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The analysis and optimization of the Alcoa Mill Products supply chain for European customers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This thesis examines the challenges of managing a global supply chain in a large, well-established organization and outlines certain techniques that can be utilized to achieve more effective supply chain management. The ...
Design for recycling : influencing product design using the Recyclability Index
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Analysis of a high-end memory supply chain : dram vendors to final assembly
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Compaq Computer Corporation's High Performance Systems Division (HPSD) manufactures servers for mid-range and high-end server markets. It has a complex supply chain that includes the use of supplier hubs, outsourced memory ...
Achieving mass customization in the Boeing Wire Responsibility Center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Customized options are costly to produce using the current production and design methods of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG). The company is redesigning its engineering and manufacturing processes in order to ...
Enabling waste elimination, learning, and continuous improvement through standardization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Many manufacturing companies have developed their own operating system, usually based upon the Toyota Production System, in an effort to improve productivity, quality, and profitability. Continuous improvement is a central ...
Product development process assessment at Company D
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Customer focused supply management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Designing and implementation a new supply chain paradigm for airplane development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The 787 program is the latest airplane development program in Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In this program, many new business processes, including a new supply chain structure will be implemented. Based on my six-month ...
Enhancing the lean enterprise through supply chain design : establishing remarketing and reverse logistics at a high tech firm
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Customer targeting and micro-marketing in a retail supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
As most companies in the consumer products space develop operational capabilities to produce and distribute high-quality low-cost products, leading firms in the industry continuously seek new ways to increase profitability ...