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aVoilà : optimizing and evaluating procurement paths across the commercial aviation product life cycle
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Spirit AeroSystems is engaged in an unprecedented collaboration to supply a composite fuselage section for a new aircraft program. In most cases, Spirit cannot effectively leverage its composite sourcing experience with ...
How companies can transform from product to platform ecosystem
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The industrial revolution led to great innovations in machinery, methods and techniques for producing goods at a large scale. In order to compete and maximize their profits, companies primarily deployed a twofold strategy: ...
Evaluating the technical innovation landscape for wind energy's competitive future : a value creation -- value capture analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis utilizes a systems approach to develop a framework to analyze the value creation and value capture potential of technical innovations in the wind energy sector of the electric power industry. Six technical ...
Raw material inventory strategy for make-to-order manufacturing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
What is the appropriate raw material inventory strategy for a make-to-order manufacturing company? As companies grow in size and the business environment changes over time, many companies adapt their operating policies to ...
A systems approach to procurement of automated technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Company A's Product Group B (PGB) is developing an automated system to complete final assembly of the Component, a structural member of the product that includes technology supporting two features of the product's competitive ...
An approach to improving the power management system in electronic devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The current power management technology baseline does not address the increasing gap between system charge performance and functionality needs in a smartphone. This gap can eventually inhibit further increases in functionality ...
The evolution of business ecosystems : interspecies competition in the steel industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
This thesis contributes toward the building of a theory of the evolution of business ecosystems by exploring the applicability of Piepenbrock's' theoretical framework to a commodity industrial setting, namely the U.S. steel ...
The economics of investing in green buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
This thesis discusses economics of green buildings. The need to reduce greenhouse gases emissions became clear. Buildings account for a large part of the greenhouse gases emissions, changing the atmosphere's composition. ...
Analysis of global airline alliances as a strategy for international network development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Since the late 1990s, network airlines worldwide have being enrolling in one of the three current Global Airline Alliances (GALs), oneworld, Star Alliance and SkyTeam. By 2011, airlines belonging to the three GALs transported ...
Issue resolution at a large aerospace manufacturer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
UTC Aerospace Systems has a wide variety of problem solving tools driven by their Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) program. One tool that is frequently used to resolve and capture customer escapes is the 8D methodology. ...