Browsing Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) by Title
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Designing the Lean Enterprise Performance Measurement System
(2005-03-22)Agenda: •Metrics Team Challenge from LAI Executive Board •Metrics and Lean Transformation •Research Objective •Theory and current practices •Gaps in current practices •Conceptual Lean Enterprise Performance Measurement ... -
Designing the lean enterprise performance measurement system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)The research contained in this thesis explores design attributes of the enterprise performance measurement system required for the transformation to the lean enterprise and its management. Arguments are made from the ... -
Developing a boundary object model to analyze communication interfaces : applications for system integrators
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Physical information is transferred between technical systems through wires, beams, and other physical attributes, while more intangible information is typically transferred between communities of people through artifacts ... -
Developing a circumstance-based innovation strategy for a midsized aerospace manufacturer : fostering intrapreneurship, opening boundaries, and seeding disruption
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)This thesis derives a seven-stage methodology and presents a case study for developing an actionable innovation strategy for manufacturing firms. The methodology is based around a careful examination of their firm's ... -
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Developing and managing organizational capabilities to meet emerging customer needs : insights from the Joint Strike Fighter program
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This research examines the development and management of dynamic organizational capabilities. These capabilities include, among other things, how enterprises generate and integrate knowledge, understand and respond to ... -
Developing Capabilities for Lean Enterprise Change
(2008-04-24)Presentation on achieving successful lean enterprise change -
Development of a global facility location analysis tool
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)With an economy and customer base that is global, companies are increasingly expanding outside their home country's borders. Many times this is done to take advantage of lower labor or material rates, to increase proximity ... -
Development of a process for continuous creation of lean value in product development organizations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Ideas and methodologies of lean product development were developed into tools and processes that help product development organizations improve their performances. The definition of waste in product development processes ... -
Development, Validation and Implementation Considerations of a Decision Support System for Unmanned & Autonomous System of Systems Test & Evaluation
(2010-06-14)Test Week 2010, Policies, Programs, People, and Resources presentation -
Direct and Indirect Bargaining Costs and the Scope of the Firm
(2000-06)Forthcoming publication in The Journal of Business -
Disciplined agility for process control & automation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Process automation vendors must consider agility as a basis to gain a competitive edge in innovation. Process Automation systems can impact the operating cost of manufacturing equipment, the safe control of large quantities ... -
Do modern tools utilized in the design and development of modern aircraft counteract the impact of lost intellectual capital within the aerospace industry
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Doing More with Less at Ariens: A Leadership and Transformation Case Study
(2007-05-16)This case study illustrates the challenges of organizational change and transformation. The company studies, Ariens Company, used "lean" principles and methods in making these changes. As a manufacturer of snow and lawn ... -
Driving a lean transformation using a six sigma improvement process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Successive transformations within manufacturing have brought great efficiencies to producers and lower costs to consumers. With the advents of interchangeable parts between 1800 and 1850 in small arms manufacturing (Hounshell, ... -
Driving Open Innovation: Learning from Three Cases
(2008-12-12)SMS Conference on Strategic Innovation in a Flat World, Indian School of Business, India presentation -
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Dynamic Evolution of Enterprise and System Architectures
(2005-03-20)Student research poster description sheet -
The dynamics of circular migration in Southern Europe
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)During economic crises, governments establish policies that facilitate the creation of jobs, goods and services that make their economies more resilient. Often this requires innovative social programs that match global ... -
Dynamics of Enterprise and Technical System Architectures: Early insights from Combat Air Operations
(2006-03)Presentation on dynamics of enterprise and technical system architectures