Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
If you don't think Boeing currently regrets the outsourcing and the management thereof for the 787, then you know nothing about this subject.Return to more in-house work. A more managable level of outside vendors as was done with previous programs. A level that Boeing engineers and technicians were pleading for, but their pleas fell on deaf ears.Carl
I won't change your views. Old school guys have a hard time with globalization.
I'm sure Boeing has regrets about "their" handling of the program.
BTW, I haven't seen much change lately in Boeing's approved vendor list. Speaks volumes doesn't it. Whoever is screwing up isn't getting the boot. Wait............can Boeing give Boeing the boot?
Your idea of building more in-house would only serve to increase competitive advantage at Airbus.
Funny how they just rolled out an A320 produced in China. Why not just make them all in Toulouse?
Makes you wonder doesn't it?
Oligopolistic firms are heavily influenced by each other. And, for good reason!
You don't have to like outsourcing to survive. But, you do have to be good at it!
Peace.
Al
Last edited by alvrb211; 06-23-2009 at 08:15 PM.