Boeing supply chain rethink
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July 5, 2011, Tuesday
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BOEING said yesterday it is considering building a new supplier system to minimize the impact of natural disasters on its operations, after a massive earthquake in Japan hurt production of the aerospace and defence firm's long-delayed 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
March's quake and tsunami wrought havoc on supply chains, causing global shortages of items ranging from semiconductors to paint used in car production.
The CEO of Boeing Commercial Aircraft, Jim Albaugh, said the company is looking at its supplier relationships and the possibility of dual-sourcing critical parts.
"We want to make very sure that in the future we have a production system that is not impacted by natural catastrophe that could occur anywhere in the world," Albaugh said.
About 35 percent of the Dreamliner is being developed and manufactured by Japanese firms including Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Fuji Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
All Nippon Airways Co, Dreamliner's launch customer, expects to take first delivery of the plane sometime in August or September.
The lightweight, carbon-composite Dreamliner is already more than three years behind its original delivery target of May 2008 due to production and labour problems.
March's quake and tsunami wrought havoc on supply chains, causing global shortages of items ranging from semiconductors to paint used in car production.
The CEO of Boeing Commercial Aircraft, Jim Albaugh, said the company is looking at its supplier relationships and the possibility of dual-sourcing critical parts.
"We want to make very sure that in the future we have a production system that is not impacted by natural catastrophe that could occur anywhere in the world," Albaugh said.
About 35 percent of the Dreamliner is being developed and manufactured by Japanese firms including Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Fuji Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
All Nippon Airways Co, Dreamliner's launch customer, expects to take first delivery of the plane sometime in August or September.
The lightweight, carbon-composite Dreamliner is already more than three years behind its original delivery target of May 2008 due to production and labour problems.
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