Modularity in Design and Manufacturing: Application to Commercial Aircraft & Boe

Modularity in Design and Manufacturing: Application to Commercial Aircraft & Boeing 737 Manufacturing Footprint: The Wichita DecisionRead these two case studies and provide your answers to the following questions. 1. Should Boeing sell or spin-off Wichita? List three reasons in favor of selling Wichita. 2. Should Boeing sell or spin-off Wichita? List three reasons against selling Wichita.3. Do you agree or disagree with the Stoneciphers strategy of only doing design and final assembly of commercial airplanes? 4. What are the benefits for aircraft manufacturers from applying the modularization in designing and manufacturing airplanes? How would modularity change the competition and structure of the commercial aircraft manufacturing industry? 5. What happened to Boeing? Did the company actually spin-off its Wichita site? The two casses are attached