Resilience is at the heart of current supply chain management thinking. Understanding the concept‚ and where to invest in resilience‚ can lead to supply chains that quickly respond to and recover from costly disruptions. When Boeing announced plans to assemble the 787 Dreamliner in late 2003‚ it introduced a new concept to the assembly of a commercial aircraft. Instead of building the plane from the ground up‚ subcontractors from around the globe would deliver completed subassemblies to Boeing’s
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aircraft over the next 20 years and would generate sales in excess of $350 billion. According to Airbus‚ it needed to sell 250 aircraft to break even on an un-discounted cash flow basis‚ and could sell as many as 750 aircraft over the next 20 years. Boeing‚ however‚ was predicting that the VLA market would be less than 400 aircraft over the next 20 years.
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York: Routledge. • Chris MARKOU‚ Geraldine CROS‚ Adrian CIORANU‚ Eunsuk YANG‚ 2011‚ Airline Maintenance Cost Executive Commentary‚ IATA. • P. STICKLER‚ 2002‚ Composite Materials for Commercial Transport – Issues and Future Research Direction‚ The Boeing Company. • Peter Horder‚ 2003‚ Airline Operating Costs‚ Managing Aircraft Maintenance Costs Conference‚ Brussels. • Anonymous‚ 2008‚ Fuel and Air Transport‚ Air Transport Department‚ Cranfield University. • Stephen Holloway‚ 2007‚ Straight and
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Aircraft Winglets Many of us who fly regularly have most probably seen a so-called winglet or wingtip device at the end of the wing of an airliner at least once. It is showing up more and more often on more and more types of aircraft‚ thus we felt it’s time to give an overview to our readers about these sometimes funny‚ sometimes cool and stylish looking aircraft parts. History‚ Reason and Benefits The initial theoretical concept goes back to times before even the Wright Brothers first took to
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QNO:1-Discuss the nature of the market structure and demand for the Dreamliner. what are the implications of this for Boeing and its customers? Ans: Dreamliner is an example of duopoly where the only rival it has is France based Airbus. there is no price competition between the firms but the technology and the product enhancement ‚development ‚comfort level ‚customer winning advantage is there that make the Dreamliner again the sales leader by surpassing Airbus by huge orders. Another thing
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Chapter 1 Introduction 1. Capturing The Trends Long before your first bite of a mouth-watering‚ delicious Cadbury chocolate‚ there is a long and complex logistical chain that must be in place to bring this pro-typical chocolate to you. It may not be immediately apparent to the Cadbury buyer that the ingredients have travelled from other parts of the world. [pic] Figure 1. A complex and diverse supply chain of Cadbury Chocolate Bars The processes involved in
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markets because the cost of capital is directly related to the current interest rate. In the case of Airbus the company is facing the decision of developing the world’s largest commercial jet in order to compete on the very large aircraft market with Boeing 747. In order to calculate whether the investment is worth taking‚ a discounted cash flow analysis is used. How many aircraft does Airbus need to sell in order to break even on its investment? After making some assumption and calculation of the
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aircraft over the next 20 years and would generate sales in excess of $350 billion. According to Airbus‚ it needed to sell 250 aircraft to break even on an un-discounted cash flow basis‚ and could sell as many as 750 aircraft over the next 20 years. Boeing‚ however‚ was predicting that the VLA market would be less than 400 aircraft over the next
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presented to compare the two commercially successful and super-efficient airplanes‚ the Boeing 707-320B and Boeing 787-9. This document will identify the key innovations in airframe and propulsion technology‚ and also further discuss on why the basic design and appearance of aircraft remain unchanged over 50years. General Characteristics | |Boeing 707-320B |Boeing 787-9 | |Wingspan |44.42 m
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Building the 7E7: NPD at Boeing Simon Knox‚ Gary Smith and Paul Baines Introduction The Head of Product Marketing at Boeing USA was sitting at his desk in the early part of 007 reviewing how life in the aviation industry had changed so dramatically after 9/11.Not only did this one terrorist act shake the very foundations of western society‚ it also threw the airline industry – both the airlines and the airline manufacturers– into a tail spin when their customers
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