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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 ...
Reducing variability in a semiconductor manufacturing environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The main drivers in today's flash memory business are low cost and flexibility. Low cost requires high tool utilizations, whereas flexibility and ability to respond quickly to changing customer demands require short ...
The DNA of a high-performing manufacturing organization : improving operations capability through performance measurement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The Broad Institute of MIT, Harvard, and the Whitehead Institute, contains the world's highest-throughput genome sequencing center, which contributed approximately one third of the sequence for the Human Genome Project ...
A framework for analyzing biopharmaceutical product introduction in an emerging market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Biopharmaceutical companies are under constant pressure to deliver double-digit growth. In traditional markets such as the U.S., Japan, and the European Union growth is stagnant, and profit margins are falling due to ...
Equipment protective capacity optimization using discrete event simulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Assembly and Test Manufacturing (ATM) at Intel faces new challenges caused by increased competition, cost pressure, and segmented markets. These forces combine to present ATM with increasing line items and processes in the ...
Reducing the air travel hassle factor through self-service check-in process improvements
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The tragic events of September 11th , 2001, served as a catalyst for drastic change in the airline industry which was already in a financial downturn. Both the airlines and the government began introducing changes to the ...
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 ...
Using information technology to gain a competitive advantage in discrete manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Outsourcing engineering design in a semiconductor equipment manufacturing company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)