Global Business Management
Course #44163 Section 001 & 004 Spring 2021
Professor: J. Andrew (Andy) McIntyre
01/24/2021
Sharnae Wright
1/30/2021
Assignment #1: The Boeing Global Production Case for the 787 Dreamliner, Chapter 1 Page 9 in
the Global Business Today text, extended to the 737 Max Difficulties (flight controls and multiple
related crash concerns) and also now in a near term future of reduced air travel and demand for new
equipment in light of the Covid 19 Pandemic.
Question #1: Was the supply chain established for the 787 Dreamliner based primarily on the “Best
Supplier Mentality” vs. an “Internal Vertically Integrated Supply” of components, or more concerned
with “Foreign Market Opportunities” and a response to the “Airbus European Union Supply Chain”
The supply chain established for the 787 Dreamliner was based primarily or more
concerned with “Foreign Market Opportunities” instead of having the “Best Supplier Mentality”