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Making real-time precision adjustments to world-wide chip production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Intel has recently embarked on a mission to improve its supply chain responsiveness. Currently production lead times are around 4 months requiring a forecast a quarter out. Most customer demand changes happen within lead ...
Stealth dicing characterization, optimization, integration, and operations management for ultra-thin stacked memory dies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This dissertation presents original work in the development of multi-strata subsurface infrared (1.342 [mu]m) nanosecond pulsed laser die singulation (stealth dicing) to enable defect-free ultra-thin stacked memory dies. ...
Increasing patient throughput in the MGH Cancer Center Infusion Unit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis proposes an appointment scheduling algorithm with associated supporting process changes that increases the effective capacity of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Infusion Unit. Currently, chair ...
Driving change in commodity management in engineering led firms through optimization studies, modeling, and data driven decision making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Engineering focused companies often find difficulty in managing costs. As the innovations begin to slow and key products are commoditized these companies often find themselves far behind their competition from a cost ...
Modeling of ICU nursing workload to inform better staffing decisions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has partnered with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's to eliminate preventable harm in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Many medical publications suggest nursing workload as ...
Optical networking equipment manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Celestica, a global contract manufacturer specializing in printed circuit board assembly and computer assembly, has recently begun manufacturing equipment for the optical networking equipment (ONE) industry. The expansion ...
Effective synchronization of MRP to production during a lean transformation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Raytheon - Network Centric Systems (NCS) division develops and produces mission solutions for networking, command and control, battlespace awareness, and air traffic management. The facility in Largo, Florida, produces ...
An Investigation of Multivariate Process Control for Biomanufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)
Biologics manufacturing is primarily managed through single loop univariate or cascaded controls - technology that has not fundamentally changed in decades. Outside of biomanufacturing, process control technologies have ...
Enabling Actionable Maintenance Analytics with Ontology-driven Natural Language Processing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
Asset maintenance is a crucial aspect of biomanufacturing operations, with significant associated costs. To mitigate these expenses, companies are increasingly adopting predictive maintenance approaches that leverage data ...
Decision support systems for tool reuse and EOL processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Intel® is a manufacturing company that concentrates on the fabrication process of computer chips. Over the years and into the future, Intel® has gone through multiple and advanced generations of manufacturing technology ...