Alaska Manufacturing Procurement Procurement 
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Alaska Airlines Door Blows Out in Flight For 20 years, Boeing has engaged in collaborative product development with a significant number of suppliers. The outsourced R&D, in turn, supported outsourced manufacturing with over 50 key suppliers. Spirit AeroSystems manufactures the fuselages of the 737 Max jets.
Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 22, 2024
We do so in the lens of supply chain management and manufacturing. While such an application might have been effective, and Procter and Gamble might have been pleased, it is not in conformance with the approved manufacturing process instruction specification for the aircraft.
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Supply Chain Matters
JANUARY 26, 2024
Background As highlighted in our original commentary , in early January, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft flying at 16,000 feet experienced a main cabin decompression as a result of a rear exit fuselage door plug blowing out. Alaska itself is indicating the need for a $150 million added charge related to the disruption.
Supply Chain Matters
AUGUST 7, 2024
After the incident of a rear cabin door blowout of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 8 aircraft that occurred in January, the U.S. Needless to state, the business challenges are significant, especially those related to this plane maker’s supplier sourcing, internal production and quality assurances practices. This week, the U.S.
Supply Chain Matters
JANUARY 16, 2024
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an additional update on the incident involving an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft’s decompression. Inside Boeing’s Manufacturing Mess ( Paid subscription ), was far reaching in the implications of the latest incident.
Supply Chain Matters
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Management Commentary As we have noted in prior updates, the latest being last week , the incident of a near catastrophic blowout of an Alaska Airlines newly delivered Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft has triggered a series of new events hat have added more scrutiny to Boeing ’s production and quality control processes.
Supply Chain Matters
JULY 1, 2024
The near catastrophic blowout of the rear panel door of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in January has been the prime catalyst of the ongoing Boeing quality crisis and the focus on the U.S. plane maker’s lack of quality management practices.
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