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Transforming the enterprise to a model-based environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The use of process metrics to evaluate product development projects
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Product development success is an important strategic factor in today's business environment. The ability to accurately predict the outcome of product development projects would be a useful strategic tool. This research ...
Non-traditional growth in large, established firms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Firms must continuously strive to grow through the creation of new sources of competitive advantage. The challenges to growth are more severe for large, established firms that derive a predominant amount of their present ...
Objective comparison of design of experiments strategies in design and observations in practice
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Design of Experiments (DoE) strategies in robust engineering determine which prototypes and how many of each are created and tested. A better strategy is one that delivers a closer-to-optimal performance at a lower ...
A system dynamics approach to the information technology outsourcing problems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
What matters most : researching the critical factors for maximizing automotive innovation profitability, and their implications of systems-based innovations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
It is predicted by many in the industry that over the next decade automotive OEM's will look more and more like "vehicle-brand owners," focusing efforts on branding, marketing, and building a stronger retail channel. This ...
Development of a system dynamics based management flight simulator for new product development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
All firms in any mature product development industry are being pressured into performing 'better, faster, and cheaper' by both customers and competitors. In short, firms are being tasked with doing more, with less, faster. ...
Power management as a system-level inhibitor of modularity in the mobile computer industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Since the mid-90s, the computer industry has been very modular with respect to both product architecture and industry structure. The growing market size of mobile computers means that the challenges facing this segment are ...
Internalization of robust engineering methods in automotive product development : a study of corporate quality change in a large, mature automotive company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
It is broadly recognized in the automotive industry, as well as many others, that those organizations that can deliver timely new products or existing product upgrades at desired cost and quality targets will produce higher ...
Analysis of the experience and stability project at Ford Motor Company : what does it take to change a culture and rebuild a technical organization?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
As Ford Motor Company celebrates its 100th anniversary; it finds itself in a crisis due to its lack of technical proficiency. The lack of technical depth within the workforce is the result of a deeply ingrained culture ...