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Within the confines of the reference article, we will explore why the launch of the 787

Dreamliner, a new commercial airplane that was being developed by the Boeing Company was

delayed. A number of issues were identified that could ultimately lead to the determination that

the project was poorly manage by Scott Carson, President and CEO of the Commercial Airplanes

Division and his affiliates. Firstly; the inefficiencies of suppliers and, their failure to stick to the

contractual arrangements between The Boeing Company and themselves. Secondly; the failure

of Scott Carson and by extension the company to recognized and address the issue of time

management or lack thereof. Finally; the communication strategies that were employed both

internally and externally by Mr. Carson in dealing with the issues.

The suppliers from the start acted unprofessionally by biding for project beyond their capacity

and, then having to in turn hire sub contractors. These suppliers were hired with the

understanding that the sections of the plane that they were providing would arrive at Boeings

plant ready to be assemble, but instead what obtained was that pieces of the aircraft that arrived

at the plant were unfinished and, in order to display the prototype as promised Boeings

engineers had to use temporary fasteners to hold the various sections of the planes fuselage

together. According to theorist..

The Boeing Company since its creation by William Boeing in the Twentieth Century has

maintained its innovativeness. As stated in the article, Boeing is no stranger to design and

supply innovations as evidenced by the design of the 777. It won the manufacturing category of

the 1995 Computerworld Smithsonian Awards program, and was recognized specifically for the

innovation involved in the use of three-dimensional software and the largest mainframe system

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of its kind at the time. With such vast experience, the question should be asked; Why were the

suppliers who exhibited their inefficiency in managing such a project allowed to continue, when

it is clear that the company had people within its fold who possesses the capabilities to >>> with

the capacity even at this early stage it not contractors to produced entire sections of the plane

when the capability existed in the company? The answer could be that Boeing wanted an aircraft

designed globally, but this plan was presenting challenges from the on set and should therefore

have been revised by Mr. Carson

We recognized as stated above, that suppliers played a large part in the delay of the launch of the

787 but the company itself contributed significantly. As stated in the article while hiring

suppliers from across the world, the company was still in the process of developing and testing

the cargo aircraft, the Dreamlifter that would be used to transport the parts of the 787 from

suppliers.

The company itself

and of The contractors upon seeing that they blew their timeline should have

it developed the Model C, a seaplane in World War I and although a relatively unknown

company then, managed to secure an order for fifty of the aircraft from the government. But in

all its ventures as outlined in the article, Boeing had always used its engineers for the major work

only contracting out minor portion of the work.