Browsing Engineering Systems - Master's degree by Title
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100% container scanning : security policy implications for global supply chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)On August 3, 2007, President George Bush signed into law HR1 the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007." The 9/11 Act requires 100% scanning of US-bound containers at foreign seaports by 2012 ... -
21st century reverse logistics : consumer to business space explored
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)Despite a growing body of information about the importance of good logistics and supply chain management, there remains a dearth of research regarding consumer-to-business reverse logistics (the collection of processes ... -
3D printing your supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Increasing the pace of product innovation in the consumer packaged goods industry can be achieved by implementing new technologies and streamlining processes. Our research is conducted primarily through extensive interviews ... -
787 mid-body job precedence networks for improving production rate
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)In a complex manufacturing environment, generating schedules, identifying deviations, and recovering from delays have a significant impact on total operational performance. At Boeing's 787 plant, a precedence network was ... -
Abb Inc. medium-voltage products' supply chain analysis, including inventory, supplier scorecard, and risk assessments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)In conformance with ABB's process excellence plan, this thesis study was undertaken to support improvements in on-time delivery of components, decreased order cycles, and reduced inventory levels for ADVAC (spring-mechan ... -
Abraham Lincoln : His leadership qualities and their relevance to today's business leadership
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)It has been almost 150 years since the great civil war was fought in the United States and in this bloody civil war which killed more than 600.000 soldiers Abraham Lincoln emerged as a statesman who preserved the Union and ... -
An abridged enterprise assessment model to promote consistent reassessment : model development, assessment process and results analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Enterprise assessment is increasingly important, both as a cross-time and cross-industry measurement and as a guiding force in enterprise transformation. Assessments provide crucial information about strengths, areas for ... -
Absenteeism prediction and labor force optimization in rail dispatcher scheduling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Unplanned employee absences are estimated to account for a loss of 3% of scheduled labor hours. This can be costly in railroad dispatcher scheduling because every absence must be filled through overtime or a qualified extra ... -
Absolute localization of mobile robots in forest environments by correlating ground LiDAR to overhead imagery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)A method for the autonomous geolocation of ground vehicles in forest environments is presented. The method provides an estimate of the global horizontal position of a vehicle strictly based on finding a geometric match ... -
Academic entrepreneurial ecosystem strategy in the New York state capital region
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)The upstate New York regions are historically significant, but experienced economic decline throughout the later twentieth century. The New York State capital region, located approximately 150 miles north of New York City ... -
Accelerating the development of complex products in extended enterprises
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)This 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 ... -
Accelerating the onboarding of a new factory partner
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Nike established the Advanced Manufacturing team to create a future of manufacturing that will be able to better meet growing customer expectations, battle rising costs of production, and unlock new design capabilities. ... -
Accelerating time-to-market in the global electronics industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)In today's electronics industry, fast time-to-market (TTM) and time-to-profit (TTP) is key to customer satisfaction and firm competitiveness. Optimizing the product development and new product introduction (NPI) process ... -
Accelerating value capture of SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system : governance model and process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Raytheon produces a diverse range of defense products using a wide range of business systems and tools that are not currently integrated. To achieve the corporate vision of "one company", in 2005, Raytheon began to deploy ... -
Acceptance by proxy : analyzing perceptions of hydraulic fracturing to better understand public acceptance for geologic storage of carbon dioxide
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Carbon capture and storage (CCS) represents an important pathway for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate climate change. However, there is significant uncertainty about how the technology will be accepted ... -
Achieving and sustaining an optimal product portfolio in the healthcare industry through SKU rationalization, complexity costing, and dashboards
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)After years of new product launches, and entry into emerging markets, Company X, a healthcare company, has seen its product portfolio proliferate and bring costly complexity into its operations. Today, Company X seeks to ... -
Acting on purpose: the reflections of MIT student entrepreneurs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)The study of social systems has increasingly relied on data collection and analysis to draw conclusions. In parallel, the research community has often tried to understand entrepreneurs quantitatively, e.g. by understanding ... -
Active participation of buildings in the power sector : the case of small office buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Under the broad context of decarbonization of the energy sector, commercial buildings are well-suited for providing ancillary services to the electricity grid and poised to transform from passive consumers to active ... -
Adapting a hazards-risk model to water scarcity in rural India : Aurangabad case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)The objective of this project is to improve the responsiveness of District Planning to rural water scarcity in India. Through engagements with the Groundwater Survey Development Agency, and Maharashtra State Government ... -
Adapting the Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool for health care
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)The Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool (LESAT) is a product of the Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This tool has been applied by many organizations to gage their progress ...
