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Stepping toward a smarter factory at Canam
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Canam Group ("Canam") is a manufacturer of steel components and building products used in the construction industry. The company uses a distributed network of manufacturing centers throughout North America to build and ...
Improving asset utilization and manufacturing production capacity using analytics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Industrial organizations have increasingly invested in IoT technologies to monitor, control, identify faults in, and optimize operations. With increasing competition, a push to lower manufacturing costs, and pressure to ...
Using data science and model based systems engineering to design and operate production systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Over the last several decades, products and the production systems within the aerospace industry have grown increasingly complex --
Antibody drug discovery: From Idea to Biotherapeutic Molecule
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Graybel (a fictitious name used for privacy reasons) is a large developer of pharmaceuticals. Graybel's Antibody Protein Engineering Group (APEG) is responsible for early stage drug development of biotherapeutic molecules. ...
Automation solutions for E-commerce multi-item packing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
As Amazon continues to experience a rapid growth in its e-commerce business, fulfillment efficiency needs to through safe implementation of advanced technology to create a better customer experience. Amazon has heavily ...
Improving design and manufacturing performance through advanced visualization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Visualization technology is advancing at an impressive rate, and Raytheon is investing heavily in the technology to improve product performance and manufacturability. Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) has recently upgraded ...
An improved reliability assessment of a modular robot controller
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Modular industrial robot systems are well suited for high performance-accuracy, repeatability and speed, or shorter cycle times. Additionally, modular architecture supports flexibility. Modular robot systems are easily ...
An analysis of differences in glass cartridge siliconization parameters and processes for manufacturing of pharmaceutical cartridges
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The application of silicone inside of glass insulin cartridges helps reduce injection forces during drug delivery. This is important for a less painful patient experience. Insulin pen designs are increasingly reliant on ...
Improving the management of manufacturing assets across large-scale networks of suppliers in the plastic industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Beckman Coulter, one of Danaher's operating companies, provides diagnostic equipment and consumables to the health industry. A variety of plastic manufacturing methods are used to make instrument parts and consumables ...
Developing a use case for implementing modular engineering at portfolio companies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Modular engineering allows the creation of a product architecture that prepares the product families of companies for a fast response to changes in technology and customer demand. This thesis will focus on developing and ...