Conversation with Jody Franich Inside View of Aerospace Supply Chain
In this episode, Beroe’s Head of Content, Sakthi Prasad, speaks with Jody Franich, a veteran supply chain executive who spent several decades at Boeing. Jody was responsible for sourcing all of the common commodities -- for eg., aluminum, titanium, etc. He was also responsible for deploying category strategy for the spend that was about $60 billion. He now teaches at University of Washington, Foster School of Business.
Discussion Pointers:
- Mass flight cancelations are inevitable when two variables go wrong.
- Jody lists out some of the “memorable” challenges that he had encountered at Boeing.
- Unique challenges in Airplane procurement operations: lesser number of suppliers, stringent quality control, government regulation, cost per unit etc.
- The nuances of contract clauses.
- Regionalization vs Globalization: will regionalization displace globalization?
- How to account for geopolitical risks in strategy planning?
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