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Process enablers for successful reverse engineering inside large organizations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Reverse engineering has the potential to be a strategic advantage for many engineering companies. As companies continuously look for new ways to improve their business and technical expertise, reverse engineering facilitates ...
Utilizing automated inspection to identify surface quality defects within the automotive body assembly process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Nissan relies on inspectors to perform manual inspections in order to ensure vehicles are produced with a high-quality surface finish. These inspections occur throughout the vehicle assembly process and are meant to identify ...
Investigating the feasibility and impact of integrating wire-arc additive manufacturing in aerospace tooling applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
The use of wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) as fabrication method for Iron-Nickel 36 (Invar36) alloy aerospace tooling is a growing area of interest for many tooling companies and composite aircraft manufacturers. ...
Stepping toward a smarter factory at Canam
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Canam Group ("Canam") is a manufacturer of steel components and building products used in the construction industry. The company uses a distributed network of manufacturing centers throughout North America to build and ...
Improving asset utilization and manufacturing production capacity using analytics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Industrial organizations have increasingly invested in IoT technologies to monitor, control, identify faults in, and optimize operations. With increasing competition, a push to lower manufacturing costs, and pressure to ...
Assessing the impact of historical operational data from complex assets on predictive maintenance models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Over the past one hundred years, maintenance concepts have evolved from a simple "fix when broken" approach to advanced prognostic methods used today that leverage large amounts of historical, operational, and primary ...
Distribution and replenishment optimization between locations of high and low real estate cost
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
As companies expand and innovate, it is sometimes prudent to be conservative when incorporating new products and technologies. Instead of constructing buildings to store new products, firms may look to optimize re-allocation ...
Benchmarking environmental efficiency of garment factories to understand the value of real-time environmental data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Li & Fung works with over 10,000 factories distributed across 50 countries to design, produce, and deliver hard- and soft- goods to over 2,000 apparel and consumer goods customers. An increasingly prevalent focus of the ...
Connected factory: real time data analysis for manufacturing efficiency
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Pratt and Whitney is expecting an increase in demand for new engines and for parts supportive of aftermarket service, maintenance, and repair. To avoid expensive capital investments in additional production capacity, Pratt ...
Applications of risk pooling for the optimization of spare parts with stochastic demand within large scale networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Amazon is able to deliver millions of packages to customers every day through its Fulfillment Center (FC) network that is powered by miles of material handling equipment (MHE) such as conveyor belts. Unfortunately, this ...