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Supply chain performance improvement through forecasting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Designing a strategic sourcing process for low volume, high technology products
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. is a capital equipment manufacturer for the semiconductor industry. The semiconductor industry is evidenced by a volatile business cycle that follows the traditional bullwhip effect - that is, ...
Pulling a job shop into supply chain management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The Instron Corporation in Canton, MA, manufactures material testing systems. These systems are used to evaluate the tensile strength of metals, plastics, composites, textiles, and other materials by holding a test sample ...
Managing the burst : optimizing headcount in a company with highly cyclical demand
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Predicting manufacturing performance of new radar subassembly designs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
A modular supply chain architecture for low-volume high-mix surface mount technology manufacturers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Program management systems for the semiconductor processing capital equipment supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The Capital Equipment Procurement group of Intel Corporation is responsible for developing and procuring the semiconductor processing capital equipment that is used throughout all of the company's development and manufacturing ...
Automation of inventory management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions (QWBS) provides communication equipment and services used to track trucking fleets and other capital assets via satellite. Order fulfillment and inventory management practices in QWBS ...
Clearance pricing optimization at Zara
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
In almost thirty-four years after opening the doors to its first store, the Inditex Group has grown to be one of the largest fashion distributors in the world. Today the group operates more than four thousand retail stores ...
Using optimization and lean principles to design work cells and make capital purchase decisions for hole drilling operations in turbine airfoil manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Classical manufacturing work cells have machines to perform each operation in the process, the number of each type of machine being chosen so that all machines would be equally busy. Although design of work cells for ...