Boeing and the company’s 787 Dreamliner has a profile that serves as an excellent example of how a company used an infrastructure change to improve its supply chain. In making this improvement, which of the five ways of implementing an infrastructure change, did Boeing employ? Research a company that has used the second main approach (i.e., a structural change) which is commonly employed by organizations to improve their supply chains. Write a brief profile of the company you’ve selected following the pattern of the Boeing profile you’ve just examined.
The five ways are:
1. Engaging in forward and backward integration
2. Pursuing major process simplification
3. Changing the configuration of factories, warehouses, or retail locations
4. Pursuing major product redesign
5. Working with third-party logistics provider