Boeing:: The Fight for Fasteners - Softcover

Anupindi, Ravi

9781616744700: Boeing:: The Fight for Fasteners

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ISBN 10: 1616744707 ISBN 13: 9781616744700

Publisher: The William Davidson Institute, 2009

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Boeing originally was scheduled to deliver the Dreamliner to airline customers in mid-2008. However, after five announced delays over two years, the company was forced to postpone the first test flight. One driver for the delay was an industry-wide shortage of aerospace fasteners, the hardware that held the aircraft together. Engineers at Boeing never could have imagined that fasteners, which comprise approximately 3% of the total cost of an aircraft, would become such an issue. To address the fastener issue, Boeing's management knew that it could not just use a band-aid solution; rather, it had to drive sweeping changes to the way the industry and supply chain functioned. Boeing's solution: the fastener procurement model (FPM). This case introduces students to the challenges of operating a global supply chain and how a small part can derail a multi-billion dollar project. The case provides deep discussion on the topics of value-sharing, supply chain visibility, program implementation, and globalization

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About the Author

Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow & Professor of Operations and Management Science Ravi Anupindi is the Program Director for the Master of Supply Chain Management Program, Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow and an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Previously, he taught at the Stern School of Business, New York University and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. He teaches Operations Management (core) and elective courses in Supply Chain Management and Strategic Sourcing. He also teaches in several executive education programs and is director of the Leadership in Plant Operations program for executives. His main research areas include supply chain management, strategic sourcing, lean operations and marketing-operations interfaces. His more recent interest is in supply chain issues as well as health-care delivery models in the emerging economies. He is the co-author of a textbook, Managing Business Process Flows (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall, 2006 . His work has appeared in leading journals like Management Science, Operations Research, Journal of MSOM, and Marketing Science. He also serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals.

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