Browsing MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC) by Title
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Cultural analysis case study : implementaiton of acquisition reform within the Department of Defense
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Cultural Barriers to the Adoption of Systems Engineering Research
(2008-09-22)An extensive amount of time and money is spent on developing methodologies and tools to improve the systems engineering process but much less is spent on addressing the organizational factors that can facilitate or hinder ... -
Cultural Barriers to the Adoption of Systems Engineering Research
(2008)An extensive amount of time and money is spent on developing methodologies and tools to improve the systems engineering process but much less is spent on addressing the organizational factors that can facilitate or hinder ... -
Cultural Barriers to the Adoption of Systems Engineering Research
(2008-09-22)2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Systems Engineering (APCOSE) presentation -
Culture Clash: The Corporate Socialization Process Meets Non-Congruent Organization Subcultures
(2002-09-03)The literature on organization socialization suggests characteristics associated with strong organization culture. Key among these is a socialization process that emphasizes well-defined roles, rules, routines, and ... -
The Culture of Innovation Styles: Are Our Corporate Cultures Tuned for Innovation?
(2009-04-02)Agenda •Overview of Hofstede Cross Cultural Dimensions •Interactions among the dimensions •Miller & Friesen Models of Innovation •Brown Systems Model of Innovation •Application to Industry •Models for Innovation •Matching ... -
The Culture of innovation Styles: Are our Corporate Cultures Tuned for Innovation?
(2009)Systems engineering work is requiring increasing collaboration among various enterperprises, nations, and individuals to innovate to meet the comlex needs of large numbers of stakeholders. This indicates a need to better ... -
Current developments of the Brazilian automotive industry
(1995)In the context of the stabilization and economic growth that has followed the Real plan introduced in mid 1994, the latest effort to curb dramatically high inflation, the Brazilian automotive industry has continued to ... -
Current Federal and State Policy Issues Pertaining to Verizon Communications and Broadband Deployment in Massachusetts
(2002-07-22)This background briefing paper was drafted by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to help the Mass Broadband Initiative advisory committee understand the context of several important regulatory issues affecting ... -
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Customer and Supplier Integration Across the Supply Chain
(1999-03)Lean Aircraft Initiative Implementation Workshop report -
Cycle Time Reduction through Integrated Supplier Networks: Overview and Introduction
(1998-03-31)Lean Aerospace Initiative Plenary Workshop presentation -
Cycle time reduction through wafer starts control
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Intel's Fab 17, located in Hudson, Massachusetts, has experienced dramatic improvements in its cycle time performance in the last two years. These improvements have been attributed to lean implementation efforts, reduced ... -
Cycle Time Reduction Using Design Structure Matrices
(1997-10-08)Overview: - Some cycle time reduction challenges - Task-based design structure matrices (DSMs) - How DSM method meets challenges - Part 2: David Grose on applications at Boeing -
Cycle Time Reduction with Part Synchronization
(1998-03-31)Lean Aerospace Initiative Plenary Workshop presentation -
The Dead Hand of Environmental Regulation
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A decomposition-based approach for manufacturing system design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)The design of manufacturing systems is a complex task that requires many people to cooperate and communicate at various organizational levels. Companies often change the design of their manufacturing systems by using ... -
A decomposition-based approach for the integration of product development and manufacturing system design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)Using a structured approach to understand the interaction between product design decisions and manufacturing system design is critical to reflect manufacturing system issues early in the product development process. Early ... -
A decomposition-based approach to linking strategy, performance measurement, and manufacturing system design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)The ability to understand the impact of lower-level design decisions on the achievement of higher-level strategic objectives is critical for the effective design of manufacturing systems. Furthermore, the development of a ...