Browsing Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) by Title
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Space launch operations and capacity modeling : a system dynamics methodology for advanced analysis of the U.S. eastern range
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Space System Architecture
(2004-09)Final Report of SSPARC: the Space Systems, Policy, and Architecture Research Consortium (Thrust II and III) -
Spacecraft system-level integration and test discrepancies : characterizing distributions and costs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)The goal of this research is to characterize the distribution and costs of spacecraft discrepancies found at the system level of integration and test, as well as understand the implications of those distributions and costs ... -
SPACETUG: Roles of MATE-CON and Traditional Design Methods
(2003-10-07)LAI PD Meeting presentation -
Specification Risk Analysis: Avoiding Product Performance Deviations through an FMEA-Based Method
(2007-05)This thesis investigates the potential application of the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) as a method that facilitates risk management for product architectures. The process described by Pahl & Beitz and the Munich ... -
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Stake Holders' Interests in and Contributions to an Enterprise
(2002)EVSM stake holder interest workshop exercise -
Stakeholder analysis in the context of the lean enterprise
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This thesis combines three different areas of study that are very active nowadays: Lean Enterprises, Stakeholder Theory, and Social Networks. Elements from these three research areas have been articulated to produce a ... -
Stakeholder collaboration in Air Force acquisition : adaptive design using system representations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Air Force development of new or evolutionary weapon systems is a complex endeavor due to the involvement of many stakeholders and the presence of considerable uncertainty in the acquisition environment. The ability to adapt ... -
Stakeholder salience influence on bureaucratic program enterprise value creation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)In 2009, the Government Accountability Office reported that two-thirds of major weapon systems acquisition programs were required to report budget overruns and were almost two years behind schedule for delivery of capability ... -
Standardization in Enterprise Product Development Processes
(2010-03-23)Student research poster, LAI Annual Meeting, Dana Point, CA -
Standardization of Product Development Processes in Multi-Project Organizations
(2010-03-24)LAI Annual Meeting presentation, Dana Point, California -
Standardized Process as a Tool for Higher Level Systems Thinking
(2007-06-24)2007 INCOSE International Symposium presentation -
Standardizing and improving test wafer processes : inventory optimization and a days of inventory pull system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Over the past few years, the Intel Fab-17 facility has aggressively pursued lean methodology to reduce the manufacturing costs associated with its aging 200mm diameter wafer process. One area ripe with improvement opportunities ... -
Standardizing Product Development Processes
(2010-12-01)LAI Webinar Knowledge Exchange Event presentation -
Starbucks cups : trash or treasure? : an example of facilitated systems thinking assisting stakeholders in designing their own system to recycle take-away cups
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)A mixed methods, action-research study was conducted to assess the efficacy and usefulness of Facilitated Systems Thinking as an intervention for system design in complex, multi-stakeholder systems, especially where the ... -
Strategic technology investment decisions in research & development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999) -
Strategies for dealing with instabilities in a complex, multi-project product development system engineering environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This thesis evaluates the product development process from the perspective of a multiple gas turbine engine development programs. The risk to meeting cost and schedule requirements has increased solely due to squeezing ... -
Strategies for Lean Product Development
(1999-08)There are six modules into which the LAI product development research has been organized. Module I is used to provide a fundamental framework of lean and its application to product development. Module II identifies the ... -
Strategies in Enterprise Ecology: Symbiotic Models for Commercial Aviation as an Enterprise of Enterprises
(2007-04-19)Agenda: • Hypotheses • Background – Commercial Aviation Cycles – Enterprises and business cycles • A framework: Enterprise of Enterprises • Modeling Enterprise of Enterprises • Countercyclical strategies and symbiosis