1Q. What are the benefits to Boeing of outsourcing so much work on the 787 to foreign suppliers? What are potential risks? Do the benefits outweigh risks?
2Q. In 2007 and 2008 Boeing ran into several publicized issues with regard to its management of a globally dispersed supply chain? What are the causes of these problems? What can a company such as Boeing do to make sure problems do not occur in the future?
3Q. Some critics have claimed that by outsourcing so much work Boeing has been exporting American jobs overseas. Is this criticism fair? How the company should respond to such criticisms?