Boeing initially was set up to provide the Dreamliner to airline company consumers in mid-2008. After 5 revealed hold-ups over 2 years, the business was compelled to delay the very first test air travel. One motorist for the hold-up was an industry-wide lack of aerospace fasteners, the hardware that held the airplane together.
Engineers at Boeing never ever might have envisioned that fasteners, which consist of roughly 3% of the overall expense of an airplane, would end up being such a problem. To deal with the fastener concern, Boeing's management understood that it might not simply utilize a band-aid option; rather, it needed to drive sweeping modifications to the method the market and supply chain worked. Boeing's option: the fastener procurement design (FPM).
PUBLICATION DATE: November 17, 2009 PRODUCT #: W87C87-HCB-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS
Related Case Solutions & Analyses:
Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (B)
Procter & Gamble (B): Turning to Success
Vitreon Corp.: The Hyalite Project
Macau Gaming Revenues Are Out of Sight
Jewellworld.com: Leading Web-Based IT Development in the Jewellery Industry
Foreign Exchange Markets and Transactions: Solutions to Exercises
From Protest to Power: The Education of Martin McGuinness
Joe Smiths Closing Analysis (C)
IBM Technology Group
Rebirth of the Swiss Watch Industry–1980-92 (B)
