February 2006 
Volume 04, Issue 9 
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THE ROAD AHEAD

Last month, Jim McNerney, Boeing chairman, president and CEO, introduced four initiatives designed to help Boeing improve growth and productivity. Here's a look at these initiatives, as explained by the people who will lead these efforts.
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MAIN FEATURE

LET'S WORK TOGETHER

To support communication and worker development, the Boeing site in Winnipeg, Manitoba, gave BlackBerrys to its deaf employees, including Marty Rabu (right). This tactic earned the site a Boeing Global Diversity Process Improvement Award, an annual honor that salutes efforts demonstrating the business value of being more inclusive. Here's what the award-winning teams did.
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Marty Rabu (left) interacts with Tarcisio Filippelli using a
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KC-767A is undergoing modifications BUZZ SHADDY PHOTO

INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS

A GAME CHANGER

Boeing is on track to deliver the world's most advanced air refueling tanker to Italy and Japan. Here's a look at the capabilities that make these aircraft special—and at some of the Boeing people whose expertise is helping bring these products to life.
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FOCUS ON FINANCE

COMMON GROUND

A new treaty is set to go into effect March 1 that will improve financiers' abilities to recover their collateral if an airline defaults on its loans. That's good news for Boeing Capital Corporation, financiers and other aviation-industry stakeholders.
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Walt Skowronski (left), Boeing Capital Corporation president, and Scott Scherer, vice president of Aircraft Financial Services, visit the 787 mock-up in Renton, Wash.
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Joan Kohl works immediate parts issues for Japan Airlines MARIAN LOCKHART PHOTO

COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES

FOUR HOUR POWER

When airline customers need parts—fast—they need look no further than Commercial Airplanes' Material Management organization. Material Management is using Lean techniques to be able to ship parts in four hours. Look inside to read how they're going about it.
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INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS

THE BIG FIX

A severely damaged C-17 Globemaster III recently needed to be removed carefully—yet quickly—from a runway in Afghanistan and rebuilt. See how Boeing and the U.S. Air Force worked together to save the aircraft from an early retirement.
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David Cabello (left) of the U.S. Air Force Combat Logistics Support Squadron and Boeing teammate Pat Roche remove sections of the damaged C-17 aircraft
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