Manufacturing Improvements

Just as Boeing is studying ways to improve the airplane itself, efforts are also in high gear to improve the way the airplane is designed and built. Always looking for ways to streamline production processes with lean manufacturing, the 747 program is studying a moving line for its Everett, Wash., factory. If incorporated, the 747 assembly line would move continuously by 2004. It's just one more demonstration of Boeing's commitment to keeping the 747 the Queen of the Skies well into the 21st century.

When the market demands a 747 with additional capabilities, Boeing will be ready to build it.