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dc.contributor.advisorDaniel Whitney and Sebastian Fixson.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDawson, Benjamin Alanen_US
dc.contributor.otherLeaders for Global Operations Program.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-27T18:38:47Z
dc.date.available2011-09-27T18:38:47Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66065
dc.descriptionThesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division; in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2011.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 136-138).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines strategies to accelerate product development in a large commercial aerospace program structured as an extended enterprise where first and second tier suppliers perform most of the detailed product development. Two of the program's primary objectives are to increase fuel efficiency and to reduce development time. Several structural engineering challenges and unanticipated delays have put these objectives at risk. This thesis examines the hypothesis that the program's product development enterprise is misaligned with the product architecture and that this generates undesired dynamic behaviors in the product development system, especially oscillation in loads on the airframe and in component designs. This work explores the specific causes of observed dynamic behavior in the design process during which suppliers and the OEM fail to come to agreement on important design parameters that affect weight, structural loads, and the resulting internal stresses in the structure. In addition, it suggests alternate strategies for dealing with engineering design changes and presents a simulation game and an agentbased model whereby it tests whether these strategies reduce the dynamically-induced delays.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Benjamin Alan Dawson.en_US
dc.format.extent138 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectSloan School of Management.en_US
dc.subjectEngineering Systems Division.en_US
dc.subjectLeaders for Global Operations Program.en_US
dc.titleAccelerating the development of complex products in extended enterprisesen_US
dc.title.alternativeAccelerating complex product development in extended enterprisesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.B.A.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentLeaders for Global Operations Program at MITen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
dc.contributor.departmentSloan School of Management
dc.identifier.oclc753704602en_US


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