MNP3701 ASSESSMENT 4 SEMESTER 2 2024 Rough skies ahead: The tale of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Importance of Long-Term Contracts in Supply Assurance and Cost Management at Boeing Critical Evaluation of Boeing's Mega-Outsourcing Strategy for

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Table of Contents

The case study: Rough skies ahead: The tale of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner ............... 3

Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3

Question 1: Importance of Long-Term Contracts in Supply Assurance and Cost
Management at Boeing .............................................................................................. 3

Supply Assurance ................................................................................................... 3

Cost Management .................................................................................................. 4

Question 2: Critical Evaluation of Boeing's Mega-Outsourcing Strategy for the 787
Dreamliner .................................................................................................................. 5

Question 3: Comparison of Insourcing/Outsourcing and Supply-Base Optimisation
Strategies at Boeing ................................................................................................... 7

References ............................................................................................................... 11




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