Big Bets Reshaping Industry
- David Rogers
- 2025-01-12
Others echo the call for ambition. “Successful companies make big bets,” said U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D., Wash.), whose district includes Boeing’s factory in Renton. “There’s an upfront cost but they do it.”
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Boeing’s illustrious history is marked by numerous big bets. The Boeing 777 was the first commercial aircraft to be developed using an entirely computer-aided design (CAD) process, and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was the first major commercial aircraft to use carbon fiber composite materials as its primary airframe material. To endure, today’s industrial companies and their suppliers must embrace similar levels of ambition across digitalization, sustainability, and advanced manufacturing.