Boeing may reacquire Spirit at higher price despite hating opticsarstechnica.com 29 pointsdonatzsky2 years ago4 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−toomuchtodo2yA reasonable premium for ruthless financialization of their supply chain and to make an attempt to survive the dysfunction they created.−Zigurd2ySpot on. The spin out was a cynical move to fragment their assembly workers, show better return on net assets, and do engineering by contract demands. Here is the internal memo predicting a bad outcome:https://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2014130646...−BlackjackCF2yEngineer warns of consequences. Execs ignore warnings. Bad things happen. A classic.−cwilkes2yI cannot upvote this enough. They continuously squeeze suppliers either on a bill or to make more faster. Accidents are bound to happen.
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A reasonable premium for ruthless financialization of their supply chain and to make an attempt to survive the dysfunction they created.
Spot on. The spin out was a cynical move to fragment their assembly workers, show better return on net assets, and do engineering by contract demands. Here is the internal memo predicting a bad outcome:
https://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2014130646...
Engineer warns of consequences. Execs ignore warnings. Bad things happen. A classic.
I cannot upvote this enough. They continuously squeeze suppliers either on a bill or to make more faster. Accidents are bound to happen.