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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)An increasingly mobile US Navy surface fleet and oil price uncertainty contrast with the Navy's desire to lower the amount of money spent purchasing fuel. Operational restrictions limiting fuel use are temporary and cannot ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)The research and project implementations described in this study took place during a seven-month period in 2004 at a distribution transformer factory in Germany. The purpose of this research is to show how quality management ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Field studies have demonstrated that it is possible to evaluate the state of many shipboard systems by analyzing the power drawn by electromechanical actuators [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. One device that can perform such an ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Value stream mapping is a technique that uses icons to map the flow of product through a manufacturing system. These icons are aided by summary statistics to further detail the specific manufacturing system. The value ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)In recent years the American industrial landscape has undergone tremendous change as companies have worked to adopt Lean practices. This transformation has been difficult, but necessary, as American companies work to remain ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)As the world's traditional energy sources come under scrutiny due to dwindling supply and negative environmental impact, a global effort is being made into alternative energy systems. One such system involves the use of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)The need for innovation in the renewable energy sector is an ever-growing concern. With national-level disasters in the Gulf of Mexico, the necessity to begin the drive to develop effective and practical alternative energy ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)As energy becomes an increasingly important issue for generations to come, it is crucial to develop tools for valuing and understanding energy projects from an economic perspective since ultimately only economically viable ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)ABB is a world leader in power and automation technologies working to enable utility and industry customers to improve operations. Competition in these markets is increasing and in order to retain their competitive position, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)This research explores potential improvements in efficiency through improved cell layout and value stream mapping. Analysis of cell layout led to significant reductions in material handling and operator movement along with ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Value Stream Mapping of the Singapore operations of a multi-national food products packaging company was carried out with the objective of streamlining production in accordance with the World Class Manufacturing philosophy. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the specific project value of a chemical company that undertook a major expansion in the late 1990s. The actual details of the investment were unique and conditional on the level ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This thesis characterizes the flow behavior of a Hydraforce SP08-47CL valve given a specific pulse-width modulation (pwm) duty cycle. With a description of valve behavior, a feed-forward term can be implemented in the ...
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