
Featured case: Boeing’s Strategic Initiative:
Raw Material Supply Chain Risk Mitigation
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Prakash SathePrakash talks about Boeing being the perfect case company. Placing things into contextPrakash said: “Students really enjoy the realistic context of the case study. This case provides adequate facts and data, so that students can quickly grasp the serious threat to Boeing of raw material supply disruption from aluminium and titanium mills. They appreciate how a large, global, high technology company like Boeing can be quite vulnerable to basic metal supply and demand. Also, the name “Boeing” itself adds to the cache of the case.” Perfect case
“The analysis reveals that Boeing is an extremely well-run company and has good management systems in place to run their business, albeit these management processes can always be improved. The case provides students opportunities to identify these improvements.” Data richHe concluded: “I think cases in the Production and Operations Management field have certain vigour and vitality. They are data rich and usually describe real life situations that students can relate to. “Personally, I am biased towards Production and Operations management issues because this is where “all the action is.” This is where companies produce products, provide services and contribute to the well-being of society.” About the author
Prakash Sathe is a Lecturer of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan.
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