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Lean visual management in an ERP/MES-controlled production cell
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
As a company grows, more and more effort is needed to control and coordinate operations. Typically, this is accomplished through an evolving collection of systems and processes, such as an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) ...
Understanding, modeling and improving the development of complex products : method and study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Development of new aerostructure designs frequently occurs through a complex process that is difficult to understand and control. Tight requirements for weight, cost, strength, and aerodynamic behavior create many ...
Helicopter configuration optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Space launch operations and capacity modeling : a system dynamics methodology for advanced analysis of the U.S. eastern range
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Applying enterprise architecting to the business acquisition process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Background: Since the 1980s, the pace and dollar value of acquisitions in the US have grown at an astounding rate (Hitt, Sirower). The benefits from many of these acquisitions are elusive, with 60% of recent acquisitions ...
Building flexibility in the volatile aftermarket parts : supply chains of the defense aerospace industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Within the Integrated Defense Systems of The Boeing Company, aftermarket support of military aircraft serves as an increasingly large source of revenue. One of the newest contracts between Boeing and the U.S. Government ...
Managing subsystem commonality
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Fostering innovation across aerospace supplier networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Value stream analysis and mapping for product development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This thesis explores of Value Stream Analysis and Mapping (VSA/M) as applied to Product Development (PD) efforts. It contains three parts: the background and history of PD VSA/M, a report of the current PD VSA/M practices ...
Towards an information technology infrastructure cost model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Ever since the introduction of the Internet in 1994, one of the defining characteristics of the global economy, particularly in the US, is a dramatic increase in expenditures on Information Technology. While this trend is ...