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Organizational architecture design and assessment of statistical feasibility for FSDA implementation in an airplane subassembly
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Boeing is a ubiquitous name and prominent leader in the aerospace industry, maintaining dominance in part by continuously seeking to improve. Boeing is now embracing a charter to become a Global Industrial Champion in ...
Implementing various lean methodologies and creating a business development plan at an ABB Greenfield site
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
As part of its strategic initiatives, ABB inaugurated a 100,000 sq-m campus for an Engineering, Sourcing, and Manufacturing Operations center in San Luis Potosi (SLP), Mexico in May 2008. The ramp-up of the SLP site ...
Creation and sustainment of manufacturing technology roadmaps
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Manufacturing technology roadmaps align manufacturing capability development to product development and the driving business need. Roadmaps allow an executable business strategy to be communicated to all levels of an ...
Improving forecast accuracy and use
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Carbon footprint measurement and analysis of a multi-modal logistics network
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
General Motors (GM) is one of the world's largest automobile manufacturing companies and does business in over 120 countries, requiring a complex operations network. Operating with a focus on environmental impact has become ...
Technology adoption in consumer goods manufacturing in Asian, low-cost sourcing countries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
With increasing cost of labor, additional regulatory pressures, and changing consumer habits, consumer goods manufacturers in low-cost sourcing countries in Asia are increasingly looking at manufacturing technologies to ...
Driving a lean transformation using a six sigma improvement process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Successive transformations within manufacturing have brought great efficiencies to producers and lower costs to consumers. With the advents of interchangeable parts between 1800 and 1850 in small arms manufacturing (Hounshell, ...
Implementing variation risk management during product development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
All manufactured systems exhibit some degree of variation. Manufacturing organizations should be aware of those parameters whose variation will impact product performance and customer satisfaction. Such parameters are ...
Total cost model for making sourcing decisions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis develops a total cost model based on the work done during a six month internship with ABB. In order to help ABB better focus on low cost country sourcing, a total cost model was developed for sourcing decisions. ...
Scheduling and shop floor control in commercial airplane manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Boeing is the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners and a leader in defense and space systems. Competition in commercial aircraft production is increasing and in order to retain their competitive position, Boeing ...