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Improving supplier production efficiency through focused data feedback and simulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Plant location strategies in a global network
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Companies currently utilize a number of different approaches to making decisions around where to locate factories. This thesis analyzes the specific challenges faced by Polaroid Corporation in making site location decisions ...
The effectiveness of the policies on renewable electricity in China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
After the legislation of the Renewable Energy Law, China's government established a series of policies to promote renewable energy source electricity (RES-e) from 2005-2012. The effectiveness of the policies varies depending ...
Analysis of operations headcount in the new product introduction of servers and workstations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
An optimal coordination between a design team and a manufacturing team is necessary to minimize the overall cost of a project and to remain competitive. The type of coordination can range from one way communication to ...
Design and operational enhancements for a batch process driven supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Film manufacturing at Eastman Kodak involves large-scale batch steps dictated by both technical and economic factors. Large-scale batch processes can lead to an unresponsive and wasteful supply chain. This thesis explores ...
An exploration of corporate entrepreneurship : venturing signatures and their underlying dynamics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The primary goal of this work is to broadly explore the factors influencing corporate entrepreneurship and to examine how its many elements can be linked together. A broad reading of the published literature on corporate ...
A study of the foundry industry dynamics/
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
In the process of industrial evolution, it is a general tendency that companies which specialize in a specific value chain have emerged. These companies should construct a business eco-system based on their own platform ...
Microlithography dynamics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This work focuses on historical and modern geography-related analysis of semiconductor industry (specifically microlithography) and its role in Information Technology (IT). Following Professor's J.D.Sachs terminology, it ...
A study of organizational alignment at a Boston area hospital and its effects on patient throughput in the peri-operative areas
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Capacity is an ongoing issue when managing hospital resources. Looking at the hospital as a supply chain of care services provided to the patient enables us to better evaluate problems such as delays on a systems level. A ...
Banking sector of the Russian Federation : study of the correlation between commodity prices and key safety, soundness and performance indicators
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The purpose of this work is to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of banking system in Russia, and to understand its core dependencies and potential risks. The system, the way we find it now, has evolved though ...