Boeing, Airbus try to strike outsourcing balance
Boeing and Airbus are still looking for the right balance in outsourcing, or at least for the right way to run the massively outsourced production organiza

Boeing and Airbus are still looking for the right balance in outsourcing, or at least for the right way to run the massively outsourced production organizations on which they base their latest airliner programs.

Airbus had touted site divestitures as a means of limiting financial involvement in new programs but has not yet sold five of the seven sites that have been for sale since last year as part of its Power8 restructuring plan. Meanwhile, Boeing is endeavoring to regain control of its supply chain.

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