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JPZenger

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5. A certain amount of distribution of manufacturing is necessary to get plane orders

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 12:18 PM

Feb 2013

Civilian and military aircraft manufacturers often distribute parts of their manufacturing to other countries to get orders, not because it is necessarily cheaper.

It is much easier to get a country to spend billions on your aircraft if they know some of their citizens will be making parts of it.

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The Boeing Debacle: Seven Lessons Every CEO Must Learn (Offshoring Issues) [View all] Yavin4 Feb 2013 OP

A great excerpt from the article Yavin4 Feb 2013 #1

My experience in IT is it's mostly dialouge and lack of oversight, have to have a technical pm uponit7771 Feb 2013 #2

Japan makes parts, ANA buys 55 787s? godai Feb 2013 #3

I've read other articles that indicated that the choice of contractors amandabeech Feb 2013 #7

To their small credit, Boeing did wise up a year or so ago bhikkhu Feb 2013 #4

Well, the lack of supplier oversight was was borderline criminal Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #6

A certain amount of distribution of manufacturing is necessary to get plane orders JPZenger Feb 2013 #5

Even if the aircraft is years late and still has problems? amandabeech Feb 2013 #8

In my experience, business owners/leaders/whatevers act as though ... LisaLynne Feb 2013 #9

Wait, you mean the cheapest labor isn't necessarily the best idea??? jeff47 Feb 2013 #10