Airbus has been working on the design of the A72WX; the newest plane in the fleet. In order to finish successfully, the company decided that not all the plane equipment are to be built and designed in their premises. In fact the majority of the equipment were outsourced to company's located in Japan, UK, Indonesia, USA and Canada. This makes the company at ease and not pressured to achieve everything however a major concern for the company arises and is O Time Zone O All the answers O Language Barrier O Data integrity

Airbus has been working on the design of the A72WX; the newest plane in the fleet. In order to finish successfully, the company decided that not all the plane equipment are to be built and designed in their premises. In fact the majority of the equipment were outsourced to company's located in Japan, UK, Indonesia, USA and Canada. This makes the company at ease and not pressured to achieve everything however a major concern for the company arises and is O Time Zone O All the answers O Language Barrier O Data integrity

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

6th Edition

ISBN:9781285869681

Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

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