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A systems approach to procurement of automated technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Company A's Product Group B (PGB) is developing an automated system to complete final assembly of the Component, a structural member of the product that includes technology supporting two features of the product's competitive ...
Value creation through intellectual property acquisition
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
After Sanofi acquired intellectual property (IP) from bankrupt Pelikan Technologies it desired to leverage the IP to identify a product concept to enhance the company's portfolio. To facilitate the project, a structured ...
Understanding supply chain trade-offs through models and scenario planning with a focus on postponement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
The two objectives of this project were to develop an understanding of the challenges and opportunities of the supply chain of a family of currently marketed products manufactured overseas and distributed/sold worldwide ...
Uncovering opportunities for cost containment and operational improvements via shared practices between device manufacturer and hospital
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Background: Medical device manufacturers (suppliers) and hospitals (providers) face financial and operational stressors exacerbated by recent healthcare reform. Providers now face the prospect of decreased reimbursements ...
Optimized distribution supply chain for improved customer service
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
In an attempt to attract consumers, companies are offering an increasingly wide range of product varieties to cater to each consumers individual needs and desires. This behavior leads to fragmentation of demand that increases ...
New approach to drug product process design : leveraging first principles modeling and cross-product process monitoring to improve process design robustness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Abstract The vision of the Operations Technology Group at Amgen is to enable a robust pipeline through focused and efficient operations research studies. Process design is traditionally developed by performing experiments, ...
Impact of distributed generation of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation on the Massachusetts transmission system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
After reaching 250 megawatt direct current (MW dc) of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation installed in Massachusetts (MA) in 2013, four years ahead of schedule, Governor Deval Patrick in May of 2013 announced an increase ...
MGH Internal Medicine Associates : primary care redesign
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Internal Medicine Associates (IMA) is the largest primary care practice at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) with over 40 attending physicians, 60 residents, and 80 support staff that deliver care to more than 30,000 ...
Reducing intraday patient wait times through just-in-time bed assignment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is the oldest and largest hospital in New England as well as the original and largest teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School. The neuroscience units experience patient flow ...
Exploring barriers, enablers,jJustification and planning methods for total productive maintenance implementation in automated production of commercial airplanes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
The 737 program is currently producing 42 airplanes per month and will increase that production rate to 47 per month by 2017 and 52 per month in 2018 [1] [2]. In order to help meet these rates Boeing plans to increase the ...