Creative solutions and collaborative approaches help push first-mile supply chain visibility to match the last mile capability. After decades of relying on a supply chain that consisted of amassing gargantuan amounts of raw materials in warehouses, and then accessing them as needed to build airliners at its Seattle facility, the Boeing Co. entered the 21st Century wanting to implement an entirely different kind of approach. Instead of keeping its manufacturing process largely in house, as it had done since its founding by William E. Boeing in 1916, the aerospace giant was looking to break the mold of the classic Boeing assembly strategy and take a more global approach to sourcing components of its next generation of passenger liner, the 787.
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