gates reported that the manufacturing defect: “ is likely to reduce the MAX delivery rate by about a third, leading to a negative cash flow and a financial loss for the third quarter, the company’s chief financial officer said on Thursday.”

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Enabling Supply Chain Flexibility: Two Important (But Often Overlooked) Factors

Talking Logistics

The same is true for labor strikes, terrorist attacks, quality issues, and other non-natural events. El Niño and Jonas are the latest reminders that weather and other natural events, such as earthquakes, can lead to supply chain disruptions.

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Distribution Center Robots: How Robots Continue to Power the Distribution Center

GlobalTranz

To leverage the benefits of robotics in the distribution center, managers should follow these best practices: Improve data transparency and quality. According to Angel Gonzalez of the Seattle Times , systems alignment is essential to leveraging gross and fine movements from robotics to human workers. Bring disparate systems together.