Company: BA
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-049921
Chunk: 4

Company: BOEING CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 4
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| Eliminating Defects             |     | • Significantly reduced defects in 737 fuselage assembly at Spirit AeroSystems by increasing inspection points at build locations and implementing customer quality approval process   • Piloted tool control centralized ownership in targeted 737 and 787 final assembly areas to improve compliance and reduce tool loss   • Developed embedded management and metrics for “foreign object debris” prevention in critical work areas   • Fully implemented a new work in process system and procedure in 737 and 787 final assembly that tracks and secures parts for manufacturing work that is not yet complete to prevent loss or improper use |

| 2 |     | 2025 Proxy Statement |

STRENGTHENING SAFETY & QUALITY

| Elevating Safety & Quality Culture |     | • Addressed over 75% of action items in Commercial Airplanes production based on employee feedback during Quality Stand Down sessions, with the remainder scheduled for resolution in 2025   • Implemented employee involvement teams across Airplane Programs and Fabrication, to bring teammates from different work disciplines together to raise and solve issues, ask questions, and offer assistance   • Invested in improvements to the Speak Up system to further strengthen the confidentiality protections for reportants, enhance reporting interface, and keep employees informed of the status and resolution of their reports   • Implemented “move ready” criteria across final assembly for the 737, 787 and portions of 767 and 777 aircrafts to manage traveled work and mitigate risk   • Hired a new Human Factors Functional Chief Engineer |

Key Performance Indicators A significant component of our Safety & Quality Plan is the identification of six key performance indicators (KPIs) focused on safety and production health:

| • |     | Employee proficiency measures share of employees currently staffed who are deemed proficient in core skills |

| • |     | Notice of Escape (NoE) rework hours measures time performing rework due to non-conforming work from Fabrication and suppliers |

| • |     | Supplier shortages measures shortages per day from Fabrication and suppliers |

| • |     | Rework hours per airplane measures time spent performing rework in Final Assembly |

| • |     | Travelers at factory rollout measures unfinished jobs traveling from Final Assembly |

| • |     | Ticketing performance measures quality escapes per ticketed airplane prior to delivery |

Each KPI has defined criteria that help identify areas of potential risk to our operations and trigger risk monitoring and corrective