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Evaluating cost-reduction alternatives and low-cost sourcing opportunities for aerospace castings and forgings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
As companies continue to outsource large portions of their manufacturing, managing costs in the supply chain is increasingly important in reducing overall costs and remaining competitive. Low-cost sourcing has become an ...
Solving a corrosion quality problem at a major US automaker
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This project addresses a corrosion quality problem at an automaker. The problem, hem flange corrosion, involves the appearance of red rust along edges of closure panels (doors, hoods, deck lids, etc) after three to four ...
Reducing the cost of quality (COQ) through increased product reliability and reduced process variability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Today, Dell, Inc. (Dell) spends millions of dollars each year to prevent product defects from reaching the end customer and to manage those product defects that have escaped to the end customer. The cost of the equipment, ...
The fabrication and market analysis of lattice mismatched devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Lattice mismatched semiconductor substrates provide a platform for higher performance semiconductor devices. Through epitaxial growth on GaAs, the lattice constant of the film can be expanded resulting in a desired InxGalxAs ...
Reducing inventory and order delivery time in an internal extended value chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The extended value stream for the ABB Power Technologies Medium Voltage Business Area consists of numerous factories situated across various different countries. Most of these facilities were originally acquired by ABB to ...
Delivery optimization for a make to order custom wire mill
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In the face of growing competition in the Tantalum business, H.C.Starck's management is minimizing the delivery time for custom-made capacitor-grade tantalum wire products. H.C. Starck, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts faces ...
Seisan! ... Ichi ... Ni ... San! : the kick of Design for Six Sigma in the automotive industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
In today's aggressive business environment, many manufacturing firms are searching for new strategies or methodologies that will provide some type of competitive advantage. Recently, in order to address that issue, the ...
Framework for developing a co-production strategy in a vertically integrated operation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The Boeing Company is consolidating its operations for their wing components in order to be more profitable during lower production volumes due to higher utilization rates. In order to support higher production rates moving ...
Improving maintenance work flow processes in a volatile assembly factory environment : maintenance people and processes, spares inventory, and equipment reliability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Many manufacturing companies face significant challenges in maintaining their factory equipment in a cost efficient manner so as to provide reliable production capacity. CEI (Consumer Electronics, Inc., a pseudonym for an ...
Smoothing of pipe system completion processes in a shipyard environment/
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Due to a number of different production issues, the manufacture of template pipes is often delayed. These delays hold up pipe system completion on board the ships in production and can delay payments from the Ministry of ...