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(OR)² : operations research applied to operating room supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is ranked as the top hospital in New England and second nation-wide. It is also the largest hospital in New England; it uses an average of 58 operating rooms, where approximately 150 ...
Business case assessment of unmanned systems level of autonomy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The federal government has continually increased its spending on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during the past decade. Efforts to drive down UAV costs have primarily focused on the physical characteristics of the UAV, ...
Design for implementation : redesigning a planning process in a multinational company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
As a consumer-packaged-goods company dealing with multiple suppliers, "Company X" (the company's real name has been disguised) has a clear need for an accurate raw material forecast. The current planning process has not ...
Quantifying the impact of customer allocations on supply chain performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This project investigates the impact that customer allocations have on key cost and service indicators at Intel Corporation. Allocations provide a method to fill orders during constrained supply, when total demand for a ...
Forward thinking in reverse : design, implementation, and continuous monitoring of a closed-loop supply chain using optimization, simulation, and dashboard systems to maximize net recovery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Developed during our recent six-month engagement at Dell-a leading computer manufacturer and services provider with one of the world's leading supply chains--we discuss a network flow-based mixed-integer linear program ...
Global demand transparency in the ABB supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This paper attempts to provide a solution to a problem facing many multinational firms: the lack of an accessible and comprehensive database for up-to-date component part forecasts. We consider this problem in the context ...
Sourcing strategy for power electronics derived from modular product structure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Sourcing strategy is one of the most important tasks when it comes to Value Chain design. Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) seeks to gain competence in power electronics with corporate synergy generated by value chain ...
Stochastic capacity modeling to support demand/capacity gap planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Capacity strategy has established methods of dealing with uncertainty in future demand. This project advances the concept of capacity strategy under conditions of uncertainty in cases where capacity is the primary source ...
A framework For decision automation in operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Amazon's leadership has set a goal to achieve a highly automated warehouse by 2020. Automation involves two challenges, physical movement and decision-making. Decision making often increase variability, defects and consumes ...
Stealth dicing characterization, optimization, integration, and operations management for ultra-thin stacked memory dies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This dissertation presents original work in the development of multi-strata subsurface infrared (1.342 [mu]m) nanosecond pulsed laser die singulation (stealth dicing) to enable defect-free ultra-thin stacked memory dies. ...