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Inventory management for drug discovery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
This thesis documents a study carried out at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) in Cambridge, MA. The study focused on the development of inventory management processes for laboratory consumables. The ...
Using Virtual Business Systems to drive lean behavior in engineering design and support
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Virtual Business System (VBS) is a visual-based analytics and real-time information displaying system. It first started at Raytheon's Andover manufacturing facility in early 2000 with the strategic objectives of linking ...
Restoring product focus across the value stream through organizational restructuring
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Businesses take deliberate action to change their internal context when managers believe that better performance lies beyond the capabilities of assets in their present configuration. A typical course of action is ...
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 ...
Mitigating the impact of a time-dependent production process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Value-added processes that bear associated wait times occur frequently during production manufacturing and increase cycle time. Since the wait time is integral to the value created by the process, it can be difficult to ...
Application of commercial best practices for new technology development within the constraints of defense contract funded R&D
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis explores the application of commercial best practices for new technology development within the constraints of the defense contract funded research and development (R&D) environment. Key elements of successful ...