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(1996-11)This paper introduces the use of axiomatic design in the design of manufacturing systems. The two primary functional requirements of any manufacturing system are developed. These functional requirements are then used to ...
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(1999-01-31)In the 1980’s, many United States industrial organizations started developing new production processes to improve quality, reduce cost, and better respond to customer needs and the pressures of global competition. This new ...
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(2002-07-22)Berkshire County is home to about 135,000 people on the far western edge of Massachusetts. It is perhaps best known as the scenic mountainous region that is home to cultural institutions such as Tanglewood (the summer ...
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(2001-10-28)This paper asks is whether (i) 3rd generation wireless services, as embodied in the planned and soon to be offered services emerging first in Asia and Europe, or (ii) the unlicensed wireless services such as 802.11 or ...
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(1999-01-01)Introduction: If the challenge facing automobile producers in the 1980s was how to change their industrial model, that of the 1990s has been how to reorganize internationally. Of course, internationalization has been ...
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(1999-11-01)Outsourcing has become an important strategy for many firms. Yet, firms need to compete with their competitors who also outsource and may share the same suppliers. This article explores how a firm could outperform others ...
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(2001-03-06)Industrial Ecology (IE) is a systems approach to efficient resource use and protection of the environment. Instead of just devising improved methods of waste treatment and disposal, we look for the best opportunities to ...
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(2000-09)Ubiquitous broadband access is considered by many to be necessary for the Internet to realize its full potential. But there is no generally accepted definition of what constitutes broadband access. Furthermore, there is ...
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(2000-09)Something suspiciously resembling a double standard exists in US regulation of broadband access carriers. Incumbent local exchange carriers?ILECs?are required to open their networks to competing service providers, while ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001-05-09)Begin with a call to action. Present evidence on the dimensions of an employment crisis in the Aerospace Industry. Understand the links to issues of instability and lean. Focus dialogue on high leverage, mutual gains ...
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(2002-07-11)Introduction: In the past, efforts to improve the environment almost always led to increased production costs. In fact, some economists have attributed a significant part of the slowdown in productivity growth of the ...
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Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing (2000-09)Starting in the 1990s, the aerospace industry was challenged to produce products and systems Better, faster, Cheaper. In this paper, we examine some of the underlying reasons for BFC and offer some thoughts to help frame ...
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(1996-06)In recent years, considerable debate has surrounded the issue of whether a fundamental transformation of employment relations is underway in both the industrialised and industrialising countries. Comparative studies at ...
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(1995)We consider two broad categories of incentives by which a manufacturer can motivate its retailers to provide high customer satisfaction: 1) manufacturer assistance that reduces the retailer's cost of providing customer ...
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(2002-07-22)This paper examines the impact of increasingly common congressional committee jurisdictional turf wars on policy outcomes. It develops a theoretical model that shows how legislators balance the benefits of expanded ...
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(1997-09)The deregulation of telecommunications has taken a major step with the WTO agreements in February of this year. Namely, each of the major Far Eastern countries has agreed to open their market in some form of planned ...
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