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Strategic raw material inventory optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The production of aerospace grade titanium alloys is concentrated in a relatively small number of producers. The market for these materials has always been cyclical in nature. During periods of high demand, metal producers ...
Implementing pull production within an aerospace assembly operation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis presents a detailed analysis of lean implementation at Hamilton Sundstrand, a global supplier of technologically advanced aerospace and industrial products. The main objective of the internship was to convert ...
Triage and treatment of strategic and operational problems in a semiconductor equipment consumables manufacturing company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The company studied in this internship project supplies consumable copper components to the semiconductor equipment industry. Growing in this industry has been much more difficult than the company's original 1995 business ...
Lean manufacturing at a tier-1 automotive supplier
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The road to lean manufacturing has been long and hard for many companies. Intrigue Corporation is no exception. The company first introduced its version, the Intrigue Lean Manufacturing System, approximately ten years ago. ...
Lean principles applied to a supply chain with demand uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
This thesis describes the work performed over a six and a half month internship at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, NY. The thesis focuses on the implementation of a lean manufacturing system, modeled after the Toyota ...
Improving the manufacturing yield of investment cast turbine blades through robust design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The manufacturing of turbine blades is often outsourced to investment casting foundries by aerospace companies that design and build jet engines. Aerospace companies have found that casting defects are an important cost ...
Integrated decision support model for global sourcing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Over the last decade, the U.S. aircraft industry has experienced increasing levels of international integration as companies seek to access global talent and resources, cut production costs, spread financial risk, and ...
A simulation-based concurrent engineering approach for assembly system design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Achieving world-class perceived vehicle quality through improved engineering and manufacturing tools
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Throughout the vehicle development process, automotive manufacturers must work to meet a variety of customer needs. One increasingly important attribute is vehicle exterior perceived quality, which is largely dependent on ...
Leading a lean transformation in the wake of a disaster
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Through a disaster, a company is presented with an opportunity to leverage the momentum from recovery efforts to drastically change the way business is conducted. In the case of Raytheon's Solid State Microwave division, ...