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Using design maturity assessments to improve new technology implementation in active production environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Without the design, development, and implementation of new technologies, companies that are currently innovative will be quickly surpassed by their competitors. Company A, a large aerospace company with a long history of ...
Capacity utilization and lean manufacturing at a plastic medical device components manufacturer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
An understanding of capacity utilization within any manufacturing system is critical in setting operational strategy. Production lines and machines must have their performance accurately tracked and available for reporting ...
Improving multi-channel retail delivery performance in key market cities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Digital retailers are currently experiencing explosive growth and mounting pressure from consumers to provide faster and cheaper delivery of product. This project develops two strategies to improve delivery speed, reliability, ...
Weld inspection process improvement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
This project addressed challenges within the weld inspection process in one factory at Caterpillar through the implementation of phased array ultrasonic testing. The chosen factory fabricates and machines large weldments ...
Enabling effective lifecycle management of manufacturing facilities with enhanced decision making processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
As a global manufacturing company, Company X has built up an extensive and varied portfolio of manufacturing facilities. These facilities vary greatly in capability, age, and performance. This creates difficulties in ...
Quantifying the business case for aerospace assembly automation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
As aerospace Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEM's) order backlogs soar to between six to ten years and growing, the community sees automation as vital to increasing throughput. Yet the community seems divided on the ...
Evaluation of predictive computational modelling in biologic formulation development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Computational modelling has completely redefined the experimentation process in many industries, allowing large sets of design concepts to be tested quickly and cheaply very early in the innovation process. Harnessing the ...