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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Less-than-truckload (LTL) is a $32-billion sector of the trucking industry that focuses on moving smaller shipments, typically with weights between 100 and 10,000 pounds, that do not require a full trailer to be moved. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Crop production has significantly altered the terrestrial environment by changing land use (Ramankutty et al., 2008) and by altering the water cycle through both co-opting rainfall and surface water withdrawals (Postel et ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-08)Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation represent a significant and growing amount of total global emissions, with road freight among the fastest growing areas. Modal shift from road to rail is one of a number of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)(cont.) In the case of a classical linear sea-level rise of one meter per century, the use of DIVA generally decreases the protection fraction of the coastline, and results in a smaller protection cost because of high ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The objective of this thesis is to improve the accuracy of individual freight train run time predictions defined as the time between departure from an origin node to arrival at a destination node not including yard time. ...
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Estimation of system assembly and test manufacturing yields through product complexity normalization (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco) has recently adopted Six Sigma as the main platform to drive quality improvements in its manufacturing operations. A key component of the improvement strategy is the ability to define appropriate ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)This thesis is a comprehensive study that aggregates the key aspects of ethanol including its supply chain, government legislation that impacts the use of, and the inherent material characteristics of the fuel as well as ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)The European Satellite Navigation Program is a case study that combines Technical / Public / Private aspects in an integrative way. Therefore, it is a sound case for a TPP thesis candidate. This thesis analyzes the European ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Introduction: Supply chain management has been defined as, "..a set of approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses and stores, so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2001-06)This report was inspired by a graduate reading group that was held at MIT during the fall semester, 2000. Each week, 20-25 graduate students and 3-4 faculty examined a different aerospace accident report (about evenly ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2008-01)Data quality is crucial for operational efficiency and sound decision making. This paper focuses on believability, a major aspect of data quality. The issue of believability is particularly relevant in the context of Web ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)In 2007 Dell began selling through the retail channel. Five years later, the retail channel is still in the early stages relative to competitors and is growing rapidly. Short product lifecycles, long lead times and a high ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Many different forms of electronic waste recycling systems now exist worldwide, and the amount of related legislation continues to increase. Numerous approaches have been proposed including landfill bans, extended producer ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)This work considers how inventory ordering policies can distort the demand signal as it moves up the supply chain, magnifying the impact of the bullwhip effect. We define an inventory ordering policy as a set of rules that ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Heavy industries operate equipment having a long life to generate revenue or perform a mission. These industries must invest in the specialized service parts needed to maintain their equipment, because unlike in other ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)A defining feature of modern industry is operating in a context of nearly continuous technological change. Nevertheless, industrial decision-makers must select technologies and implement production strategies even in the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Technology use in education is rapidly expanding with varying results. The success of education technologies in schools depends on both the quality of the material presented through technology in terms of content and ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Recent advances in autonomous system capabilities have improved their performance sufficiently to make the integration of unmanned and autonomous vehicles systems into human-centered civilian environments a realistic ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Dell's Direct Business Model and its global supply chain are the foundations of the company's success. These strategies, however, bring about problems such as long inbound supply lead times and hard-to-predict site-level ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The unrelenting increase in oil use by the U.S. light-duty vehicle (LDV) fleet presents an extremely challenging energy and environmental problem. A variety of propulsion technologies and fuels have the promise to reduce ...
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