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Quality improvement and control based on defect reduction
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
This thesis addresses the quality improvement in a printing process at a food packaging company now experiencing hundreds of printing defects. Methodologies of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC), and ...
Optimization of labor allocation at a syringe production facility : design proposals
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
At MD Medical (Singapore), the syringe value stream is facing escalating labor cost and high labor turnover. Therefore, optimization of the current labor resources is necessary to control the labor cost effectively without ...
Understanding and developing capabilities for large area and continuous micro contact printing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Micro contact printing is a high spatial resolution-patterning tool that can be used for printing on large and non-planar surfaces because of which it has begun to find important applications in printed organic electronics ...
An optimal stock building strategy in a manufacturing company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis aims to tackle a demand seasonality problem by building either work-in-process inventory or finished goods inventory before the peak season. A linear programming algorithm is developed to determine the optimal ...
Full lead time mapping, analysis and improvement for packaging product manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Service level is significant for the customers of a packaging product manufacturing company, especially for the customers with large- volume and high-value orders. To improve the service level will not only provide better ...
Making a high-mix make-to-order production system lean
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
A high-mix, make-to-order production system can become inefficient when non-value added operations consume too much time, space or labour. To address these issues, cell re-layout is conducted and a CONWIP system is proposed. ...
Control of WIP and reduction of lead time in a food packaging company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
High inventory holding costs, strain on warehouse capacity and the competition of lead time are concerns of a food packaging manufacturer. In this work, causes of high WIP were identified and three approaches were developed ...
Information tracking and sharing in organic photovoltaic panel manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The MIT MEng team of four worked with Konarka Technologies, a world leading organic solar panel manufacturer, on production tracking and analysis as well as various operational improvement projects. MIT's collaborative ...
Workload analysis and scheduling policies for a document processing centre
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis is the result of a six-month internship at the Steel Stock Department of Keppel FELS Singapore, a company which is involved in the design and construction of oil-rigs. The primary objective of this project is ...
Design and implementation of a continuous improvement framework for an organic photovoltaic panels manufacturer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The MIT MEng Team worked at Konarka Technologies, the world leader organic photovoltaic panels (OPV) manufacturer, on several improvement projects. The concentration was on operations improvement as well as production ...