Posted on 07/30/2014 10:09:36 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
Boeing will build the 787-10 Dreamliner exclusively in North Charleston, the Chicago-based aerospace giant announced Wednesday.
The 787-10 is the largest of the Dreamliner family and the announcement of its construction at the North Charleston site has been expected for months.
Design of the 787-10 is underway in Everett, with final assembly of the first 787-10 scheduled to begin in South Carolina in 2017.
"We looked at all our options and found the most efficient and effective solution is to build the 787-10 at Boeing South Carolina," said Larry Loftis, vice president and general manager, 787 program, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "This will allow us to balance 787 production across the North Charleston and Everett sites as we increase production rates. We're happy with our growth and success in South Carolina, and the continued success at both sites gives us confidence in our plan going forward."
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Given the huge backlog for the 787-8 and 787-9 now plus the conversion of other production lines at the Everett, WA assembly plant to build the 777-8 and 777-9 models, no wonder why Boeing decided to build the 787-10 in Charleston, SC.
The subcontracts are national sales tools called Offsets.
We let you build the wing, your airlines buy the whole plane.
What you’re seeing is Boeing’s customer base on a national basis.
The Boeing company we know from Seattle would never have been what it was without them. Hence, we wouldn't be having a discussion about jobs relocating from that area, which is the topic of the thread. In other words, it isn't just organized labor that is killing aircraft manufacturing in Seattle. It is the combination of regulation, labor and energy costs, and the availability of modern transportation systems forcing those decisions.
That's your American economy - the only free trader in a protectionist world.
Hope so.
Welcome to SC y’all!
I’ve been following the building of the 787, the barrel of the -10 won’t fit into the transport planes. And they are made in Charleston.
You started off saying “not true” and then explain that yes they do in fact have the world’s worst supply chain.
Actually, I didn’t.
It’s the world’s best airplane, period. They make it work. It’s not the worst supply chain. It’s the supply chain.
Try manufacturing, and managing a supply chain, and you’ll understand.
It's what I do every day.
If that’s what you do every day, then WTF? I don’t work for Boeing, but I consult across industries on SCM, and managing a supply chain for something as complex as a heavy passenger jet has got to be one of the most difficult jobs there is.
Yes, which is exactly why you don't make it MORE complex by spreading major component manufacturing across 3 continents. I understand that they didn't have a lot of choice, due to the politics involved, but my original point stands.
I'm sure they are very good at managing a overly complicated supply chain but that doesn't change the fact that it is overly complicated.
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