Boeing says suppliers must lose ‘craftsman’ stance to hit output

Boeing Co. said suppliers need to move away from human-centric processes for airplane manufacturers to achieve their ambitious production ramp up targets. “Aerospace used to be a craftsman business, hand-built, hand riveting,” Boeing Chief Technology Officer Lane Ballard told an industry event on Wednesday. “Now we’re going to higher levels of automation, higher levels of […]

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