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The development and implementation of a production information collection and reporting system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Production information, which includes production counts and line downtime information, is of great importance for automobile assembly plants to diagnose equipment problems and improve line utilization. Outdated information ...
Impact of retail sales and outsourced manufacturing on a build-to-order supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Dell Inc. has undertaken a major transformation in strategy since the return of its founder, Michael Dell as company CEO in January 2007. One major aspect of this new strategy is a renewed focus on the consumer market, ...
Making real-time precision adjustments to world-wide chip production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Intel has recently embarked on a mission to improve its supply chain responsiveness. Currently production lead times are around 4 months requiring a forecast a quarter out. Most customer demand changes happen within lead ...
Implementation of a system of visual indicators at Intel's D2 Fab
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Managing a data analysis production line : an example from the Whitehead/MIT Center for Genomic Research
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Impact of inventory storage and retrieval schemes on productivity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The operational management of high volume, multi-line distribution warehouses is a monumental undertaking, which only a handful of companies in the world have chosen to tackle. Amazon.com is amongst the few, and has further ...
Improved integration of information in discrete part manufacturing environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
The flow and coordination of information across an enterprise is handled through complex networks of manual and automated processes. Forty years ago, the proliferation of computers spawned a revolution in automating many ...
Implementation of lean processes at a high-mix low-volume aerospace manufacturing facility in France
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The theories of the Toyota Production System have been operational touchstones now for over twenty years in North America and Western Europe. In spite of this many companies, particularly those in high-mix low-volume ...
Architecture design of a collaborative decision support system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
A framework to achieve integrated decision-making for manufacturing strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)