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Balancing tax incentives with operational risks in captive overseas production facilities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Due to the general macroeconomic downturn, many companies have turned to offshoring - sending a function overseas - to reduce production costs. While some companies elect to outsource overseas production to outside companies, ...
Enabling process improvements through systems thinking
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Manufacturing organizations around the world strive to improve processes with varying degrees of realization. There is no right way or latest and greatest process that can guarantee success, therefore the approach, and not ...
Improving the Boeing 787 final assembly corrective action process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis evaluates and then recommends improvements to the process used to correct errors found in the Boeing 787 final assembly operations, known as the corrective action process. The goal is to reduce the time and ...
Managing variability to improve quality, capacity and cost in the perioperative process at Massachusetts General Hospital
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The widely held assumption is that to improve access and quality of health care, we need to spend more. In fact, that is not necessarily true. The results of this project, performed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), ...
Designing and implementing auxiliary operational processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Amazon.com, one of the largest and most profitable online retailers, has been experiencing such dramatic growth rates that it must continually update and modify its fulfillment process in order to meet customer demand for ...
Process management applications in biopharmaceutical drug production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Genzyme's manufacturing and supply chain organization is responsible for the production and delivery of medically necessary medicines for patients with rare diseases around the world. Because of the nature of the products ...
Estimation of system assembly and test manufacturing yields through product complexity normalization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco) has recently adopted Six Sigma as the main platform to drive quality improvements in its manufacturing operations. A key component of the improvement strategy is the ability to define appropriate ...
Development of a total landed cost and risk analysis model for global strategic sourcing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Total landed cost and supply chain risk analysis are methods that many companies use to assess strategic sourcing decisions. For this project, landed cost is defined as those costs associated with material movement from a ...
Optimizing the closures development process using the design structure matrix
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Product development processes are inherently complex sets of activities that involve a vast number of connections between participants. Engineers, designers, marketers, financial analysts, and manufacturers all have to ...
A systematic approach to internal spare parts management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Internal spare parts management is a universal issue faced by all manufacturers, and involves decision-making and planning across a highly complex and heterogeneous group of thousands of items. Spare parts exhibit intermittent ...