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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)U.S. petrochemical manufacturers operate in a very challenging environment on account of the recent economic crisis, volatility in crude oil prices, rising capacity in the Middle East, etc. Recently, there has been a focus ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)The ever-increasing demand for access to the world's major commercial airports combined with capacity constraints at many of these airports have led to increasing air traffic congestion. In particular, the scarcity of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)How do design tools feedback material behavior to the designer? Digital design tools in use by designers today provide a rich environment for design of form but offer little feedback of the material that ultimately realize ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Cyberspace is the most pervasive and rapidly adopted communication media and the most disruptive until date. It is now indispensable for almost every facet of modern society and touches, practically, everyone by providing ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)In recent years, mobile telephony and manufactured social influence have received attention as tools for eliciting behavior change. This paper describes an experimental approach to studying the effect of these tools in ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)"Intellectual capital" has been heralded in business journals as an important component for successful business development in today's economy. Intellectual capital consists of knowledge-based assets -- including people, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This thesis explores the value of email advertisements in relationship-based communication by measuring click-through rates. Advertisements were embedded within standard electronic mail messages in a template. The results ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Historically, the apparel industry has operated in an unsustainable way. Materials, energy, and other resources are used inefficiently throughout the apparel supply chain, leading to unsustainable levels of waste generation. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)ChemiCo, a specialty chemical manufacturer for the auto and architectural market is seeking new business opportunities in the Chinese architectural market. Although ChemiCo entered the Chinese automotive market in 2006 ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)In the near term, efficiency improvements represent a key option for reducing the impacts of climate change. The growing awareness of climate change has increased the attention regarding the carbon emissions "embedded" in ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)LargeCo, a large multinational consumer goods manufacturing and distribution company, has been pursuing initiatives to improve the responsiveness of its supply network. The impact of these initiatives on the supply network ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Introduction: What could be easier than taking a pill? The doctor prescribes it, the pharmacist provides it and the patient swallows it with a glass of water twice a day for a cure; a very straightforward system of cause ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Various retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, and Albertsons have announced their mandates asking their top suppliers to become RFID enabled beginning 2005. Meeting the mandate has become a sort of cost of doing business with ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Freight transportation is vital to the economy of the United States. The total volume of freight moving inside the nation is expected to continue growing, while the U.S. transportation system is aging and becoming more ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)(cont.) To demonstrate its practical value in large-scale engineering systems, the research applied OPN to two space exploration programs and one aircraft design problem. In our experiments, OPN was able to significantly ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Metal price volatility is undesirable for firms that use metals as raw materials, because price volatility can translate into volatility of material costs. Volatile material costs and can erode the profitability of the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Committees of experts are critical for decision-making in engineering systems. This is because the complexity of these systems requires that information is pooled from across multiple specialties and domains of knowledge. ...
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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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