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Clearance pricing optimization at Zara
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
In almost thirty-four years after opening the doors to its first store, the Inditex Group has grown to be one of the largest fashion distributors in the world. Today the group operates more than four thousand retail stores ...
Using optimization and lean principles to design work cells and make capital purchase decisions for hole drilling operations in turbine airfoil manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Classical manufacturing work cells have machines to perform each operation in the process, the number of each type of machine being chosen so that all machines would be equally busy. Although design of work cells for ...
An approach to strategic capacity planning using information visualization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Quality control and improvement in a low-cost, high-clockspeed manufacturing environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Application of the Copy Exact methodology to systems implementation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Manufacturing companies that successfully grow their markets and operations face the challenge coordinating operations to capture the value created by economies of scale. However, sharing best practices across organizations ...
Order assignment heuristic in a build to order environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Software content delivery in an outsourced manufacturing environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The trend towards integrated hardware and software solutions has become prevalent in the corporate server market. At the same time, companies struggle with the apparently conflicting goals of providing customers more ...
Developing and implementing standard logistics solutions for Eastman Kodak Company's inbound supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Eastman Kodak Company managed its supply chain operations at a regional level until 2002 when it created the Global Logistics group. Prior to this, there had not been much corporate focus on the inbound supply chain; in ...
Functional specifications of a manufacturing execution system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Designing a service parts quality system for rapid customer response
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)