Comments on: Boeing starts assembly of 787 Dreamliner

By: Kerri

Kerri — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:04:32 +0000

Boeing is outsourcing to countries such as Japan and Italy for these parts for several reasons. First of all, by having the composite fuselage sections constructed in one piece and shipped to Everett, these pieces save 5 days worth of assembly in comparison to an aluminum fuselage due to the material properties and piece sizes. The reason they have outsourced to other countries is due to the fact that these countries have perfected the manufacturing of these parts, and it is essential that they are properly built. Also, by comparing Boeing to Wal-Mart is absolutely absurd. Wal-Mart is bringing in cheap lead-paint coated toys made in sweatshops with child laborers, while Boeing is searching for the leading composite manufacturing industries for both profit and safety reasons. The 787 takes a total of 2 days to assemble in comparison to the 7 days of an aluminum aircraft, so this “monster” of a plane will be assembled in a much leaner fashion than previous aircraft.

By: Big v Small Lean | learnsigma

Big v Small Lean | learnsigma — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:10:55 +0000

[...] me, and a lot of my other distinguished colleagues, Boeing uses pseudo-lean. This is summarized by Kevin at Evolving [...]

By: Big v Small Lean « learnsigma

Big v Small Lean « learnsigma — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:13:46 +0000

[...] me, and a lot of my other distinguished colleagues, Boeing uses pseudo-lean. This is summarized by Kevin at Evolving [...]

By: Matt Meyers

Matt Meyers — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:40:03 +0000

In Boeing’s case, the advantage of having a critical supplier in Japan (and many other country) has to do with politics and spreading the money around, especially if they hope to sell such an expensive item to people in that country. In this case, I could argue that Boeing is giving their foreign customers what they want: jobs for their manufacturing industry, and high quality commercial planes.

By: mpease

mpease — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:37:42 +0000

If you think about what goes on in the automotive industry, what they are planning is very similar only on a LARGER SCALE.