Jul 17, 2008
Boeing, Airbus try to strike outsourcing balance
Boeing and Airbus are still looking for the right balance in outsourcing, or at least for the right way to run the massively outsourced production organizations on which they base their latest airliner programs. ...
“Airbus’ management team makes it clear it wants to copy the car industry,” said a representative of Airbus’ CGT union in Toulouse.
Following in the footsteps of car manufacturers is certainly not easy for the aerospace sector. In fact, the carmakers themselves haven’t always found large-scale outsourcing to be straightforward, even though it has eventually proved successful.
Both Airbus and Boeing still have to prove the new model can work effectively in aerospace, as it has eventually worked in the automotive industry. Somewhat ironically, car manufacturer Daimler holds 15 percent of Airbus parent company EADS.
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