LETTER OF
UNDERSTANDING NO. 37
SUBJECT:
MATERIALS DELIVERY AND INVENTORY PROCESS
The Company and the Union agree that parts, materials, tools, kits and
other goods or products furnished by an internal or external supplier, vendor,
contractor, or subcontractor may be delivered or presented to the Company at
any location to be designated by the Company, including but not limited to local
receiving areas, staging areas, parts control areas, materials and
tool storage areas, and/or factory locations where parts or assemblies are
installed. Such locations will
be staffed, as
necessary, with
Company employees, including bargaining unit
employees in classifications responsible for receiving and distribution, and
job functions performed
by employees that fall within bargaining unit
job description(s)
will continue to be performed by such bargaining
unit employees. In
addition,
On Commercial Airplane
programs other than 787-Everett,
internal and external suppliers, vendors, contractors, or
subcontractors may, at the Company’s request, perform inventory transactions
related to goods or products they are delivering or
furnishing to the Company,
which may includewith bargaining
unit employees tracking use, disbursement, acquisition, and/or
inventory of parts, materials, tools, kits, and other goods or products
consistent with bargaining unit job descriptions.
The Company’s Materials Delivery Group Process Owner
will conduct a quarterly review
consult with the Union Site
Representatives on a monthly basis to provide status on
the previous quarter’s discuss activities
and issues related to the Materials
Delivery and Inventory process and to discuss . The reviews may include a discussion of opportunities
to improve the Materials Delivery and Inventory process,
including the most efficient use of Boeing employees and resources
and the implementation of new technology. Upon
the
The parties will
explore options for retraining or
reassigning bargaining unit
employees to equal level jobs when bargaining
unit employees are impacted by the
Company’s implementation of process and technology.changes. In addition, forklift drivers
(419 classification), MPRFs
(614 classification), Factory
Consumables Handlers
(607 classification), Environmental
Control Workers (HazMat – 855 classification),
and Shipping/Distribution (611 classification) as
of September 3, 2008 will not be laid off or removed from their job
classification and grade as a result of the Materials Delivery and Inventory
process.
Nothing in this Letter of Understanding will be construed to permit
suppliers or vendors to install parts or components on the airplane, unless the
vendors or suppliers are correcting errors or performing warranty work.
The Company agrees
that bargaining unit employees will not be laid off as a direct result of the Company’s
conversion to the Materials Delivery
and Inventory Process, unless the employees are unwilling to change jobs
(including a downgrade), shifts, or locations within the bargaining unit. Employees who are employed as forklift drivers as
of September 2, 2005 will continue their
regular assignments for the term of the contract, including but not limited to
the movement of supplier and vendor parts from local receiving areas within the
factory.