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Transmission system overvoltage mitigation through the use of distributed generation (DG) smart inverters
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
The objective of this project is to demonstrate the technical ability and cost-effectiveness of reducing electric transmission system overvoltage violations using distributed generation (DG) smart inverters connected to ...
Assessing sales floor capacity and replenishment strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Target stores (and the upstream supply chain) have been traditionally designed for a predominantly brick and mortar business, fed by a push supply chain model. With the growing need for omnichannel sales fulαllment, supply ...
Building competencies in sensor harness manufacturing through prototyping
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Organizational knowledge is information about products, processes and customers that is held by the personnel in the organization. Institutionalization of the best practices contained within this knowledge is essential in ...
Reducing variability in a semiconductor manufacturing environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The main drivers in today's flash memory business are low cost and flexibility. Low cost requires high tool utilizations, whereas flexibility and ability to respond quickly to changing customer demands require short ...
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 ...
An approach to strategic capacity planning using information visualization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Enabling process improvements through visual performance indicators
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Most modern production processes automatically generate volumes of rich data, including equipment states, material presentations, labor content, and quality non- conformances. Unfortunately, much of this data is either ...
Developing and implementing standard logistics solutions for Eastman Kodak Company's inbound supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Eastman Kodak Company managed its supply chain operations at a regional level until 2002 when it created the Global Logistics group. Prior to this, there had not been much corporate focus on the inbound supply chain; in ...
Pan-European durable container strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Expedite requests in Raytheon's North Texas supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In December 2004, a manager at Raytheon Company articulated in the form of an LFM (Leaders for Manufacturing) internship proposal his belief that someone should do something about the amounts of time and money that Raytheon's ...