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Qualification and characterization of metal additive manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as an effective and efficient way to digitally manufacture complicated structures. Raytheon Missile Systems seeks to gain limited production capability with metals AM, which can only ...
A risk analysis of unmanned aircraft systems in the National Airspace system for utility applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
A need exists for utility companies to incorporate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into their operations to reduce the cost and increase the safety of asset inspections. The FAA is allowing the use of UAS for commercial ...
Hybrid Make-to-Stock, Make-to-Order (MTS-MTO) production optimization and predictive manufacturing plan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The rapid growth of the Print on Demand (POD) business has necessitated a capacity expansion plan that spans the next five years. After analyzing sales data it was determined that more titles are selling in larger quantities. ...
Anomaly detection for natural gas regulator stations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Natural gas regulator stations control the flow of gas across PG&Es gas transmission and distribution system. Ensuring the proper functioning of these-stations is critical for the safety of the natural gas system. Currently, ...
Network methods for inventory management in capacity constrained retail stores
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Zara leads the fast-fashion industry introducing over 12,000 unique items per year [5], selling in over 2,000 stores and generating rch16091 [British pound symbol]11.6 Bn in yearly sales [8]. Critical to this success, ...
Advancing lean implementation for next generation biomanufacturing operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Amgen Singapore Manufacturing (ASM) is a "first of its kind" commercial biomanufacturing site, incorporating myriad innovations including a full scale single-use bioreactor production model. Known internally at Amgen as ...
Quality control improvement in global apparel sourcing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This project addressed challenges within the quality management process of one of the operating groups of Li & Fung. The primary goals were improved product quality and reduced quality control costs. The operating group ...
Design for automation in manufacturing systems and processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The Widget' industry has changed significantly over the last 20 years. Although Company A benefited from their historically strong market position for a long time, the market share of widgets has, at this point, been evenly ...
Quantifying the impact of care team discontinuities on medically unnecessary delays in inpatient flow
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This thesis quantifies the impact of clinical care team discontinuities on inpatient length-of-stay (LOS) and admission wait time within Massachusetts General Hospital's Department of Medicine (DOM). The DOM is the hospital's ...
Program scheduling : decreasing flow by back-scheduling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The Boeing 737 program has announced that they will continue to increase their production rate from 42 airplanes per month to eventually 52 airplanes per month. In order for the field to accommodate the increased production ...