Search
Now showing items 1-9 of 9
Process Improvement in Biotech : Dealing with High Complexity Processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Across numerous conventional manufacturing sites, process improvement initiatives have been shown to increase production capabilities while decreasing costs - all without a required system- wide overhaul of the manufacturing ...
Analyzing sampling methodologies in semiconductor manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This thesis describes work completed during an internship assignment at Intel Corporation's process development and wafer fabrication manufacturing facility in Santa Clara, California. At the highest level, this work relates ...
Modeling and analysis of performance of the steering angle sensor development project
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
In the highly competitive automotive industry, OEM and tier-I suppliers face the problem of determining costs and creating accurate and rapid schedules for current and future product developments. Successful companies in ...
Modeling the value to retailers due to redesigning the grocery supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
ES3, a wholly owned subsidiary of C&S Holdings, is a third party grocery and consumer goods distribution company operating a large distribution facility in York, PA. Under the traditional model for grocery distribution, ...
Enhancing efficiency in the evolving grocery supply chain through vendor integration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
C&S Wholesale Grocers is a privately-held firm headquartered in Keene, New Hampshire. C&S is a leading low-cost, high-service procurement and distribution provider servicing grocery retailers, and is the second largest ...
Utilization of visual metrics to drive intended performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
In recent years the American industrial landscape has undergone tremendous change as companies have worked to adopt Lean practices. This transformation has been difficult, but necessary, as American companies work to remain ...
Where India fits within Flextronics global supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This project focuses on Flextronics International manufacturing strategy regarding its global supply chain design, and its export strategy from India. It also focuses on the application of the Flextronics case to the ...
Life cycle cost modeling of automotive paint systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Vehicle coating is an important component of automotive manufacturing. The paint shop constitutes the plurality of initial investment in an automotive assembly plant, consumes the majority of energy used in the plant's ...
Networking vendor strategy and competition and their impact on enterprise network design and implementation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
While a significant amount of literature exists that discuss platform strategies used by general IT vendors, less of it has to do with corporate networking technology vendors specifically. However, many of the same strategic ...