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Cover story
A quality reputation
Boeing employees are focused on producing quality work the first
time, every time, because lives often depend on the products
and services they produce. Achieving first-time quality also
is an effective way to increase efficiency and cut waste and
rework, increasing Boeing's competitiveness.
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 JIM
COLEY/BOEING |
 adam
morgan/Boeing |
Main feature
Learning at any age
In the first installment of an ongoing series, Frontiers looks
at how Boeing supports learning about science, technology, engineering
and mathematics at any age. Read about teachers who honed their
classroom skills at Space Camp. Meet a Boeing engineer who is
mentoring future engineers and be inspired by youngsters who
are learning all about rocket science.
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Commercial Airplanes
Employees make a difference
When the Humboldt penguins at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo needed
a new home, a team of Boeing experts shared their Lean+ skills
to help zoo staff develop a better design process. The result:
an improved, environmentally sustainable exhibit that opened
under budget and a year early. Also in Commercial Airplanes coverage:
With new electric vehicles at Boeing's Everett, Wash., Delivery
Center, an Employee Involvement team has brought environmental
considerations into its daily operations -- a benefit to the
environment and the company's bottom line.
Commercial Airplanes story index >> |
 Marian
Lockhart/Boeing |
 JOE
NAUJOKAS/BOEING |
Integrated Defense Systems
Heavy-lift hauling
Boeing Phantom Works has teamed up with Canada-based SkyHook
International to develop an innovative hybrid aircraft that promises
to transport heavy loads of equipment and supplies to remote
and pristine regions-- regardless of the season or lack of
roads and runways. Also in IDS coverage: Boeing simulators offer
military pilots networked and cost-effective aerial combat training
-- all from the safety of their home base; how Boeing Defence
UK is helping grow business on both sides of the Atlantic; evaluating
robots' fitness for active duty; and more.
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Shared Services Group
Lean around the world
In early 2008, a team of Shared Services Group business support
managers from non-U.S. sites met in London to streamline how
they do Boeing business, apply Lean thinking and engage in a
new level of international cooperation. Since that first meeting,
the team has been working across international boundaries and
with Boeing organizations in the United States to find ways to
adapt Boeing policies and processes to local requirements.
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 Micha
Lievers/BOEING |
 JIM
COLEY/BOEING |
SPECIAL FEATURES
First-rate performance
Platform Performance is one of eight areas behind a new strategy
to make Boeing even more efficient and productive in its development
and use of technology. Also covered in this month's special features:
Boeing helps empower employees to manage their health and well-being
with resources that include wellness screenings and health assessments.
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