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Using factory-level digital tools to improve quality and productivity in garment factories
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The retail landscape is rapidly changing as evolving consumer habits are resulting in smaller batch quantities and shorter lead times, requiring Li & Fung to have a more digitally connected, nimble vendor base. Li & Fung ...
External risk monitoring and inventory sizing in supply chain disruption mitigation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
As AstraZeneca's product portfolio becomes increasingly complex, its supply chains must evolve in parallel. These supply chains operate in an environment of ever-present external risks such as factory fires, geopolitical ...
Predicting competitor restructuring using machine learning methods
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Increasing competition in the defense industry risks contract margin degradation and increases the need for new avenues to margin expansion. One such area of opportunity is take-away bids for under-performing competitor ...
Analysis of robotic systems test methods targeting test resource utilization improvement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The robotics industry continues to grow rapidly. More industries are moving towards automation and are looking for the robotics industry to support the industry 4.0 movement. Due to a push by consumers, robotics producers ...
Development of a connected platform for industrial equipment monitoring to enable predictive maintenance using supervised machine learning methods
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
SHAPE Technologies is the world leader in ultra high pressure industrial waterjet systems for cutting and cleaning with applications from metal to food. Although SHAPE is the technological leader in this space, SHAPE must ...
Replenishment in an integrated stock world
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
As part of Zara's omnichannel strategy, stock integration between online and offline channels has become a major focus of its operations. Within this context, Zara aims to achieve a channel agnostic stock offering to ...
Reduction of total production cost through the use of safety stock and process improvements
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
In an ideal production system, supply exactly meets demand. Instantaneous, correct quantities arrive exactly at the right location when needed. However, real-world production systems often have variability- a change in the ...
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 ...