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Process optimization in drug discovery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Novartis is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, with their research headquarters (Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research) located in Cambridge MA. In this thesis, I explore Novartis's process for ...
Supply chain packaging : packaging for optimal inter-region distribution center operations and damage prevention
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Honeywell International Corporation is a $27.5 billion [1] conglomerate with a diverse portfolio of businesses covering Aerospace, Automation and Controls, Specialty Materials and Transportation. Honeywell's Automation and ...
Product development process assessment at Company D
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Reagent usage optimization In high volume diagnostics testing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Company X provides healthcare diagnostics testing services. The company competes in the market by providing cost effective, short turn-around-time (TAT) solutions and a large variety of test selections. Reducing operating ...
Value of distribution-level reactive power for combined heat and power systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
As the U.S. electric grid continues to experience an increase in the penetration of distributed energy resources (DER), electric utilities are evaluating new approaches for utilizing DER to help cost-effectively maintain ...
Artificial intelligence infrastructure into material attributes insights
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
The development of a biopharmaceutical manufacturing process involves an assessment of all possible sources of variation throughout each of the unit operations in the drive toward six sigma manufacturing. The primary goal ...
Increasing e-commerce distribution center capacity through slotting strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
To meet increasing consumer expectations around delivery times, ecommerce retailers must take orders from 'click' to 'ship' as soon as possible. For retailers with tens of thousands of stock keeping units (SKUs), item ...
Inventory modeling for active pharmaceutical ingredient supply chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Pharmaceutical companies traditionally manufactured drugs in-house, and have only recently been increasingly outsourcing production to contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). In this work, we use inventory modeling ...
A framework for developing, manufacturing, and sourcing trucks & equipment in a global fluid management industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Selecting and executing the optimal strategy for developing new products is a non trivial task, especially for low volume, high complexity products in a highly volatile global industry such as Fluid Management. At Fluid ...
An analysis of motor vehicle assembly plant complexity : developing a framework to evaluate the existence of a complexity threshold
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
An automotive manufacturer facing decreasing average product volumes as a result of market fragmentation while simultaneously reducing its manufacturing plant footprint must adapt to the difficult challenge of increased ...