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Well, not entirely. While Boeing managers crowed about the production results last week, mechanics were rushing to complete 13 behind-schedule NG 737s parked outside the company's overstrained plant in Renton, Wash. Inside the cavernous building, workers struggled to avoid further delays even as Boeing was planning to speed up the NG 737 line from 14 planes a month to 21 to further clear the backlog. Says Boeing chairman Phil Condit: "We've still got some things to do." Like making money on the hot-selling 737s. Boeing has already written off $437 million after taxes against the first...
...surprisingly, the wheels came off. Boeing simply lacked the parts and labor to more than double its production as planned. Suppliers in 60 countries--who provide roughly half of Boeing's components--had also scaled back during the lull and couldn't accelerate quickly enough. The Renton line was crippled by "travelers"--jobs that got skipped for lack of parts or other problems and then had to be done out of sequence. That often required ripping out finished work, a costly process that worsens delays and helps make "traveled" jobs five times as expensive as installing parts in the right...
...abroad. Even in Singapore, where the number of inbound business visitors increased nearly 9% in 1997, business-oriented hotel-occupancy rates have dropped, and the city-state's premier Suntec convention center is experiencing 15% to 18% fewer visitors and exhibitors than previously. "People are coming to troubleshoot," says Renton de Alwis, head of the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore. But clearly, they aren't staying long enough to help the ailing tourism industry...
...midfield is led by seniors Brad Oliphant and Phil Renton, who both bring leadership and experience to the position. Senior Rob Hatch, and sophomores Andy Campelli and Jeff Psaki--an Honorable Mention All-Ivy selection--round out the defense...
...attack carries the reader along with him, inside his mind and heart, from moment to moment. Gelernter's courage is in his compelling honesty and intimate detail. Any of us who dare to even attempt to write must thank him for the gift of this account. BRUCE T. WILLIAMS Renton, Wash...