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Boeing : (A) Sortir plus léger de la crise des années 1990; (B) Les défis du développement du Dreamliner; (C) Gérer un réseau complexe de fournisseurs

Boeing: (A) Emerging Leaner from the Financial Crisis of the 1990s; (B) The challenges of Developing the Dreamliner; (C) Managing a Complex Supply Network
Case 9 50 2013 003A-C
Case published in the International Journal of Case Studies in Management, Vol. 11, No. 1
Languages : 
  • French,
  • English
  • Collaboration,
  • Internationalisation,
  • Impartition,
  • Logistique
  • Collaboration,
  • Global supply chain,
  • Outsourcing,
  • Logistics
Year of production : 
2010
Registration date : 
2013-04-15
Teaching notes included : 
Yes
Case document count : 
3

Ce cas en trois parties présente les défis qui se posent à Boeing pour remodeler son système de production et offrir un nouvel appareil dans un contexte de concurrence. Le cas met l'accent sur les enjeux d'une chaîne de production mondialisée.

This three-part case presents the challenges faced by Boeing in redesigning its production system in order to offer a new aircraft in a competitive environment. The case focuses on the challenges of a globalized supply chain.

Primary domain : 
Logistics and operations management
Secondary domain : 
Not available
Sectors : 
  • Manufacturing
Source : 
HEC Montréal
Type : 
Traditional case (Decision-making case)
Type of data used in the production of the case : 
Factual data that is public and free of potentially litigious content
Event location : 
Échelle mondiale
Year of start of the event : 
1995
Year the event ended : 
2009
Business size : 
Multinational
  1. Analyser les difficultés rencontrées par Boeing quant à ses choix de produit et de procédé;
  2. Comprendre le positionnement stratégique de Boeing dans le développement de nouveaux avions;
  3. Saisir les impératifs de la mondialisation dans la constitution d’un parc de fournisseurs pour soutenir le développement du nouvel appareil de Boeing;
  4. Identifier les conditions de succès pour tirer le plein potentiel d’un parc de fournisseurs;
  5. Cerner les risques associés à un parc mondial de fournisseurs. 
  1. Analyze the difficulties encountered by Boeing in its choice of product and process;
  2. Understand the strategic positioning of Boeing in developing new planes;
  3. Grasp the imperatives of globalization in creating a supplier base to support the development of Boeing’s new aircraft;
  4. Identify conditions for maximizing the potential of a supplier base;
  5. Identify the risks associated with a global supplier base.