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A method for analyzing the delivery frequency from a distribution center to a retail grocery store (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Currently, no adequate method exists for determining how frequently a retail store in a supermarket chain should receive deliveries from its distribution center. Existing methods neglect many crucial constraints, such as ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Technical and operational uncertainties dynamically change environments for engineering systems. Flexibility allows systems to continue delivering value as the uncertainty unfolds. Uncertainty can better be managed by ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)In recent years, many of the Department of Defense's major acquisition programs have experienced significant budget overruns and schedule delays. Closer examination of these programs reveals that in many cases, technologies ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This thesis focuses on determining the cost of customization for different components or groups of components of a car. It offers a methodology to estimate the manufacturing cost of a complex system such as a car. This ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)A variety of events inside a firm and in its environment can motivate managers to rethink their supply chain strategy. However, the evaluation and reformulation of a firm's supply chain strategy is not a trivial problem, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)The research conducted for this thesis was performed at "Company X", a U.S.-based engineered goods manufacturer. This project focused on the company's Advanced Manufacturing group and its process technology development ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Amazon.com is a leading retailer and UPS is the leading package delivery company in the world. Amazon spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year shipping products to customers via parcel carriers such as UPS. Arguably, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Utilizing alternative materials is an important tactic to improve the environmental performance of products. Currently a growing array of materials candidates confronts today's product designer. While life-cycle assessment ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)The objective of this thesis is to depict the role of metrics in the evolving journey of enterprise transformation. To this end, three propositions are explored: (i) metrics and measurement systems drive transformation, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Large engineering projects design, engineer and construct much of the world's energy, transportation and defense infrastructure. These large scale engineering endeavors are highly visible, have long lasting impacts and are ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Efforts to understand the determination of needs of new weapon systems must take into account inputs and actions beyond the formally documented requirements generation process. This study analyzes three recent historical ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)The global village in which we live enables increased trade and commerce across regions but also brings a complicated new set of challenges such as terrorist activity, human and drug smuggling and theft in foreign or ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Value-added processes that bear associated wait times occur frequently during production manufacturing and increase cycle time. Since the wait time is integral to the value created by the process, it can be difficult to ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Dramatically increasing the hourly workforce at a rapid pace to support accelerated product demand in an aircraft manufacturing facility in a short amount of time resulted in: (1) increased rework, and (2) increased part ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Mobile application ('apps') development is a recent pandemic phenomenon; companies that are not associated with mobile technologies are noticing it and want to develop their own mobile apps. However, these companies do not ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)New technologies such as distributed generation and electric vehicles are connecting to the electricity distribution grid, a regulated natural monopoly. Existing regulatory schemes were not designed for these new technologies ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The development of increasingly complex, innovative systems under greater constraints has been the trend over the past several decades. In order to be successful, organizations must develop products that meet customer needs ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Taxiing aircraft contribute significantly to the fuel burn and emissions at airports. This thesis investigates the possibility of reducing fuel burn and emissions from surface operations through a reduction of the taxi ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)This thesis' fundamental research question is to evaluate the structure of the hydrogen production, distribution, and dispensing infrastructure under various scenarios and to discover if any trends become apparent after ...
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