It is rare for the top executive officer of a company as large as Boeing to become involved with the design of the individual components that make up his firm's products. It probably is even more rare for one to recommend to his engineers the manufacturing method for them to source their metal components. But for Boeing and its Commercial Aircraft Group (BCAG), the time for "thinking outside the box" had arrived and its president and COO, Harry C. Stonecipher, Knew it.In 1998, Seattle-based BCAG reportedly earned less than
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机译：像波音这样大的公司的高级管理人员很少参与组成公司产品的单个组件的设计。向他的工程师推荐一种制造方法来采购他们的金属零件的可能性甚至更低。但是对于波音及其商用飞机集团（BCAG）来说，“跳出框框思考”的时机已经到来，其总裁兼首席运营官Harry C. Stonecipher知道了。1998年，据报道，总部位于西雅图的BCAG的收入不足
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