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ORDER OF BUSINESS
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For Boeing, record jetliner orders in 2005 set the stage for increases in airplane production. Carolyn Corvi and Steve Schaffer, two Commercial Airplanes leaders overseeing preparations for the production boost, discuss the business unit's plans to manage the ramp-up efficiently.
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COMPANYWIDE
TO THE NEXT LEVEL
The leaders of the four Boeing growth and productivity initiatives recently spoke at an Integrated Defense Systems leadership meeting. On their minds: Where their efforts are heading and how employees can provide support.
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FEATURE
LEADING A 'LEADER'
"Good corporate citizenship" is one of Boeing's values. The company's Community
and Education Relations organization, which leads Boeing efforts in this area,
recently appointed a new leader. Here's a Q&A with Anne Roosevelt, Boeing vice
president of Community and Education Relations.
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COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES
SEEKING HAWAII
As part of a Lean initiative at the Boeing factory in Renton, Wash., 15 teams built "current state" maps to chart the process a part or system endures before going
on an airplane. The first of these 15 teams has built a "future state" map that shows what its process would look like if it were streamlined.
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INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS
KC-135 maintenance transformed
Through Lean initiatives at Boeing Support Systems in San Antonio, Boeing is working to transform the major-overhaul processes it does on the U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker fleet—and to return these assets more quickly to the warfighter.
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