To the few remaining folks that think outsourcing is a good idea, the Wall Street Journal and others are reporting the following:
Boeing Co. is in negotiations to purchase operations from one of its main suppliers, as part of an effort to gain more control over the supply chain of its troubled 787 Dreamliner program, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The company is close to announcing that it will buy a facility from Vought Aircraft Industries that makes sections of the 787 fuselage. The facility is located in North Charleston, S.C. The person familiar with the matter said negotiations have been under way for months....
This has been correctly characterized as "Backtracking" on the oursourcing strategy that Boeing attempted. Outsourcing has been a disaster for Boeing, but unlike some true believers on this thread, Boeing is starting to make the proper corrections.
Carl
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I'm an airline pilot - so I got that goin for me....which is nice.
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