Boeing's considering a new production model that would have component suppliers locate near the air giant's final assembly facilities. The idea is to reduce the worldwide supply breakdowns that have plagued the 787 for years.
The Seattle Times' story is long on the Seattle-area angle of the planning project, but buried down in the story is a reminder of the challenges SC faces building on landing the 787 backup assembly plant:
The Seattle Times' story is long on the Seattle-area angle of the planning project, but buried down in the story is a reminder of the challenges SC faces building on landing the 787 backup assembly plant:
And he identified a key advantage Washington has over South Carolina or anywhere else: To iron out problems on a startup jet line, it should be close to the brains that designed the airplane. And those engineering brains are here.
"You can't just start up a whole engineering team 3,000 miles from Seattle," Monroe said. "You can't make all new hires as they did for production workers in Charleston."
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