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Demand allocation strategies in the seasonal retail industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Amazon.com is a publicly-held company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It revolutionized the retail industry by being one of the first major companies to sell goods over the Internet. It is an international company ...
Inventory optimization in an aerospace supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Strategic inventory management has become a major focus for Honeywell Aerospace as the business unit challenged itself to meeting cost reduction goals while maintaining a high level of service to its customers. This challenge ...
Case studies in DSM : utilizing the Design Structure Matrix to improve New Product Introduction
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis describes a project that applies the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) in support of the Manufacturing Excellence (MX) program at Cisco Systems, Inc to reduce the cycle time of new product development initiatives ...
Enabling process improvements through systems thinking
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Manufacturing organizations around the world strive to improve processes with varying degrees of realization. There is no right way or latest and greatest process that can guarantee success, therefore the approach, and not ...
Change management, production ramp up and the sustainable supply chain in the transportation industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The ramp up phase is always the most risky part of any project, especially with a product material the company and its partners have very little experience with. One result of this lack of experience is frequent engineering ...
Balancing tax incentives with operational risks in captive overseas production facilities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Due to the general macroeconomic downturn, many companies have turned to offshoring - sending a function overseas - to reduce production costs. While some companies elect to outsource overseas production to outside companies, ...
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 ...
Challenges faced by a global team : the case of the Tool Reuse Program at Intel®
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The semiconductor industry is characterized by a high cost of capital equipment and fast change in process technology. Therefore Intel ® Corporation as the world's largest semiconductor company has a significant advantage ...
Evaluating shortage costs in a dynamic environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Dell's Direct Business Model and its global supply chain are the foundations of the company's success. These strategies, however, bring about problems such as long inbound supply lead times and hard-to-predict site-level ...
Lean concepts in customer care : adding value and reducing waste with proactive order status messaging
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Information technology (IT), operational efficiency, and a strong relationship with customers are three critical components to Dell's success over the last twenty four years. Information technology throughout Dell's history ...