Like most companies, aerospace giant Boeing has its jargon -
words and phrases that uniquely define its products and processes.
Take the word platform. It is used at Boeing to mean a family of
aircraft - the F/A-18 fighter, for example, or the 777
jetliner.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security
since August 2009, employees in the Global
Services & Support (GS&S) division of Boeing Defense, Space
& Security have been talking about a different sort of
platform: a supply chain...