BUSN 427 Week 6 Case Analysis Boeing 787.

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1. What are the benefits to Boeing of

outsourcing so much work on the 787 to foreign suppliers? What are the 
potential risks? Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

2. In 2007 and 2008 Boeing ran into

several publicized issues with regard to its management of a globally 
dispersed supply chain? What are the causes of these problems? What can a
company such as Boeing do to make sure such problems do not occur in 
the future?

3. Some critics have claimed that by

outsourcing so much work, Boeing has been exporting American jobs 
overseas. Is this criticism fair? How should the company respond to such
criticisms?