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Developing a data-driven approach for improving operating room scheduling processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
In the current healthcare environment, the cost of delivering patient care is an important concern for hospitals. As a result, healthcare organizations are being driven to maximize their existing resources, both in terms ...
Implementing cellular manufacturing methodologies to improve the performance of a manufacturing operation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Many traditional high-mix, low-volume manufacturing facilities utilize process villages, whereby similar operations are grouped together in an effort to gain efficiencies. While process villages can improve certain metrics ...
Device-oriented telecommunications customer call center demand forecasting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Verizon Wireless maintains a call center infrastructure employing more than 15,000 customer care representatives across the United States. The current resource management process requires a lead time of several months to ...
Driving cycle time reduction through an improved material flow process in the electronics assembly manufacturing cell
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Many companies have implemented lean and six sigma programs over the past twenty years. Lean has been a proven system that has eliminated waste and created value at many companies throughout the world. Raytheon IDS's lean ...
Is the pharmaceutical industry ready for value based procurement?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
In the U.S. news, healthcare related headlines frequent the covers of newspapers and make regular primetime news appearances and the U.S. is not alone. The world is awakening to a need for more equal access to healthcare ...
A network planning process and inventory strategy for high-mix low-volume markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
From June to December 2011, the impact of rapid international expansion on the Global Supply Chain organization at Amgen - one of the world's leading human therapeutics companies in the biotechnology industry - was ...
Evaluating demand planning strategy in the retail channel
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
In 2007 Dell began selling through the retail channel. Five years later, the retail channel is still in the early stages relative to competitors and is growing rapidly. Short product lifecycles, long lead times and a high ...
Optimization of surgical supply inventory and kitting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This project centered on inventory optimization for operative custom surgical packs and soft good supplies for Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a 947-bed medical center. Custom surgical packs are used in every surgical ...
Designing for cost In an aerospace company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Companies take different approaches, and achieve different degrees of implementation, in designing products for cost. This thesis discusses Target Costing and its application at The Boeing Company. Target Costing is a ...
Enabling supply chain cooperation with information sharing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Virtual Business System (VBS) is a system with software and hardware components designed by Raytheon employees to improve operational performance by facilitating and reinforcing lean behavior. It has helped contribute to ...