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Improve the lead time for the medium wheel loader using core configuration and delayed product differentiation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This thesis proposes a supply chain model to improve the lead time for Caterpillar Medium Wheel Loaders in the North America market. The Medium Wheel Loaders division is undergoing many commercial value chain challenges: ...
Designing and Implementing Hard Drive Inventory Policies for Enterprise Computing Solutions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Historically, the Storage business unit of the Dell-EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) has maintained large inventory buffers to deal with high demand uncertainty and minimize part shortages. High product configurability ...
Closed loop supply chain waste reduction through predictive modelling and process analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Verizon distributes Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) such as set top boxes, broadband routers, and WiFi extenders to Fios customers via a variety of paths; for example: direct ship to customer (either for self-install or ...
Standardization of workflow in a large distribution center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The retail industry is shifting to enable companies to respond faster to consumer demand and expectations. For any retail company, this requires speed in their supply chain from new product generation to final order delivery. ...
An analysis and mitigation of demand variability on external supply chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
In the pharmaceutical industry, increasing product complexity, shifts towards specialty medicine and growth in emerging markets have resulted in increased forecast variation and manufacturing complexity for new products. ...
improving contact lens manufacturing through cost modeling and batch production scheduling optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
J&J Vision Care (JJVC) uses production scheduling methods that are not fully optimized, causing over-production of certain SKUs, and reducing capacity for other SKUs on backorder. This makes planning a weekly run-schedule ...
Congestion reduction in the Emergency Department of Massachusetts General Hospital
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The MGH Emergency Department (ED) and General Medicine Floor currently experience heavy patient volume and rising patient wait times, despite recent capacity expansions. While several projects have been piloted to divert ...
Optimizing shipping pricing on Dell.com on build to order notebooks to US consumers across customer experience, profitability and working capital
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Current shipping pricing for BTO notebooks on Dell.com is uniform across products and provides customers with three levels of service Express, Expedited, and Standard. In October 2016, Dell launched a program to give ...
Using design maturity assessments to improve new technology implementation in active production environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Without the design, development, and implementation of new technologies, companies that are currently innovative will be quickly surpassed by their competitors. Company A, a large aerospace company with a long history of ...
Capacity utilization and lean manufacturing at a plastic medical device components manufacturer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
An understanding of capacity utilization within any manufacturing system is critical in setting operational strategy. Production lines and machines must have their performance accurately tracked and available for reporting ...