Small Suppliers Shun Cooperation, Survey Finds
Credit: BOEING
Boeing’s new 787 jet is full of cutting-edge technology such as an all-composite fuselage and advanced electronics. But it was the shortage of a simple and inexpensive part—a 3/16-in. titanium fastener made by Alcoa—that played a prominent role in a series of setbacks that have delayed the...
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