"Japanese firms make about 35% of the Dreamliner, under a novel system of global outsourcing that cost it years of production delays." This is not "novel," Boe

"Japanese firms make about 35% of the Dreamliner, under a novel system of global outsourcing that cost it years of production delays." This is not "novel," Boeing has been doing this for decades. I also doubt that this outsourcing itself is responsible for the delays, but I don't know.