Browsing Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) by Title
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Qualitative knowledge construction for engineering systems : extending the design structure matrix methodology in scope and procedure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)This thesis presents a new modeling framework and research methodology for the study of engineering systems. The thesis begins with a formal conceptualization of Engineering Systems based upon a synthesis of various ... -
Quantifying the Effects of Waste in a Product Development Process
(2006-04)Overview •Setting the stage: Sources of waste in Product Development •The Main Act: Identifying and measuring waste in typical development processes •Finale: Solutions and a real-time metric •Encore: Related research ... -
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Re-architecting the Battalion Tactical Operations Center : transitioning to network centric operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)As the Army conducts transformation in the midst of an ongoing information driven Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and the War on Terror, it has realized the need to develop leaner, more agile, versatile and deployable ... -
Re-Architecting the DoD acquisition process : a transition to the information age
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The military is the midst of significant change, due to the DoD transformation guidance and movement to Network-Centric Warfare/Operations. Unfortunately, both the guidance given, roadmaps produced and the level of espoused ... -
Re-architecting the failure analysis supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)With customer satisfaction and lifecycle product quality becoming a competitive advantage, technology companies are motivated to look beyond their historical focus on forward supply chain management. Operational excellence ... -
Re-conceptualizing the Work of Systems Engineers
(2009-06-15)MIT 2nd International Engineering Systems Symposium presentation -
Reaching Out to Commercial Suppliers
(1998-03-31)Lean Aerospace Initiative Plenary Workshop presentation -
Real Options “In” a Micro Air Vehicle System
(2007)The Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) presentation -
Real Options “In” a Micro Air Vehicle System
(2007)International Conference On Engineering Design (ICED’07) presentation -
Recent LAI PD VSM Research
(2006-04-18)Overview • LAI PDVSM 1.0 released • Predecessors in widespread (?) distribution and use (??) in the LAI consortium • Several recent research projects completed using value stream mapping in PD • Kato—Waste in PD • ... -
Reduced DoD product development time : the role of the schedule development process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)According to the Packard Commission, "Unreasonably long acquisition cycles -- ten to fifteen years for major weapon systems is a central problem from which most other acquisition Problems stem." Since the commission issued ... -
Reducing enterprise IT fragmentation through standard metrics and decision tools : a case study in the aerospace and defense industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Over the last several decades, manufacturing companies around the world have embraced new and powerful business tools made possible with Information Technology. Major investments are frequently made in enterprise-wide ... -
Reducing instability in a transforming organization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)It is obvious from many studies that an alignment and understanding around vision, strategy and goals must occur within a corporation across all organizations before the corporation can operate at its highest efficiency. ... -
Reducing inventory and order delivery time in an internal extended value chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)The extended value stream for the ABB Power Technologies Medium Voltage Business Area consists of numerous factories situated across various different countries. Most of these facilities were originally acquired by ABB to ... -
Reducing Risk and Uncertainty in COSYSMO Size and Cost Drivers: Some Techniques for Enhancing Accuracy
(2007-03-14)5th Conference on Systems Engineering Research presentation -
Reduction of front-end loading of inventory : making the airframe industry lean through better inventory management
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A Research Agenda for Systems of Systems Architecting
(2007-06-24)17th INCOSE Symposium presentation -
Research Enables Enterprise Transformation
(2006-04-18)Presentation on the transformation imperative -
The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage
(2007-04-18)Presentation on overcoming vulnerability in the enterprise