Boeing Value Chain Analysis

boeing 777 Value Chain Analysis Examining the value creating potential of primary activities of Boeing 777 1) Inbound operation a) Materials New, lightweight, cost-effective structural materials are used in several 777 applications. (Referred to Appendix 1) Beginning in early 1994, The Boeing Company initiated a process improvement activity called Define and Control Airplane Configuration/Manufacturing Resource Management (DCAC/MRM). This "breakthrough" initiative will improve the processes the company uses to produce airplanes, and is a significant opportunity to further reduce costs, …

…offers its GE90 series, and Rolls-Royce offers the Trent 800 series of engines. All three engines offer excellent fuel efficiency, while allowing the 777 to be as quiet as a 767, even though the 777 engines provide 40 percent more power. Key factors in this performance are new, larger-diameter fans with wide-chord fan blade designs and bypass ratios ranging from six-to-one to as high as nine-to-one. This compares to the typical five-to-one ratio for the engines of previous twin-aisle jets.