In 1997, the Boeing Co. suffered a supply-chain meltdown when it tried to ramp up commercial aircraft production too quickly, forcing a shutdown of its 747 line for 20 days and delays in 737 deliveries. The company's new CEO, W. James McNer-ney, Jr., is hell-bent that won't happen on his watch. McNerney's caution was in evidence when Boeing rolled out its third-quarter earnings results last week and updated its forecasts for 2006. Though it will deliver 30 fewer airplanes this year than planned due to a machinist strike that halted work in September, Boeing declined to raise its production schedule for 2006. The company still plans to deliver 395 aircraft next year—93% of which already are sold—an increase of 75 over this year's pre-strike production rate.
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机译：1997年，波音公司试图以太快的速度增加民用飞机的生产，导致供应链崩溃，迫使其747线停运20天，并延迟了737架飞机的交付。公司的新任首席执行官W. J. James McNer-ney，Jr.弯腰，这不会在他的手表上发生。上周波音发布第三季度财报并更新了对2006年的预测时，麦克纳尼的谨慎得到了证明。尽管由于机械师罢工而使波音今年9月份停工，今年波音飞机的交付量将比计划少30架，但波音拒绝提高其2006年的生产计划。该公司仍计划明年交付395架飞机，其中93％已经售出，比今年的罢工前生产率提高了75架。
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