Boeing Boss Worried About Supply Chain

Edited by Edward H. Phillips November 28, 2005
Boeing CEO James McNerney told Wall Street analysts his chief concern is making sure the company's supply chain keeps pace with a planned increase in aircraft production by 36% in 2006. McNerney is acutely aware of a supply chain meltdown that struck Boeing in 1997 and forced an embarrassing...

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