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Improving the consumer demand forecast to generate more accurate suggested orders at the store-item level
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
One of the biggest opportunities for this consumer goods company today is reducing retail stockouts at its Direct Store Delivery (DSD) customers via pre-selling, which represents approximately 70% of the company's total ...
In vivo research scheduling and coordination in the pharmaceutical industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
(cont.) A multi-criteria objective function uses the researcher's preference to optimize both room assignments and procedure start time. A Tabu search meta-heuristic has been developed to generate a near-optimal solution. ...
Analysis of the effect of planning/design phase factors on rework
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Over the past several years, Raytheon has experienced great growth in their revenue and sales. One of the contributing organizations to that growth has been the Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) business sector. To continue ...
Achieving Six Sigma printed circuit board yields by improving incoming component quality and using a PCBA prioritization algorithm
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) are the backbone of the electronics industry. PCBA technologies are keeping pace with Moore's Law and will soon enable the convergence of video, voice, data, and mobility onto a ...
Lean transformation methodology and implementation in biopharmaceutical operations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Amgen's Operations division is responsible for the production, release and distribution of commercial and clinical products. Due to industry consolidation, impending competition and revenue impacts, Amgen is facing the ...
Implementation of the new FDA quality by design guidance in pharmaceutical production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Due to the highly regulated environment, it is difficult to implement changes to a pharmaceutical process. Even small change request approvals can require months of effort for pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies. ...
Analysis of email and phone queuing systems in a world-wide contact center network
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Contact centers are operated by companies to answer customer inquiries via phone calls or email. Customers often equate the service they are provided while interacting with a contact center to the quality of a company's ...
Creating a sustaining value engineering function within worldwide manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Most product cost reduction in industry occurs during new product introduction (NPI). However, for some firms, a case can be made that product cost reduction efforts can be devoted towards products already in sustained ...
Tailoring the prototyping process to achieve customer value
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The main objective for prototyping is to get the most value out of the opportunity. Value may take the form of information, performance, displaying production readiness or proving capability for the amount of resources ...
Evaluation of drying technologies for storage and shipment of recombinant protein drug substance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
With growing markets and increasing pipelines, biotechnology companies face a supply chain challenge to manufacture and distribute products using economically feasible methods that protect protein integrity. Adequate storage ...