Why 787 Slips Were Inevitable
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Aviation Week
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Monday, February 28, 2011 Boeing embarked on two ambitious and innovative experiences in its 787 program. Yet, the company did not appreciate the level of challenge it was taking on, and did not prepare itself for the additional complexity involved.
The assumption was that this program could simply be managed as the previous, more successful 777 program. A careful upfront assessment could have prevented many of the bitter experiences that followed. The innovations included building most of the main fuselage using composite materials and transferring an unprecedented level of development work to its supply chain partners, making it a development chain.
