When The Factory Coughs, The Company Catches More Than A Cold

A Northrop Grumman quality team
A Northrop Grumman quality team performed final inspection of an F-35 center fuselage at the company’s Palmdale, California, plant in 2018.
Credit: Northrop Grumman
Among the lessons that the omicron variant of COVID-19 has taught executives is that despite remote-working, mask-wearing and vaccination policies, so many employees can still get sick that production and bottom lines alike take a hit. “We see higher levels of absenteeism,” Northrop Grumman Chairman...
Michael Bruno

Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense businesses, supply chains and related issues.

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