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Supply chain optimization in a retail environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Quantifying the source of reentrant line variability and the effects of processes standardization on tool availability variability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis quantifies the sensitivity of tool availability variability with respect to product throughput and examines how Intel's High Precision Maintenance initiative can be used to minimize these effects. Tools with ...
Strategic outsourcing of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
ABB Automation is starting to experiment with Micro-electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) as an enabling technology for their products. If ABB's implementation of MEMS is found successful, it will be able to create breakthrough ...
Customer focused supply management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Exploring the business case for LEED EBOM certification of a "Mixed Use" facility
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Many buildings are highly inefficient in terms of energy and water use and lack features important to a productive and healthy work environment. While many companies have established sustainability goals to ensure new ...
A data-driven approach to continuous improvement in reverse logistics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Verizon may rely on third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to manage some aspects of the reverse supply chain of Fios equipment. As a result, it depends on the 3PL to continually strive for increased quality, reliability, ...
Standardization of new product introductions to achieve zero defect lines
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Consistently high quality is important to any manufacturing environment, and especially so when operating in the highly regulated medical space, which typically targets zero defects in products serving patients. The New ...
Improving customer order visibility to enable improved planning and decision making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The General Purpose Drives organization of ABB Switzerland does not capture sufficient data on the movement of customer orders through the production process to make efficient decisions on where to allocate improvement ...
Evaluating modeling techniques for quantifying production risk in contact lens manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Johnson & Johnson Vision (JJV) is a leading manufacturer of contact lenses offering a variety of vision correction products. They have a strong commitment to innovation--defining new product categories and improving existing ...
Designing internal logistics processes for new manufacturing site
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The Boeing Company is the world's largest aerospace company and is constantly evaluating improvement opportunities to the production system. It is of ongoing interest to the company to have to tools to assess new manufacturing ...