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Managing and scheduling inbound material receiving at a distribution center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In any distribution system the processing of inbound material has significant indirect impact upon the customer experience. The inbound process encompasses all the steps to get a product into the distribution center (DC). ...
Demand allocation strategies in the seasonal retail industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Amazon.com is a publicly-held company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It revolutionized the retail industry by being one of the first major companies to sell goods over the Internet. It is an international company ...
Improving the flexibility of the desktop PC supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Dell Inc. is a company headquartered in Round Rock, TX founded by entrepreneur Michael Dell in 1984. In its 20+ years of history, Dell has revolutionized the PC industry by deploying the "Dell Direct" model--eliminating ...
Improving reuse of semiconductor equipment through benchmarking, standardization, and automation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The 6D program at Intel® Corporation was set up to improve operations around capital equipment reuse, primarily in their semiconductor manufacturing facilities. The company was faced with a number of challenges, including ...
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 ...
Management of regional local content regulations at Dell Computer Corporation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Capturing value from Item Unique Identification (IUID)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The Department of Defense has issued a mandate aimed at improving its capabilities in determining the location, value, quantity, and condition of government assets. The mandate requires marking specified assemblies and ...
Modeling design rework in a product development process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Managing the product development process is of vital concern to corporations. A critical aspect of product development that negatively impacts program cost and timing is rework. Unfortunately, in large organizations with ...
The development and implementation of a production information collection and reporting system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Production information, which includes production counts and line downtime information, is of great importance for automobile assembly plants to diagnose equipment problems and improve line utilization. Outdated information ...
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 ...