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Implementing theory of constraints in a job shop environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
The Boeing Company is under performance pressures due to internal process performance and external cost pressures. The response has been a focus on manufacturing fundamentals to meet market demands on schedule and cost. ...
Minimum cost decision for the tradeoff between finished goods inventory and product capacity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Variation reduction in biopharmaceutical manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
The use of a product end of life process to effectively manage a product portfolio
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
The development of a decision support software application to improve capital equipment management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Implementation of lean manufacturing techniques to the internal supply chain of an automatic assembly plant
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Influencing process and cultural change in the aerospace industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Aerospace equipment manufacturers have expressed considerable frustration with the lack of success in implementing process and cultural change initiatives within their organizations. The objective of this report is to offer ...
Methodology for sizing finished goods inventories for a vinyl siding extrusion plant
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Recently, many companies have begun to implement lean manufacturing principles as a way to improve their production systems. Alcoa has joined the movement to adopt lean manufacturing, and has named their effort the Alcoa ...
Engineering design leadtime drivers analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Leadtime is one of the most important performance metrics in the engineering design organization of General Motors' Truck Group. Because of the many variables that influence leadtime. It is not clear where efforts should ...
Throughput improvement initiatives in an automotive assembly plant body shop
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
In most manufacturing environments, the closer you get to the production floor, the shorter and shorter becomes the reference time frame ... down to the order of minutes and seconds. Much time is devoted to dealing with ...