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Design space exploration and optimization using modern ship design tools
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Modern Naval Architects use a variety of computer design tools to explore feasible options for clean sheet ship designs. Under the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division ...
Benchmarking of a medical device company's product development process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
In todays' global economy, having a lean operation is no longer considered a competitive edge; rather has become the new necessity and norm [15]. The new source of this competitive edge is innovation [15]. What sets an ...
Dynamic system perspective for design : ility-driving elements as responses to uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis is concerned with the design of complex artificial systems. For such systems, there is a growing need to deliver value to stakeholders beyond the initial functional requirements and to cope with rapidly changing ...
Lean effectiveness model for products and services : servicing existing systems in aerospace and technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Enterprises undergo transformation for more efficient and effective performance and growth. The Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool (LESAT) is a product of the Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) and the Massachusetts ...
Engineering work breakdown and assignment for global product development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Companies are always looking for ways to reduce their costs, cost reductions which allow companies to increase their overall profits. There are various cost reductions strategies, such as: change materials and/or design ...
New frontiers in diffusion modeling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Over the last fifty years, diffusion researchers have sought to explain why the rate of adoption of an innovation varies over time. Some innovations are adopted quickly as compared to others, which take decades for adoption. ...
System theoretic approach for determining causal factors of quality loss in complex system design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Identifying the factors that could lead to the loss of quality is difficult for large, complex systems. Traditional design methods such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Robust ...
Architecting the future telebehavioral health system of care in the United States Army
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Charged by the Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, the authors were members of a study to develop innovative recommendations for transforming the military enterprise to better manage post-traumatic stress and related ...
An evaluation of short innovation contest implementation in the federal context
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Technologies over the past three decades have democratized the tools of knowledge creation, thus creating increasing communities of innovators outside traditional organizations' boundaries. Cost effective ways of leveraging ...
Using multi-attribute tradespace exploration for the architecting and design of transportation systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The field of Engineering Systems maintains that fundamental engineering principles exist, which apply across different domains of complex socio-technical systems. In this thesis, a state-of-the art decision and design ...