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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Currently, program-funding allocation is based on program performance. Funding cuts commonly lead to a poor reflection on the program management assigned to the given program. If additional factors such as program risk and ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Deciding where to modularize a system can have long-term impact on that systems value over its entire lifecycle. The modularity of a system can impact the systems flexibility, evolvability, scalability, mass, costs, and ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)In the design of complex systems serving a broad group of stakeholders, it can be difficult to prioritize objectives for the architecture. I postulate that it is possible to make architectural decisions based on consideration ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Traditionally, transit agencies across the world have relied on traveler surveys and manual counts to inform many of their service and operations planning decisions. Today, many agencies can add to their existing planning ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)This paper assesses the value of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the transportation forecasting, planning, and execution processes for truckload (TL) and less than truckload (LTL) services. The results show that ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Understanding the overall impact of a decision in a manufacturing system can be challenging given the complex production and financial structures in today's companies. While knowing the direct result of a local change may ...
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Value stream mapping and earned value management : two perspectives on value in product development (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)The concepts of value and value stream are crucial to the philosophy of Lean, and a better understanding of how these concepts relate to product development (PD) is essential for the creation of a Lean PD strategy. This ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift." - Einstein. "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This thesis aims to elucidate real option thinking and real option valuation techniques for innovative technology investment. Treating the fuel cell R&D investment as a real option for General Motor's light passenger vehicle ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)In the retail industry, consumer package goods (CPG) manufacturers have been working with retailers to use Vendor-managed Inventory (VMI) to improve the overall supply chain inventory turns and finished product velocity. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)In this thesis, an analysis of the existing order based fulfillment process for one product line of a specialty chemicals manufacturer is made and the potential benefits from the implementation of a vendor managed inventory ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)In this thesis, two inventory fulfillment methods are compared by evaluating the vendor managed inventory (VMI) fulfillment against the current order based fulfillment. Several forms of adaptation to VMI are described. The ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)"What Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is going to do is start to weaken the foundation of the way we've done things for 100 years...Congress already should be discussing the next telecom bill," said Federal Communications ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Traditional design processes usually rely on cost as the metric the designer uses to select among different alternatives. Sometimes when costs cannot be calculated we use weight, volume and efficiency as surrogates for ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The 2005 hurricane season was particularly damaging to the United States, contributing to significant losses to energy infrastructure -much of it a result of flooding from storm surges during hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The interdependency between water and energy, sometimes called the water-energy nexus, is growing in importance as demand for both water and energy increases. Energy is required for water treatment and supply, while virtually ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Wave-based picking systems have been used as the standard for warehouse order fulfillment for many years. Waveless picking has emerged in recent years as an alternative pick scheduling system, with proponents touting the ...
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