Boeing to produce 777X parts in its St. Louis factory

[unhappycamper]

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/10/06/3418098/boeing-to-produce-777x-parts-in.html?sp=/99/261/

Boeing to produce 777X parts in its St. Louis factory
By John Gillie
Staff writer
October 6, 2014

Boeing is bringing more parts production back inside the company.

The aerospace manufacturer announced Monday it will build parts now produced overseas or by outside contractors for its existing 777 airliner into a Boeing factory in St. Louis once the company begins building the newest version of the wide-bodied twin jet, the 777X.

The company in recent years has retreated from a strategy of outsourcing large portions of the design and construction of major airliner parts and sections to aerospace firms outside Boeing.

That change in strategy for the 777X came after Boeing’s experiment with large-scale outsourcing on its 787-8 Dreamliner created issues that contributed significantly to the three-year delay in that composite-bodied airliner’s debut.

[liberal N proud]

1. This is the plant near Ferguson

Where many of the Ferguson residents worked.

[Mopar151]

2. As someone who's worked in manufacturing, positions on several sides of this issue

Outsourcing work when you have, or can get, equivalent expertise/technology under your own roof = TROUBLE! Purchasing, or a weak, overburdened engineering dept. may see it another way - because we have a strong cultural bias toward "buy" rather than "make".
BBbuutttt.... Vendors often hack together something that they think might pass QC, ship it to the customer and pray. They often do not understand the function of the part - they just received a package to quote from the customer.